Yep, I use use "hardware scratches". There's also a character limitation so you can't have long descriptions anyways. Keeping it simple and to the point is always best.
Anyone Ever Buy and/or Sell on Tradesy?
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Yep, I use use "hardware scratches". There's also a character limitation so you can't have long descriptions anyways. Keeping it simple and to the point is always best.
I don't always check the boxes. I just describe the wear in the condition description box. I usually have something generic like "minor scratches to leather and hardware" that covers me in case there is something I missed.
I typically use "hardware wear" (generic but descriptive enough as a lawyer might say) in the customized label field, and in the notes field I say zoom in photos. I used to have a descriptive paragraph with more details but I now streamline and use tags instead of words. Again the buyers tend not too read so for CYA purposes I noticed that Tradesy follow this format so I started doing the same. And guess what, when my items came back to their closets I saw that they kept my original tags which means they didn't find fault with my description. Can't ask for a better endorsement!
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Woo hoo! I finally made a sale after nearly a month of drought!
Thank you. I like using their tags also since they're so generic. I wish they had a tag for hardware, since it would be very useful to click on it and cover my bases for any bag that isn't new. I always add more in my photos and description if there is actual wear though.
Well I have not sold anything since the end of March but that's not unusual for me. I rarely sell more on Tradesy then an item every few months and they are usually low end things that I can't even sell on there anymore anyway. To me it seems like its become a niche site for high end purses only and those seem to sell well from what I gather from reading this forum - if everyone is being honest anyway.
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That's because their trust and security manager is a young guy who has no clue what he is doing. He took a bunch of my listings down saying they weren't allowed but there is nothing that prohibited selling them and I found hundreds of similar items being sold that they didn't take down. Meanwhile there are also hundreds of men's ties being sold - so I told him how come you took down my cosmetics accessories, jewelry organizers, books on style and fashion and new women's lingerie/underwear etc which are clearly women's clothes and accessories or at least within the realm of the website and leave up men's ties and he says they're unisex so we allow them. LOLOLOL - what women is going to wear a men's 3" wide tie? Then he took down under wedding gifts a set of cutlery - brand new and a set of bride & groom teacups. Really? When was the last time this guy gave anyone a wedding gift? What really annoyed me was he didn't even first ask me to remove them or send me a warning email - at least I could have preserved my listings and moved them to another platform but they just disappeared which is really infuriating because now I have to remember what I had listed, find them from storage and created whole listings for my other online platforms I sell on ect. Don't these people know that listing takes TIME? Such inconsistency and changing their minds about what can be listed and what can't - there is just a lot of favoritism going on now and they are monitoring and coming after small sellers. Ebay all over again.
yes...I got it after a few days. it never happened before.
ONCE AGAIN today I sold a bag that was NOT on sale (they're only having accessories sale right now) and when I got the notification email it said "your item sold during the sale".
I called them and the CS said "we were able to confirm that your item was in fact on sale". UGH how can I argue with that?! clearly I see none of my bags are on sale, wallets only. I think this is YET ANOTHER way for tradesy to increase their funds on our expense. I'm happy I sold the bag ($1,400 chanel) but im so upset they took an extra 5%.
