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Jen A.

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3 Reviews by Jen

  • Poshmark

11/5/14

Ahhh. If you are comfortable selling your brand new with tags Michael Kors bag for $40, then this site is for you! Even better, how about you trade your new Michael Kors handbag for... NOTHING. The other person doesn't send you the item you agreed to trade. While Poshmark discourages this, it is allowed to happen.

When I first found the site, I liked it. Today, it seems like a bunch of teenagers trying to trade their junk for your designer items or buy your designer items for 5% of their value.
No thanks.

The site is not very user friendly. You are not able to list with your computer. It is strictly app based with I find very inconvenient. If you want others to see your items, you have to manually share each. Individual. Listing. My fingers would throb when I was finished.

Customer service is fast and efficient and very good about refunding when you receive an item that is not as described. I've found some great deals and only had a couple of bad experiences buying.

Poshmark takes me back to high school. The "popular" kids get all the attention. Host all the parties, choose host pics. In other words, decide whose listings get special exposure.

Selling is not worth your time unless you are really hard up for cash and don't mind selling your items at values that are much, much lower than you'd receive at a consignment shop. After all the work to list and share, it's just not worth it. I've noticed they are making some changes so I will stick around a bit longer and see if it gets better.

Buying: You can find great deals but be careful, replicas are everywhere. Do your homework. My first purchase was a 100% authentic coach bag that the seller purchased herself from Coach. I didn't even have to take it completely out of the box to know it was fake... and a badddd bad fake. Posh was great about letting me return it though.

  • Tradesy

11/5/14

Out of all of the "consignment" type sites out right now, Tradesy is my personal favorite for buying and selling.

I've been selling a little less than month and have had nothing but positive, seamless transactions. I've sold over a thousand dollars worth of merchandise in 3 weeks. Payouts are always on time, buyers are fabulous. Since I haven't had a reason to contact customer service, I can't comment but I can't imagine they are anything less than great.

I haven't done alot of buying yet because of bad experiences on other sites but took the leap and just purchase a Tory bracelet. I have a good feeling and can't wait to receive.

Best part, authenticity is guaranteed.

The site is extremely user friendly and often have generous sales. I give this site an A+

I sell and buy from many different platforms and thus far, Tradesy is the "bomb" :)

  • Tripboba

11/5/14

On 11/5, I wrote a review giving this site 3 stars. The positive stars were for great customer service and great experiences selling.

I recently had an issue which I find very disturbing. I vowed to tell my story if the issue wasn't handled in a satisfactory manner.

About a month ago, I sold a Michael Kors Bracelet, NWT. I shipped in out 2 hours after the it was purchased. (Keep in mind a seller has 7 days to ship an item). I've sold over 100 items on this site without a problem. I ship via USPS and my packages have always arrived on time.

On the 8th day, I received a message from the buyer asking where her bracelet was. Confused, I looked into the tracking and the tracking clearly stated that the Post Office had made a mistake and working to rectify the issue. I contact my local Post Office immediately and then the buyer. In the mean time, the buyer started sending me emails stating she wanted her bracelet or her money. She accused me of being shady and altering the postal service tracking because I had made a mistake. The last message I received stated all of the tracking information was gone and she knew I had the item.

Despite all the craziness, I explained to her that there is no possible way I could alter tracking information and that I had made a phone call and assured her that the item would be delivered on the next business day. (This all started on Friday into Saturday)

Sunday evening, I receive an email from Threadflip stating that I had cancelled the transaction. Irate, I emailed Threadflip asking them how they could possibly cancel a transaction while it was in-transit. Before I received a reply, the bracelet was delivered early Monday.

The Threadflip rep told me that it "appeared" the item had been returned to me. Clearly their reps don't check tracking information or know how to read it. She included a link to the tracking information.

I went back and forth with this rep for days. 8 days after purchasing the item, Threadflip cancelled an item in-transit. When I demanded my money, I was told that they were giving the buyer a chance to return the item and she would "sometime next week when she returned home".

Totally unacceptable. Threadflip makes the mistake and gives an inpatient buyer their money back, than expected me to wait 1-2 weeks for the item to be shipped back to me.
Threadflip should have reimbursed me and taken possession of the item if the buyer returned it.

After a week of hearing nothing, I sent another irate email to "my rep". Hours later I had a tracking number.

I received the bracelet today. The buyer threw the bracelet into the poly bag I shipped it in but didn't bother to secure the bubble wrap to protect the bracelet. I now have a $165 bracelet that is "New with Defects".

I was told to contact Threadflip if there were any issues with the bracelet. It's not worth my time. I've made them a chunk of money. I should have been treated better. No one should have to deal with this nonsense. I'll use the energy I'd be wasting if I contacted them regarding the condition of my bracelet to tell me story.

Who ever is in charge over there really needs to wake up. The sight is flooded with fake items. Thinking of buying Betsey Johnson? There's a seller who has an "in" with Betsey's factory in China. All the items she sells as authentic, can be purchased on ebay from as low as $0.49. I still have the message from Threadflip stating that since she has good reviews, they will not take action. As I stated in my original post, sure she has good reviews. She offers free items for every item sold. Gives huge discounts on garbage and makes people who don't know the brand think they are getting a great deal. She's scammed hundreds of users. Threadflip even uses her story on their homepage.

I've had it. They can feel free to shut down my account. It's just one more honest, ethical seller they will push away to make room for the bottom feeding scammers.

Jen Has Earned 32 Votes

Jen A.'s review of Tradesy earned 4 Very Helpful votes

Jen A.'s review of Tradesy earned 2 Well Said votes

Jen A.'s review of Tripboba earned 12 Very Helpful votes

Jen A.'s review of Poshmark earned 14 Very Helpful votes

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