Anyone Ever Buy and/or Sell on Tradesy?
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I think I’ll have to call their customer service as well. I also removed all my listings but still have pending transactions which total to about $2.5k that needs to go into my checking account. Praying I will get all my money back!!
Keeping my fingers crossed for you. I had already removed all my expensive stuff and last two outstanding sales only total $160. But I obviously still want my money. :/.
It appears from this thread there are still people listing on Tradesy despite all the issues so hopefully they’ll be around long enough for your money to clear.
So how does this work? For example when I shop at Barneys and have items shipped to me they don’t charge me tax because there is no barneys in my state. Does that mean that if the seller is not in my state then I don’t have to pay tax?
Thanks
You must not have shopped in a while lol. There was a Supreme Court decision in 2018 that struck down the location tax approach and now every retailer within 50 states has to apply their local jurisdiction tax rate. eBay started taxing back in June based on your shipping address. It’s no longer optional based on sellers and where they maybe based.
Interesting. I sent it to my CT home and there is local tax but bergdorf and barneys both didn’t change me tax. Well they never have (this was just last week). Weird!
Their software isn’t upgraded yet but surely the states will come looking for their share. https://tax.kpmg.us/content/dam/tax/en/taxwatch/pdfs/2018/salt-wayfair-brochure.pdf
I thought I’d share an experience I just had with Tradsey this week. I have sold a couple small Hermes items on the site but typically sell my used Hermes bags on eBay. I decided to list a near-pristine Birkin 35 in Bleu Nuit Togo with GHW on both Tradesy and eBay since some buyers may prefer one site over the other. The price was set higher on tradesy since their fees are higher, but same pics details, etc on both sites. I was notified that the bag sold and they needed additional verification that the bag was authentic. They asked for a variety of pictures and copy of the receipt if I had it, which I did. No problem as that’s great they are trying to protect buyers...3 days later and no word, which was super irritating since I had removed the listing from eBay and I felt it was extremely inconsiderate for the buyer to have to wait to get their bag. When you spend more than $10k on a bag, you typically want to see it in this lifetime. During this time I’m communicating with the buyer on what’s going on and even emailing tradesy since their phones are always closed. At this point I wonder if I will even get paid once the buyer gets that bag and since no one can be reached, how would I even resolve this. Ironically, I thought to myself this is the last time I’m listing on site with such a slow process. Then, I get a message from THE BUYER, not even Tradesy that the sale has been canceled due to authentication issues and they’d let him know if they come to a different conclusion. I was in shock because the bag is authentic and I even have a receipt. So I’m posting this for a few reasons. First, Tradesy’s authenticators don’t know what they’re doing. So if I’m a current or past buyer, I’d be majorly concerned that they may have made a mistake saying something is real when it’s not since they don’t know the tell-tale signs of Hermes craftsmanship. I definitely don’t support the sale of a bag if an authenticator has any question it’s real BUT when an item is real and they don’t even know it, that’s more of a red flag to me than if they makes a mistake on a great fake. Secondly, if I’m a seller, I’ve just wasted my time listing an item, communicating with a buyer, removing listings from other sites, and have been accused (not even directly!) that my item isn’t real. When were these people going to give ME the courtesy of being told the sale was canceled. Had the buyer not notified me, I would still be waiting to hear shipping instructions. Lol. Anyway, Buyers and Sellers beware. Some layman is deciding whether your bag is real and it’s basically a toss of a coin on what he decides.
sorry to hear about the wait and hassle. it very well might have come down to your sales history with Tradesy. I've sold Hermes items in the past with them, small as well as big ticket items including Birkin. I didn't run into any obstacle like what you described.
re cancellation - your item would have been removed from your closet (under sold section), there's a way to tell if you knew how to look. sometimes my sales have been cancelled when they buyers couldn't be verified. the item would reemerge in my closet without any communication or explanation. technically you didn't have sale until the transaction was confirmed first by them and then by you.
re cancellation - your item would have been removed from your closet (under sold section), there's a way to tell if you knew how to look. sometimes my sales have been cancelled when they buyers couldn't be verified. the item would reemerge in my closet without any communication or explanation. technically you didn't have sale until the transaction was confirmed first by them and then by you.
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Thanks for the thoughts. The sale was removed. I looked after I got a message from the buyer. I'm all for protecting buyers from fakes as I would be miserable if I purchased one too. But to have no communications given or returned even when authenticity is in question or when a sales is canceled, just reeks of unprofessionalism. But again, to me the biggest issue is that if Tradesy doesn't know what a real Hermes bag looks like, buyers really can't rely on them to tell them when something is a real or not. Hopefully my experience is an isolated incident, but it sounds like others have issues with communicating with them and getting paid. I probably dodged a bullet.
I think you probably did dodge a bullet. I would not trust them right now holding my funds from a big ticket sale like that. They are clearly having cash flow problems. For selling Hermes I would recommend trying Lollipuff where they authenticate before listing or Vestiaire Collective where they will authenticate in person before sending to buyer.
Oh wow. I had no idea. Now I'm super relieved that this happened. I obviously didn't do my due dilgence in checking them out. Thanks for the recommendations!
Read the last few pages of this thread and you will see what’s going on with them.