I don't have the energy for PM. I've got everything on ebay, Bonanza, Mercari and Tradesy. Most of the sales are on ebay. I just wish everything would sell already so I could take a break from selling.
Anyone Ever Buy and/or Sell on Tradesy?
- Thread starter iluvmybags
- Start date
TPF may earn a commission from merchant affiliate
links, including eBay, Amazon, and others
I started a separate thread on the sales tax issue. As a buyer it would drive me to other sites.
I'm fearing that Tradesy will start collecting sales taxes and also wondering when the postal increase will come. On another topic, I am starting to see complaints like this about Tradesy on a couple of review sites :"They changed the policy to force sellers to take returns based on the selling price is too high, so they can avoid taking the returns themselves". Has anyone had this issue? This seems like a bad trend if they are doing this.
Whoa! That's a terrible policy! I haven't so far but I bet they feel that about most of the returns they've taken on my items because they just sit there for a long time before they can sell them unless they reduce the price. But that is partly their fault, since their pictures and descriptions aren't very good. I imagine they would invoke that on many of my items because the rarer ones are priced above retail. The returns is really the only reason to sell on Tradesy.
I've thought for a long time that their business model of offering free returns was going to fail.
I was on Tradesy's site last night and clicked on the "reviews" option. Then they had Trustpilot and another review site listed. I clicked on Trustpilot and saw 2 recent complaints about this.
I checked it, here's the link. https://www.trustpilot.com/review/tradesy.com
It's horrible, they are really doing it. I wish I can find clear confirmation from Tradesy in their policies section.
And personally, I wouldn't sell any expensive items there anymore. Like Chanel or Ceine, I price BNWT reasonably below retail, it's not for everybody you know. but in listing page Tradesy always suggests a price that is about 30% of retail. So if I don't sell my Celine for $900 instead of $2500, it will go back to me in who knows which condition and then it will certainly loose its value due to scratches, indents etc. No, thanks.
ETA: I found it.
Last edited:
I just can't stop fuming about it. Like really? Customer buys Chanel for 3K, she can see the price when she places the order and can agree or disagree on it at the moment she pays. Then she wears it over weekend, possibly damages it, and then she has right to return it "because price is too high"? I'm not Bag borrow or steal, besides I don't get any profit from lending bags this way, I only get loss if it's damaged.
I'm assuming the buyer isn't necessarily returning for that reason but Tradesy is using that reason to return it to the seller. Who determines market price? Some of the items I sell are too rare to do a price analysis. Prices on some of the things I sell swing widely depending on outside factors. For example, there is a style I sold a few months ago. Now there are a bunch of people discussing the style on tpf and the prices on that particular style have risen dramatically, almost double what I sold mine for. I bet in a few months when the interest dies down, that style won't command as much.
Tell me about it. There are collectible items, price can't be determined on style only and how old it is. it can be new from old collection, of rare sold out color etc.
and you are also right about buyers, buyers most likely will get site credit, but Tradesy will reverse my payment and will keep the cash.
I emailed Tradesy about the issue
1) as a seller I'll REMOVE ALL my luxury items (Tradesy will get ZERO commission rather than appr $600 per each such an item).
2) every time Tradesy returns item to me based on "price is too high" I'll open BBB case and I'll win. You have "prices too high" clause in policies, alright, but sellers can prove your expertise is lacking in pricing. And we can provide reference for each item, how it's priced on Realreal, Fashionphile, eBay etc.
Last edited:
and for example, sellers can and do sell Hermes above retail in brand new and worn condition, that's worldwide practice. Otherwise go to Hermes yourself, wait in line on the street, waitlist your bag and get it in 6-8 months. what is "too high" for Ostrich Kelly?
What's funny is that they will punish a seller for an item they consider to be overpriced, they suggest ridiculously low selling prices yet they also ding sellers if an item is priced to low!!
If reporting an item for authenticity (counterfeit), one of the choices to choose is that the item is priced too low.
So if you price a $1000 bag at $300 (based on their suggestion), you risk the listing being removed as fake!
If reporting an item for authenticity (counterfeit), one of the choices to choose is that the item is priced too low.
So if you price a $1000 bag at $300 (based on their suggestion), you risk the listing being removed as fake!
I have placed my closet on vacation hold until I get clarification from tradesy on how they are determining what can be returned to seller due to being "over market price." I will most certainly be pulling several of my items from the site. This was my email to them, will report back:
Hi, I am very concerned about your new return policy which I only learned about from reading on an online chat board. Now you are no longer accepting returns if an item is deemed to be "over market price"? How should I as a seller determine what to now pull down from the site because you may deem it over market price? Is it anything on the sliding price suggestion bar that goes into the red? or anything above the full scale of the price suggestion bar?
Your market price suggestions are also based on brand averages and don't account for the higher price certain popular styles will command.
Hi, I am very concerned about your new return policy which I only learned about from reading on an online chat board. Now you are no longer accepting returns if an item is deemed to be "over market price"? How should I as a seller determine what to now pull down from the site because you may deem it over market price? Is it anything on the sliding price suggestion bar that goes into the red? or anything above the full scale of the price suggestion bar?
Your market price suggestions are also based on brand averages and don't account for the higher price certain popular styles will command.
I have not sold on Tradesy for years, but a few days ago I saw a post by Closet Full Of Cash a few days ago that gives some info.
https://l.instagram.com/?u=https://...Rq6j9J90tZbpLpfWz1BfdxKh0lX21ZNQ-TD8CtcGNxbX-
https://l.instagram.com/?u=https://...Rq6j9J90tZbpLpfWz1BfdxKh0lX21ZNQ-TD8CtcGNxbX-