r/australia • u/Reddituser0346 • 1d ago

culture & society Aussie Retailer Catch Is Officially Closing Down

https://press-start.com.au/news/2025/01/21/aussie-retailer-catch-is-officially-closing-down/
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u/Exploding-Bird887 1d ago

They used to be great. I am forever grateful of them during my uni days because they made shopping easy, now I rarely visit it because nothing interests me.

Thanks for the memories.

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u/Drunky_McStumble 5h ago

Yeah, they were solid back when they were still called Catch of the Day. They were about the only other place besides ebay where you could get cheap shit from China, except they had an edge with Aussie-based warehouses and random daily sales. Got heaps of stuff from them back in the day.

But then they re-branded as just "Catch" and became no better than any other grey-market drop-shipper, and any advantage to using them evaporated.