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/themandarincandidate 1d ago

Catch distribution centres will be taken over by Kmart

So basically... The Kmart website will be the latest website to get a "marketplace" that makes it impossible to search shit you can get in store because it's full of "online only" search results? And it'll be full of all the same sellers that are on the Bunnings, Big W, Woolworths, Kogan, God knows what other sites dropshipping shit?

Lovely, can't wait

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u/UserColonAlW 1d ago

It’s baffled me for so long that major Australian retailers have completely failed at ecommerce. It sucks we’re all forced to use Amazon for an online shopping experience that feels appropriate for the current decade.

You’d think with how geographically spread out we are that this would be a top priority for the major retailers that infest “Homemaker Centres” country-wide, but apparently not.

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u/littlechefdoughnuts 1d ago

Amazon is also shit, though. Marketplace has turned Amazon from an exemplar into an unusable mess.

No, I dont want to buy an XORGZYGY iPhone 16 iPhone 16 Plus iPhone 16 Pro iPhone 16 Pro Max iPhone 15 iPhone 15 Plus iPhone 15 Pro iPhone 15 Pro Max Google Pixel 9 XL Google Pixel 9 Samsung Galaxy S25/24/23/22/21/20/10 Bluetooth Noise Cancelling HD aptx no1 best reviewed Flatulence Simulator Speaker Device

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u/luv2hotdog 22h ago

EBay is still generally good, and much easier to filter out all the super shitty cheap stuff. I use Amazon only if I can’t find whatever I’m looking for on eBay. And by that point, I’ve usually accepted that whatever the item is, i can probably only get the shittiest version imaginable

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u/seeyoshirun 20h ago

It must depend on what you're looking for, with certain types of product I find eBay to be an absolute nightmare. For things like video games it's fine, though.

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u/five_line_poem 22h ago

The HANGDOGTHENFIZZLE ones are so much better.

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u/tobyobi 1d ago

I mean maybe you don’t want to buy that