I just bought an expensive item at 1am! I always seem to miss the codes 
Anyone Ever Buy and/or Sell on Tradesy?
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What does UPS charge? I briefly looked at their page where you schedule pickup and it didn't seem to require an account so I'm not sure how they would charge you.
I have had a Poshmark account for several years and never sold 1 thing. Got 2 low ball offers and that was it. I don't even bother checking it anymore. Tradesy has had sales but very slow and very few. A handful in a maybe a half year. Mercari is impossible. They keep asking for debit and credit cards and then won't accept them and you can't list unless you jump through all their hoops - suddenly after having already listed 200 items and making 20 sales - they started this credit card nonsense. I even snail mailed a letter to their corporate office saying this is stupid - I don't leave a credit card on file anywhere and you already have my paypal info. No response. I would never give Ebay personal info like social or bank so I stopped selling there a year ago. I am really at a loss where a good platform is.
About $10 per pickup in my zip code. That’s why you need to create an account to see, the price could be same everywhere
I had a great experience using Tradesey for the first time..I was nervous but the bag was in new condition and I saved a nice chunk of money with the 10% off code.
hello to all! i was wondering does anyone know when or get a notification when a return is initiated by the buyer?
The first I hear of it is when I get the email that says the item is on its way back to me. I think they do this on purpose so you can't complain early enough.
I’ve found Tradesy a better experience as a buyer than as a seller. I got a great deal on some Candela “Cloti” OTK boots several years ago for $45. It didn’t take much research on the return shipping address to find that these came from a celebrity’s wife! I also sold a pair of vintage Dolce & Gabbana OTK boots that wouldn’t sell on eBay.
I like that when you list an item, you can adjust the price to see what your final payout will be. Unfortunately, I’ve noticed that unless you check your listings often, Tradesy takes it upon themselves to include items in a sale or promotion without asking you. I’ve gone on the site to check my items only to find that they’re listed for 20% lower than I wanted.
I like that when you list an item, you can adjust the price to see what your final payout will be. Unfortunately, I’ve noticed that unless you check your listings often, Tradesy takes it upon themselves to include items in a sale or promotion without asking you. I’ve gone on the site to check my items only to find that they’re listed for 20% lower than I wanted.
Make sure you opt out of promotions (somewhere in closet settings, I believe) and turn off "smart pricing".
Having used FedEx labels for a week now, here’s my take:
1. Create online FedEx account to schedule pickups from your front door. My local crew is really good, sometimes even the supervisor will call if I missed putting something out for pickup (my bad!). FedEx will ask for a credit card on file when you create a shipping profile, but it’s not as if users will need to use it with pickups. I did find out that there was scheduling suspension in effect during Christmas period when shipping craziness was at maximum stress.
2. Walgreens/Staples/Office Depot are available for FedEx drop-offs, check with employees to get a sense of schedule. My local Walgreens does 2x/day M-F, weekend drop offs are delayed to Monday.
3. Compared to USPS, FedEx Ground is slightly faster by a day for nearby zip codes, say next day from NYC to MD whereas it’s 2 days with Priority. The opposite is true for coast to coast shipping as FedEx Ground doesn’t use planes like USPS. Another disadvantage with FedEx is they don’t work on weekends except when something is already in transit unlike Priority Mail which their system is constantly in motion. When I shipped on Fridays, parcels could be out for delivery on west coast by Monday.
4. That said woes with USPS since pandemic have only gotten worse with parcels getting stuck at major mail depots and not actually getting put in motion like before. The unvarnished truth is when USPS was working, it worked amazingly well, and when it didn’t...well you can just imagine, which sadly has been rather frequent during these last few months.
5. FedEx is much more consistent with scanning at each stage of movement, I’m sure there’s always some kind of exceptions but so far from my perspective, I’m not running into these random gap incidents in movement if that makes sense. USPS can frequently show delays for initial tracking scan, actually it’s always been a problem with postal system for as long as I can remember whereby I’d be on pins and needles not knowing if a parcel has been stolen/missing or just not scanned.
