"Every bag full of almost new brand name and designer WOMENS and kid's clothes end up breaking even with the bag fee or MAYBE $1-$2. What a rip off! Keep selling my items fir $45-$90 and giving me .06 cents. "
"Bought several skirts and a clutch. The clutch was so worn I would have thrown it away or at least sold it for $2. I paid $13.00, final sale! A skirt has to be repaired before it can be worn because the zipper is coming undone.... Not worth a store credit for me as I will not be a repeat customer...."
"I sent my bag in during a special $5 shipping fee period. They accepted 37% of my bag and let me know that they normally accept a greater percentage. Aw thanks, dudes. Then I get notifications when my stuff sells, with the reminder that I have already been paid for it. Yes, I got my $5.08 (would have been $.08 if not for the "special") and watched as my stuff made them $90 within a matter of days.
I also saw a Calvin Klein black dress go up a few days after the rest of my items that was identical to one of mine that was rejected.
I could have made more at any of the consignment shops here in town, and they would have accepted more and been way faster. 2 months to earn $5?
I also had a terrible buying experience. Out of 9 items only 2 we're acceptable based on fit or quality (size 10 pants not even close to fitting a 29" waist- also didn't have a tag with a size, "one size" t-shirts that I couldn't fit my arms through). So now I have all this credit to a store that makes me furious and is exhausting to mill through.
PS- I threw in a dress that was at least a decade old, and it was considered "on trend." There is no way of knowing what will be accepted. "
"Horrible experience-will never refer them to anyone! I sent super high quality items that I spent a lot of money on thinking I would have been paid at the most a quarter of what I originally paid for them. Definitely not! I sent a beautiful Shoshanna One Shoulder Cocktail Dress that I paid $350 for and wore one time- in beautiful condition and dry cleaned. When I received my check in bag email it wasn't even listed. I reached out many times to customer service to finally hear that is was "unclean/stained"- seriously!!!!! I was furious. Something tells me they are not recycling it or donating it- they will make some kind of profit off of it behind my back. I received a whopping $1.50 after my $9.99 was deducted from
My cash out earnings. I couldn't believe how low the percentages I'll receive for my consignment items. I could possibility make $30. Ugh. If I would've known I would have donated my bag to people in need, instead of these crooks. I sent them thousands of dollars worth of clothing. Lesson learned! Unprofessional and completely a scam- beware!"
"I used them 1 year ago and felt they were a reputable company worth my time and effort. Unfortunately, my most recent experience was not the same.
1) increased their S&H fee....this I may be able to understand if payout didn't decrease 5%
2) longer wait time for pay out (originally was 4 week, now 6-8 weeks)
3) decreased payout...by a significant percentage
Don't sell your clothes here..."
"Recently sent two large bags of gently used brand name clothes to Thred Up. I was terribly disappointed in the time it took them to process my bags. It took seven weeks to get their "fair" valuation of my clothes, another two weeks to be able to cash out either by gift card or through PayPal and an additional two weeks to receive the gift card so that I was deducted another 2% by PayPal. This is an 11 week process.
Additionally, one of my FULL bags was valued at $1.21 after the cost of the bag was deducted. They give no reasoning why items were not accepted and do not give a full inventory of items received. It feels very much like stealing. You have no idea if they really donate unaccepted items or how much they are making on re-selling them.
I would never ever shop here. I would prefer to throw clothes out, donate to homeless or sell individually on eBay than to help this sort of business model in anyway. DO NOT USE. This site is a scam. You will be disappointed in the value they give you of any item you send in... or the inexplicable reasons items are not accepted when in good condition, brand name and current trend. These terms are completely up to them to determine and define as they please.
DO NOT USE THIS SITE OR SUPPORT THEIR BUSINESS."
"I sent in around 20-30 items, most of which consisted of J.Crew and Madewell clothing. I got $5 back less the $6.99 for the shipping. There was zero mention of any of those items in their email. Please do not use this service, it's a total scam and I am super mad that I fell for it."
"Do not bother purchasing from or selling your clothing and accessories to ThredUP. The company is a complete joke. I have sold several items to them twice and have earned under $10 each time after the shipping and handling fee was deducted from my earnings. Mind you these were great quality, in-season, clean clothes! Then they have the audacity to sell my items on their site for four or five times what they paid me for them. Excuse me, I wasn't actually "paid" for these items in the traditional sense, I was instead given store credit when I specifically requested both times that I wanted to be directly paid for my items and not receive store credit. Obviously they didn't listen to these requests and I am not the only one who has experienced this. You're left basically being forced to purchase from ThredUP after your money is left sitting in store credit instead of in your pocket. The money I was given both times wasn't even enough for me to purchase anything from them which was even more frustrating. They sell so many items on their site basically at the same price you would pay for them brand new yet sellers are left with barely anything for the items they provided ThredUP. A few months ago I also purchased a dress from them for around $25 that was labeled as being from Ann Taylor and in "great condition - practically like new" but when I received the dress it was some off brand I had never heard of and had a large stain in the front. WTF?! So much for their claims of only accepting high quality, clean items. Don't waste your time on this company. You're better off donating to Goodwill or a local consignment shop."
