Also I think buyers aren't updating their addresses correctly to reflect where the item should be shipped, it's not that Tradesy care whether an address is work or home as as long as it's updated under the buyer's profile. I've shipped several times to work addresses so I don believe it's not due to that. Whenever I buy on Tradesy during checkout process it's clearly marked where item will be shipped. I've been informed that Tradesy need their records to match what's on file and can't be changed after the fact. As for PayPal, I keep several shipping addresses on file and transactions always go through (I even have one shipping address as international).
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usually banks don't approve transactions if there's inconsistency between shipping and billing address. but PayPal stores old addresses even if you deleted them and an old address can pop up unexpectedly. But what worries me is increased number of these cases on Tradesy while number of sales dropped. and as buyer if I know it was a wrong address I would call to fix it, but transactions are cancelled because most buyers never call, which makes me think it's not buyers, it's Tradesy.
Paypal allows you to have multiple addresses but some merchants can have settings that require your shipping address to match the address that is associated with your credit card. I remember once I was trying to buy something and have it shipped to my daughter, and it was impossible even though I had her address in my Paypal. Tradesy may have the same restriction in some cases, like it might not be enough that you have put the address in your Tradesy account if it doesn't match the address on your card. Sometimes people move and don't change their credit card address. It's easy to forget if they have paperless billing.
yes I keep several addresses different from my billing that I currently use, not inactive or old, for gifting purposes like you mentioned or to my work. I know I've sent several packages from Tradesy to buyers' workplaces, at least a dozen times over the last 2 years. without hearing from the buyers who got declined, it's hard to make educated guesses.
I can only recall one decline in memory, and I think it had something to do with her credit or using Affirm, though about a week later the same item was purchased. pretty sure it's the same person as it was somewhat an unusual bag that not everyone was clamoring for
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I've never had a sale disappear that I know of. Mine are usually cheaper items so the authentication process probably isn't as complete. The longest I've had an item in limbo was 36 hours and the sale eventually came through. I think it was a $300 item.
Yep, I heard it too. That's why I was asking to see if I should bother with trying to get my funds released early.
So I have this buyer who has been contacting me for a month now to lower the price on one of my purses. She said she is outside of the country and has to have someone buy it for her. She is from Mynamar and Tradesy shipping is not available there, I guess, per her. I did lower the price for awhile and never heard back, so I raised the price back up. A month later she comes back and says that she is sorry and she was on a business trip and she had someone ready to buy the purse at the price we agreed on, but the price had changed. So I told her since she never bought it that I raised the price.
So I kindly changed the price back that same morning to what she wanted it for and told her I will change it back at midnight if she doesn't purchase it. Come this morning, the purse wasn't purchased so I changed the price back. She just wrote me, "Hello, please set it fixed price and don't change it for a while. As it is a little time difference from my place and I have to ask other person to.buy it for me, I dont know what time exactly that person will buy
It will be better if you set fixed one. Thank you"
I'm kinda irritated and don't really want to change it now. I don't have a good feeling about it. Why is it taking so long? I feel like she is playing games with me.
So I kindly changed the price back that same morning to what she wanted it for and told her I will change it back at midnight if she doesn't purchase it. Come this morning, the purse wasn't purchased so I changed the price back. She just wrote me, "Hello, please set it fixed price and don't change it for a while. As it is a little time difference from my place and I have to ask other person to.buy it for me, I dont know what time exactly that person will buy
It will be better if you set fixed one. Thank you"I'm kinda irritated and don't really want to change it now. I don't have a good feeling about it. Why is it taking so long? I feel like she is playing games with me.
I guess if you are willing to sell it for that lower price, I would lower the price for 4 or 5 days. If her story is true, it could take more than just 12 hours to coordinate with someone else to buy it, with the time differences, and getting more than 2 people to coordinate something can sometimes be difficult. That's what I would do anyways, but only if I was willing to sell it at the lower price. Because someone else could buy it, right? I wouldn't go back and forth with her about buying/not buying though as I think that would be annoying for me. Good luck.So I have this buyer who has been contacting me for a month now to lower the price on one of my purses. She said she is outside of the country and has to have someone buy it for her. She is from Mynamar and Tradesy shipping is not available there, I guess, per her. I did lower the price for awhile and never heard back, so I raised the price back up. A month later she comes back and says that she is sorry and she was on a business trip and she had someone ready to buy the purse at the price we agreed on, but the price had changed. So I told her since she never bought it that I raised the price.
So I kindly changed the price back that same morning to what she wanted it for and told her I will change it back at midnight if she doesn't purchase it. Come this morning, the purse wasn't purchased so I changed the price back. She just wrote me, "Hello, please set it fixed price and don't change it for a while. As it is a little time difference from my place and I have to ask other person to.buy it for me, I dont know what time exactly that person will buy
I'm kinda irritated and don't really want to change it now. I don't have a good feeling about it. Why is it taking so long? I feel like she is playing games with me.
The only problem with keeping the price lower is that if you have opted into the sale option on Tradesy, you could lower the price for this woman and then Tradesy could put the item on sale with their 5%, 10%, 15% off option and suddenly the item is selling for the price you lowered it to minus the % off that you selected when Tradesy puts things on sale. This happened to me -- I lowered the price and left it there for 2 days; then I get a notice of the sale minus another 10% because Tradesy put it on sale (of course they give you no notice of what items they have put on sale) and so I had to sell it for the lower price that we agreed to minus another 10% for the Tradesy sale. I hope this makes sense???? So, like you, I tell people it will be lowered for 24 hours and then I am putting it back to the original price so that I don't get caught in some tradesy sale and I get even less money.
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You opted in the sales. You can go to your account settings and opt out. I don't do that. I have complete control and knowledge of my current prices.
