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I submitted questions 3 weeks ago and just today got automated responses that did’t answer my questions. I think I’ll wait on buying until they figure out whatever the issues are.
My order took 13 days, I got no tracking info or email response, just showed up. I did have another order which I have tracking for but have not received.
I still can’t get the website to process my card on new orders. I did manage to get one order to go through on something a week ago and it hasn’t shipped yet. Yikes.
The site has some good stuff, it seems largely dependent on what kind of research Goodwill is able to do on resale prices. I have found it to be glitchy as heck though. Maybe there are still a bunch of bugs. I tried to buy something and eventually gave up because the order wouldn’t load.
Sadly, some people are one paper plate away from a mental health crisis. It is noble to not want to cause harm to others or contribute to their suffering, but some people are “on fire” before you enter the picture as an online seller, and very well will be after you leave the picture. There isn’t much you can do other than keep your side of the street clean, which you clearly have done here. People will say nasty things sometimes, it is normal although unpleasant.
I suppose the question is, what is currently not so popular which we should be focusing on since clothing is hot right now? I’m not sure I have any answers to that.
I am finding that clothes are selling better than ever these days. I never used to buy it and now I try to buy anything that is cool looking or unique/old. I do agree that in many areas, at conventional thrift stores (goodwill, salvation army, savers) it is picked over. Smaller mom n pop thrift stores still have good old clothes.
Its been down lately, that’s for sure. But how often does it all of a sudden get busy? Pretty often. Although there are plenty of good reasons for people to restrain their spending right now (stock market, inflation, being two major ones), my experience is very rarely react reasonably to things like that. Remember the splurge we all got when the first economic stimulus checks went out!
I can’t remember the last time I shipped to Germany so I suppose if they did get booted from GSP it wouldn’t be a big deal.
I was migrated to the new listing tool and for a whole day was repeatedly logged out when I was trying to list. The next day it was fixed but certainly had me worried for a while.
I keep waiting for something like this to happen with all of the products shoplifted en masse from Walgreens and put up on ebay. But since those aren’t as valuable as high end shoes, its probably going to take a while to sort out from a law enforcement perspective.
You can save some substantial money on rent by moving out of the immediate Bay Area. You have to be willing to go about an hour away and be careful where you move to (some suburbs here have the same problems we are trying to get away from– crime, etc). I’m too ashamed to even say what we pay in rent right now. Oregon used to be the place of choice for California emigrants, but now its Nevada and Texas. People are particularly aggrieved by state taxes in CA (10+%), and those states have none.
We are going to be moving after almost 15 years in Oakland. Buying still doesn’t make a lot of sense, for us (although in any other place, it would make total sense), but saving something like 40% on rent and getting more space by moving to a semi-rural area in Northern California.
