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Re:Is Target selling its excess inventory on eBay and Poshmark? by koolba on Thursday May 30, 2024 @09:22PM (#40530554)
> The real secret sauce to her side-hustle was the relationship she had with the lady who managed the warehouse where she bought the baby stuff. The warehouses usually have auctions on large lots or pallets of stuff; you bid on whatever's on the pallet, you've got no choice. The lady used to let my sister come to the warehouse periodically (usually just before a big auction) and cherrypick what she wanted, which was always the baby strollers and swing sets. The side-hustle wouldn't have worked without that. (My sister (and her husband) used to flip houses, too, and I think she sold the warehouse lady a house.)

Did she bribe the warehouse manager explicitly or just implicitly via some quid pro quos?

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Re:Is Target selling its excess inventory on eBay and Poshmark? by catlikesshrimp on Friday May 31, 2024 @01:51AM (#40531910)
"Did she bribe the warehouse manager explicitly or just implicitly via some quid pro quos?"

Yes.

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Re:Is Target selling its excess inventory on eBay and Poshmark? by Steven420 on Friday May 31, 2024 @10:46AM (#40535907)
Being friendly and knowing someone's name is usually good enough
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Re:Is Target selling its excess inventory on eBay and Poshmark? by filoleg on Friday May 31, 2024 @12:17PM (#40536981)
This. If I am about to post something I don’t need anymore to FB marketplace, first I will hit up a friend or two of mine who I would have in mind as people who might want it. And only if they don’t want it, then it goes to FB marketplace. I don’t expect or accept any “bribes” or favors for that. It is just a natural choice for me to go through them first, as that’s just a win-win for both of us, and everyone involved is a known entity.

I would bet the same principle works here. The whole idea of the auction is to get rid of unwanted items and get paid for it, and that’s exactly what’s happening here as well.

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Re:Is Target selling its excess inventory on eBay and Poshmark? by koolba on Friday May 31, 2024 @02:19PM (#40538591)
The distinction here is that the warehouse manager is not selling her own stuff. Her job is to manage the auctions and presumably get the highest fees possible (for the warehouse) by allowing an open market to bid on the merchandise.

If her company knew she was doing this I’m sure they’d oppose it and likely fire her.

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Re:Is Target selling its excess inventory on eBay and Poshmark? by filoleg on Friday June 07, 2024 @01:22PM (#40610753)
Apologies for a delayed reply, but I concur, you made a very valid point for why my analogy wasn’t the best in that scenario.

It would only work if the person running the warehouse was an owner. But if they were an employee, like you suggested, then my take would be very obviously flawed.

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Re:Is Target selling its excess inventory on eBay and Poshmark? by SkyPuncher on Saturday June 01, 2024 @12:34PM (#40547092)
In my area, these types of operations are almost always some mom-n-pop shop. Possibly with a few employees.

It wouldn’t surprise me if the owner felt good about doing this.

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