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VestiaireCollective.com, the best of pre-owned fashion at 30 to 70% off original retail price.
The overall reputation of the company reflects a mix of strong customer satisfaction and notable concerns. Positive feedback highlights the platform's reliability, thorough authentication process, and a seamless purchasing experience, which many users appreciate. Customers value the wide variety of products and the ability to negotiate prices. However, negative aspects include frustrations over service delays, issues with returns, and a perceived lack of direct customer support. Additionally, some sellers express dissatisfaction with the platform's pricing and commission structure. These insights suggest a need for improved communication and support to enhance the overall customer experience.
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I don't even want to give this company one star to be honest. To begin with this company was fine to sell through but of late it's a total mess. 'Quality Control', if you can call it that, has absolutely no idea about brands. Fact. I recently sold an item, sent it off same day, they received it on 4th August and then kicked off about the item being listed in Childrenswear. It wasn't and I proved this by sending them a snapshot of the listing, pointing out that it was in fact listed correctly in Womenswear. They then changed their tune and said that the item was Childrenswear. It isn't as the brand I sold doesn't sell Childrenswear. They literally had no comeback in what I proved them wrong on, but still today have marked the item as non compliant... 17 DAYS LATER. Incidentally, I emailed every single day and received just one response. They have ignored every other email I have sent. The buyer also left a message stating that they wanted to buy the item and wanted to know what was going on. So they are playing the seller (me) off against the buyer and vice versa, It's so incredibly unprofessional. I actually called them this morning and the guy, although very nice, is clearly unable to do or say anything except to 'urgently elevate the case further'. I can't be bothered waiting a further month for the 'wise' to decide on the fate of my womenswear cape so I am having my item returned. There are much better sites to sell on. I would suggest using those if you want a professional service where the company is interested in their business and clients rather than just taking the money. My item better be returned in the perfect, unworn, tags still attached, brand new condition it was sent. Just saying...
I have not been paid for an item that I had shipped within 24 hours of notification. It has been "under review" for 7 days when the policy says 3. Item #*******.
They're OK for sellers. For buyers, I'd strongly recommend Germany-based Rebelle. Those guys are serious when it comes to authentification and quality check.
Based on their supposed 'authenticity service' and recommendation from Vogue magazine, I naively bought a 'Gucci' bag and 'Hermès' T-shirt from Vestiaire Collective - big mistake. After being ignored by one of the sellers I had bought from for a month, (I had contacted them prior to purchasing the bag and they had responded, so they were not inactive/unaware that I had made a purchase), the bag finally arrived and I was immediately sceptical. The zip and lining is a very cheap quality, the stitching was uneven and there appeared to be glue residue on the material. As for the T-shirt, it is embarrassingly fake. It seems as though it had been purchased from a high street store and had the logo printed onto it. I sent the bag back to be reinspected as I had paid the most for this item; unsurprisingly, it was once again verified and sent back to me. I am now stuck with two blatantly fake designer items. I understand that this can typically be the case with websites that host unauthorised sellers and I would never usually purchase expensive luxury items online, especially second hand items, due to the risk of them being unauthentic, but it was the 'highly acclaimed' verification service that initially put me at ease. This is my personal experience; I would never usually bother to leave a review but I would hate to see anyone else in my position if sharing my experience will help to prevent it!
Ive written umpteen complaints and requests for a bag i paid for a dnalso asked now 3 weeks later for a refund had answers but ladst onse is now saying they dont reconise my order number... the order number and ref they gave me when they took £190 from my bank account. Latest reply i got says they cant help me any further. Have solken to other customers on social media about this company, and lots have been robbed by them one lady has lost over two thousand dollars, disgraceful. Please read reviwes oin facebook see how many complaints there are. Also bad reviwes on other sites as well,
Dear Myra,
We are really sorry that you have been disappointed with your Vestiaire Collective experience. Please could you provide us with your order ref. And we can follow this up for you with our Customer Service team.
Best wishes,
The Vestiaire Collective team
Typoically when you order something online they do a verification for payment. Instead, they wanted a photo of my drivers license, a bill to show my billing address AND a photo of my credit card. Total invasion of privacy! The shipping is slow and the customer service is terrible.
Dear Jess,
We are really sorry that you have been disappointed with your Vestiaire Collective experience. Please could you provide us with your order ref. And we can follow this up for you with our Customer Service team.
Best wishes,
The Vestiaire Collective team
For those people who have been sent fake things by Vestiare Collective and have been asked for proof they are fake. These sites are well known and can do written and email authentication. Etinceler Authentications, Authenticate4U, and Lollipuff Authentications. I'd claim back the cost of the authentication too, from Vestiare once proven to be fake.
I bought a FENDI handbag and when it arrived, came without the shoulder strap. I wrote them asking to please contact the seller, because I was sure that he had forgotten to send it, they told me that the deadline has passed and they can not help me. Aside from this they took a long time to send the bag, much longer than estimated.
