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firestorm4a · ‎06-06-2019

It's bad enough that I get items shipped to me from Amazon when I can order for myself. But it is even worse when a seller orders an item from Home Depot when we have a Home Depot here and I have an account with them. My store had 7 of these items for about 3 bucks less when I checked and I go by our store once or twice a week.

Sellers need to disclose where they are getting these items from so we can save a few bucks and either go to that store or order online ourselves. And these sellers wonder why I don't leave feedback. They don't need to be bombarding my email begging me to give them 5 star feedback either.

tunicaslot · ‎06-06-2019

I would report the seller to Ebay as they are cracking down on sellers that do this type of drop shipping. Also - there is feedback that could be left alerting other buyers to the situation.

dhbookds · ‎06-06-2019

I know this is against ebay policy.........but really.........isn't it up to the buyer to find the best price possible? I often find the same stuff cheaper at Wmart than at oher places........so the other places should tell me to go to Wmart?

tunicaslot · ‎06-06-2019

I think the f/u comment about getting it cheaper if he bought it himself was not the concern as much as the fact that the seller is drop shipping from Home Depot. Many of us know we can get items cheaper if we go ourselves to our local stores but order online for convenience - sometimes paying a few extra bucks.

dhbookds · ‎06-06-2019

@tunicaslot wrote:
I think the f/u comment about getting it cheaper if he bought it himself was not the concern as much as the fact that the seller is drop shipping from Home Depot. Many of us know we can get items cheaper if we go ourselves to our local stores but order online for convenience - sometimes paying a few extra bucks.

I guess we read things differently:

Sellers need to disclose where they are getting these items from so we can save a few bucks and either go to that store or order online ourselves.

gracieallen01 · ‎06-06-2019

Well, look at the bright side - the seller did the leg work, checked their computer and did a search and came up with something that you needed/wanted and you didn't have to try to get a parking spot near one of the doors.

You would have spent more for valet parking than you would have saved.

Not saying 'NO' doesn't mean 'YES'.

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luckythewinner · ‎06-06-2019

My store had 7 of these items for about 3 bucks less when I checked and I go by our store once or twice a week.

You ...

clearly know what Home Depot does;
have an account there;
visit that store twice a week; and
bought a tool online without checking their price first.

... and you are blaming the seller because you couldn't be bothered to comparison shop?

Sellers need to disclose where they are getting these items from so we can save a few bucks and either go to that store or order online ourselves.

ROTFL.

You did order it online yourself! You just didn't bother to comparison shop first.

You could easily have saved those few bucks, but because you were lazy you didn't.

Caveat emptor.

coolections · ‎06-06-2019

You go to Home Depot twice a week and you knew it was $3 cheaper but you instead bought it on Ebay for $3 more. OK. Isn't the reason you bought it on line so it could get delivered to you instead of picking it up yourself ? It got delivered, correct ? OK What was the problem again ?

city*satins · ‎06-06-2019

Since you're shopping online anyway, check out the websites of the other places before you hit BUY here.

As for the sellers bombarding you with feedback requests.... c'mon. How many actually do that any more? Are you really being bombarded?

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flakar48 · ‎06-06-2019

Let me clarify one thing first:

I speak only of dropshipping or reselling items that I do NOT own, did not buy, have no intention of buying and when I list it and a buyer purchases it I specifically go order it from another website to dropship it to the buyer...

That being said the problem is duplicity or duplication...

If a large enough amount of sellers get into this game then soon we will have duplicate listings of just about every item for sale on the planet which can quickly get into the millions and billions, clobbering search results.

It's bad enough already, search for an item and page after page of all the duplicate identical garbage that, seen one seen them all type of products that isn't what the buyer is after...

Then come slick keyword games these sellers play to rank high in the results...

All for a product they never owned in the first place!

I for one believe sellers should NOT be allowed to sell products they do not own.

At the very least the product for sale ought to be in the same building or at the very least the same parcel of land (and no by parcel I am not referring to an entire country).

city*satins · ‎06-06-2019

Your post is not 100% clear. Are you saying the item was shipped to you BY and FROM Home Depot? Or just that when it arrived it was obviously purchase from Home Depot (Home Depot tags/packaging etc) ??

You say "Sellers need to disclose where they are getting these items from so we can save a few bucks and either go to that store or order online ourselves."

You're not saying that if I order something from Macy's on sale, and then receive it, list it, pack and ship it, I should disclose this in case it's still available online at Macy's are you? Or are you?

Please clarify because one might be gripe-worthy but the other wouldn't, in my opinion.

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city*satins · ‎06-06-2019

The problem is duplicity or duplication...

Aside from both starting with duplic.... there's a considerable difference in meaning between duplicity and duplication.

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flakar48 · ‎06-06-2019

@city*satins wrote:
The problem is duplicity or duplication...

Aside from both starting with duplic.... there's a considerable difference in meaning between duplicity and duplication.

I do appreciate you pointing this out, however upon further research I do believe both terms apply... That being said duplicity actually refers to deceptiveness and double-dealing where I was referring to duplication itself, however in most of these cases the sellers themselves are being deceptive about the product(s) being sold.

If you do not believe me just wait until there is a problem such as an out of stock situation.

Granted that wasn't what I meant originally and I stand corrected.

coolections · ‎06-06-2019

@city*satins

It sounds like the OP is saying for sellers to put in their listing that the seller purchased at Home Depot for $29.99 but they are listing it here on Ebay for $39.99. That way they are giving the buyer an option before hitting BIN to either buy it from the seller on Ebay, or to just go to Home Depot and buy it themselves.

the*dog*ate*my*tablecloth · ‎06-06-2019

Retail arbitrage (buying after the sale) is now against Ebay rules. Precisely because it so often leads to seller cancellations because they don't control their own stock.

I saw a while ago that there is even software to manage this for you. I would much prefer dealing with a hands on seller with skin in the game. It has nothing to do with price here or elsewhere.

I don't understand why the good sellers of this board are standing up for someone who is taking buyers away from you and breaking the rules to do so.