ThredUp's reputation is marred by significant customer dissatisfaction, particularly regarding the selling process and customer service. Many users report feeling misled about item valuations and processing times, leading to frustration over perceived exploitation and lack of transparency. While some customers appreciate the variety of products available for purchase, issues such as delays in shipping, inadequate communication, and poor handling of returns overshadow these positives. Overall, the sentiment leans heavily towards disappointment, prompting many to recommend alternative selling methods and express reluctance to engage further with the company.
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All purchases were clean and excellent condition. Free ship is a nice feature. It did take a couple weeks to receive order so if you're in a hurry you may want to pay extra.
I have shipped a bag of clothes a few months ago. The thredUP won't take any clothes you have out there. They mostly want fancy designer clothing, the ones that look brand new. My shipment had SOME of the qualifying items in it (I knew some weren't 'good enough', but I accepted the outcome). Not only I didn't get a dime from the company, I never received an update on my shipment and another email from them ever.
I love it! When my first package arrived I was very impressed the packaging, items and paperwork was excellent! Folded so neatly and wrapped in tissue paper! Not what I expected. Returns are easy - go for the store credit much simpler! If you are going to sell READ! A lot of people on here are complaining about the selling side... this company states clearly the terms and payout % seriously! Are you considering all aspects of the process? They make it easy to sell items that are not used that you need to shift they save time & effort they do it all for you - or keep it in your closet... sell it yourself independently? They are a 'business' and are not here to make a profit for you they provide you a service and you get some payback in $ but also help the environment and others! Their customer service is, in my own experience, outstanding! Love the clothes, love the company love the service! I love everything about this store!
I always know I will get good quality clothing at a discounted price.
Here's $20 in store credit from thred up an oline cosignment shop. They sell women and kid clothes thredup.com/r/HOPGUD
Just like everyone else, I sent one bag (thank goodness it was only one) filled with really beautiful designer clothing that matched the stringent conditions required. For about $300.00 worth of clothing and shoes, I received $7.32. Therefore, once I get my refund for a dress that did not fit (so far it has been ten days since they received the returned item) and spend my $7.32, I will sign off and stick with normal retail sales and give my stuff to Goodwill.
Why does Thredup support TFA? If the company is sincerely interested in supporting education, they will find another organization to support rather than Teach for America. Are you aware of the negative impact TFA is having on our public schools and the children in the poorest communities? Sending an untrained teacher into our most difficult classrooms is not helping those children, in fact it is hurting them. TFA is basically a scab organization that's mission is to break up the teachers unions by replacing experienced, successful teachers with cheap temporary labor. Our children deserve much better than this. Really wish you would disassociate
Everyone and all my experiences has been great. I get coupons send and love using my their app. This is the only way I'll buy my clothes and sell them too.
I have sent in many many bags to ThredUp. Mostly disappointed in what I recieved as a payout. But I like the ease of sending it being done. So I decided to add up all if the prices they were asking for my items. It was just over $300. That's what they get. I recieved $30.00 for my bag. There were top kid brands like Polo, Janie n Jack oilily etc... how can they consider that fair? I feel as if I let myself be robbed. Please we need to all turn them into the BBB!
I sent new Vera Bradley that Thread Up's site said they were paying extra for along with a ton of nice clothes. They gave me $0.87! I was very upset.
In reading the reviews on this website I found that others had similar bad experiences with Thred up. In addition if you want cash for your items you must have a paypal account. Not everyone has a paypal account! Must say I am fed up with Thred up.
I have made multiple purchases and slowly have been disappointed. The sizes are hit or miss with sizes. I have been shipped an item that was described as fitting a woman and clearly found out it is a girl size when it arrives. My last shipment of sweaters included a hole in the shoulder of one, stains on the front of another and a hold in the back at the shoulder on a third. Communication with this company is useless. I sent an email over my concerns and have yet to hear a word. I'm not bothering to send it back. I threw it is the trash as a lesson learned.
I LOVE to shop thred UP because I do believe that their quality is great and I'm rarely disappointed in what I receive. I wish that when they display white items that they would put a darker background behind the item, so many times it's hard to see the white item on the white background. So I try to stay away from white. Like so many other reviews I've read, I have sent nice clothes in to them and only received pennies for my clothes which was not what I expected, so I will never send them anything.
I sent in about $250 worth of clothes, 15-20 pairs of Abercrombie hollister, rock revival, miss me, express, etc. jeans. Also roughly 30 Calvin klein, gap, hollister/Abercrombie, Ed-hardy, express/the limited, polo Ralph Lauren, etc shirts/sweaters. THEY GAVE ME $7.55! UNBELIEVABLE, Also I sent them in, it took about a month to process and now it's been about 3 weeks & I STILL can't cash my balance ($7.55) out! This is terrible. I would've rathered donated my nice clothes to a local homeless shelter. What a scam. It would cost me $4.55 more than what they gave me to have my clothing sent back at this point! Never using ThreadUp again!
Fantastic deals here. All 3 items purchased were in new or perfect condition. Shipping was a bit slow, but the bargains were so good that the week's wait was not a problem. (of course, I do live in a very rural area; that could have caused the delay).
Bottom line, I will definitely shop here often!
