That is actually really good, I recently bought something from the US and it was under 100 and it was sent with DHL, ended up paying about 20 import duty and then they slapped a handling fee of 19 on top of that
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That is actually really good, I recently bought something from the US and it was under 100 and it was sent with DHL, ended up paying about 20 import duty and then they slapped a handling fee of 19 on top of that
Thank you for this information. Really helpful.
The item I’m looking at would be $500 max (at least that’s how high I’m going, especially for my first time), so it’s good to know that I won’t have to pay any customs or duties. All I have to add to the price of the item is the $40 to ship to US.
Thank you so much! Yay!
There are a bunch of bags known as "divorce bags" usually when a relationship is coming to an end and the prenupt isn't good, quite a few women go shopping and buy items that can easily be liquidated, but are counted as personal items in the divorce proceedings (unlike jewelry), apparently LV is one of the faves as they keep their value. I wasn't aware of this, but a friend who's a divorce lawyer said it's basically run of the mill behaviour, I found it quite interesting, and oddly enough right after that hubby started counting my handbags, I told him not to worry as we don't have a prenupt and he would get half of what's mine too.
They might be when the items arrives in their office but on the website...omg, a few days ago saw a Chanel cardholder with so obviously fake serial number that it hurt me
Oh and not sure if anybody mentioned it, but I would take a look at the other items the seller has, if a private seller has a lot of the same items (not the same style or brand, but literally the very same items) I tend to be a bit suspicious
Their team who verifies the items is totally different from the ones who approve things for the website, the guys who approve stuff for the site get a list and are mainly graphics students, they basically just work according to a scheme, brand, colour and then they have a price list and they try to get you to agree to the lowest price. I kept wondering why they are always low balling, but somebody clued me in. I started checking out the reputations of several companies on Glassdoor, I'm totally not surprised anymore why the people at HEWI are so difficult to deal with and so totally uninterested, given that work environment, I possibly would be too.
With VC, I assume that if things sell really fast the poor worker drone who approves things for it being put online gets brownie points or a nicer job, hence them trying to lowball all the time.
Have you dropped them a line regarding the fake serial number? Though I am surprised usually they don't display the serial numbers for obvious reasons
Their team who verifies the items is totally different from the ones who approve things for the website, the guys who approve stuff for the site get a list and are mainly graphics students, they basically just work according to a scheme, brand, colour and then they have a price list and they try to get you to agree to the lowest price. I kept wondering why they are always low balling, but somebody clued me in. I started checking out the reputations of several companies on Glassdoor, I'm totally not surprised anymore why the people at HEWI are so difficult to deal with and so totally uninterested, given that work environment, I possibly would be too.
With VC, I assume that if things sell really fast the poor worker drone who approves things for it being put online gets brownie points or a nicer job, hence them trying to lowball all the time.
Have you dropped them a line regarding the fake serial number? Though I am surprised usually they don't display the serial numbers for obvious reasons
Well I can sort of understand it but in my youth i took the piss like this cos pay was low but it seemed to be a vicious circle (when would the pull the effort? at 10x pay? but how to get there? lol)
Not really - after they've ignored me reporting a lot of items (eg. chanel minis) placed well above the market price I can't be asked (probably I should be
)The serial number was displayed as a few last digits but it was just so horribly fake (like the really cheap knock-offs style)
Well I can sort of understand it but in my youth i took the piss like this cos pay was low but it seemed to be a vicious circle (when would the pull the effort? at 10x pay? but how to get there? lol)
Not really - after they've ignored me reporting a lot of items (eg. chanel minis) placed well above the market price I can't be asked (probably I should be
The serial number was displayed as a few last digits but it was just so horribly fake (like the really cheap knock-offs style)
I honestly don't understand them at all, some of the items are totally overpriced, but hey, as a buyer I just skip them, however I almost completely stopped listing at their site because they are trying to lowball you, an evening robe that was several K and worn once to a premiere, and they try to convince me to sell it so I would be left with 29? I'd rather donate it to charity, they have done it so much lately and while they came back with really insulting "price suggestions" I sold the items somewhere else, still quite cheap compared to retail, but for about 10 times more than they suggested and they flew out.
Seriously, I think with their approval team the old saying about paying peanuts and getting monkeys is true.
