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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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Texas
9 reviews
26 helpful votes
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Dishonest Company
October 13, 2017

I sent in one large bag and was only paid $18. All my items were new with tags or in excellent condition and Thred Up listed them all as such. They made way more on my items than I was paid for them. They ripped me off. I would have been better of selling my items on Ebay. Thieves. Thieves. Thieves. I will never do business with them again, selling to them or buying from them. I would be purchasing items that I'm sure they ripped off from other angry sellers as well.

Date of experience: October 13, 2017
Virginia
1 review
7 helpful votes
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Bad Selling Experience
October 12, 2017

Do not send your clothes to thredUP to sell. I sent 2 large bags of new and gently used items. All were current fashions, no stains, snags, tears, etc. No broken zippers or loose or missing buttons.
The estimated time to process was 3 weeks. It took closer to 8 weeks. Fortunately, they waived the $9.99 per bag processing fee. They estimated the value of the contents (70-80 items) to be $26.55. If the hadn't waived the processing fees, my payout would have been less than $7.00 for 70-80 items!
The two options for payout are credit with thredUP. Since several of the items I have purchased in the past were either the wrong size or damaged, I decided to cash out. They sent a pre-paid gift card. After having the card declined multiple times, I went online to the cardholder's website and learned that I can only process purchases for 80% of the value of the card. The instructions for processing for the amount on the card do not work. Ripped off in several ways.

Date of experience: October 12, 2017
North Carolina
1 review
3 helpful votes
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People like this should not be aloud to get away with ripping off the public.
Total false advertising, terrible service, Class action suit should be made against them and close down their rip off dealings!

Date of experience: October 11, 2017
New York
1 review
7 helpful votes
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After sending a few bags for donation and a few for pay out, I realized how untrustworthy this company is. I am extremely aware of quality standards as a designer myself, and therefore I only send sellable items in the pay out bags, and less sellable items in the donation bags. The most recent bag I sent was worth HUNDREDS of dollars, and though I knew I would get less than I paid for these items, I did not expect to get less than $40 total! I cannot emphasize how insanely small that amount is in regards to what I sent. Additionally, items that were in excellent condition from stores like Express and Vineyard Vines, were not accepted. The company also does not tell you why your items are unaccepted, and I wouldn't be surprise if they are still somehow making money off of these items. I have no doubt that this company will start to have trouble when people get fed up with the payout they receive and no longer have things to sell. At the end of the day, if you want to donate items and do not care to get anything in return, they'll make it easy for that, but if you're selling your clothes because you need money, don't expect this company to do anything to help you.

Date of experience: October 10, 2017
Oregon
2 reviews
6 helpful votes
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I sent in 13 items of my very best, most with tags still on, clothing and they paid me $14.10! I should have read the fine details before I sent my clothing in. I will never recommend selling to Thredup but may consider buying from them if I ever get over the disappointment. Plus, I sent in my items and it took them THREE MONTHS to process.

Date of experience: October 10, 2017
Texas
1 review
3 helpful votes
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Slow shippment
October 9, 2017

I have been using thredup for quite few times. The website is ok, but their shipment and customer service is HORRIBLE!
It says delivery is 3-8 days but mine takes aways 10-12days.
The product I return 3weeks ago hasn't even scan yet, and they says its all about Fedex fault. They have nothing to do.
Ofcourse no credit has returned yet.
Seriously horrible.

Date of experience: October 9, 2017
Oregon
11 reviews
33 helpful votes
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Lots of Brand Names
October 9, 2017

Thred up is one store that I have to shop every day. They have so many items to choose from, clothing, handbags shoes etc. They are mostly named brand items that you would spend a lot more for new. Thred up is constantly putting new things on line to cho0se from. Easy checkout and to top it off they have your items packaged in a box with cute polka dot tissue paper. Check the store out. You won't be disappointed. I never have been

Date of experience: October 8, 2017
New Jersey
1 review
13 helpful votes
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A SCAM!
October 9, 2017

Sent three bags of beautiful clothes months ago... NEVER saw a dime! They keep on emailing me saying we will review soon... OMG Awful!

Date of experience: October 8, 2017
Florida
1 review
8 helpful votes
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I would not recommend this website at all.
Especially if you are selling them clothes.
Plus, I sent a bunch of clothes and accessories and one purse.
I asked for the clean out bag back if they didn't want it.
And I am missing few of them!
They didn't take time to put my clothes back in the bag, it seems like they just throw it back in there!
I really should've read the reviews first.
We can't even talk to a customer service representative on the phone.
I hated the experience!

