Once you accept something on Posh, that's if - the transaction is done, and the funds are released to the seller. Posh will not accept your return. Having said that, they wouldn't authorize return due to odor even without you accepting it first hand - as it is something that can not be evidenced. I would suggest to review their return policy before you make any valuable purchases - just to protect yourself in the future.
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Do you know that for a fact? In my experience, Posh just believes whatever the buyer says in a return request and approves most, if not all, of them. I haven't had a return for odor but I've had items returned that were photographed and described completely accurately.
Thank you. The most recent return was for an item that didn't match the bag she bought it to go with. I had even mentioned in the listing that just because items had the same color name didn't mean they were the same color, as they could have been made at different times, and color names were reused.
that would be like if I bought a pair of jeans which were accurately described with measurements and I didn't like the fit
no one knows anything for a fact. Returns largely depend on the person reviewing the return request, and who they decide to side with. Also, quality and detail in the description is judgmental - what seems like "new" to one, will look "used" to another and so forth. When dealing with pre-owned goods, there is always this grey territory. But in either case, they work with evidence - if there is no evidence, it goes into "he said/she said" category and it is hard to make a case on either side.
I was talking about this law, the INFORM act, wondering why seller platforms need a picture of my license or passport.
Informing Businesses about the INFORM Consumers Act
Congress passed the Integrity, Notification, and Fairness in Online Retail Marketplaces for Consumers Act – or the INFORM Consumers Act – effective as of June 27, 2023. The Federal Trade Commission and the States have authority to enforce the new statute and online marketplaces that run afoul of...
@whateve I'd take your word over the gov'tsYes, if it passes, the threshold will increase to $5000. The best source of detail is to google the official sources, not tPF experts
They shouldn't ask for it unless you are a high volume seller. You were just buying so they shouldn't need it. They don't have the smartest people running these sites though. They were blocking sellers before they reached $600 after the IRS had already announced they had changed the threshold. I was warned on another site this year that they would require my SSN when I reached $500 in sales, not $5000.I was talking about this law, the INFORM act, wondering why seller platforms need a picture of my license or passport.
Informing Businesses about the INFORM Consumers Act
Congress passed the Integrity, Notification, and Fairness in Online Retail Marketplaces for Consumers Act – or the INFORM Consumers Act – effective as of June 27, 2023. The Federal Trade Commission and the States have authority to enforce the new statute and online marketplaces that run afoul of...www.ftc.gov
Just curious what is the point in them doing this? They clearly don't have the item, and if they don't ship they don't get paid. Why bother creating a fake listing?
Typically to scam people paying them directly if they don’t have the item(s), if they do have the item, they may use others better Condition item’s pictures to sell their less quality worse condition items.
Ah....that makes sense. Hard to sympathize with anyone paying outside of PM though. You're warned 20 different ways to not do it.
Greed is human nature, I saw it happened countless times.
There could be various reasons. Collecting personal details (names, addresses) could be one reason to do that (as PM sends the label to the seller to ship so they have the information whether they ship the item or not). Trying to get people to pay outside of the platform is another. There are actually secure ways to do a transaction outside of the PM if paying with PayPal or Venmo (and tagging the payment as payment for goods and services) so purchase protection will kick in if the item isn't shipped or not as described. Having said that, Venmo payments as friends or Zelle would be an absolute scam as they don't provide any purchase protection - perhaps this is what scammers are hoping for to accomplish in trying to do a transaction outside of the protected platforms.
Transactions outside of the app is easily to be scammed, even paying / buying through PayPal’s goods / services is not protected if someone wants to scam you, people thought that’s safe to do only because they haven’t encountered scammers yet.