Tons of big-box and department stores do this. It's not just Target. Where do you think all those "open box" items on eBay come from, from sellers with 50,000

Tons of big-box and department stores do this. It's not just Target. Where do you think all those "open box" items on eBay come from, from sellers with 50,000 reviews? When a single seller has 18 Logitech mice of the exact same model, and won't show you photos of the one you'll receive, but guarantees that it's functional and has no major cosmetic damage? They buy pallets of returned and excess merchandise for cheap, go to all the work of making listings and setting prices and shipping it all, and (hopefully) turn a profit at the end of the day. There are a lot of product categories -- including things like computer peripherals and accessories, or department store suits -- that are known to be extremely overpriced when bought at retail. While on eBay they can go from reasonably priced to downright cheap.