**Selling/consigning** with Fashionphile

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Maybe I ask ladies that has used Designer Vault, Yoogi's Closet or/and Fashionphile, do you choose 'buyout' or 'consign'?

I'm looking to sell my Coco Boy, so far Fashionphile has better quotes for both buyout and consign. Thanks!
I chose "consignment" on 3 bags I recently sold on Yoogi's. They all sold within one hour but they were "like new". You can change your mind at anytime if your bag does not sell quickly and get a payout. The reason I chose Yoogi's is I got by far the best quotes, I have no hidden agenda.:biggrin:
 
If you go on the Fashionphile website, there is an FAQ section that explains how they determine consignment fees. It's a little tricky, but you can do the math and figure out roughly what the list price will be. They do discount items over time if they don't sell right away, so if the price drops, the amount you get will also drop. I've only sold a couple of bags through them, but the low end of their consignment estimate was still a little higher than the direct buyout option.

If you change your mind and want your bag back, they'll send it back to you for a pretty low price ($25 in the US, not sure what it is internationally).

For shipping, I'm not sure how they do it internationally, but it should be on the website. And they do answer emails within a day if you have questions.

I think you have to do the research and get quotes from as many places as possible. TPF members all have their favorites and recommendations for various reasons.

I chose "consignment" on 3 bags I recently sold on Yoogi's. They all sold within one hour but they were "like new". You can change your mind at anytime if your bag does not sell quickly and get a payout. The reason I chose Yoogi's is I got by far the best quotes, I have no hidden agenda.:biggrin:

Thank you so much ladies! So fair out of the 3 U.S based sites, Fashionphile has the highest quote. I will definitely email them and see if they can answer questions I have before shipping the bag.
 
I have only used AFF and I had a great experience after having a really horrendous scam occur and the bag was returned to me. AFF will negotiate the asking price with you. Perhaps all consignment sites toss out a figure to the seller, but you are free to counter and name your price. My purse sold within 2 weeks of being listed. There was good communication all along the process.
 
I've used fashionphile a few times & always taken the buy-out option. I find them fast to process and provide payment and I just switch my mind off for what they may potentially sell my bags for! (Better not to know I decided!) I sold both a Hermes Kelly (brand new unused) and a Chanel mini through them and for both because I had bought these in the UK I actually made back the full cost of the bags as I'm in the US. In contrast they quoted a very low price for another brand new Kelly but were very transparent on their reason (the first one was a 28 the second a 32 and in their words they have less demand for the bigger size). I decided to sell this instead on vestiare where I ended up having to sell for about $2k loss on the price paid just a few weeks earlier (should not have bought this bag!!). In contrast I find vestiare appalling to deal with-very slow, they lowball pricr everything (I got a quote for the same Chanel mini I ended up selling to fashionphile for agood price and they suggested a $600 price cut of which $500 was from my share and only $100 from their share!) I find their margins just too high to bear and won't ever sell to them again. They also seem to have a small amount of crazy people who purposely set out to troll items claiming authority and filling comments with accusations of bags being fake. I even had to deal with a lunatic who accused me of faking the Hermes dustbag because it was different to hers apparently! As a vip H customer who always buys direct from the store I found this beyond hilarious especially when this same person had a lot of fishy comments about her own missing receipts. So all in fashionphile feels much less stressful, quicker to sell things and pleasant to deal with. I hope this helps-eBay etc just seems overwhelmed with fakes so you get an extensive amount of naive identification questions (& I always have my receipts!). Good luck & hope the proceeds are for something wonderful!
 
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I have only used AFF and I had a great experience after having a really horrendous scam occur and the bag was returned to me. AFF will negotiate the asking price with you. Perhaps all consignment sites toss out a figure to the seller, but you are free to counter and name your price. My purse sold within 2 weeks of being listed. There was good communication all along the process.
Oh do tell. Share your experience to protect us all. I am thnkng of selling my green Kelly (selier32) and would love to know what I need to be careful about....
 
I sold 6 items to fashionphile. I took the buyout on 5 of them because the margin between the payout and consignment was not significant. I did consignment on one item because I knew it would sell very fast. I did get quotes from Yoogis and Couture USA and Fashionphile was the best offer. I did however recently sold a woc on consignment to Yoogis because they provided the higher quote.
I think you need to get quotes from as many but keep in mind that some of these sites I think get better traffic than others. I think of all of them Yoogiscloset prices the items fairer than Fashionphile so they will sell fast.
 
