Anyone Ever Buy and/or Sell on Tradesy?

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anthrosphere said:
That sucks. I have 2 items for sale, one a Longchamp and another item... the bag failed to sell at my local consignment store and I pulled both listings on eBay because I'm fearful of another a-hole buyer returning on me (I already lost $100 because the idiot buyer lied to me about a broken item when it was working just fine). But after reading this I'm tempted to pull my listings on Tradesy too. My listings have been sitting there for a week and no movement. I'm going to go ahead and pull them, I don't want to take any chances. I'm sorry for anyone going through this. Tradesy is becoming a nightmare now.
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It takes much more than a week for my items to sell on Tradesy. Ebay is quicker. I had some shoes listed on Tradesy for about 6 months. I put them up on ebay and both pairs sold within a week. They cost the buyers a little more on ebay since I had to charge more for shipping.

One of the reasons it takes a long time to sell an item is because Tradesy's search is horrible. Until your items are showing in Google shopping, it is doubtful anyone will find them. Today I did a search on Tradesy for Olimpia, and it suggested Bottega Veneta Olimpia, which is what I wanted but only showed me 6 items. Later I was looking on Google for the same thing and found several Tradesy listings that didn't come up in the Tradesy search.

There are bad buyers everywhere but I think it is a small percentage. One of the problems with Tradesy is that your item can be returned to you even if the buyer didn't claim SNAD. I think Tradesy doesn't want to be stuck reselling some items so they try to find something wrong so they can return them to the seller. So far this hasn't happened to me. I think I'm relatively safe since my items aren't expensive. As far as I know, I've only had one SNAD claim from a buyer and Tradesy sided with me. Recently I had one of more expensive items that I sold on ebay returned. I believe my buyer damaged my bag in order to not have to pay my restocking fee. Luckily the damage she caused was minor. I've been afraid to put it back up on ebay so I hope it will eventually sell on Tradesy.
 
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anthrosphere said:
That sucks. I have 2 items for sale, one a Longchamp and another item... the bag failed to sell at my local consignment store and I pulled both listings on eBay because I'm fearful of another a-hole buyer returning on me (I already lost $100 because the idiot buyer lied to me about a broken item when it was working just fine). But after reading this I'm tempted to pull my listings on Tradesy too. My listings have been sitting there for a week and no movement. I'm going to go ahead and pull them, I don't want to take any chances. I'm sorry for anyone going through this. Tradesy is becoming a nightmare now.
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Don't do that! I love Tradesy. I've sold 5 items this month and a couple of them were over $600. I really like them and I've personally never had a huge problem with them. One time they returned an item because I was 2 inches off the size, but other than that it's been great as a seller. I really enjoy it. and it takes longer than a week to sell something. Price it right, take good pictures, be honest in your description and just go on with life until you get a notification that you got a sale.
 
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whateve said:
Recently I had one of more expensive items that I sold on ebay returned. I believe my buyer damaged my bag in order to not have to pay my restocking fee. Luckily the damage she caused was minor. I've been afraid to put it back up on ebay so I hope it will eventually sell on Tradesy.
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that is RUDE. Karma will get her. I would never do something like that. I'd just try to resell it.
 
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fashion_victim9 said:
I noticed that when someone messages me and I click on user's name from my messages, the link leads me here https://www.tradesy.com/all/other/
I didn't try to do it from the app, only on my mac. is it a glitch, or maybe they don't want us to see our buyers closets any more to keep their privacy?
PS When I click on any listing from the main page and then click on user's name, it works properly. it only happens when I want to see someone's closet from the ones who message me.
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I tested this out as I just sold something. It's true. They don't allow you to look at the buyer's closet anymore. Which kind of sucks. I did that to get to know a little bit about them since Tradesy doesn't have reviews like Ebay. You never know who you are selling too. Oh well.
 
