Anyone Ever Buy and/or Sell on Tradesy?
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If your item is considered a "luxury" item they hold the funds for 4 days to allow the buyer to inspect, if it is not considered "luxury" the funds are not held. Case in point:
I sold a pair of pre-loved Rag & Bone boots for $225 - funds not held.
I sold a Gucci dust bag-- A DUST BAG!-- for $30 - funds were held.
Wedding and special occasion clothes (gowns) are final sale and non returnable, so those get funded immediately as well. I sold a $400 white Alice & Olivia Gown to an adorable girl who was going to wear it to her prom for $200... funds not held at all.
I've sold quite a bit of stuff on Tradesy. The general rules of bargain hunters apply there as everwhere... No matter how thorough you are in your listing, they won't read it and won't pay attention to what you say in it, and they'll make lowball offers and ask stupid questions.
I've been fortunate to have had MOSTLY super positive experiences with buyers on Tradesy, and with Tradesy itself. I've also had a SLEW of annoying lowballers I've wanted to scream at (but didn't) and a few people who tried to return stuff just because they had buyers remorse.
It is absolutely critical on Tradesy to write a really thorough description, be overly conservative in your estimation of an item's condition unless it is literally brand new and unused, and I ALWAYS ALWAYS put in a disclaimer that I will not confirm the sale of a luxury item (handbag) until I've had a message exchange with the buyer that they have had the item authenticated by the third party authenticator of their choice, or that they waive authentication because they know from their own experience that the item is authentic.
This last bit is SUPER important because Tradesy's absolute weakest attribute IMO is that they are NOT product experts and they DO NOT, DO NOT, DO NOT enforce authenticity. In other words, they are more than happy to ALLOW inauthentic goods to be listed and sold, it is ENTIRELY INCUMBENT UPON THE BUYER TO DETERMINE AUTHENTICITY. I have flagged so many fake goods on Tradesy I can't even count them all, and they get taken down about 50% of the time if I'm being generous. And of the ones that do get taken down, they usually get reposted by the counterfeit seller within a matter of hours or days. So my advice is: Protect yourself SELLING, protect yourself BUYING!
That's the end of my Tradesy sermon! LOL
If your item is considered a "luxury" item they hold the funds for 4 days to allow the buyer to inspect, if it is not considered "luxury" the funds are not held. Case in point:
I sold a pair of pre-loved Rag & Bone boots for $225 - funds not held.
I sold a Gucci dust bag-- A DUST BAG!-- for $30 - funds were held.
Wedding and special occasion clothes (gowns) are final sale and non returnable, so those get funded immediately as well. I sold a $400 white Alice & Olivia Gown to an adorable girl who was going to wear it to her prom for $200... funds not held at all.
I've sold quite a bit of stuff on Tradesy. The general rules of bargain hunters apply there as everwhere... No matter how thorough you are in your listing, they won't read it and won't pay attention to what you say in it, and they'll make lowball offers and ask stupid questions.
I've been fortunate to have had MOSTLY super positive experiences with buyers on Tradesy, and with Tradesy itself. I've also had a SLEW of annoying lowballers I've wanted to scream at (but didn't) and a few people who tried to return stuff just because they had buyers remorse.
It is absolutely critical on Tradesy to write a really thorough description, be overly conservative in your estimation of an item's condition unless it is literally brand new and unused, and I ALWAYS ALWAYS put in a disclaimer that I will not confirm the sale of a luxury item (handbag) until I've had a message exchange with the buyer that they have had the item authenticated by the third party authenticator of their choice, or that they waive authentication because they know from their own experience that the item is authentic.
This last bit is SUPER important because Tradesy's absolute weakest attribute IMO is that they are NOT product experts and they DO NOT, DO NOT, DO NOT enforce authenticity. In other words, they are more than happy to ALLOW inauthentic goods to be listed and sold, it is ENTIRELY INCUMBENT UPON THE BUYER TO DETERMINE AUTHENTICITY. I have flagged so many fake goods on Tradesy I can't even count them all, and they get taken down about 50% of the time if I'm being generous. And of the ones that do get taken down, they usually get reposted by the counterfeit seller within a matter of hours or days. So my advice is: Protect yourself SELLING, protect yourself BUYING!
That's the end of my Tradesy sermon! LOL
Super useful, thanks! The $90 item was a Chloe wallet and the $30 item was a Kate Spade necklace. So who knows but what you said makes sense. So far I've had mainly positive experiences with selling even with the annoying lowball offers. The funny thing is those people never go through with the sale even when I lower the price and someone else ends up buying the same item for my asking price. Go figure.