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Thanks for this thread! I'm wondering where can I sell new never used complete set old medium boy with reasonable price? My friend was traveling to Paris and he took a few orders to purchase.. I bought the old medium boy black with gold hardware lambskin (since ruthenium hd was not available that time) but I changed my mind :sad: Although purchased in Paris I didn't get the vat return since its for my friend.. But the bag is still cheaper than here in States. I'm thinking about postmark but 20% commission from the selling price is too high and I'm thinking I can't sell something over retail price in order to get the amount I paid back :sad:
 
I have a Chanel Jumbo single flap in Cream with silver hardware. I can't seem to bring myself to carry it because I really only wear black. It is a beautiful bag that was cleaned and refurbished by Leather Surgeons. It is so gorgeous but I am having a tough time selling it. Has anyone sold to fashionphile before? I tried to search this topic but for some reason I can't find anything. I know they only give you about half of what they think the bag is worth but I am desperate to sell it to fund a bag i can actually wear. If not sell to them where should I try? I have posted it on Tradesy and some Facebook BST groups that I am in. Please help!!!!:hrmm:
I think it is always worth it to sell a bag even if you end up taking a loss on it if you really will never use it. Better to get some money to fund a new bag than having a bag sitting there, unused.
 
Thanks for this thread! I'm wondering where can I sell new never used complete set old medium boy with reasonable price? My friend was traveling to Paris and he took a few orders to purchase.. I bought the old medium boy black with gold hardware lambskin (since ruthenium hd was not available that time) but I changed my mind :sad: Although purchased in Paris I didn't get the vat return since its for my friend.. But the bag is still cheaper than here in States. I'm thinking about postmark but 20% commission from the selling price is too high and I'm thinking I can't sell something over retail price in order to get the amount I paid back :sad:

I think the best you can do are the sites listed on here already - Fashionphile, Yoogi's, Bag, Borrow, or Steal, Ann's, Couture USA, etc. But no one will give you face value for buyouts - and if you consign, the fees are usually around 30% and you'd only get 70%. You'll be taking a loss no matter who you go with. Ebay has the lowest fees (10% + paypal fees of 2.9%) but you're taking a risk with scammers on there.
 
I have to echo using Designer Vault; I have sold some items there. They do not have a set % but will consider each Chanel individually. Their payouts are usually higher than the others and they get back to you pretty quickly with a quote.
 
Hi Everyone,

Let me start by saying that I know I messed up here and that I have very little information to go off of and that is no one's fault but my own. But I have seen the ladies here do some crazy amazing detective work and I figured maybe I'd get some tips or advice....

I submitted a Balenciaga Le Dix bag for consignment on Fashionphile and received a buyout offer. I accepted the buyout price, clicked the button to ship my bag in, pulled up the label, printed it, and left the bag to be picked up at my apartment building. Or at least I thought I did...

Fashionphile has no record of me accepting this offer or printing the label. It's as if I dreamed the entire thing.

I did not write down the tracking number (I know, big mistake), I did not get a receipt from Fed Ex because it was picked up from my apartment (Yes, big mistake number 2), and needless to say, Fashionphile says they never received my package.

So, I've got nothing. The bag is gone. I've tried to get help from Fed Ex but they have no record of anything with my name on it. And since Fashionphile has no record of it in my account, my guess is my name was never on it.

I'm sure you're wondering about the pick up from my apartment. I had lived in the building for 4+ years and ALWAYS left packages in the lobby for pick up. Never once did I have a problem. The box could have been stolen I suppose, but the fact that one package in 4 years would be stolen AND Fashionphile has no record of me even printing the label seems very bizarre. Right??

I know this is a crazy story and I don't know what I'm expecting. But I figured I would try. Again, I blame myself for irresponsibly not writing the tracking # down and leaving it in the lobby. I trusted the system and figured the tracking was linked to my account. I screwed up, learned a big lesson, and now, I'm wondering if there's any chance I'll see my bag again.

Please help :(
 
I wouldn't know what to do but I just wanted to write to say I'm sorry you are having to deal with this. Do you have anything in an email confirming anything, i.e. conversations or links to the buy out offer in your email? Do you have a regular Fedex delivery person that picks up your packages? Who did you leave the package with? Can you ask them? Hope you get this sorted out :smile:

can you search by your address?

https://www.quora.com/FedEx-How-can-I-get-my-package-without-a-tracking-number
 
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Hi, I honestly wouldn't know what to do either, I find it odd that FP has no record of you accepting the buyout, did you have an email of the confirmation?
Did you or fp pay for the shipping label? Did you tape the whole shipping label to your box, isn't there usually another part of it that has the tracking # to save for your reference, I would dig through the trash (seriously that would be me lol) Does your apt complex have any surveillance cameras, or is there anyone that works the front desk/lobby area
that could've seen who picked up your package? Do you think someone in your apt building took the package and kept it for themselves? Sorry about all the questions, I'm putting myself in your shoes and I feel your pain. [emoji17]
 
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