Date of experience: October 7, 2017
North Carolina
1 review
7 helpful votes
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DO NOT EXPECT TO GET MONEY FOR CONSIGNMENT! I should have read the reviews first, and for that I have literally paid the price.

Date of experience: October 7, 2017
Missouri
1 review
3 helpful votes
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If you are buying clothing, good experience. If you are selling your clothing, NOOOOOOOOO! They give astonishing small return for your products. It is criminal! I sent them a bag full of brand new clothing, purses, shoes, jackets, ALL beautiful, brand new and they gave me twenty dollars in return. You are better to sell your clothing or even give it away! I would not use this company. I read reviews saying the same and I didn't heed to the experiences of others. NOW, I know! I will not sell to this company again.

Date of experience: October 6, 2017
Indiana
1 review
6 helpful votes
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Never again!
October 5, 2017

I will never send anything to them ever again. They claim that I made $4 but then took it back for sending me unwanted items back. So I made nothing and they made $100 off the clothes they kept. They are a rip off. I hope they go out of business!

Date of experience: October 5, 2017
Florida
1 review
12 helpful votes
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I just filled out a complaint to the Federal Trades Commission and encourage all of you to do the same.

Date of experience: October 5, 2017
Texas
1 review
5 helpful votes
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DONT DO IT!
October 5, 2017

Seriously if you wanna make ANY kind of money sell it at a local consignment... NOT HERE! I sent in a bag with more than 20 clothing items (nice clothing)... I got $4. They sold my Eddie Bauers skirt for $11.99 and gave me $. 50 cents of it... seriously thats $#*!ty! SUPPORT LOCAL!

Date of experience: October 4, 2017
Texas
1 review
4 helpful votes
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NEVER AGAIN
October 4, 2017

They're a scam. They try to make it look as nice as possible and just take your stuff just to donate it; they probably get a tax credit from all the donations. I contacted customer service they didn't even read my concerns they ignored me and gave the ride around response. Never again!

Date of experience: October 3, 2017
Illinois
1 review
6 helpful votes
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If you like getting. 30 cents for something that they sell for 8.99, or my favorite 1.30 for something they sold for $28.99, sure go ahead. I sent in brand-new with tag items that they paid a pittance for, then they turn around and make a big profit off of my mistake. You are better off donating and getting a tax refund than sending them your items... AND they say try contacting them - they sent me a standard response and then ignored me.

Date of experience: October 3, 2017
Washington
1 review
8 helpful votes
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STAY AWAY!
October 2, 2017

I sent them a HUGE bag of high end baby clothes, and received $0. I sent Janie and Jack special occasion dresses that are perfect for the upcoming holidays and got $0 for them. What is that about? These dresses were worn one time! I wish I had read the reviews before sending these items to them.

Date of experience: October 2, 2017
Washington
1 review
9 helpful votes
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Never again will I send them clothes. They are taking your clothes and paying you very little. Less than what you would probably get for selling yourself at a garage sale. This place needs to be shut down for deceiving sellers and buyers. Your bag gets picked through specialist? These specialists are keeping things for themselves. How does high end items get credited for cents! Cents! Thred Up you will be shutting down soon. You can't and won't keep stealing from customers and get away with it.

Date of experience: September 30, 2017
Maryland
1 review
8 helpful votes
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Actual numbers
September 30, 2017

I thought I would give actual numbers of what I have received vs. what they have made on the clothes I have sent to ThredUP. Most of the clothes I sent that they have sold they have categorized as excellent condition. Some have been new. A few were gentle wear. In April of 2015 I received an upfront pay out of $118.73. The items they actually sold brought them $297.33. Received 40% of what they received. I actually think this is fair. Fast forward to April of 2017. I received a payout of $53.50. The items they sold brought them $193.89. I received 27% of what they received. I don't think this is acceptable. I might give them one more shot but if I receive less than 40% of what they receive I won't send them clothes again.

Date of experience: September 30, 2017
Colorado
1 review
6 helpful votes
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STAY AWAY! They stole my clothes! Free People and 7 for all Mankind items worth over $300 and they paid me $16.00. Worse yet, I paid to have my unwanted items returned... thank God so I made NO MONEY! They got my clothes for free and they call this a business! I could cry!

Date of experience: September 29, 2017

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


thredup.com
Founded in 2009
San Francisco, CA, United States
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