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anthrosphere said:
That sucks. I have 2 items for sale, one a Longchamp and another item... the bag failed to sell at my local consignment store and I pulled both listings on eBay because I'm fearful of another a-hole buyer returning on me (I already lost $100 because the idiot buyer lied to me about a broken item when it was working just fine). But after reading this I'm tempted to pull my listings on Tradesy too. My listings have been sitting there for a week and no movement. I'm going to go ahead and pull them, I don't want to take any chances. I'm sorry for anyone going through this. Tradesy is becoming a nightmare now.
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Don't pull your listings! I've had a couple items sit for months. It doesn't mean that no one wants your item; the right buyer may have not found it yet. Like whateve says, the Tradesy search is horrible.

I don't sell a lot but I've never had any issues with any of my buyers (knock on wood)...and I've sold some pretty expensive things that made me super nervous to list. I also believe that bad buyers are a small percentage of the overall buying population. While there are exceptions (as you've seen here), I think Tradesy offers a small layer of protection that eBay does not. It is harder for a buyer to lie about authenticity or condition of the bag on Tradesy, whereas on eBay they will almost always side with the buyer.

Not sure if you do this, but it's always a good idea to film yourself boxing up the item. I never tell my buyers this because if they tried to pull a misrepresentation claim, I can underhandedly counter the claim with video documentation. I've read on facebook groups that some buyers will claim that the item was SNAD but the seller was able to fight it back by sending videos to Tradesy and Tradesy backed the seller.

fashion_victim9 said:
lol true
thank you for your support:smile:
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Please keep us posted. I'm so sorry that this happened to you. I'm curious as to why Tradesy didn't keep you in the loop! :cursing:
 
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bernz84 said:
Not sure if you do this, but it's always a good idea to film yourself boxing up the item. I never tell my buyers this because if they tried to pull a misrepresentation claim, I can underhandedly counter the claim with video documentation. I've read on facebook groups that some buyers will claim that the item was SNAD but the seller was able to fight it back by sending videos to Tradesy and Tradesy backed the seller.
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Also, to add to this, you can attach a security tag to prevent someone switching purses. AND...I don't think it'd be a bad thing to tell buyers that you film the shipping process. It will deter the scammers. Just say something like "...to help protect both buyer and seller I will add a security tag to every item, in case of a return this security tag MUST be attached. Also, I videotape the WHOLE shipping process to avoid fraud..." I have done that in some of my listings and they've sold. I think people can respect that.
 
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Sttephaniexmarie said:
That's the problem the pictures that she posts are a real Louis Vuitton's. However the bag that you received is not the one pictured. I had it authenticated at Louis Vuitton.
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You should never trust a sales associate to authenticate a bag for you, and as far as I know they shouldn't be doing it in the first place. You need to have it authenticated by A reputable paid authenticator and or you could have it authenticated here on the form. I don't know the seller personally but I have to say in defense of the seller you should never accuse someone of selling a fake Unless you are 100% certain.
 
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NANI1972 said:
You should never trust a sales associate to authenticate a bag for you, and as far as I know they shouldn't be doing it in the first place. You need to have it authenticated by A reputable paid authenticator and or you could have it authenticated here on the form. I don't know the seller personally but I have to say in defense of the seller you should never accuse someone of selling a fake Unless you are 100% certain.
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Agreed, sales associates aren't supposed to authenticate and some of them are really bad at it. I remember years ago a buyer wanted me to meet her at the LV store to authenticate a Partition wristlet. The model is retired and the sales associate couldn't authenticate it because the zipper kept getting stuck and he never saw the model before. However, I knew it was authentic because the person I bought it from bought it himself at the boutique!
 
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Sttephaniexmarie said:
No she's not a reputable seller
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It's interesting that you say she's not a reputable seller. Whether on Tradesy, Poshmark, ebay, Mercari or any other site, reputable sellers don't use the site to gain exposure then refer members to another site. (*Someone* does that in her poshmark listings.)

People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.
 
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