Does anyone use Poshmark?
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Haha I got it. It just so happened that Poshmark answered me and verified everyhing you told me about approving it with me. I paid the full price. I didn't want her to take 3 days to think about it. She might be blowing me off trying to wait for the buyer on Threadflip. It's mine mine mine!
I can't thank you enough
I'm new at buying used and its kind of scary. I owe you one.
It is done.
Haha I got it. It just so happened that Poshmark answered me and verified everyhing you told me about approving it with me. I paid the full price. I didn't want her to take 3 days to think about it. She might be blowing me off trying to wait for the buyer on Threadflip. It's mine mine mine!
I can't thank you enough
No worries, I always get that feeling as well when I buy preloved. You just never know, as people's expectations are all different. I hope it works out for you!
I'm not sure if I like Poshmark. I got what I wanted and I'm ecstatic, but wow it seems very cut-throat there. Buyers are rude and all they want is to get it cheaper. Oh and they want it cheaper but hold it until next week.
I was looking at wallets and this one was 55% off. The buyers say "what's the lowest" and can you do xxx, really lowball offers. I don't know what came over me but I felt so bad for the seller that I hit the BUY button just to end her pain. Kind of a "NOW GET" to all the scavengers. It was very satisfying and the wallet was nice too.:boxing:
I was looking at wallets and this one was 55% off. The buyers say "what's the lowest" and can you do xxx, really lowball offers. I don't know what came over me but I felt so bad for the seller that I hit the BUY button just to end her pain. Kind of a "NOW GET" to all the scavengers. It was very satisfying and the wallet was nice too.:boxing:
I know what you mean. I bought a Cartier watch (which Posh has been deemed authentic) for the listed price which was less than $850. This was a 18KT gold and stainless steel watch that was priced at an unbelievable deal and folks were still asking for lower.
As a seller, I ignore the lowball offers and direct them to the make an offer button. If it's ridiculous, which most of the time it is, I just decline their offer.
For those interested, here is what Posh told me about their concierge service:
Thanks for your email. When you purchase something that is processed via Posh Concierge, we will have it verified and authenticated by a third-party authenticator. Therefore it is very unlikely it would ever be found not authentic by a verified authenticator. However, if at some point (within 6 months of purchase), a verified authenticator confirms it is not authentic, please let us know immediately and we will work through and resolve the issue with you. We will provide you with a full refund once we verify your claim. We are always here to help.
Thanks for your email. When you purchase something that is processed via Posh Concierge, we will have it verified and authenticated by a third-party authenticator. Therefore it is very unlikely it would ever be found not authentic by a verified authenticator. However, if at some point (within 6 months of purchase), a verified authenticator confirms it is not authentic, please let us know immediately and we will work through and resolve the issue with you. We will provide you with a full refund once we verify your claim. We are always here to help.
I'm new to the forum and relatively new to poshmark--I've had both good and bad experiences as a buyer and seller. For the most part I take the stance that something is only "worth" what someone else is willing to pay for it (not what I paid or however much I lose to fees) so I don't get too bent out of shape over ridiculous offers... I just say "no" and forget about it since it's just a way for me to reduce the size of my shoe hoard to make room for other purchases.
It's much much better now, in my opinion, that they have the offer option to negotiate without it remaining in comments and crushing your sales with other potential buyers who want to further drop the price based on the last offer when the first (or second, third etc) person disappears. I don't hold items--and if I see something I want that is being held for someone else, I definitely swoop in with a better offer or the same offer with immediate payment! Maybe I'm too cut-throat... I just figure that if there is an expectation that a sale is reserved then there's really no reason to complete the transaction sooner rather than later and that just hurts everyone in the long run.
I do get annoyed on behalf of the seller when I see people asking for trades on a designer item in good condition! I swear their closets are always worn out flip flops, overused Victoria's secret pink yoga pants, and used beauty products past their expirations! Pretttttty sure the seller isn't going to trade lol.
