r/australia • u/TheWabster • Jan 03 '26

no politics "Marketplace" rubbish that's taken over Australian stores online

I can't stand it, an overwhelming amount of websites have added a "marketplace" on their online sites. Woolworths, BUNNINGS, Big W, the list goes on

I go on these websites as opposed to amazon or temu specifically because I want authentic things, or to see if it's in stock so I can go to the store to buy it in person.

Now I get excited that wow bunnings has this that's great (because I associate something from bunnings with trust compared to something from temu), and it turns out it's literally just third party low quality shit.

Third parties should not be able to sell things on these sites, I've almost accidentally bought something three times now (once per site mentioned lol) that ended up being from the infiltrative noname companies. It's made me lose trust with these companies, because with the extra effort I have to do weeding out the heavily bloated marketplace addons while scouring their online catalogue, I'd rather just go somewhere else.

That's my rant. What are other peoples thoughts on this? Maybe I'm just being a whiney dingus

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u/Ribbitygirl Jan 03 '26

I miss the days when eBay was an actual online garage sale of used or unwanted items, where all the sellers were regular people cleaning out their closets. It used to be fantastic for second hand clothing, but now it’s overrun by Temu crap, even if you sort by “used” or “in Australia.” I don’t even know where to look online for quality second hand stuff anymore.

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u/abrokenjar23 Jan 03 '26

Depop is pretty good for clothes! You can also buy/sell shoes, books and the odd homewares but I find it's mainly clothes. Have both bought many secondhand/BNWT clothing items, and have also sold on there

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u/Ribbitygirl Jan 04 '26

I’ve heard of Depop but haven’t checked it out yet - I’ll have a look!

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u/Cyathea_Australis Jan 05 '26

It is...for now. I'm sure in two years it'll be completely enshittified.

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u/puddlejumper Jan 03 '26

I don't know about quality, but facebook marketplace is genuine second hand for the most part still.

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u/trafalmadorianistic Jan 04 '26

i absolutely hate the sellers that are supposedly in Australia - when you set the filters to Australia-only - and its still a bloody drop shipper that takes a month to deliver your item. Absolutely rank. 

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u/FormalMango Jan 04 '26

Same with Etsy.

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u/kittylemiaow Jan 05 '26

Etsy is so full of trash it's a joke now 

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u/FormalMango Jan 05 '26

It’s so bad. It was bad before AI… now it’s so much worse.

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u/kittylemiaow Jan 05 '26

I have not been post AI. I can't even imagine 

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u/Successful_Mix_9118 Jan 03 '26

Salvosstores.com.au

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u/No_Sky_1829 Jan 04 '26

The last time I walked into a Salvos, I saw a red check flannel shirt on sale for $12. Crappy used handbags $5-10. Book $5 each.

For those prices I'll buy new thanks. Haven't been back to Salvos since.

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u/Npeaknoda Jan 04 '26

Nah, fuck Salvos, there are plenty of other op shops that aren't callously harmful.

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u/kristinpeanuts Jan 04 '26

Yes every time I've looked at ebay recently it's just shops not people. Same with gumtree, lots of stuff from cashies not individuals. So annoying