have you guys ever been tempted to buy back your own item during these big sales? I once had a buyer purchase a high value ticket item 2K, didn't like it so returned it to their closet, and she bought a similar value bag also from my closet and then returned it again. I got funds released both times so I'm happy... the first bag was purchased by someone else not long after, but the second item is now marked down 40% so am v tempted. or would I be flying too close to the sun LOL
Anyone Ever Buy and/or Sell on Tradesy?
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haha, I was tempted until I saw the damage done to the bags. but I'm eyeing another bag from Tradesy closet, one bag was already snatched from cart by someone else once reservation expired.
I love this! You are my people!
I almost did this too, one of my items was on sale for a ridiculous price and I was so tempted. I had it in my cart for 2 days before someone put me out of my misery and purchased it!
I sold a bag and it was delivered on Friday. Last night I noticed that my funds are already available. I'm not complaining but I'm a little confused. Usually I had to wait 4 days but not this time. Do you guys have any idea why my funds are available so early?
it may happen if your buyer relisted your bag as far as I know. Don't know, maybe there may be other reasons.
This happened to me once. When I clicked on my item, it was in Abbey R's closet. It shows as no longer available. My buyer was in LA. I thought maybe she returned it really quickly, or maybe she works for Tradesy.
Thanks for your response. The buyer does
y The item is still shown as sold out and listed by me. I'm just hoping that tradesy is not going to send the bag back to me if she has returned it. With all these new changes I don't know what to expect
Does anyone know if you can send a group email on Tradesy to the people following you - tell them they can have 5% off any item if they buy from you within the next week or something like that? Thank you
That's pretty much what I do on Tradesy- I sold a few things but not much - maybe one thing every few months. Things ranged from a $4 hair clip to a $200 coat. They are pushing high end but average people still look for affordable items. I'm annoyed they increased their commission so high but I still prefer it over Ebay because of their returns - Tradesy deals with them but on Ebay you deal with them & wind up getting cheated if you get a bad buyer who lies about the condition an item comes in - you get stuck losing the item plus shipping or paying their return shipping & half the time either you don't get the item back anyway. Plus Tradesy is much more professional to deal with & easier to communicate with. Ebay is a nightmare - the customer service people are morons & their computer tech will knock you out just as you start doing well - telling you to confirm your account or asking for info that's none of their business plus if anyone else uses them who shares the same router you use - they will link you to that account whether or not you even know the person or not and suspend your account for no reason. I never used Poshmark so I can't speak to that but I am looking for an alternative platform now that Tradesy raised its commission - I had to raise all my own prices to compensate and that's a pain because you can't do it all at one time although once you list on Tradesy - you can leave it forever or until you remover it but on Ebay you must keep renewing the listing which is a real pain in the butt - then you get caught with the software not letting you relist plus you are limited to 50 free listings a month on Ebay but Tradesy you don't pay to list - only when you sell.
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I never had a problem getting email but I just logged on and saw a question from a buyer 2 days before I never got in my email - I don't know if it is a Tradesy or an Email glitch but I was a little annoyed because although I replied - I never heard back from the buyer - must have figured I didn't respond so moved on. Hoping this doesn't happen again - I don't have time to keep logging into to Tradesy to check messages & I rely they're going to my email.
Well if they start doing that then they'll lose virtually their whole seller base because the only thing that really distingushes them now is the easy seller returns - if they start letting buyers screw sellers - they're no better then any other site and that's the first step to letting in all the con artists and crooks. The problem is when they bought shop hers and got huge retailers selling hundreds of thousands of items - when it was just us little closet sellers it was fine but they are screwing us with the big box stores whose return rates they can't keep up with now. They need to have another outlet to sell the returns outside Tradesy - a totally different platform for these commercial sellers. If you have like 10% return rate - they should opt you out of their handlng instead of looking for ways to screw the small sellers who built their platform in the start of it all- that's what ebay does. LOL
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that's a great explanation why Tradesy ended up where they are now. Though I think 10% return rate is normal, rather it's quite low for high-end items. you know how bag buyers are. they may not be familiar with brands and sizes, buy two to chose one, buy several to get a deal and return half etc. It's more like professional sellers return rate peaked 20-25%. significant part of it can be for not as described reasons. I was considering buying several items from pro-sellers on Tradesy, pictures looked good, but when I asked specific Qs about condition (corner wear etc) it always turned out there was more damage than it was disclosed in the listing. I didn't buy anything eventually. Professional sellers don't have time to disclose every bit of information and may not do it deliberately. I'm not saying that all individual sellers disclose everything, but it's more of an issue with pros on Tradesy.
Might as well call it Tradesy Frugal Monday with just ONE coupon. Seriously