As a buyer I get pretty annoyed with the excuses and sob stories--some of those sellers apparently move every other week, have a family death every weekend, and get Ebola/have a baby/have a terrible car accident on the days ending in "y" explaining why they haven't been able to get around to shipping anyone's purchases within a few weeks of sale for the last several months of people attempting to make purchase (because a few days is just an unreasonable expectation given the perfect storm of excuses they've concocted haha)
So far I haven't been burned by any fakes but I've mostly just tested the water with some smaller purchases from sellers with really good closets. Hopefully that's an indication that they are good sellers with authentic items in good condition and I won't be disappointed. All of the things with which I've been disappointed definitely had warning signs. I haven't tried to sell any really high-priced items because the fees are pretty high. I'm kind of unenthusiastic about the Vegas post offices to try ebay-selling and posh does make it reallllllly easy to ship. Mixed bag for me but I'm still optimistic!
It's much much better now, in my opinion, that they have the offer option to negotiate without it remaining in comments and crushing your sales with other potential buyers who want to further drop the price based on the last offer when the first (or second, third etc) person disappears. I don't hold items--and if I see something I want that is being held for someone else, I definitely swoop in with a better offer or the same offer with immediate payment! Maybe I'm too cut-throat... I just figure that if there is an expectation that a sale is reserved then there's really no reason to complete the transaction sooner rather than later and that just hurts everyone in the long run.
I do get annoyed on behalf of the seller when I see people asking for trades on a designer item in good condition! I swear their closets are always worn out flip flops, overused Victoria's secret pink yoga pants, and used beauty products past their expirations! Pretttttty sure the seller isn't going to trade lol.
As a buyer I get pretty annoyed with the excuses and sob stories--some of those sellers apparently move every other week, have a family death every weekend, and get Ebola/have a baby/have a terrible car accident on the days ending in "y" explaining why they haven't been able to get around to shipping anyone's purchases within a few weeks of sale for the last several months of people attempting to make purchase (because a few days is just an unreasonable expectation given the perfect storm of excuses they've concocted haha)
So far I haven't been burned by any fakes but I've mostly just tested the water with some smaller purchases from sellers with really good closets. Hopefully that's an indication that they are good sellers with authentic items in good condition and I won't be disappointed. All of the things with which I've been disappointed definitely had warning signs. I haven't tried to sell any really high-priced items because the fees are pretty high. I'm kind of unenthusiastic about the Vegas post offices to try ebay-selling and posh does make it reallllllly easy to ship. Mixed bag for me but I'm still optimistic!
So glad you posted about that trade with the Paige pants. She asked me to trade and I ignored her, then today she comments "???" So I just said "No" and blocked her. I noticed she had your pics up - I'm glad you said something ... Some people - SMH
EXACTLY! I'm short-waisted with much larger chest than anyone of my height should own... I have to buy everything big enough to accommodate and then get it tailored or else I look like I'm wearing a "boob tent" and weigh 35lbs more than I'm already carrying extra
When I try things on, I can see exactly whether or not something is worth the tailoring but I'm an impulse buyer with an Internet addiction--I resell lots of things with tags because they just weren't going to work or weren't worth the effort when they arrived. I use two different dress forms to model items and I still occasionally get the "can you model this?" requests. If I modeled them, there's just no way they'd be appealing without tailoring and if it's been tailored, how am I going to sell it to someone else if they can't try it on themselves? Another gripe--sellers that don't mention they had something hemmed or tailored. At 5'3" this usually is not a problem for me but when I have to wear flats because they've been hemmed really short I think that's definitely something you'd want to mention in your listing. One seller said it was my fault for not asking if the NWT jeans were hemmed before buying. I'm pretty sure the average height folks would have had my back on that argument!
Ugh! They are on their third seller right now. This last gal doesn't even mention the stitching problem (and I highly doubt she got it fixed). And yes using my picture without asking??!! Take your own pictures it's not that hard!
I'm new to the forum and relatively new to poshmark--I've had both good and bad experiences as a buyer and seller. For the most part I take the stance that something is only "worth" what someone else is willing to pay for it (not what I paid or however much I lose to fees) so I don't get too bent out of shape over ridiculous offers... I just say "no" and forget about it since it's just a way for me to reduce the size of my shoe hoard to make room for other purchases.