My first order, several of my my high-end items were faded and thread-bare. Returned. BUT to return you either pay a whopping $8.99 for shipping to get a refund OR free return shipping for store credit. I get it, keep us shopping, fine. EXCEPT it takes TWO WEEKS to process said return, meanwhile your cart is expiring daily so all the items you'd like to get instead vanish. SO annoying! Try to contact customer service? No one answers a line, EVER! Straight to voice service encouraging you to send a email but wait, I did that THREE DAYS ago to no avail. Boo! You're not that cool, online second hand buying is a dime a dozen these days. You coulda been cool but alas, you kinda suck.
I have been an eBay seller for about 10 years. I decided to send items that I sell on ebay to this company to see if it would be more profitable. I made the BIG mistake of sending three HUGE bags (approx. 10 -15 lbs each) instead a few items to test the service out. I sent designer shoes, leather jackets (EUC), new with tags clothes, purses, cute skirts. They took 4 items from one bag; and 1 item each from the other two bags. I got back $19.49. REALLY…
The CEO of the company emailed me for feedback because "he cared." I responded with what I wrote above. He forwarded my response to another staff person who obviously had no clue what to do with my feedback. AND then sent two additional emails to me asking if I was happy with the response I got from her. NOT A GOOD EXPERIENCE. I can only hope that they donated my items to a woman's shelter because I will not do business with this company again.
While I am extremely pleased to get rid of some of my clothes that I no longer wear, and get some money in the process, I am less than enthusiastic about the amount of money that I received versus the amount of money that thred up is selling those items for. I understand that the company will be giving me less money than they will be selling the items for, as they're trying to make some money too. However, I received $46 for my bag of items, and they will in turn be selling those items for more than $300. So they will be making more than $250 profit on my bag of clothes? Seems a bit skewed to me as that's more than 5x the amount that I received! If they tried to make the ratio a bit more fair (even just give me $125, they get $175), id be much happier with their services.
I received a value of $2.42 for my ThredUp bag, which included many Michael Kors, The Limited, Express, Ann Taylor, and Ann Taylor Loft items. I feel like I have been robbed and needless to say, will not be using ThredUp again and will be absolutely sure to very seriously dissuade any friends or family members who consider using the service as well. It is easy to see how they are able to sell designer clothing at such great prices when their business model is essentially stealing clothing at no cost from those who send clothes in an attempt to sell and then selling for a profit. Live and learn from our mistakes I suppose, but in the future I will be donating my used clothing to charity.
I love love threfup for buying great quality used clothes, but would never send clothes for resale ever again.
Answer: Don't bother. I got 80 cents for a whole bag of good condition name brand clothes.
Answer: I've actually emailed their customer service to show them how many negative reviews there were on this site and they did not care at all. They just quoted their policies. I'm sure they will go bankrupt soon enough...
Answer: 1% but they trash the expensive stuff (or am not sure what they do with it) and sell the cheap stuff. So i sent 2 bags with over 20 items, and got total 25$. I had antik batik dress, anthropologie clothes, jcrew, christian lacroix, etc. and they trashed the expensive (new condition) brand and listed cheap things. I will not send them stuff again, it was very hurtful.
Answer: Because they essentially steal your clothes and then sell them for a profit. You get hardly any payout, but they gladly take all your clothes and sell them for a big mark up.
Answer: Of course buyers are satisfied. They are getting other peoples' brand-name, like-new clothes that has been stolen by ThredUp. Buying from ThredUp just supports their dishonest and shady business practice.
Answer: I almost always sell on eBay first. Then when I don't feel like hanging on to the clothes any more and just want my closet space back and they have been on eBay for months, I will send to thredUP. I don't even send in that high end of items and I will usually get $16 and up per bag. So to me, it's a last resort, but I usually can expect something even if it's a little. I LOVE thredUP for buying. Use their upfront calculator to see what items they take. They will say 50 cents to 1.00 per item so it is not hidden info. There is always the return option where you can get your entire bag back for $12.99 as well. Everyone who has nice stuff they'd want back should opt for this method always.
Answer: They sent me an email and put the money on my thred up account so I can buy something. I was do disgusted I gave up on the whole thing
Answer: Because I sent in 575.00 worth of clothes and recieved 8.00 in credit, half of them had tags still on them and were high priced items. When I asked for proof why they did not take them in they said they had stains on them. I asked for pics because they were brand new, they squirted water on them and took a pic. It takes a couple months to even get your credit and when you buy womens clothes, half the time I was sent stained or childrens sized clothes, TWICE is a much better company.
Answer: Honestly this company is not choosing to accept a lot of product that could easily be listed. I have sent bags and bags, including valuable pieces... cashmere sweaters, high end items of considerable retail cost and relatively recently produced. When questioned I am given the response that the items were not in as good a shape as they wanted them to be. That their buyers should be able to buy perfect product. My take on this is... if it's a 200 dollar cashmere sweater and the purchase price is under 10 dollars, a few pills on the fabric should be a non issue! Period. I question what is going on, frankly, as many do. Too much disappears with no explanation, many bags go into complete reject status. I genuinely am concerned that there is a story here and may become apparent after a while. Only time will tell.
Answer: Not worth it unless you have stuff priced over $40 and can get 40%. There percentages are ridiculous for lower priced clothes. You can order return assurance for about $12 but be prepared to get a bag back with your items stuffed in like garbage. They do not even take the time to fold things nicely even though you pay for this service.
thredUP.com was designed to be an easy and convenient way to buy and sell secondhand clothing.