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by ajross 1826 days ago
You can't give counterfeits away, you'll be sued. You can't give unlicensed or embargoed products away, you'll be fined. Give away damaged or defective goods and you'll see even worse PR than this story.

You can only give away the stuff you "could" sell but can't find a buyer for, which (1) pretty much means no one wants it and (2) will poison your relationship with the people who sell you the stuff you *can* resell!

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Yes, that's why we need to removing the externality of destroying goods (and all of us enjoying the environmental damage) by making it cost more to destroy something than to give it away (which may include refurbishment, repackaging, etc).

What, you tried selling a made-for-landfill thing that works half the time? Should've done your research. Choose your loss.