They talked about this years ago at a special breakfast function they put on. A seller I know went to it and told me they ran the idea past them that these centres would be in every capital city and it would all be under CCTV, showing packing, date etc and would eliminate most buyer claims. The aim would be same day or 24 hour delivery to most big urban centres.
My friend got the impression it would suit bigger sellers who had multiple items of the same stock as they would be expected to have supplies at every warehouse. That would effectively wipe him out from the program because he sells mainly pick up items and not always in big multiples.
He got the impression they were worried about Amazon's arrival in Australia. As it turns out, Amazon doesn't seem to be the force here it is in the US as we don't seem to have access to as much stock and it certainly isn't delivered as quickly.
It sounds as if this is the start of the program and if it works, they will eventually open fulfillment centres in other capitals.
The crunch hasn't come yet for the sellers of vintage/one off items. Maybe they'll just continue to have both different systems in tandem. I hope so anyway.
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