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Target Begins Selling Used Electronics

by Tim Stevens on November 21, 2007 at 10:13 AM

Target Adding Sales of Used Gadgets

Amazon.com has found great success with its Marketplace, a sort of better-structured eBay enabling users to post their own used goods for sale on the site. Now it seems Target wants to get in on the action, but it won't allow just anyone to sell their wares on its site, Target.com. The company is posting so-called pre-owned electronics to the site, but it will only be re-selling those electronics items returned to their brick and mortar stores.

The company claims that many of the electronics returned by customers are in "perfect working order" and simply need to be re-packaged for sale again. However, once opened, those items are technically used and can't be re-sold as new. So, add a new section to your website and, hey -- presto, cleared inventory.

Right now, the selection is fairly limited, including just iPods, video game consoles, and televisions. You can get yourself a 30 gig iPod Video for $180, compared to $250 for the cheapest iPod Classic, the 80 gigabyte version. If you're a fan of the taller, thinner iPod Nano, a pre-owned eight gigabyte version is $170, compared to $200 for a new one from Apple, or $180 from Amazon.

Not exactly a huge savings by any means, but if Target is your Vendor of choice and you like to save a few bucks, this could be the used gadget vendor you've been looking for.

From Extreme Tech

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