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thredUP Reviews Summary

ThredUp's reputation is marred by significant customer dissatisfaction, particularly regarding the selling process and customer service. Many users report feeling misled about item valuations and processing times, leading to frustration over perceived exploitation and lack of transparency. While some customers appreciate the variety of products available for purchase, issues such as delays in shipping, inadequate communication, and poor handling of returns overshadow these positives. Overall, the sentiment leans heavily towards disappointment, prompting many to recommend alternative selling methods and express reluctance to engage further with the company.

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service
793
value
833
shipping
795
returns
583
quality
738
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Illinois
1 review
9 helpful votes
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For those of you having bad experiences selling at ThredUp because you feel like you are losing money, check out Luxury Garage Sale! They have an ebay site and a normal website, they also have a few boutiques in Chicago and Dallas. They guarantee that you will receive 60% of the sale price and they confirm the prices with you before they put it on their websites.

Date of experience: June 7, 2016
Pennsylvania
1 review
13 helpful votes
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I sent thredUP a clean out bag this winter. It's June now. When I ordered the bag, I got an email confirming that my bag was on the way. My bag arrived in the mail at the expected time, but that was the last I heard from them. I packed the bag full of nice clothes that I probably could have sold on ebay and sent it out through USPS. The company never told me if my items were received. I never got so much as an email, let alone payment. I want to like this company. I like the idea. Unfortunately, I can't recommend a company that treats their costumers like this, and I can't risk sending them another package. With anything else, this kind of costumer service interaction would be unacceptable. I don't know if my bag got lost, or if they just never bothered to notify me. One would think that I would have been notified they had never received my package as well. With this kind of track record, I don't even want to risk buying from them. If they want to keep their costumers and not go out of business, they need to completely makeover their policy.

Date of experience: June 7, 2016
New Jersey
1 review
11 helpful votes
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So far 11 out of my 18 items have sold. I have gotten an upfront payout of only $13.88 and they have already made $73.00 on the 11 items. If all my items sell they will have made $123.00-$13.88= roughly $109.00 profit. Are you telling me I only get $13.88 from this? Not very happy so far no

Date of experience: June 7, 2016
Florida
1 review
9 helpful votes
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They are selling all the merchandise I send for more than $300 and only gave me $34... I guess is good if you want to buy but s not good for sellers.

Date of experience: June 7, 2016
Florida
1 review
11 helpful votes
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Sent them 45 pieces. Took them 5 weeks to respond."we can't accept any of your items, but we will gladly donate them! Really? 22 of the prices still had tags. WHBM, Michael Kors, Tommy Bahama and J Crew just some of brands. Of course I wanted them back! I don't trust that they donate! Will never send anything again.

Date of experience: June 6, 2016
Virginia
1 review
12 helpful votes
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Not happy
June 6, 2016

I'm very disappointed with the thredup team cause I was sending a coach bag, and I didn't see it on the things I was sending but they are sell it for $144, way they do that.

Date of experience: June 5, 2016
South Dakota
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Great deals
June 5, 2016

I love to get clothes for my kids from ThredUp! I got 12 articles of clothes for $80

Date of experience: June 5, 2016
New York
1 review
7 helpful votes
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You'll lose money
June 5, 2016

Pay you crap for the clothes you sell. They actually don't pay you for all the clothes they accept, they put some for consignment. And when they don't sell they charge you for them to send them back to you even though you've already paid $12.99 for them to send you back anything that wasn't accepted.

Date of experience: June 4, 2016
Texas
1 review
8 helpful votes
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I sent at least $2500. Worth of designer clothing to thread up. Ordering a purse used up what was available. I would feel better donating to Goodwill & will do going forward!

Date of experience: June 4, 2016
Alaska
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Love ThredUp
June 5, 2016

I have used ThredUp several times over the past three years to purchase items for myself. I have sold and bought items. I have bought a couple formal gowns from them and have been very happy with the purchases. Only thing that has been a bummer is that I have been living in Alaska and I they don't send bags for selling items. All in all I have been very happy with ThredUp. I can shop guilt free for brands that I wouldn't otherwise buy.

