Anyone Ever Buy and/or Sell on Tradesy?

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#6,691
BeenBurned said:
Herein lies the problem. So many threatened to leave but in fact, stayed on Tradesy in spite of the price increase, in spite of the difficult searchability, in spite of the lack of sales and other issues. And since they didn't lose enough of the membership necessary to impact their bottom line, they have no incentive to respond to emails and chats complaining.

Had they actually lost a good chunk of sellers (and buyers), perhaps they would have reconsidered whether a price increase was a smart idea on a site that doesn't warrant the types of fees it charges.
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I never told I'd leave, but I support those who did and understand their concerns.
if I leave, I'll punish myself first of all, loosing some good sales. i don't like their new policy, but I can live with it
 
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#6,692
ThisVNchick said:
Bargain shoppers are such pests (for a lack of a better word)! Dang, how many times do I have to tell you no before you go away!

I have a buyer who's trying to buy Ugg boots from me. When she first contacted me the day after Thanksgiving, I was willing to go a wee bit lower because I was trying to get rid of my things before the increase. We agreed on a price but then she disappeared. She reappeared yesterday and asked me to honor that price, to which I kindly told her no because of the recent seller fee increase. Then she wanted to negotiate on the shipping after I told her going the Tradesy label route was the cheapest. This morning she messages me stating that she checked USPS and shipping is much cheaper than $8.50. Uh...how do you know where I live to even calculate for postage?

Tradesy needs to enable a block option. The most annoying part is not her ridiculous offers but her constant bombardment of messages because she sends messages like texts messages (short, sometimes 1-2 word messages) so I get 15 notifications for her on my phone every time I check.
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Does she have any idea how much Uggs weigh?? This is one reason I sell my shoes on Tradesy only. The other reason is that it is too likely someone will return for fit.
 
#6,693
fashion_victim9 said:
I never told I'd leave, but I support those who did and understand their concerns.
if I leave, I'll punish myself first of all, loosing some good sales. i don't like their new policy, but I can live with it
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I didn't say you said you were leaving nor was there a quote from you above. (I didn't quote everyone who'd indicated they'd leave.)

My point isn't to criticize those who stay but rather to point out that if there isn't a mass exodus, Tradesy doesn't care that people b!tch on online blogs. Complaining doesn't detract from their bottom line; an exodus of sellers would hit them in the proverbial pocketbook and that would hurt.
 
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#6,694
BeenBurned said:
I didn't have very many listings but I decided to end them on the night of November 30 to let Tradesy know I wasn't happy to read that I'd be paying extra for "improvements" that I didn't believe would happen.

Did anyone else end their listings to let Tradesy know they were unhappy?

IMO, unless sellers (and buyers) actually walk away to show Tradesy that they aren't happy, nothing will change, nothing will improve and you'll just pay more commission and by extension, more for your purchases.
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I hate the policy but I don't think they will lower the commission if we walk away. I have several items that cost so much to ship that I don't feel comfortable listing them anywhere else, and I feel it is worth the extra cost for the clothing I sell to not have to take returns. The package I sent that is currently lost in the USPS system is from an ebay sale; if I had sold that on Tradesy, I'd still get paid.
 
#6,696
ThisVNchick said:
Unfortunately, I have not. I still think Tradesy is a bit more protective of sellers than eBay. I've also taken note of other's recent feedbacks and basically revised all "like new" listings to "gently used" just to be on the safe side. Tradesy hasn't really made any unfair returns to me (except for one time but they ended up compensating), so I'll stick it out until I can't anymore. And given the eBay luck I've had recently, it makes me not want to go back even with the lower fees. But I did up all of my listings by 6%. I am not running a business so I can afford to wait until the right buyer comes along. I figured, if I don't make a sale, Tradesy doesn't get to either.
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+1. we each have to figure out what we can get from a selling platform and make it work. the postage and insurance is a big deal for me, especially as the buying season is getting busier, it only takes 1-2 USPS fiascos to make it painful to eat the losses. as for returns, let's face it when buyers want to force a return, they'll find a way regardless of existing policy, so at minimum I want my returns to go back to a depot where the staff can check that ppl didn't fill their boxes with bricks, or use some random address with the same zip code as mine and allowing PayPal to mark as received. this site is littered with pages after pages of sellers and shipping issues and returns, I'd rather not be one of them.
 
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#6,697
whateve said:
Does she have any idea how much Uggs weigh?? This is one reason I sell my shoes on Tradesy only. The other reason is that it is too likely someone will return for fit.
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The classic boots aren't too heavy, but they are big, so I'll have to use a box over 12'' which makes the postage more expensive.

But her offer isn't even reasonable- 50% off my original listing AND she wants basically free shipping. She even said she found a better deal on a new with tags one (hoping that I would budge) and I wished her the best with that deal.
 
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ThisVNchick said:
The classic boots aren't too heavy, but they are big, so I'll have to use a box over 12'' which makes the postage more expensive.

But her offer isn't even reasonable- 50% off my original listing AND she wants basically free shipping. She even said she found a better deal on a new with tags one (hoping that I would budge) and I wished her the best with that deal.
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My Uggs in the box are nearly 3 pounds. Even if I shipped it to someone in my state, it would probably cost as much as Tradesy's label, and would cost more to anywhere else. I have a briefcase that weighs almost 5 pounds. It would cost nearly $40 for me to ship it to the east coast.
 
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BeenBurned said:
Herein lies the problem. So many threatened to leave but in fact, stayed on Tradesy in spite of the price increase, in spite of the difficult searchability, in spite of the lack of sales and other issues. And since they didn't lose enough of the membership necessary to impact their bottom line, they have no incentive to respond to emails and chats complaining.

Had they actually lost a good chunk of sellers (and buyers), perhaps they would have reconsidered whether a price increase was a smart idea on a site that doesn't warrant the types of fees it charges.
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I didn't remove my items but I increased prices and the sales stopped. Either way tradesy loses money on us, small sellers. cash flaw from old commission is better than zero from new one.
Just a thought, what if Tradesy will start pricing the items for us as a next step like Vestiaire Collective?
so far Tradesy price suggestions were ridiculous. I saw recommended price $29 for my $1.5K heavy solid gold necklace.
 
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GemsBerry said:
I didn't remove my items but I increased prices and the sales stopped. Either way tradesy loses money on us, small sellers. cash flaw from old commission is better than zero from new one.
Just a thought, what if Tradesy will start pricing the items for us as a next step like Vestiaire Collective?
so far Tradesy price suggestions were ridiculous. I saw recommended price $29 for my $1.5K heavy solid gold necklace.
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This hits close to home! I am currently in the midst of "price negotiations" with Vestiaire Collective, ugh.
 
#6,702
alwayscoffee89 said:
Speaking of price negotiations...really? Do you believe this? I want to say that I'm in a charity too, it's called "My Own Selfish Profit".
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Dear wannabe buyer,

What a coincidence! I'm selling this item because I need the money for my own charity! If you buy this Gucci bag, you will get a receipt showing the price of your $975.00 purchase. The proceeds of the sale will go to support the AlwaysCoffee89 charitable foundation and I will be very grateful.

Thank you.
 
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