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Anyone Ever Buy and/or Sell on Tradesy?
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I need some advice! I have sold on eBay in the past but am not too thrilled about selling a like new LV purse on there. (Bought it new from the boutique, but really don't use it and doesn't fit my lifestyle). I need the money from it and am trying to find out how safe Tradesy is for the seller. Any info would be greatly appreciated. TIA!
It might be safer than ebay. Nothing is absolutely safe. You can consign it someplace if you don't want to take the risk, but you won't make as much. Tradesy takes a higher commission than ebay. I sell on both. The great thing about Tradesy is that they handle returns so you don't have to...until they don't. Sometimes they will send a returned item back to the seller, claiming you didn't describe it accurately. Your new item may not come back in new condition. Personally, I've never had an item come back to me from Tradesy. I had one buyer claim an item wasn't authentic and Tradesy sided with me. I've had several returns that ended up in Tradesy's closet. It seems to me you can't predict which items or buyers are going to cause trouble. Sometimes I'll sell something that is in terrible condition IMO, and the buyer loves it; then I'll sell something that is pristine and the buyer will find some reason to complain.
frankly speaking non of the last returns were returned to me, and there were like 10 of them during last couple of months. fingers crossed
As mentioned by whateve, the only thing that makes Tradesy "safer" than eBay is their policy that they "take returns so you don't have to." But even that's not guaranteed because as evidenced in previous posts, people have had their items returned to them by Tradesy and the buyer was refunded.
With any selling platform I use, I always try to take many pics (zoom in/closeups are a plus), overdescribe, and videotape myself packing and sending off the package at the post office. Also, taking a pic of the shipping label and the receipt. I even include a thank you note because I think it personalizes it for the buyer. Maybe I'm being overzealous, but to me, better safe than sorry. In case a buyer tries to screw me over, at least I have video and photographic evidence as backup to give to Tradesy in case they ask for it. So far I never had anyone return an item.
Has anyone come across "resellers" on Tradesy or other platforms like it? I noticed a bag I bookmarked off fashionphile appear on Tradesy, for about $300 more. All the pictures are lifted directly from fashionphile, and all their previous sales are for cheapie stuff below $100... now they're selling BV and Valentino and the like. My guess is they plan to buy the bag from the original source and then ship it to the buyer on Tradesy. I reported this person, but I wonder how prevalent it is.
There are 2 possibilities.
If they're dropshipping, the way they're going about it is risky. What if FP sells the item before the flipper/dropshipper? Or what if both sales coincide and when the Tradesy seller goes to buy from FP, it's been paid for by the other buyer?
But worse, what if the Tradesy seller is a picture thief and is using stolen pictures to sell fakes? Or even if she's not selling fakes, using someone else's pictures is wrong, doesn't show the buyer pictures of the actual items that the buyers will get and it's not good for buyers or the seller.
I'd ask the seller if the pictures are the actual item you'll receive if you buy it.
I wonder what criteria Tradesy uses to prioritize their picture cleaning. I listed a raincoat a few weeks ago that still hasn't been cleaned. Today I listed 2 purses, one that is a cheap brand. They cleaned the better brand purse within a few hours but the other one is still uncleaned.
I mentioned it too. they always clean Chanel and DY in hours. less known brands can be ignored for a week.
I hope you get your funds soon. My last 2 sales had the funds held for 21 days, then another 12 days (including weekend) to show up in my bank account.
So it seems like if you opt into Tradesy sales, Tradesy may deduct the sale % amount from your earnings even if the items aren't on sale at the time of purchase. At least if the buyer uses a promo code. I feel like they are squeezing every $ out of the sellers. The non-business ones anyways.