It might be also a function of their buyers quality deteriorating. I used to sell almost new bags (i get bored quickly lol) on the spot for 70%+ retail price (any major brand- Chanel but also Celine, Saint Laurent etc.). Now I'm selling almost new (meaning worn 5x) sac de jour with full set as it doesn't suit me - so i'm keen to drop it for £1200 (vs £1850 retail). Note I'm trusted seller etc. People started sending me offers in the range of £850 while the bag got 50+ likes in a day. Now - in the past I'd sell a bag like this on the spot (when i put a standard boy bag last year near retail it sold within 2 minutes from posting by VC). I guess they've attracted wannabe audience who'd love to have an authentic designer bag in a great condition but for 20% of the retail price. Sorry for sarcasm but I'm unimpressed by either party. Might actually keep the SDJ - I just don't like clutter but passing a gorgeous bag like this for nothing is a no.
Just switch off the offers... Seriously, it will also stop those idiots who make offers but never follow through
But to be honest, with designer items it is a bit like cars, once they leave the shop, half the resale value, and not being offensive, but if I am dropping that much money, the few hundred more and getting them straight from the shop with guarantee and everything, I might also go for the shop, unless you got a limited edition model that is super rare... I seriously never bought couture as an investment because most of the items just drop their value so quick...
But yes VC has really gone down the drain a bit, I usually think about 1/4th to 1/10th for stuff I wore once, maybe twice and they still haggle and want me to sell it for H&M prices, it's not worth the time and effort.
I've given people chance to drop a price by a few £.
Yeah - i get you lose value but also one needs to be realistic. In the presence of fakes and super fakes a chance to buy a bag with full set, receipt (from Selfridges or Harrods, not China) at 50-60% of the retail is a good offer. Anything below that is either luck (as somebody needed cash) or fake. Also - half price if still fine with me but VC or other resellers want to take 30%+ of it.
I did buy a few pre-owned items in great condition and paid prices in the range of 50-70% of the retail and felt not bad about it (particularly after authenticating them).
I guess with clothes it might be more difficult, supply/demand issues - eg. my fav stationary vintage boutique has a lot of nice clothes of premier designers but somehow at 6ft tall I'm not likely to be size 4-6UK (i know there are lucky ones that are but I was born with a very athletic body and 10 is where I look skinny and sick lol)
LOL, I know where you are coming from, I think I am fairly fit and healthy, not much body fat, but I just will never ever be a size 0, I was once for about a week and I was so miserable and simply looked totally sick. I think for a middle aged bint, I kept up alright, but yeah, just not the runway model type, a bit too muscular and too top heavy
You know in my youth i was an accomplished athlete in throws (at size 10-12, not massive like the ladies on telly) so you can imagine no chance ever to be skinny and it's not an excuse. Have a friend of my height but she's just tiny - very small bones, narrow arms and upper part of the body and she does wear 4UK (34 EU)
I used to do skiing, skating, everything with the legs, so I will never ever be dainty and look fragile, and to be honest I am rather healthy than thin (isn't old age wonderful, you see reason)
I'm not buying from Vestiaire ever again. They just returned a Balenciaga Double Tour bracelet to me that I bought from them but that was not as described- and that I had returned to them. I'm adding a link to the thread where I'm discussing this more in detail. The bracelet was described as only worn once, but came with clearly visible scratch and broken edge coating.
Yes, I should have insisted with my question if it was like new, but not wanting to be annoying and trusting the being only worn once (or twice
) was true, and the pics that did not show anything but a like new bracelet I went ahead and purchased.
https://us.vestiairecollective.com/...ink-leather-balenciaga-bracelet-5694656.shtml
https://forum.purseblog.com/threads/rant-if-its-not-like-new-dont-b-y-state-it-is.988699/page-3
Again, this is why we annoying buyers ask all of those annoying questions! This is why we sometimes ask them over and over! To make sure. Because if we don't this is what can happen. I'm lucky this wasn't an expensive item. Never buying from Vestiaire again, though
My pics:
Yes, I should have insisted with my question if it was like new, but not wanting to be annoying and trusting the being only worn once (or twice
) was true, and the pics that did not show anything but a like new bracelet I went ahead and purchased.https://us.vestiairecollective.com/...ink-leather-balenciaga-bracelet-5694656.shtml
https://forum.purseblog.com/threads/rant-if-its-not-like-new-dont-b-y-state-it-is.988699/page-3
Again, this is why we annoying buyers ask all of those annoying questions! This is why we sometimes ask them over and over! To make sure. Because if we don't this is what can happen. I'm lucky this wasn't an expensive item. Never buying from Vestiaire again, though
My pics: