I don't think I've had anything recently take 21 days. It usually takes 8 to 15 days for my money to be released, and about a week for the money to be transferred. I don't opt into sales.
Anyone Ever Buy and/or Sell on Tradesy?
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Of late I've been more interested in Poshmark than Tradesy. I'm not a fan of the numerous messages/posts/announcements on PM, but I do find the photos to be more realistic and fun than those on Tradesy, though Tradesy is trying to help by cleaning up the photos and making them appear more professional. I also find PM easier to use for seller communication and a bit easier to search.
I'm not a power user of either, by any means.
I'm not a power user of either, by any means.
Within the last few weeks I made 2 purchases on Tradesy.
The first being a expensive Hermes wallet with a seller who could not have been
more responsive & professional.
The other seller was not as responsive & far from professional.
I would not let the second deter me from making another purchase on Tradesy
I just would not reach out more than one time in communicating with any seller.
The sight mentions that sellers reach out in what seems to be a reasonable amount of
time which I like. I guess it is rather individual "time" but I do like an answer within 24
hours when possible. If the site promotes that response, I expect to hear back.
I also found the support team on Tradesy to be responsive & professional.
The first being a expensive Hermes wallet with a seller who could not have been
more responsive & professional.
The other seller was not as responsive & far from professional.
I would not let the second deter me from making another purchase on Tradesy
I just would not reach out more than one time in communicating with any seller.
The sight mentions that sellers reach out in what seems to be a reasonable amount of
time which I like. I guess it is rather individual "time" but I do like an answer within 24
hours when possible. If the site promotes that response, I expect to hear back.
I also found the support team on Tradesy to be responsive & professional.
another 2 returns in one day... 2/3 of my June sales were returned to me. seriously thinking to quit
I think I would if that happened to me. At least they don't charge you to send it back to you, so in that respect, it is better than ebay.
that's just so terrible, especially now when I count on every dollar investing everything into my new apt construction. it's like they are taking my own money that was already spent in my mind
Yes it's just fine for buyers. I found a particular bag I was looking for on there and bought it with the last promo code.
It, however, sucks big time for sellers.
I am so sorry. It's very clear from their new written policies and the significant reduction in items in their proprietary closets that they will be returning most items to sellers these days. If enough sellers leave buyers will have to go to other sites to find the good items to buy. Tradesy will eventually have to start charging sales tax too.
thank you
when they first announced it, they still kept most of my returned items for the first couple of months. I think they started it smooth from returning only some of the items and now they hit stride. they returned one pair of very expensive new shoes with original price $2500. I sold them for $330, and they returned them cause they "can't determine fair market value". which means they just return everything no matter how cheap you sold it.
I think maybe I need to give another try to VC. They decreased their fee. I haven't updated it since winter, and had 2 sales in 6 months only. at least they made positive changes. all changes that Tradesy makes only make it harder for sellers. harder and harder
I sold Chanel combat boots back in May, buyer received and loved them, it took a month to get my funds! I sold on Tradesy before years ago, it used to only take 2-3 days for funds. I think Tradesy may be going under, probably will declare bankruptcy soon...
Nothing sells well on either platform for me - it is hit or miss but what I have most of is clothing - vintage and new and clothing sells really, really slow if it is not something people search for specifically. Someone has to be just spending a lot of time browsing for something interesting to find my stuff. It does better on Ebay but I took all my listings down from there because of there new policies. Not worth the headache. I' ve sold books and DVDs on Mercari that I can't sell on Tradesy but it seems bags and accessories are the thing people feel safest in buying online on both platforms.
I just got on Poshmark a couple months ago and not one thing has sold. It is a weird site because somehow I wound up following like 200 people - but I never actually followed anyone - and like 300 people are suddenly following me and I only posted about 25 things. I tried joining parties. Waste of time. Then these people were sharing my listings so I went to each one of their pages and shared something of theirs back. Waste of time. Meanwhile while I am joining parties and sharing things and wasting my time on Poshmark - a bag of mine sold on Tradesy. NO parties, no sharing, no messages - just bought. Hopefully it will stay bought and next month sometime I can get paid for it.
Actually I read that Mercari is the one going under - that doesn't mean Tradesy is not but I read that Mercari is losing a lot of money in the States so I took the money I had been accumulating there out. It was really easy and painless and fast compared to trying to get paid through Tradesy. I no longer leave money on account in either platform now and because of Paypal's new policy requiring social security if you leave money in there - as soon as it goes in - I take it out again. I don't want any of these places to suddenly decide to close their doors and force me to file a creditors note to get my money out!
I've had the same experience as you have. Listed about 20 items and suddenly I'm following people I didn't know I was following. Thanks for sharing your experience with sharing things and joining parties. I was wondering if they were worth it.
yikes! I dont sell a lot on Mercari, I'm usually a buyer but I sold a some heels and then they deactivated my accout for not making anymore sales...lol