As a seller, out of the number of offers I accept I'd say less than 50% ever actually go through with the purchase.
Vestiaire Collective experiences?
- Thread starter Kopisusu
- Start date
TPF may earn a commission from merchant affiliate
links, including eBay, Amazon, and others
Never had a problem with transferring funds with them but I use my old Bank account abroad for that, it's the annoying offers that really wear you down and the fact that they are trying to gauge the seller to sell at prices that are sometimes less than 10% of what you paid for this year, and that is for items that are new or as good as new.
However I do think they accept UK bank accounts, it just depends how much your bank charges for the transfer? They give you the option if you want to be paid in GBP, Euros or USD, so it should honestly not be a problem.
You could also try Rebelle or Vide? With all of them you need a lot of patience though.
I assumed you meant buyers. I think they are unable to offer less than 30% off the list price and pretty much every offer is 30% off the list price. They just want to see how cheap they can get it. I usually don't accept those unless it's something I really want to get rid of. Also for people buying from sellers overseas there are high shipping costs and duties tacked on, but the seller can't help that and people are better off waiting for a coupon code.
Haha welcome to vestiaire. Some sellers here advised to switch off offers but I had my potential buyers to moan about it
The one thing I liked about HEWI was that buyers couldn't offer less than 10% of the price, but then they gauge you to list really low, and Vestaire, seriously some items I don't even list there, a Coach bag from last year which was about 800 Pounds and used twice, they suggested I sell it for 80. I mean seriously?
I don't get their policy, they get quite a generous cut, so why are they trying to get the seller to sell so cheap? Seriously, I haven't sold much on Vestaire, usually I have to cancel the listing because I sold quicker and faster somewhere else. Gosh, not like I want a crazy amount for 2nd hand stuff, but if it is still very current, listing it for 10% of the purchase price, then getting ridiculous offers and ending with a few Pennies, I might as well just give it away. If you count the time and effort, you earn more just doing the odd hours of overtime.
This is so true! The buyers will nag and abuse sellers in comments.
When I have the offer button enabled, it is amazing how often I will have the same buyer repeatedly submit very low offers until the offer limit is expired...then seconds later they will start on the next cycle of low offers! I had one buyer do this for 6 cycles in a row nonstop until I realized that I could not respond to his offer and that would delay his ability to make more offers! I wanted to keep the offer option intact on that item because I was getting good offers from other people, but it was so annoying. I have my notifications set to email, text and phone banner so I don't miss an offer/comment/purchase, but it makes it so annoying to go through the offer process with a time wasting non-buyer.
The only way I have found to stop this type of buyer is to not respond at all to their offer (once they have demonstrated that they are unaffected by my counteroffers). If I decline they can keep offering, if I counteroffer they can keep offering, but if I ignore them then they cannot offer for at least 24 hours.
I had a buyer last night who offered me $2000 for an item that I had listed for $2850 (about $2K for me after commission) and goes for about $4000 on most resale sites like ebay. I countered her once with $50 off and she declined/responded with the same offer. After going through the whole 3 offer process with her where she never increased her offer I just disabled the offer option on that item and went to sleep. I woke up this morning to a rude comment from her, "They are available all over the world, please reduce your price."
I possibly couldn't have stopped myself from replying "Then why don't you buy the ones available all over the world?"
I get that people want stuff cheap, but then there is reality? Mom always said "Buy the best quality you can afford" with a strong emphasis on "can afford", I had some brainiac nagging me to sell Zanotti boots for 50 Euros as that is all she can afford, she didn't take my comment "That means you can't afford Zanotti" kindly
Some people need to get a life. I got somebody *****ing when i said Sac De Jour has never been worn and then 'i thought it would be for work but it was too large' that THIS IS NOT UNWORN BAG THEN. The reality was I bought the bag as I'm dumb and just didn't think (really liked the bag in the store), then tried the laptop home and realised it's a really big bag but couldn't be asked to rush into London (it's a trip for me), thought i might keep it etc. I mean ok - maybe my explanation wasn't great but can't you just pass, do you really have to leave ****ty comments like this (especially if you are not buying or making an offer)? It pissed me off and removed the bag from sale and now using lol
I'm very realistic when buying pre-owned. If the paperwork is in place, the item looks authentic and quality is very good/excellent I know I won't save a lot, especially knowing the commission is 25-30%. If an expensive item is cheap & great condition means something is off (or a buyer is desperate but this is not happening often).
I know what you mean, I'm in Alderly Edge, I am in London quite frequently but that is usually for meetings, a bit difficult to bring all the stuff that you bought and then didn't like at home with you, not knowing how long the meeting will last, and somehow going "Well, you all wait, got to pop to the shop to bring back a bag or dress" would somehow not go down all that well. But comments like
"I want to buy this item for (insert ridiculous amount) please lower your price" seem to be quite common.
"I want to buy this item for (insert ridiculous amount) please lower your price" seem to be quite common.
I'm also from the culture that doesn't see returns as acceptable behaviour so coupled with the fuss of bringing a big item back makes me unlikely to return anything big value/big size.