"I sent in a bag of clothing to ThredUp. They accepted a third of the items I sent -- which I had washed and folded. All the clothing was very lightly used, and the things they accepted were in excellent condition and four of the seven items they accepted sold almost immediately. I checked the items that I'd sent that Three Up posted for sale. They grossed $66 on the seven items (an eighth accepted on consignment was not posted yet) -- I grossed less than $6 -- and after being charged $4.99 just to do business with them ... I netted 12 cents. Twelve cents. What a total ripoff. They also claim to "responsibly recycle" the clothing they don't accept -- unless you pay $15.99 for it to be returned to you. Somehow, I doubt that now. I would not be surprised if they made even more of a profit off of me with the items they didn't post for sale on their website, but "responsibly recycled."
The director of marketing, Anthony Marino, sent me an email the same day I received the email about my 12 cents payout, asking for my honest feedback about my experience selling clothing to ThredUP. I replied to that email -- and it bounced! So I did a little search and found his *real* email and re-sent my reply, expressing my disappointment at being ripped off. Never heard back from him.
Avoid selling anything to them. It wasn't worth my time washing the clothing and packing it and bringing the bag to the post office. Never again. I could have donated the items to Goodwill or some other nonprofit organization and taken a tax deduction. No wonder they can afford offices in downtown San Francisco."
"I just saw an ad on TV offering 40 percent off so I downloaded the app and took a look. These are used clothes but the prices are just ridiculous. Some junk brands such as Faded Glory (sold at Wal-Mart and the old Ames stores) are mixed in with Croft & Barrow (Kohls). Overall, everything is just outrageous. No thanks."
"I sent in 20 items of name brand clothing, some still with tags. Some items they didn't "keep" which I also think is a scam in itself. They kept 15 items that I sent. They gave me a payout of $13.31... and after shipping of $9.99, I am left with $3.30. I asked for my clothes back because I would rather give them to charity then get $3. They refused. Avoid at all costs."
"I sent 11 pieces of new, tagged designer in-season clothing-- and received $1.10. 9 were deemed unacceptable as they were the wrong brand-- I was supposed to look through the list of the 25,000 brand they accept-- not that I was told this or given a list or link. COMPLETE RIP OFF. Sell it on ebay, it's far more worthwhile and you benefit directly-- these people are TERRIBLE. Check out the Better Business Bureau reports on them. https://www.bbb.org/greater-san-francisco/business-reviews/general-merchandise-retail/thredup-inc-in-san-francisco-ca-381201"
"I had a great experience with Thredup...I was moving to a place with a much smaller closet, and this was a fantastic way to sell/donate a lot of my rarely worn clothes, or things that no longer fit. The best thing about this is the convenience - you just put your (clean) clothes and items in one large bag, and mail it in with the label provided. I ended up having at least 2/3 of my clothes accepted, and they offered me a payout of about $93 upfront for about 15 items after the $8.99 bag fee was deducted. For me, this came as a pleasant surprise!
Some advice: don't go in expecting to get full value on every item. This is a consignment business (where they take a large portion of the sales profit), not Ebay - they keep a large percentage of the profit for each item, and they price things to sell. Think of your earning potential more like a garage sale that requires almost no effort on your part.
Also, follow the guidelines - if the clothes aren't clean, are showing signs of wear, aren't in season, or aren't brands or types of items that are in demand (they have recommendations you can check) they may not be able to sell them.
They now offer an option where you can choose to have no fee deducted, but the processing time is really long right now - about 40 days. It's a $10 fee to have your bag processed within one week. If you're choosing the faster processing time, make sure you're sending in a large number of items to make it worth your while.
I deducted a star because I noticed that some of the pricing for my items are definitely off - there are frankly a few of them that they claim have a *much* higher "retail value" than they actually do. Otherwise, overall a very pleasant experience for me!
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"I sent them my expensive Prada shoes, some funky silver sandals that I wore once, my classic Coach bag, my adorable Kate Spade bag and a bag full of gently worn clothing and one with tags and received $1.61 credit! I called them out on it and they told me my $144 Prada shoes were stained (total lie), the sandals were stained (again lie) and they did not see my Coach or Kate Spade bag in the delivery! I truly wish I read all these reviews before I sent them my beautiful items. Now I just want to warn people to NOT sell them anything, they are running a huge scam obviously and SOMEONE is keeping all the good items and either reselling them somewhere else or keeping them for their own wardrobe. I am heartbroken and a little more cautious about consignment in general. I wouldn't buy from these people either knowing that they probably ripped off the people who sent in their items as well. STAY AWAY from this company, they are such a scam! "
"I sent a box of clothing, almost all of it brand new, and they gave me $7.50. I was told by a former employee that they often grab the best stuff, and the seller never gets a penny.
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