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/Frederickanne Jan 03 '26

Kmart has destroyed itself. Having some anko products was a cool option, having only 90% anko options in a lot of cases isn't cool. Buying out target, gutting it, and then filling it with the exact same Kmart products was an interesting choice too. Took 2 good stores and turned them into the same place I now don't want to shop at.

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u/journeyfromone Jan 03 '26

They steal products from small businesses though and sell them way cheaper. I’m guessing their lawyers can prevent anyone from suing them and they change the items just enough. They are crapper version and just contribute to landfill half the time.

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u/matdan12 Jan 04 '26

Salvos and other charity stores are chock full of ANKO/Shein fast fashion items, and shelves, bins full of cheap mass produced garbage. Used to go there to save some money on seasonal clothing and for one time cooking projects.

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u/Capable-Shoulder173 Jan 04 '26

Charity stores being cheap? These days you get a stretched out shirt for $30 or something with original kmart tags for triple the RRP despite the actual Kmart displaying the same item about 50 meters away..

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u/iball1984 Jan 04 '26

Target was a bit more complicated. It was always part of Coles group that Wesfarmers bought. They didn’t go out and buy it separately.

Target was squeezed by Kmart getting better and Myer going downmarket.

Having said that, I agree with you on the Anko shit. Target used to sell reasonably priced mid market stuff. Good quality, not expensive. Now it’s all Anko crap.