Pamela S.

I tried on 3 different occasions to set up appointments with contractors they rated as 5 star. However, 2 out of 3 never called to confirm the appointment and the other one confirmed but never showed up. When HomeAdvisor called to cancel yet another appointment they tried to give me a song and dance about how they are only "retailers" of services. What the hell does that even mean? HomeAdvisor adds bogus 5 star ratings to unreliable companies who don't show up. Obviously they Vet NOTHING. These folks are not worth the effort. Flip a coin -- you are bound to have better luck.

Nice prices are no more... and the retail product lines have changed and/or dwindled.

I think the price jumps happened about the same time that the return policy was expanded.

Apparently AuthenticateFirst does not have the expertise to authenticate every product out there. This company has TWICE made an error on David Yurman jewelry pieces, not having the requisite knowledge about David Yurman stand alone store items and the AUTHENTIC but slightly different items DY makes for retail outlets (like Saks and Nordstrom) so as not to be competing with them directly AND the items they manufacture for specialty causes or groups. So... they are NOT the be-all, know-all of every item out there. Yes, I took both my items directly to a huge DY retail store where an experienced older gentleman explained all the iterations of the DY manufacturing plants and some of the items they scale down for affordability (smaller stones, lesser mm sterling cuffs, etc.) He was particularly nice to me and was taken aback that someone would deny the authenticity of clearly authentic items.

BOTTOM LINE HERE: AuthenticateFirst may or may not be a legitimate company but they CLEARLY don't know everything about everything.

SELLERS should avoid Tradesy because they have apparently been drinking the kool-aid. But they will not change their mind on anything even if you have proof of authenticity. My guess is there is some collusion (kickbacks?) between Tradesy and AuthenticateFirst.

I always feel that Costco is honest and offers the best deals available. Customer service is crowded but once you get in front of an individual they attempt to handle every issue with a smile and efficiently.

Sad to say that one of my favorite purse brands is totally degraded. I feel that 90% of the purses they sell are PLASTIC, expensive plastic.

Hard to believe an operation this big is this efficient. Customer return policy rocks for the Buyer (probably not so much for the Seller).

Selection is usually amazing on everything available.

As a Seller I have sold many authentic items through tradesy only to have an ignorant "authenticator" deem a single item "inauthentic." The item was completely authentic purchased from a retail store. To add insult to injury tradesy closed my account over this deemed "infraction". I guess they decided my arguing with them about this was against their rules. It seems to me that I was discriminated against as i am a small, personal seller and I don't sell large, expensive items. They are just like Ebay -- they don't want small sellers and this was a way to get rid of a small seller. No problem Greedy Tradesy -- KARMA is always a demon.

By the way I took my "inauthentic" item to the largest retailer in the South and it was completely authentic.