Date of experience: June 4, 2016
Florida
1 review
1 helpful vote
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I have bought several items from thredUp and the items were delivered in a timely manner and packaged very nicely. There have been a few occasions the items I ordered were not what I expected or did not fit correctly, returning the items was quick and easy! Additionally, I have sold a few items to thredUp, the payout was quick and I appreciate the consistent email updates! Overall, I feel that thredUp has great customer service and would highly recommend!

Date of experience: June 4, 2016
New Jersey
6 reviews
10 helpful votes
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I have been a customer for a few years now and have notice that my pay outs are getting smaller. I do receive a notice when an item was sold... but when I look back I notice it was as an unacceptable item.
Donating may be the best thing... I don't know what else to do :(

Date of experience: June 4, 2016
Pennsylvania
3 reviews
6 helpful votes
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DISAPPOINTED
June 4, 2016

The website looks great... I ordered three items... not one of them was correctly sized.
I ordered another item before receiving these,, so I guess that's another return I'll be paying for.
DISAPPOINTED.

Date of experience: June 4, 2016
Illinois
1 review
14 helpful votes
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DO NOT SELL HERE
June 3, 2016

They literally steal your clothes. They took 14 of my super nice items and offered me $14. ONE DOLLAR AN ITEM. That's just strait up wrong. And if you send them your stuff you no longer have a right to any of it so you can't dispute their offer. Sell on eBay mercari or poshmark and you'll make more off of one item than you do off an entire bag full of items. DONT MAKE THE SAME MISTAKE I DID!

Date of experience: June 3, 2016
Virginia
2 reviews
0 helpful votes
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Good experience
June 4, 2016

In all fairness I never sold anything to TU. I only purchased a few items - several purses and some clothing for my grandchildren. I found the quality and condition of the items very good and had no complaints. My items arrived in a timely manner and were in the condition as stated on the site. I would use them again, however it is hard for them to compete with some of the discount retailers. I still browse their site and would buy from them again.

Date of experience: June 3, 2016
Virginia
1 review
22 helpful votes
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Never again
June 1, 2016

I've had a decent experience purchasing from this company but selling is a total rip off. They are practically stealing from you. I submitted a large quantity of very high end (in good condition) items (mini boden, Cakewalk, Gap, Matilda Jane, Janie and Jack, etc) and was pleased that they accepted 85% of the items I sent. What I was astonished by was the amount they offered for those items. Peanuts. I wasn't expecting a huge payout as I am familiar with how selling to consignment companies works. However, it is NOT EVEN CLOSE to a fair trade. Right after I sent in my items I got a thoughtful email from the CEO, (claiming he is a real person!) asking me to provide feedback via the support email address provided. "They really care and will provide a swift response!" I have sent 2 emails asking how I can just get my items back and decline their pathetic offer and I have not seen a single response. It's been two weeks. This was a mistake that I will not be making again.

Date of experience: June 1, 2016
Arkansas
1 review
8 helpful votes
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Thred up is an ok way to clean out your closet, but you don't make much on the clothes you send in. I do like that the clothes that are not accepted go to charity. Definitely not a money maker.

Date of experience: May 31, 2016
Arizona
1 review
13 helpful votes
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Never again!
May 28, 2016

I was so incredibly disappointed by my experience with selling to Thredup for multiple reasons. I was not expecting to get rich or even receive a substantial sum of money from the large quantity of high-end quality clothing I was sending in.
I was however hoping to purchase a couple of new pieces with the money I received from the clothing they sold which was on average 95% of what I sent in.
Unfortunately, I found the pricing and consignment system so convoluted and difficult to comprehend I found every time I made a purchase of two or three items I was spending $60-100!

Date of experience: May 28, 2016
Florida
1 review
13 helpful votes
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Reviews. They are not actual customers of this, or any other site. Proceed with caution.

Date of experience: May 26, 2016
California
1 review
19 helpful votes
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Don't Sell Here
May 25, 2016

I sent in a bag full of good items that they sold a great prices and I essentially made $1.00 off of each item they sold. I could've made more at a garage sale. There were even a pair of brand new stylish Crocs with tags in there that I could've sold on EBay for the entire amount I received from ThredUp. I made a huge mistake and I'm totally regretting it.

Date of experience: May 25, 2016

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thredUP.com was designed to be an easy and convenient way to buy and sell secondhand clothing.


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San Francisco, CA, United States
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