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The addition of "Marketplace" items is one of the single worst things to ever happen to Australia's online retailer space

A top weekly thread from r/australia, drawing 6,712 score and 367 comments.

It rose to the top of The Australia Desk, making it a useful signal for what this audience argued about or shared this week.

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  • r/australia ranked it at story 1 for The Australia Desk.
  • 367 Reddit comments were reported on the source post.

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Top comments

The top 5 comments collected for this story carried 4,034 combined score. The quotes below are short excerpts from the highest-ranked visible comments.

I think all stores selling items even if 3rd party or marketplace should be liable for returns and refunds
u/ccoastie · 2,318 score
Bunnings is made worse by some shit Ai tool. It takes me 2 min to load each page on a modern phone.then you have to deal with marketplace. Makes it very hard to check things quickly when in store
u/ccoastie · 794 score
I had this issue with chemist warehouse, ordered a box of 70% alcohol prep pads for injections and didn't realise they were a marketplace item. What arrived was loose alcohol cleaning wipes in a zip lock bag....
u/airfryerpudding · 403 score
100% agreed. Hate that everyone's now flogging online marketplace items by default. Wish it would just fuck off.
u/JBloggs694 · 278 score
They should be forced under the same laws as everything else. you buy a car from a dealership and it breaks down, they can't just say "oh go contact toyota for a repair/replacement, we are just a marketplace" if you buy from a marketplace,...
u/fued · 241 score
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