Target Australia

[northwestnsw]

Target Australia is on eBay and selling. targetau has a feedback score of 3, and has 500+ items listed. Why wasn't I able to list that many as I have just started selling too. I am limited to 10 a month.

I also notice that one of their positives comes from miptestau60 which appears to be a test account of Targets. Is this giving themselves feedback allowed?

[clarry100]

Could such "preferential treatment" be seen legally as discrimination?

If so, then perhaps we "mere mortal" sellers might have a case to put to them in order that they be required to level the playing field.

[bigbrickshop]

KMart already has an eBay store.

They haven't listed anything for a while though.

http://stores.ebay.com.au/Kmart-Australia

[digital*ghost]

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@clarry100 wrote:

Could such "preferential treatment" be seen legally as discrimination?

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Honestly, I doubt it, unless it was seen that these additional (exclusive) incentives were not made available to the rest of us for discriminatory reasons, and put us at a clear disadvantage, which, even if it feels that way, would be difficult to prove - though, in saying that, the high volume removal of negative feedback, which was witnessed recently on a certain branded store of electronics (but who also happened to branch out into groceries like peanut butter - rhymes with Slick Myths), is a genuine worry. If nothing else, that disadvantages buyers, and makes eBay look like hypocricitcal nutters.

[ytwo000]

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@egglesdtp wrote:

WHY would Target sell on ebay??? They have their own website!

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So do Dick  Smith,Good Guys etc....Im sure there are more.

[ms_aussie]

I left eBay because the writing was well and truly on the wall. TRUTH: EBay no longer want little sellers. They have been making it increasingly harder for the little seller to survive. They have brought out every torment they can think of to make us all pack up and go. EBay do not protect the little seller. Little sellers sink or give refunds and stock away to deter negs and low DSRs. TRUTH: EBay see themselves as an online mall - everything in the one place - a one-stop online shopping mecca. A world where everything is new not second hand. TRUTH: No matter how hard a seller tries you cannot win against eBay & PayPal. The buyer will always win. EBay do not care. EBay create policies that sound really good but just ask them to stick to one of their policies when you need help from them and they will tell you it's 'too bad too sad'. Sorry guys but that's the truth as I see it.

[character_parties_aus]

all it does is confirm the major suspicions everyone has. eBay has no ethics whatsoever and doesn't give a toss about its sellers unless they are major brands.

[kizacks]

Wouldn't we all love to have our logo/brand on the top of every search result, and on the homepage, on banners, and have all our listings top "Best Match" despite having a 0 feedback selling account......not preferential treatment at all.

[cherry*135]

If ebay didn't want small sellers, then why do they give them 40 free listings a month?

ebay has a lot of registered members, Target having a store on here will be attempting to tap into that market.

In our area we used to have one Target, now we have three. There are always people who don't like shopping malls etc, or don't drive/have a car who might buy onlne instead of going to stores.

[modestbods]

Well, I guess we finally found out who it was that got sent those special by invitation only promotions. 

http://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Selling/Invitation-only-First-3-sales-free-5-9-November/m-p/1605087#...

[ms_aussie]

As I have already said this point of view is only my opinion but I also know there are many who agree with me.

Ebay give 40 free listings a month to keep sellers listing so they can keep on ripping sellers off. Anyway, if the 40 listings weren't free many sellers could not afford to keep going.

Ebay also know that there are people who don't like to drive to the mall, and many more who don't have the big stores nearby,so that's why they are providing one online. Most of the big stores will become envolved just wait and see.

This has been in the planning for some time. When I first joined eBay and started selling way back in 2002 things were very different. Sellers were very important to eBay. I sold on eBay until 2007 and then had a 7 year break until coming back in March this year. The eBay that I found in 2014 is not the same eBay of 2007.

am*3 I wish things were different. I loved selling on eBay too but not now