Kmart And JCPenney Join eBay Now Because Why The Heck Not

It used to be be that eBay was the place where you could go to buy obscure collectibles and sell the remain of your broken computer. Instead of all of those regular civilian consumers, though, eBay is more interested in dealing with big retail brands these days, offering a concierge service that will deliver your purchases to you within mere hours.

A large number of national chain stores have joined the service, including venerable but troubled retailers Kmart and JCPenney. Apparently, someone out there doesn’t just need Hitler teakettles and obsolete video games: they need them this afternoon.

This retail utopia isn’t available to everyone, though: delivery by Mini Cooper concierge is only available to people who live in the designated delivery zones in certain cities: the San Francisco peninsula, Chicago, Dallas, and New York (parts of Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Queens).

ECommerceBytes, a site that reports news of interest to small online sellers, notes that they were only able to find items from large chain retailers available through eBay Now. Maybe not what people picture when you say “local merchant,” but Walgreens and Radio Shack do provide local jobs.

eBay Signs Retail Chains to Same-Day Delivery Service [EcommerceBytes]

eBay Now [FAQ]

by Laura Northrup via Consumerist