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joe,
Free returns are necessary (with a few category exceptions) to get the TRS Plus FVF discount (10% off your regular FVF). THis is why some sellers first look at the dollar value of their TRS PLus discount before deciding whether to take a chance on free returns. If you are saving $1000 per month with TRS Plus and anticipate free return costs of $100/month, it make sense. If it’s the other way around, probably not….
Oh, and this could have something to do with it—all sales are final, except INADs:
What is Poshmark’s Return Policy?
All sales are final on Poshmark. However, we take an active role in each and every purchase made on Poshmark to ensure both the buyer and seller have a great experience. A buyer may open a case with us if they don’t receive their item or the item they receive is not as described within the listing. This means a buyer cannot return an item they purchased on Poshmark if the item simply does not fit or they no longer want the item – as long as the seller accurately described the item in the listing.If the buyer receives an item that is not as described within the listing, is sent the wrong item, or is in some other way not as described, the buyer can report their problem to us within 3 days of delivery through the app or on the web. When a case is opened, the buyer is asked to upload photos and offer details of the item. If the return is verified, we assist the buyer in returning the item to the seller and offer them a full refund.
To avoid a problem with a sale, we advise sellers to be as descriptive and detailed as possible when creating your listings. We encourage buyers to review the listing photos, description and item condition, and if you have any questions, please ask the seller for additional details, measurements or photos. Sellers are usually more than happy to provide additional information.
https://support.poshmark.com/customer/en/portal/articles/2735073-what-is-poshmark-s-return-policy-
Jay,
Maybe I’m wrong, but I think Poshmark is very much a consumer to consumer platform, with most buyers also selling there. (Like ebay in its early days). Today, I think the percentage of ebay buyers who also sell there is small, and so the average buyer is just like an average buyer at WalMart or Amazon—no real hesitation to return something. I’m guessing on Poshmark, buyers are more reluctant to return stuff because they know they don’t like getting returns when they are selling. ebay buyers see ebay sellers more as faceless businesses, and poshmark buyers see Poshmark sellers more as “someone just like me”
Does that make any sense? I’m writing on way too little sleep tonight LOL
sorry to hear about your negative experience. As I’ve said (all too often, I’m sure) I’ve been offering free return shipping for several years, and it hasn’t been a problem. Some of that, I’m sure, is just luck. Some of it is I’m small, have a low return rate history, and clothing is not a huge part of my inventory (and most of the clothing is mens, and I suspect they aren’t as fussy as women).
However, as I’ve also said before, I see it, for me,as both low risk (due to my return rate and inventory type) AND low reward (because I have never thought offering free returns was likely to drive a big increase in sales for my type of stuff. I suspect it is more likely to drive sales for sellers of new merchandise, especially in certain categories.
So, I think , like many things on ebay, it is going to be a good fit for some sellers and not a good fit for others. That’s how I feel about free shipping as well. I offer it on a few things, but not much…in part because I don’t think it’s a big factor in whether I make the sale or not. Again, I suspect that’s very different for many commodity sellers and certain categories.
I’ve heard good things about Poshmark, and hope you’ll report back on your experience there.
I went with a Dell Ultrasharp from NewEgg via ebay (using today’s 20% discount)—thanks for all the advice, and I will definitely keep the old monitor and try to rig them up as dual monitors.
Again, thanks everyone!
Yeah, I had put my entire store on 10% Off last night, so I’m hoping this might help….don’t have my hopes up very high though, I suspect this will attract more “new stuff” buyers than my type of buyers. Still, I’m happy for any sales this time of year….
As to shelves, we’ve bought a lot on ebay, either as daily deals or with one of these sales. And just this weekend we paid 60 bucks for four of the smaller units (3″ rather than 4″ wide) at a yard sale. We couldn’t take them on Saturday so the owner told me to pick them up Sunday—they’d be in the garage, I just had to take them apart. But when I got there Sunday, they were already disassembled, I just had to toss the pieces in the car. There are still a lot of nice people in this world!
Oh, and I agree—-this should have been announced. We sellers spend so much time just trying to figure out these unannounced changes….Jay’s change log idea should be instituted by ebay ASAP
I think this might be one of those situations where ebay’s right hand doesn’t know what the left hand is doing…
I’m guessing the “buyer team” developed this as a way to increase conversions. And it makes sense….if the item has sold or ended (and not been relisted), show a similar active item instead, so the buyer is shown something she CAN buy.
But the buyer team, of course, is not thinking in seller terms. Sellers relate to the ended/sold item as a research tool, and therefore we want it front and center.
(And don’t forget, even the “seller team” might not recognize the importance of the solds, because many of them likely think like commodity sellers, who actually use ebay’s “pricing guidance” and “trending prices”, so have no big need to do the sort of research we scavenger type sellers thrive on.
I can’t say I see the bread tubes every thrift trip, but I can say that if there is only one Pampered Chef item in the entire thrift store, it is almost certainly one of those damn bread tubes. Usually in the box. I wonder if they were given away to people who attended PC events?
It’s hard to say without seeing the iem. I’d probably leave it on, but if I was confident I could take it off without doing any damage, I’d do it.
06/04/2018 at 8:34 pm in reply to: Could anyone with a Worthpoint account help me out for a moment? #41703Yeah, I’d definitely go higher….you can always come down.
06/04/2018 at 8:14 pm in reply to: Could anyone with a Worthpoint account help me out for a moment? #41697OK, this one didn’t have see well in title. Sold for $36 in 2010:
https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/vintage-sylvania-tool-kit-radio-tv-119679138
06/04/2018 at 8:11 pm in reply to: Could anyone with a Worthpoint account help me out for a moment? #41694Oops, $12.47
06/04/2018 at 8:11 pm in reply to: Could anyone with a Worthpoint account help me out for a moment? #41693https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/vintage-sylvania-tv-tubes-see-well-86628171
sold for $12.97 in 2009.
I need to look again, that’s the only one I see so far.
I can’t really tell from the photos, but I gather the blue tassel type thing is under the plastic? I think originally that was used to hang it from a hook or nail on the wall…
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