Is Target selling its excess inventory on eBay and Poshmark?

Relationship between Target and Bullseye Deals

• Commenters highlight that Target sells “salvage” (returns, overstock, damaged, recalled) to a reverse logistics company (Liquidity Services, Inc.), which then supplies Bullseye Deals.
• Target confirms Bullseye’s operator buys its salvage but says Target doesn’t control that inventory.
• Debate over whether this counts as “Target selling on eBay”:
  • One side: functionally yes, since Bullseye Deals appears Target-adjacent and sells only Target salvage.
  • Other side: legally no; it’s an independent company, no proven exclusivity, and different trademarks.

Liquidation Channels and Pallet Buying

• Multiple people describe buying Target returns/overstock via auction sites (e.g., liquidation.com, Bstock) and warehouses.
• Pallets/boxes can contain a mix of random goods; margins can be good but risky and labor-intensive.
• Some mention specific Target rules when buying directly (defacing/delabeling store brands, no exporting), but others say such restrictions aren’t enforced down the chain.

Rules, Enforcement, and First-Sale

• Discussion around whether Target’s restrictions on resellers are enforceable:
  • View 1: Target can only cut off upstream buyers, not end resellers without a direct relationship.
  • View 2: there are “supply chain compliance” investigators and warehouse contracts that forbid cherry-picking or rule-breaking.
• Brief debate about how this interacts with first-sale doctrine and broader concerns about increasingly restrictive business practices.

Side Hustles and Cherry-Picking

• Detailed anecdotes of profitable side hustles refurbishing and reselling baby gear sourced from liquidation warehouses.
• “Secret sauce” often comes from personal relationships allowing cherry-picking before auctions.
• Others note cherry-picking is officially forbidden but widely practiced, sometimes with warehouse operators running parallel resale operations.

Thrift Stores, Donations, and Volunteer Perks

• Target excess or damage (including an entire store’s smoke-damaged inventory) reportedly ends up at Goodwill and similar shops.
• Some stores let volunteers pick items first or mark down goods they then buy, raising questions about fairness to donors, customers, and the beneficiary charities.
• Debate over whether this undermines the store’s value proposition versus being a reasonable perk for unpaid labor.

Safety, Liability, and Ethics

• Brief but intense argument over liability when refurbishing strollers or selling used baby gear.
• Most commenters view the legal risk as low, especially in casual person-to-person markets, but acknowledge a difference between business and private sales.
• Broader philosophical side thread: “no rules, only consequences” vs. the importance of social contracts and trust.