I guess I did! I've never had it this fast before.
I was actually hoping to leave part of the money in Tradesy in case I found something to buy, but there didn't seem to be an option to do that.
When I sold Fossil, the funds were released immediately upon delivery. It happened once with Coach when their system accidentally dropped the brand name from my items.
I've only gotten a couple requests on Tradesy to lower my price. It happens all the time on ebay. And it is usually like you said, someone else comes along and buys it for the asking price. Except that lately, those sales are happening on Tradesy. Nothing is selling on ebay for me.
This is so true about the lowballs not buying and other people coming in at a fair price. The psychology of it all is fascinating and exhausting at the same time. I've finally dumped a load of stuff at the local consignment store after months on Tradesy with no action. It gets tiring babysitting your listings and answering questions when you just want the stuff out of your closet already. Of course I'm more patient with bigger ticket items where paying 30-50% to a consigner means more money lost for me.
I did a major closet overhaul using Twice and ThredUp for clothes and shoes I wasn't wearing anymore. I save Tradesy for handbags and accessories. For me those things are easier to list and easier to sell. It's hard to take a good photo of say a shirt and too much of a hassle for me to take all of the measurements.
Nothing sells for me on eBay. Everything is on Tradesy now too. I'm averaging 2 sales per week here.
Only bags are selling for me on Tradesy. Once I sold a pair of sandals. If I ever sell more shoes, Tradesy is the only place I'd do it because I won't have to worry about them not fitting my buyer.
My accessories aren't moving on Tradesy. I think that is partially because Tradesy's search function is horrible and they don't have the right categories for accessories. Most of mine end up in miscellaneous, and they still expect you to give measurements even if it doesn't make sense. I've noticed that many sellers don't realize that if you don't put in a style name for your item in this category it ends up titled as miscellaneous.
I'm annoyed that my packages never get scanned until 2 days after I mail them out. My local post office never scans anything. They never get scanned until they leave the distribution center. I hope that doesn't affect how my items end up prioritized in Tradesy's search.
I actually just sold a Bal Velo on Tradesy that I bought a few months ago off their site. I got the bag authenticated here received the bal and was in love with. However, after someone in my circle bought a lindy I decided I wanted to put the funds toward a Lindy of my own (b/c Lindy's are awesome). All is well until this afternoon when I look at the page where my funds are being released and it says, "return requested". They didn't e-mail me or notify me at all. I have received no message from the seller. So I chat with a CS rep and they tell me that my bag is being investigated for being *gasp* a "replica". I'm freaking out b/c this is my first time selling a bag and I don't want to be accused of something so terrible. I look in the Bal authentication forum and buyer has posted for authentication and low and behold someone authenticates it. I'm very frustrated at Tradesy at the moment and will never use them for buying again. I think there should have been some form of communication to me as a seller that there was an accusation that my bag was fake. I can understand the need to protect their buyers and keep their credibility for "only authentic" guarantee, but as a seller it's frustrating.
Tradesy won't refund you your money unless the bag is proven to be misrepresented or a "replica". All other returns just give you a site credit. I wonder how many claims they get about these things because people have buyers remorse.
Tradesy won't refund you your money unless the bag is proven to be misrepresented or a "replica". All other returns just give you a site credit. I wonder how many claims they get about these things because people have buyers remorse.
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If this had happened on ebay, you might have been forced to take the return since ebay doesn't do authentications. I think on Tradesy you have a fighting chance. If they determine it is fake, then point them to the fact that you bought it on Tradesy, and if they won't give you your money back, initiate a credit card chargeback.
Yes, if you bought it on Tradesy and they say its fake you should get a refund for what you paid, since they have an authentic guarantee.
I had my first scare on tradesy recently, tracking quit updating. It just said notice left for a long time, I scheduled a redelivery for the buyer and nothing.
I contacted Tradesy and they called the buyer to see if she got it, thankfully she was honest. They released my funds immediately afterwards.
I had my first scare on tradesy recently, tracking quit updating. It just said notice left for a long time, I scheduled a redelivery for the buyer and nothing.
I contacted Tradesy and they called the buyer to see if she got it, thankfully she was honest. They released my funds immediately afterwards.
I'm sorry but that's just ridiculous. You bought the item on Tradesy and they are claiming it's fake now?? AND you've had it authenticated. I would call them and bring up both of these arguments. I might also send them an email with a link to the authentication. They really have no idea what they're doing with regard to authenticity, do they?
If you use Tradesy's label then this wouldn't be your problem. As soon as the item shows up in tracking, it isn't your responsibility anymore.