I DO NOT RECOMMEND VESTIAIRE
The worst experience ever
The worst experience ever. I never write bad review about anything, but this time I had to. After waiting for my order to be processed about 2 weeks with no update whatsoever, I received a refund for my products with no announcement whatsoever. I don't even know what has happened. I sent them messages via e-mail and facebook, but no response. Don't I deserve at least an explanation? I really needed that product and since I waited for this one to arrive, now it's not available in the stores anymore so I basically don't have a chance of getting it anymore. Thanks a lot. :(
I HAVE PAID $ 1277. 71 FOR A FAKE LV GM BACKPACK. I ALWAYS WANTED TO HAVE THIS PURSE. SINCE LV IS NOT MAKING THIS PURSE ANYMORE SO I DECIDED TO GET FROM VC, THEY CLAIMED ( INCLUDING THE PRIVATE SELLER AND VC. PROMISE % 100 AUTHENTICITY. I HAVE TRUSTED WHAT THEY CLAIMED AND PURCHASED. WELL, IT HAS TERRIBLE, VERY STRONG PARFUME SMELL, NOT JUST THAT FAKE LV. SO I AM WRITING EMAILS BACK AND FORTH. NOW, THEY TELL ME IF I CAN SEND THEM CERTIFICATE FROM LV FOR NON AUTHENTICITY? AS I TOLD THEM CERTANLY ( AS EVERYBODY KNOWS) LV DIDN ' T SELL TO ME THIS PURSE THERE FOR THEY WON ' T SAY IT IS OR IT IS NOT! IF THE COMPANY SAYS " %100 AUTHENTICITY, WHY SHOULDN ' T I BELIEVE?
Bought an item 3 weeks ago, has been in VC "quality control" for 10 days now. After lots of complaints and menace to go public, now it turns out they lost the item and are trying to retrieve it. The seller, whom I contacted, has not received any money for the item either. I will probably have to wwait for weeks to be refunded.
Worst rubbish online shop I have ever experienced, stay away...
I tried to sell an item on Vestiaire Collective and received a shipping label but it was unclear which courier I should go to to ship my item. Upon enquiry, VC replied that pre paid shipping is not available in my country. I was very surprised because all along VC has advertised that it is completely "free" (except commission) for a seller to sell the item. Nowhere in the whole process of submitting an item to sell did they mention that pre paid shipping is only available in certain countries. I would have thought, given the commission that they charge, shipping would be paid for by them. Had I known this, I would have raised the sale price or choose somewhere to sell. Like other reviewers have commented, their customer service was not helpful at all. I made my complaint to VC and demanded that shipping be paid for by them, and they replied that people in my country can order from VC but are not supposed to sell on VC, therefore they will not be responsible for the shipping fee. Overall, VC has made it so difficult for people to buy and sell things on their site - they charge a high commission, and having buyers and (some) sellers have to pay expensive shipping costs, their service is adding very little value to users of the website (especially some reviewers have said that they have received fakes)!
One thing i'm super happy was that i got my money back! The "team of experts" have finally discovered the FAKE bag! Lets just imagine if I werent so alert with little or no knowledge in luxury goods, I would have be paying A THOUSAND POUNDS for a FAKE BAG.
PS: VC didnt send me any email to apologize or explain how FAKE BAG ended up in the hands of consumers, I wonder if "team of experts" really exists.
I recently purchased £1020 Marc Jacob bag from VC.
When i opened the bag, there was a strong smell of GLUE, and glue stains are on many parts of the bag, the shape of the bag is wrong, some of the details are also different from what i see in boutique. In addition, the fonts on the authentic card is different from a real one. After doing many comparison, i can surely confirm that this bag i bought is FAKE! I dont know how such fake bag PASSED their "QUALITY CONTROL". Sure there is no experts! And also the glue smell is obvious enough that this bag is fake! The smell is so pungent that i felt dizzy after smelling it. I also discovered that this seller on VC sells others fake bags as well (same bag as i bought). I believe this seller deliberately sells FAKE goods to make money on VC, so BUYERS please please be extra careful!
I have attached a photo of the fake authenticity cards attached in the bag, it cannot be more obvious that the font is so WRONG! The letters are irregular!
This is ridiculous to pay 1000 pounds for a FAKE BAG! I have already emailed VC, hope they can reply me next week.
Been using VC for almost a year now as both a buyer and seller. The overall experience is great, however, they are a bit slow on quality control and they never work on weekends!
I wish they could hire more staff to improve efficiency since we paid a lot of commission while selling stuff through their website.
The overall experience is 8/10, I put 5 stars just because there are too many ridiculous 1 star comments
I joined just a week ago and tried to purchase a pair of Chanel Vintage earrings for alittle over $800.00 Now they are calculating over $1,000! How?
