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Post by mupcycledcouture on May 28, 2020 2:02:19 GMT
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Post by somany on May 28, 2020 3:50:47 GMT
Interesting. I would guess Walmart would work pretty much the same as ebay except ebay customers are used to seeing pre-owned items. Not sure how receptive Walmart customers would be. They are more likely to hit up the thrift stores themselves than to buy on-line. If they are trying to draw in high end seeking customers, I'm not sure it will work. I guess if I was bargain shopping for high end items, I would try all the avenues, but if I'm comfortably able to pay for the higher end stuff, I don't know that Walmart would be where I would think to shop.
Whenever I see something I want with thredup or swap.com as the seller on ebay, I go to their website to see if I can get a better deal on it. Someone posted on here (at least I think it's where I read it) that Walmart marketplace is surpassing Amazon and ebay, but I really find that hard to believe. The few times I have ordered something on line from Walmart, I've made sure it was something I could pick up in the store. I avoid things that are fulfilled by a third party.
I have 2 bags currently at Thredup. Things are finally starting to sell, but I would say COVID definitely affected their business.
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Post by chapeaunoir on May 28, 2020 6:22:58 GMT
I may have posted that, it was from Marketplace Pulse which crunches numbers - their 3rd party is doing better than Amazon and certainly better than eBay, but also Wally World pickup contributes to it - the article is somewhere in their archives. A lot of that was Amazon muzzling all but essential sales.
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Post by RetroMonde on May 28, 2020 16:25:41 GMT
I read about it on ECB but didn't actually read the article. Interesting responses tho, especially from the gal that 'would never wear used clothing because... you know...". Loved your reply Chap!
Wasn't Macy's working with Threadup too?
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Post by chapeaunoir on May 28, 2020 19:02:09 GMT
Yes, and the GAP.
That bonehead may be male but either way, they're confused.
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Post by val2525 on May 28, 2020 19:26:06 GMT
I won't buy from ThreadUp no matter which sites they list on. They make too many mistakes in their listings for me to feel comfortable about what I might be receiving.
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Post by chapeaunoir on May 28, 2020 23:06:07 GMT
Their quality control is iffy, too - I got a Danang skirt there which looked like it had been torn off the mannequin - the top fly button was ripped away, the second button unbutton, and the zipper half undone - this all neatly wrapped in their tissue paper.
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Post by mupcycledcouture on May 29, 2020 3:04:32 GMT
This could go either way for ThredUp. But I am glad that Walmart is at least looking into a used market.
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Post by chapeaunoir on May 29, 2020 3:52:02 GMT
Yes! Considering how much they contribute to overfilled dumps, it's the least they can do.
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Post by val2525 on May 29, 2020 20:48:39 GMT
I wonder if other used clothing sellers can sell on Walmart? I may have to look into that.
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Post by chapeaunoir on May 30, 2020 0:44:27 GMT
I think it's all new items on Walmart marketplace, similar to Amazon. I actually purchased a reprint of an obscure 18th century tract on several court cases tried by Sir John Gonson, a notorious 18th century London judge. On Walmart???!!! So you can definitely get a lot of stuff there that Walmart would never carry.
ETA: I think the only used clothing that would be allowed there would be by sites like ThredUp and Swap.
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