It's much much better now, in my opinion, that they have the offer option to negotiate without it remaining in comments and crushing your sales with other potential buyers who want to further drop the price based on the last offer when the first (or second, third etc) person disappears. I don't hold items--and if I see something I want that is being held for someone else, I definitely swoop in with a better offer or the same offer with immediate payment! Maybe I'm too cut-throat... I just figure that if there is an expectation that a sale is reserved then there's really no reason to complete the transaction sooner rather than later and that just hurts everyone in the long run.
I do get annoyed on behalf of the seller when I see people asking for trades on a designer item in good condition! I swear their closets are always worn out flip flops, overused Victoria's secret pink yoga pants, and used beauty products past their expirations! Pretttttty sure the seller isn't going to trade lol.
As a buyer I get pretty annoyed with the excuses and sob stories--some of those sellers apparently move every other week, have a family death every weekend, and get Ebola/have a baby/have a terrible car accident on the days ending in "y" explaining why they haven't been able to get around to shipping anyone's purchases within a few weeks of sale for the last several months of people attempting to make purchase (because a few days is just an unreasonable expectation given the perfect storm of excuses they've concocted haha)
So far I haven't been burned by any fakes but I've mostly just tested the water with some smaller purchases from sellers with really good closets. Hopefully that's an indication that they are good sellers with authentic items in good condition and I won't be disappointed. All of the things with which I've been disappointed definitely had warning signs. I haven't tried to sell any really high-priced items because the fees are pretty high. I'm kind of unenthusiastic about the Vegas post offices to try ebay-selling and posh does make it reallllllly easy to ship. Mixed bag for me but I'm still optimistic!
It's pretty easy to print postage yourself now though eBAy. It does help to have a scale. The listing process is a little more complicated though.
So I sold my MBMJ bags pretty quickly on Posh. I was admiring someone else's MBMJ bag, shared it, later I tried to comment what a great price it was, and she blocked me?? Maybe she thought I was a reseller since I've sold several similar bags
My feelers are hurt. I WANT THE WHOLE INTERNET TO LIKE ME!
Anyway, reporting back to say, while I still don't have the stomach for mean girls on Posh- I got a great deal on my favorite everyday bag, my ebay regrets sold in days, as well as a few other things I would have just donated or never worn so.... I guess they get like a 7/10 for me
My feelers are hurt. I WANT THE WHOLE INTERNET TO LIKE ME!
Anyway, reporting back to say, while I still don't have the stomach for mean girls on Posh- I got a great deal on my favorite everyday bag, my ebay regrets sold in days, as well as a few other things I would have just donated or never worn so.... I guess they get like a 7/10 for me
Hahahaha! Too funny/cute! You made my morning!
I actually got started on poshmark because I was searching for some elusive ruthie davis Spikette pumps (all the folks that have bought them are NOT reselling or consigning them! I see maybe two pairs a year pop up). I had found a gunmetal colored pair on the RealReal and on poshmark but the realreal pair was a 6.5 and poshmark was a 7 so I would rather have had the poshmark pair.
The weird thing was that the photos and descriptions and info were identical so I asked the poshmark seller to post photos of the damage mentioned in the description and she totally acted like she had no idea what I was talking about that she never wore them so I quoted her about the damage in the description and then mentioned that I saw identical pair on the realreal and asked if the size was actually a 6.5 or 7 thinking maybe she had them and they're a 7 but fit like a 6.5?? She deleted the listing immediately and blocked me so I couldn't comment/ask questions on other listings.
I was livid but I should have just been grateful to not get scammed by her. She had TONS of listings identical in every detail to the RealReal EXCEPT she would change the sizes by one half up or down... Same photos screen-grabbed and even the descriptions still had the realreal format--didn't even fix the cut/pastes to exclude their identifiable listing format. She was one of those sellers that uses high pressure tactics to get folks to buy through her on PayPal but she doesn't even have the items yet--then she stalls and tells folks tons of excuse/lies about why they're taking so long (because she has to wait for the items to arrive to her before she can send it to them). She also stole tons of other people's photos and pretended they were her--saying she was a model and a fashion insider and that's how she got so many deals on things with wildly varying sizes but the photos were actually easily identifiable to particular fashion bloggers... Minus their heads that she cropped out