Profiterring seller
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Bought this bag from this seller for $15.98 with free postage. Arrived today came directly from kmart in qld. Seller is in Western Australia . Bag is sold on kmart website for $10. When I checked sellers website they are selling other items from kmart but charging extra for item. Be aware.
springyzone
·1 year agoThe seller is doing the wrong thing.
Wrong by ebay's own policy and pretty stupid as a seller because their ruse is immediately obvious to customers and I've never known this sort of thing NOT to cause resentment.
It's okay to buy from Kmart or anywhere else to resell at a profit, but obviously the seller would not be able to sell at this price point, with free postage, unless she had it sent direct from Kmart. You can absolutely bet she has One Pass, which gives free shipping.
Great job with the feedback you gave, except I think you probably should have given her a negative as if other buyers check feedback at all, they are more inclined to at least check the negs (or I hope).
But if you and others continue to give feedback that explicitly states the items are direct from kMart, then those buyers who do bother to check feedback first will be given a heads up.
For most people, it would work out slightly cheaper to just buy a month's One- pass than to buy via this seller.
*casey*
·1 year ago@dee4878
There's your answer dee
"Ebay are not going to open a can of worms, and hope they can put the lid back on"
Even though eBay states the following, it means nothing.
"When eBay orders are sent by another retailer or marketplace, it can cause confusion for customers and affect trust in the eBay marketplace. We have this policy to maintain the customer experience for both buyers and sellers, as well as to protect our customers' data from being used for purposes other than fulfilment"
Makes sense really.
When you consider eBay rarely do anything about all the scam listings for non existent items on this site and with the place being overrun with counterfeit items, a seller dropshipping from Kmart, Amazon etc plays a very small part in the scheme of things.
Even if sellers are giving all their buyers' details to other sites !
gutterpunkz05
·1 year agoHi Casey, I am well aware of the ebay policy. As are other sites that openly welcome ebay members as drop shippers.
It is far more complex than ebays policy would have you believe.
Third Party Fulfillment, is a legitimate, 100% legal, retail sales method/model. Done correctly it is not a problem for ebay or anyone else. It is big business, with many individuals having millions of transactions, and many more retiring from their day jobs to operate as full time drop shippers.
It is only going to get bigger
imastawka
·1 year agoDoes the OP understand what selling is all about?
Do they actually expect sellers to just sell for the fun of it?
Of course they have to profit - otherwise no-one would sell!
Mainstream big businesses don't profit from sales? Sure. Pull the other one.
sandypebbles
·1 year agoIt seems the OP expected a seller who is obviously drop shipping junk, and who has feedback in the toilet to not do the same thing with the item they bought at least
And upset about it enough when they did, to post on the forum about it, saying 'be aware' but not give the seller neg feedback
Not that they took any notice of all the red dots already collected in any event
springyzone
·1 year agoI agree that 3rd party fulfillment is common online and drop shipping seems to be fairly common on ebay too.
I don't know if I would classify this case as drop shipping though? I could be wrong. To me, a seller would normally have some connection with a drop shipper, a business agreement of some sort.
And items would not be sent with eg Kmart or Amazon logos all over them.
I don't believe that ebay would normally do much about this for 2 reasons. Firstly, they get a fee from every sale and two, if the seller is usually sending the items then ebay seems happy.
But I just noticed a strange thing. Not sure if it is just my computer or if something has happened to the seller?
I can see dee's feedback clearly and I can see the name of the seller for that transaction. But whern I click on the name of that seller, I am taken to a seller with a completely different name, with many thousands of transactions under their belt and with a feedback of 99.5%.
imastawka
·1 year agoSame seller, Springy, it's the name of their store
springyzone
·1 year agoI did wonder that at first, but it mystifies me as that big seller/store has a 99.5% rating and thousands of transactions under its belt.
I don't know why any fairly big, regular seller would be using a system where they have things shipped directly from Kmart. I understand drop shipping is a thing but this seemed such a clumsy, amateurish thing to do. None of the other feedback that I can see hints at this happening to others. There are accounts of items being cancelled or not arriving, but no mention of things arriving in Kmart boxes etc, which I think there would be if it was a common occurrence.
davewil1964
·1 year agoHow much do KMart charge for postage?
It is unlikely KMart would send a single $10 item for free.
Apples and oranges, maybe?
springyzone
·1 year agoI would say the seller has One-Pass. I know I have.
It gives free shipping from a lot of different stores.
lezned-toycollector
·1 year agoPostage is free for OnePass members
dee4878
OP1 year agoOne pass at kmart is free postage
*casey*
·1 year ago"Profiterring seller"
All sellers sell to make a profit but dropshipping directly from kmart, amazon etc and giving buyers details to
other sites is against the rules and can be reported to eBay.
BUT unfortunately, eBay rarely do anything about it.
gutterpunkz05
·1 year agoBUT unfortunately, eBay rarely do anything about it.
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There are very good reasons for ebay to not act, until a dropshipper becomes a considerable problem/risk, at which time they can fully justify taking action.
Ebay are not going to open a can of worms, and hope they can put the lid back on.
sandypebbles
·1 year agoHave you reported the seller?
Any reason you did not give them the neg they deserve?
Their listing show they sell most Kmart branded stuff, and use stock photos
I am aware, and would not buy in a pink fit based on their drop shipping
Time to check who you are buying from is before you buy
That would have told you to avoid them
Plus all their negs for not sending items at all
dee4878
OP1 year agoWould not allow me to put neg feedback
imastawka
·1 year agoYou have to wait 7 days to give neg feedback to a high volume seller.
It would have said that on the feedback page.
Try again after 7 days.