Anyone Ever Buy and/or Sell on Tradesy?

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sdkitty said:
I understand. And I started off saying I didn't want to offend anyone. I sell too but not a lot. I'm just starting to look at some of these "new" sites and trying to learn. So it's helpful to know that on Tradesy a seller might be open to an offer via message even though the offer option isn't shown.
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I sell on both poshmark and tradesy, and I find that when people send me an offer on tradesy through a "contact seller" message, it is usually much more reasonable than the lowballs I tend to get on poshmark. I think that since there is no official make offer option on tradesy, buyers don't try to get away with as much.
 
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MyAwesomeFinds said:
I sell on both poshmark and tradesy, and I find that when people send me an offer on tradesy through a "contact seller" message, it is usually much more reasonable than the lowballs I tend to get on poshmark. I think that since there is no official make offer option on tradesy, buyers don't try to get away with as much.[/QUOTEI
I DONT KNOW ABOUT POSH BUT I FIND THEY DONT BUY IT ANYWAY OR WONT NEGOTIATE. I HAVE LOWERED THE PRICE TO MEET THEIR REQUEST AND MESSAGE THEM THAT I DID IT BUT THEY DON'T BUY IT ANYWAY. OTHER TIMES I WILL MAKE A COUNTEROFFER AND I NEVER HEAR BACK. I FIND ON TRADESY THESE PEOPLE WITH NO HISTORY ON THEIR PROFILE JUST ASK QUESTIONS FOR THE SAKE OF ASKING LIKE FOR MORE PICTURES. EVEN WHEN I ACCOMMODATE, THEY DON'T COME BACK AND BUY. MOSTLY DON'T EVEN SAY THANK YOU. IT IS SO RUDE I HATE TO WASTE MY TIME WITH THEM ANYMORE.
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I think Tradesy is getting stingier with reurns for sellers. I've sold about 250 items on Tradesy and once I had an item returned to me (as a seller)- vs the Tradesy returns process, because it was misrepresented. True, I made a mistake listing that one.
Fast forward a few years and today I get another "your listing is returning to you"- becuase the buyer claims it doesn't fit (This is a jewelry item, bracelet that integrates with other items in the line).
These cases are *always* where the buyer doesn't actually read the listing, and then claims something is wrong with the item. Always. I think Tradesy would have accepted this into their returns process a few years ago, but now will not.
So, I am out the original shipping for this item. Not sure if I will relist it with Tradesy.
 
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Michelle1x said:
I think Tradesy is getting stingier with reurns for sellers. I've sold about 250 items on Tradesy and once I had an item returned to me (as a seller)- vs the Tradesy returns process, because it was misrepresented. True, I made a mistake listing that one.
Fast forward a few years and today I get another "your listing is returning to you"- becuase the buyer claims it doesn't fit (This is a jewelry item, bracelet that integrates with other items in the line).
These cases are *always* where the buyer doesn't actually read the listing, and then claims something is wrong with the item. Always. I think Tradesy would have accepted this into their returns process a few years ago, but now will not.
So, I am out the original shipping for this item. Not sure if I will relist it with Tradesy.
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maybe it's different about jewelry cause it's harder to make proper pictures of all micro scratches etc + pictures are resized and lose quality on Tradesy. but I had only one return during the last year or so, and it was only because the shoes were made of python, and it's forbidden to sell python in Cali. Sometimes I see their listings with my items and notice they are even more specific in description. Where I say "signs of wear on the insoles" and focus on picturing it properly, they describe these signs very scrutinously. So they might find a reason for return if they wanted to, but they don't. Knocking on wood
 
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fashion_victim9 said:
maybe it's different about jewelry cause it's harder to make proper pictures of all micro scratches etc + pictures are resized and lose quality on Tradesy. but I had only one return during the last year or so, and it was only because the shoes were made of python, and it's forbidden to sell python in Cali. Sometimes I see their listings with my items and notice they are even more specific in description. Where I say "signs of wear on the insoles" and focus on picturing it properly, they describe these signs very scrutinously. So they might find a reason for return if they wanted to, but they don't. Knocking on wood
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For these items, it would help me if I could create my own item description vs Tradesy's logic rewriting the item description. I usually say "READ DESCRIPTION" in caps on ebay for some items, if the stock photo is generic and it is hard to see the specifics. This forces the buyers to read the details which does work. Can't do that on Tradesy and next thing, buyers try to claim "not as described".
 
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Michelle1x said:
For these items, it would help me if I could create my own item description vs Tradesy's logic rewriting the item description. I usually say "READ DESCRIPTION" in caps on ebay for some items, if the stock photo is generic and it is hard to see the specifics. This forces the buyers to read the details which does work. Can't do that on Tradesy and next thing, buyers try to claim "not as described".
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I would not use stock photos to avoid such cases and focus on picturing all micro details. Also stock photos may appear to be someone other's professional photos. I mean some other sellers from eBay or Tradesy. It happened to my pictures many times. They are on white background and some sellers find them in Google and use for their listings thinking they are "stock photos"
 
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Michelle1x said:
For these items, it would help me if I could create my own item description vs Tradesy's logic rewriting the item description. I usually say "READ DESCRIPTION" in caps on ebay for some items, if the stock photo is generic and it is hard to see the specifics. This forces the buyers to read the details which does work. Can't do that on Tradesy and next thing, buyers try to claim "not as described".
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What do you mean, Tradesy rewrites the item description? They make up the titles with words I provide, but not in the order I'd like, but I think they leave my descriptions the way I post them. When they relist my returns, they write their own descriptions, which usually aren't as good as mine, but that isn't my problem.

On ebay, I put all the flaws in the condition part and also copy and paste it into my description, so there are two places to see it.
 
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Michelle1x said:
I think Tradesy is getting stingier with reurns for sellers. I've sold about 250 items on Tradesy and once I had an item returned to me (as a seller)- vs the Tradesy returns process, because it was misrepresented. True, I made a mistake listing that one.
Fast forward a few years and today I get another "your listing is returning to you"- becuase the buyer claims it doesn't fit (This is a jewelry item, bracelet that integrates with other items in the line).
These cases are *always* where the buyer doesn't actually read the listing, and then claims something is wrong with the item. Always. I think Tradesy would have accepted this into their returns process a few years ago, but now will not.
So, I am out the original shipping for this item. Not sure if I will relist it with Tradesy.
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I've only had one item returned to me, and I know I described it correctly. I don't know if the buyer claimed anything was wrong with it. I think Tradesy just didn't want to resell it, knowing they would lose money on it.

On things you ship yourself, when they return items to you, I'm wondering if it makes a difference if you put a number in the shipping charge in the listing. Did you?
 
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