They said I had to pay $40 to ship, but then give me $20 because I am new. And then they added $125.00 for "contribution to customs?" What does that mean?
And what's this stuff about a membership at $12.00 a month minimum?
I am out!
I see their merchandise is not in "good condition." A pair of Christian Louboutin shoes that said "good condition" and the girl writes she takes good care of them, the soles were completely worn off! And she wants over $500? Fake advertising. I am sure these shoes would run over $700 when you go and calculate the baloney.
I won't buy from them. It's a gimmick
I placed an order on 06/05/2017 for a Saint Laurent bag, after like a week I received the confirmation email, this is my first time buying from VC, so I had no idea that it will take that long to confirm, ship the bag. Almost a month, I contacted their customer service where the heck my bag goes or at, they said that they haven't received anything yet and got contacted the seller, and said the seller has 30 days to ship the item. Like a week ago I got the email saying that the bag went through the quality control and ready to ship to my address which is in US. I tracked the package and said it will arrived 3 days after. So I was waited whole day at home because it needs signature, but nothing happened that day, I gave it one more day before I contacted the customer service again; still nothing. 2 days later, it said the package already went back to the shipper which is in France because DHL couldnt delivery it. I was like WTF? The email also told me to update my address but this is the only address that I have. So the I contacted them again, they said they will try to resend the package one more time. I received an email 2,3 days after saying that the package is ready to resend. I contacted the DHL to schedule for a puck up instead of delivery, but she told me to call back because they still haven't receive the package yet, once they receive it they will be able to modify it. I've been checked the tracking every single day since then, until yesterday it said the package went back to the shipper. SO FRUSTRATED, I don't know what had happened, contacted the customer service already but haven't heard anything from them yet, such a bad customer service, bad experience. I do not recommend ths website at all.
I tried to sell a perfectly new Ferragamo watch and submitted a request. Two days late the website sent me a mail to let me know that it has been refused because they currently don't accept this brand.
This is totally ridiculous because they listed Ferragamo in the request form, and is actually selling Ferragamo pieces!
Totally arbitrary, random, unfriendly experience for me as a seller.
I bought a coat from VC for 1.800 EUR which was described as new. When the coat arrived, it turned out to heavily used, unprofessionally altered, and full of animal hair. Have not received my money back so far, customer service is not telling me, if they accept my return shipping. Totally unnerving, absolute crap, should go out of business and save customers the hustle.
They have zero customer service. It's a fraud. They are a rip off. I am warning you now do not purchase from them. They are a terrible terrible company
What a bad business model. Not only do you piss off Sellers and now buyers too. You charge Sellers and amazingly in sane be close to 30% and then you charge buyers a you charge Sellers and amazingly insane be of close to 30% and then you charge buyers a "contribution fee"
Answer: There are a lot of honest sellers and buyers there (I consider myself one of them) but if anything goes wrong, Vestiaire will do nothing to help, they will spam you with auto replies
Answer: This exact thing happened to me. Completely different top than what was posted. And it still passed their "inspection". I am still fighting with them to no avail. Good luck.
Answer: Dear Peggy, we kindly inform that as soon as you close your account, your ads will be withdrawn and not visible anymore. Best regards
Answer: Dear Vanessa, you will find on the self-titled FAQ article right below: https://faq.vestiairecollective.com/hc/en-gb/articles/360004969178-Vestiaire-Collective-s-return-policy Best regards
Answer: They don't have an email or phone number. Just the link to the chat, so you can never be sure that your message has gone through.
Answer: Dear S R., we regret not being able to get back to you any sooner. We highly suggest to report this message, as we confirm that refunds are automatic and no action on your side is requested. Thank you very much!
Answer: Dear Tanya, we are sorry to hear that you haven't received your payments! Make sure to contact us in Me > Help on the App, if assistance is still required. Best regards!
Answer: Dear Elizabeth, thank you for your question. We must inform that our lines are currently closed! Make sure to find our available contact methods directly on our Contact Us article, in our Help center. We remain available for any further questions or queries you might have. The Vestiaire Collective Team
Answer: Dear Rana, we are getting back to you regarding the processing of your recent purchase. Please note that if your item has been handled in our warehouse in New York, our services have been put on hold for a few days and kindly inform that we are fully operational now! Please rest assured that we remain available for any verification, if you haven't received your purchase yet. Thank you very much for you for your understanding, The Vestiaire Collective Team
Dear Demi,
Thank you for your feedback. We're really sorry to hear that you believed your items to be a fake. Please be assured our team of moderators and authentication experts check all sold items by hand to ensure that they meet out quality and authenticity standards.
Please could you provide us with your order ref. And we can follow this up for you with our Customer Service team.
Best wishes,
The Vestiaire Collective team