Anyone Ever Buy and/or Sell on Tradesy?

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#6,211
paula3boys said:
I just got the email time stamped a little over an hour ago. Freaking ridiculous! They don't even provide good enough services at 9% let alone 14.9%! Search function sucks, the way they take time to respond to anything anymore is horrible, and how they tried to screw me over with a customer's buyer's remorse until I filed against them in Better Business Bureau (and waisted 3 days and countless hours to get my money back)- I think I will lower prices to try to sell all of my items before 12/1 because I am pulling all my items on that day.
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I will too!
 
#6,212
jmc3007 said:
Ugh just got email for the inevitable commission increase come 12/1 going from 9% to 14.9% IF YOU WITHDRAW $$, so plus the 2.9% transfer fee which is staying the same total cut for seller becomes 17.8%.
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paula3boys said:
I just got the email time stamped a little over an hour ago. Freaking ridiculous! They don't even provide good enough services at 9% let alone 14.9%! Search function sucks, the way they take time to respond to anything anymore is horrible, and how they tried to screw me over with a customer's buyer's remorse until I filed against them in Better Business Bureau (and waisted 3 days and countless hours to get my money back)- I think I will lower prices to try to sell all of my items before 12/1 because I am pulling all my items on that day.
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GemsBerry said:
Great observation. It looks like their original business model doesn't work any more and they are on the brink of changing it (fee increase or returns to seller for any reason, not to Tradesy). meanwhile they focus on one thing only - to sell the stock that built up in their return closets.
also I doubt that they keep these returns on the shelves in dusters like Fashionphile. instead it's probably piled up in some containers. which would perfectly explain why all of my three returns appeared with substantial damage. I originally thought it's customer's fault, but 3 out of 3 point at Tradesy storage problems.
as I suspected, and now they actually confirmed it, they keep money for three days after seller sends deposit to her account, cash flaw issues?
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I knew I knew all the way it's coming. too many red flags that it's not working. search is horrible, their intermediary services are rather bad even for 9% commission (sending you back perfect items claiming it has odor or auth is questioned, relisting returned items in worse condition with horrible pics, holding your funds for 3+ days since withdrawal). closets are full with no movement. Hello eBay!
ETA: I can see chat is gone on my desktop version. hm..
 
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#6,215
ThisVNchick said:
18%

But it was more hassle free to sell designer items on that site. Tradesy is somewhat good but it isn't stress free like on SH. Now to be charging SH rates and not provide the services that SH did is kinda absurd.
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thank you, I'm really surprised and I just sent them email (chat is gone) asking if they are gonna provide additional services for THAT commission.
Tradesy just received 30M funding in May in round C financing https://www.crunchbase.com/funding-round/aa66c7e09d35a93b06ca441a08f6eee6
what are their investors thinking? obviously Tradesy is underperforming financially but they are not delivering a service. search hasn't been improved since May. frankly, there were no improvements except for labels.their stuff is all the same (average and below when it comes to handling issues or even taking pictures of returned items).
 
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#6,216
PikaboICU said:
Wow!
Looks like I'll be pulling my listings..
The little bit of protection they provide against scammers isn't worth almost 5% more fees IMHO.
If I sell a $2000. item, the cost goes from about $200 + withdrawal fees to nearly $300 + withdrawal fees That's TOO HIGH!

I'll go back to taking my chances on eBay.




I AGREE!
Maybe if we do a mass exodus they'll reconsider..
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That's horrible. I'll either be leaving or raising my prices.
 
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ThisVNchick said:
18%

But it was more hassle free to sell designer items on that site. Tradesy is somewhat good but it isn't stress free like on SH. Now to be charging SH rates and not provide the services that SH did is kinda absurd.
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I completely agree. It was 100% stress free to sell on SH. As a buyer it was not good though! As long as it was authentic it was "approved".
 
#6,222
Wow, I never would have predicted that increase. I don't see myself selling handbags again, but I have considered shopping on Tradesy. I read these threads for fun because I had spent about a year selling on Tradesy. It felt like my resale home. :lol: I might close my account now. Sad! I really hoped for their success and a positive alternative for EBay.
 
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SweetDaisy05 said:
Wow, I never would have predicted that increase. I don't see myself selling handbags again, but I have considered shopping on Tradesy. I read these threads for fun because I had spent about a year selling on Tradesy. It felt like my resale home. :lol: I might close my account now. Sad! I really hoped for their success and a positive alternative for EBay.
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It is way too drastic! I still haven't gotten the email. Maybe they will revise after they hear how people react. I think if they were to increase it to 10 percent, no one would leave since that would be the same as ebay. They might be able to go as high as 12 percent without losing many sellers. They could also raise the price of their label to $10 to make more, and I doubt anyone would complain.
 
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