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These are all illegal operations FYI. They break international, national, and state laws meant to prevent the spread of invasive species and pathogens.
Fair point. Not all sellers are good, for sure. This does take some buyer responsibility. I do feel that buying something that I can reasonably tell is the seed I'm looking for, planting it in small containers to test that they're as advertised, and then transplanting to my garden is acceptable. I have bought from bigger sellers and had nearly identical experiences as the small Etsy ones. I only buy from inside my country. Additionally, some of the small sellers actually are licensed. This is all much better than buying a burpee "pollinator/meadow" mix that's just Siberian wallflower and Chinese stuff mixed in with 5-10% native aster.
So I guess it needs more context than simply "go buy from Etsy."