Overall, I’m adapting and making FedEx work, it’s a more robust and stable infrastructure in the long run, hence less stress for me as seller.
1. Create online FedEx account to schedule pickups from your front door. My local crew is really good, sometimes even the supervisor will call if I missed putting something out for pickup (my bad!). FedEx will ask for a credit card on file when you create a shipping profile, but it’s not as if users will need to use it with pickups. I did find out that there was scheduling suspension in effect during Christmas period when shipping craziness was at maximum stress.
2. Walgreens/Staples/Office Depot are available for FedEx drop-offs, check with employees to get a sense of schedule. My local Walgreens does 2x/day M-F, weekend drop offs are delayed to Monday.
3. Compared to USPS, FedEx Ground is slightly faster by a day for nearby zip codes, say next day from NYC to MD whereas it’s 2 days with Priority. The opposite is true for coast to coast shipping as FedEx Ground doesn’t use planes like USPS. Another disadvantage with FedEx is they don’t work on weekends except when something is already in transit unlike Priority Mail which their system is constantly in motion. When I shipped on Fridays, parcels could be out for delivery on west coast by Monday.
4. That said woes with USPS since pandemic have only gotten worse with parcels getting stuck at major mail depots and not actually getting put in motion like before. The unvarnished truth is when USPS was working, it worked amazingly well, and when it didn’t...well you can just imagine, which sadly has been rather frequent during these last few months.
5. FedEx is much more consistent with scanning at each stage of movement, I’m sure there’s always some kind of exceptions but so far from my perspective, I’m not running into these random gap incidents in movement if that makes sense. USPS can frequently show delays for initial tracking scan, actually it’s always been a problem with postal system for as long as I can remember whereby I’d be on pins and needles not knowing if a parcel has been stolen/missing or just not scanned.
Overall, I’m adapting and making FedEx work, it’s a more robust and stable infrastructure in the long run, hence less stress for me as seller.
I guess it depends on where you live. Every item I order that comes Fedex from an eastern state never gets delivered to me in California by the expected delivery date. On the delivery date, the tracking changes to delivery pending, then it is sometimes a week before it finally gets delivered. I think it is because they don't have a center in our area. The delivery truck comes from a major city nearly 100 miles away.
I know some people say FedEx is faster but that is never the case for me.
ETA: as long as Tradesy allows USPS, I'll continue to use it unless they make the FedEx label cheaper.
I was worried about FedEx as well. Used it to send out 4 packages this week and was pleasantly surprised. One package was delivered the next day (Illinois to Michigan). The other 3 were delivered on days 2 or 3. The scanning showed up immediately so Tradesy indicated that items were shipped which hasn't been the case with USPS lately unless I wait in line at USPS to get scanned. There were times that the package never showed scanned until it was delivered with USPS since the end of last year. I totally agree, when USPS Priority mail was working before last year, it was amazing but now I worry that things will be lost by them. I'm also lucky because there is a FedEx store 3 blocks from me and they have a machine to scan the label so I'm in and out very quickly with a receipt.
At the moment Tradesy allows dual labels FedEx and USPS, something about only the app can handle USPS labels, my guess is they will completely migrate to FedEx sooner than later technology permitting. I’m sure that’s part of their FedEx contract. This much was implied in earlier emails from last year.
You can of course always use USPS to ship but it won’t be their default labels.
I emailed Tradesy back and forth about Fedex after their initial announcement about carrier change and specifically asked them to make it up to the seller to choose USPS or Fedex. they said they would forward it further and it looks like they've listened.
Though I'm not selling with them again after another return went horribly wrong (allegedly buyer returned expensive Dior bag but it never showed up, 1 month later I had to fight to get my funds via BBB).
Now it would be great if Tradesy makes it up to the seller to decide to accept returns or not. Like we can click "accept returns" on and off for each listing.