Online groceries

[the4masters2013]

I've just completed a survey for ebay.

It appears they are looking at commencing an online grocery service.

It will have all the whistles and bells....free postage, alerts on specials etc etc.

What do other people think of this?

I'm a supermarket person (even though they are not my favourite places!!) only because I can see the products I wish to buy.

[casbit33]

That could be a problem for chinese sellers and because of quarantine foods.

Buyers could end up paying for items from China only to have them seized by customs and never get them, then customs fine the buyer for importing them.

[imastawka]

I shop on-line for groceries.   I use Woolies.  Don't like Coles

They're not bad, but there's always an 'out of stock' email

I have to pick things up during the week, but only one or two things, so it's manageable

Wonder how ebay are gunna manage that, then?

[performance_parts_clearance_centre]

Wowies - I can all sorts of scope for new and innovative "Where's my item?" posts with that one!

People not getting their incontinence pads in a timely fashion, not getting the laxatives they ordered and exploding as a result, pets starving because the slab of "Buy It Now" Pal has been re-routed via Darwin en route from Sydney to Melbourne, icy-poles arriving as a coloured stain in a box of empty wrappers, red meat arriving green and an INAD dispute being put in...

[enigmabear]

four peas missing from the bag

[digital*ghost]

A little couplet with my thoughts on online grocery shopping. ..

Shopping online for groceries is neat
But don't let them choose your fruit, veg, or meat.

😄

I use Woolworths sometimes, because they accept PayPal, but only for products that can't vary from package to package, or piece to piece.

Not sure if I'd grocery shop here. It actually takes a long time sometimes ro go through and select products so they would need to make sure that process is as quick and simple as possible, plus ensure next day delivery between narrow timeframes (i.e. no "between 9 & 4" timeslots).

[lyndal1838]

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@casbit33 wrote:

That could be a problem for chinese sellers and because of quarantine foods.

Buyers could end up paying for items from China only to have them seized by customs and never get them, then customs fine the buyer for importing them.

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There is no fine for the average buyer who imports something without realising it is restricted.

There would be fines involved for large importers who do it knowing it is restricted, or for people who are constantly doing it.

[imastawka]

Digi, my fruit veg and meat has been pretty good.  I've had very high quality, so far.

I've been shopping on-line for about 8 months now, and it still takes me

about an hour for the weekly shop.

But it's a lot better than me having to physically walk the aisles.

That used to take me 2 hours and then I had to unload the car.

Darn near killed me every week.

I give thumbs up for on-line grocery shopping......but ebay???

[rocket2retro · Accepted solution]

Sounds like greed to me. Maybe they are tryimg to make up for the lost fees from sellers like myself (and from all the others mentioning their dramatic decline in sales) in recent times.

They should get back to trying to run their website and app properly stop dabbling in other areas (in my opinion).

[collect247]

That's right why ebay? as there are plenty of online grocery sites now lol.

And would ebay be personally delivering to your door in one of their trucks with a big EBAY sign across it lol.

Maybe some of the van posties might switch jobs haha.