I'm glad Tradesy finally did the right thing by you. It's a shame you had to fight so hard.
Anyone Ever Buy and/or Sell on Tradesy?
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I totally agree with the others here. How can a seller be a problem if that seller doesn't even know an item was returned? Clearly if it were a problem seller with either fake or SNAD items, the seller WOULD have been told and the item would have been returned to the seller.
You shouldn't be blaming sellers for something they have no control over nor knowledge of.
Blaming? Who said I was blaming? I just prefer not to buy from someone who has a lot of returns. My OWN personal preference.
Who knows what happened on the other side, as the buyer, you just never know. Thee ONE time I bought from someone who had a lot of returns, I ended up returning their item because I wasn't sure of authenticity. Sent it to Tradesy and guess what? I got a full refund because Tradesy said it was fake. And then guess what? The seller messaged me and was wondering why I returned it and I told her I wasn't sure of authenticity. She said she got paid anyways. So what happened to the purse if we I got my money back and she got paid?? I never saw the item relisted by Tradesy either.
How does that work? It just made me think twice before purchasing from someone with more than 10 returns. That's all, it's my personal experience. Now that you all have shared your stories, it makes me feel a little better and perhaps more open to it. But I still stay away from Tradesy's personal closets. Just knowing the item you are buying has been touched by many people and re-packaged and re-shipped many times makes me question the quality of the item still (since most of the time they just use the original listings).
For the most part, I'm just selling on Tradesy. I've decided to just buy my big purchases at the store instead.
I also want to point out that if a buyer confirms via massage that they received and are satisfied with an item, Tradesy will release funds sooner. (You do have to forward the message to Tradesy)
You're certainly entitled to buy from or not buy from whomever you wish and for whatever reason but the reasons you're saying just don't make sense.
Personally, I love shopping at stores that have liberal return policies because of their return policy. I know I can return that item that doesn't look as good on me as it did on the hanger. Or that bag that didn't hold my stuff as well as I'd hoped. Or those jeans that were slightly too big at the waist and too tight at the hips.
Just because those items didn't work for me doesn't make the store (Nordies, Bloomies, Louis Vuitton, whatever) a bad "seller" nor does it mean there's something wrong with the item. It just didn't work for me.
Additionally, if an item is returned (on Tradesy) for one of the above reasons, the seller doesn't even know about it! So for me to think that Tradesy's liberal return policy, something that draws people TO their site is actually costing me buyers, it's bothersome.
"Touched by many people?" Do you think you're the only person who looked at and bought any item at any department store? Do you think that your feet are the only ones that have tried on a pair of shoes at Lord and Taylor? Although I'm speculating, I willing to bet that most of the inventory in any department store has been "touched by many," and probably tried on by many people and even bought and returned multiple times. That doesn't mean there's something wrong with the quality of the item.
It's the nature of the business!
I partially agree but at least when you're at a department store you could "inspect" and item before you commit to buying it. I'm not too crazy about buying from the Tradesy closets either but my reason is more due to lack of transparency in their listings, a lot of them are low quality photos and vague descriptions. I've asked for more photos one and they refused
Is tradesy slow in approving sales or something lately? Someone purchased one of my items 1.5 days ago and I called tradesy this morning but they just gave me the usual respond that they're looking to make sure everything is good before letting me confirm the sale. I'm just getting a little antsy that maybe there's something wrong with the buyer?? Does anyone experience this before?
I think part of the problem with what concerns you about Tradesy's closet is the fact that because tradesy relists from the original seller's closet, the pictures and description are only as good as the original seller made her listing. And because they're just flipping the item, they're too lazy to do their own work and take their own pictures --- something i think they should do anyway. They shouldn't be using another seller's work.
I've had this happen to about 10 of my sales. I once had an item that took 4 days to verify. i've sold about 150 items. Only once was one of the delayed items cancelled
I haven't had any delays. Maybe once an item took 6 hrs but that's the longest.
They have ability to read messages without us forwarding. They have on several of mine.
I am sure that is the case, I will typical just forward them the message to get them to release the funds sooner.
That is good. I just tell them that the buyer messaged me and then they say they confirmed it and I get my money sooner. I am glad that they offer that because they don't have to. They could tell us to wait the full 4 days (verified sellers).
They had a Louis Vuitton Rose Ballerine Empreinte key pouch in their closet with horribly dark pictures and the price they listed was about $600 plus shipping. I messaged them and asked for better pictures and asked why they were selling the item for well over retail price (I asked because I knew it was Tradesy's closet. I skip over other people's posts with prices above retails and don't bother to message). They ended up adding better pictures and lowered the price to $460 or something like that. Of course I was away from my computer when they did that so someone scooped it up before I could check the new pics and possibly buy it. My point is that they are willing to at least give better pictures if you make an argument about the horrible pics in a listing. They were willing to change the price when I pointed out that it was above retail. I was pleasantly surprised about both.
Chanel and Celine on sale 10% off courtesy of Tradesy. Not complaining but they've been rather generous with promotions of late since their last round of funding.