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The company has garnered a mixed reputation among customers, with notable strengths in its engaging auction format and a diverse range of products that some users find enjoyable and affordable. Many appreciate the responsive customer service, which has been effective in addressing issues and facilitating refunds. However, significant concerns persist regarding product quality, with numerous complaints about receiving damaged or inferior items. Additionally, customers have reported frustrations with order cancellations and difficulties in the returns process. Overall, while the platform offers a fun shopping experience, it must improve product reliability and support to enhance customer satisfaction.
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When you go to the items there is always time to bid. It is alot of fun to be able to shop on Tophatrer. You decide what you want to pay. If it goes higher than you want. Then don't buy it and wait and see if it comes up again. Just a great way to shop
I have a great time bidding and winning. The best thing is you don't have to spend a lot to get a lot. Just enjoy the time looking and trying your luck. Happy Bidding!
Hi Linda! Thanks for responding to Tophatter's experience survey!
We are excited to know your Tophatter experience has been great! We greatly appreciate your continued support!
Regards,
Graciela
Tophatter is my number one place to bid, fun, exciting, quality items, if anything wrong with your item they will refund your money without any problems. I love customers service. I had an item didn't come and they automatically email me and put my refund in my account. Gotta Love them. Lots of fun and easy to bid.
Hi Linda! Thanks for responding to Tophatter's experience survey!
Thank you for your continued support and taking the time to share your experience with us. We truly are delighted to have you as a valued member of the community.
Regards,
Graciela
I found TOPHATTER on FB, I liked the fact you could bid for items so you can stay with in your budget. I found the products ( I bought mainly jewellery) to be of high quality. They arrive well packaged and in good time. I am very happy with the items I chose and have never sent anything back.
Thanks for responding to Tophatter's experience survey, Ellie!
It is fantastic to hear you have been pleased with your purchases and are having a great time bidding to win on Tophatter.
We greatly appreciate your continued support!
Warm regards,
Graciela
I have purchased many products from tophatter and been happy with all of them. Good service and good reaction if something is not right.
Thanks for responding to Tophatter's experience survey, Danielle!
We are happy to hear such feedback and please keep on spreading the good words! We truly are delighted to have you as a valued member of the community.
Warm regards,
Graciela
I AM VERY HAPPY WITH TOPHATTER. I THINK THERE PRICES ARE FAIR AND REASONABLE. THE ONLY THING SOMETIMES IT TAKE FOREVER TO GET THE ITEMS.
Thanks for responding to Tophatter's experience survey, Walter!
Thank you for your continued support and taking the time to share your experience with us. We truly are delighted to have you as a valued member of the community.
Kind regards,
Graciela
Tophatter no words can I say is that I love it keep up the very good work and thank you for this site.
Thanks for responding to Tophatter's experience survey, Darcy!
We are excited to know your Tophatter experience has been great! We greatly appreciate your continued support!
Kind regards,
Graciela
AWESOME! The deals are amazing and the delivery was much faster than expected... WOW! What a great service. Everything is sooo much cheaper and you get it all from the comfort of tour own home. NO long line ups. AWESOME!
Thanks for responding to Tophatter's experience survey, Angela!
Thank you for your continued support and taking the time to share your experience with us. We truly are delighted to have you as a valued member of the community.
Kind regards,
Graciela
Tophatter has a large variety of offerings with all bids starting at one dollar. I have managed to purchase many items for under five dollars. All of my purchases have been just as depicted, and I have been quite pleased with the items. I would highly recommend trying Tophatter. Just make sure you read the descriptions before you bid so that you know exactly the size, color, amount, etc.
Thanks for responding to Tophatter's experience survey, Sharie!
Thank you for your continued support and taking the time to share your experience with us. We truly are delighted to have you as a valued member of the community.
Kind regards,
Graciela
Ordered this item on Feb, 2 2018. Claimed it was in Transit until March 5th. Wrote customer services to say was not happy with not seeing any progress about order was ridiculous. Without consulting with me they cancelled the order and sent a refund. Would have liked to get item still but apparently that was not possible.
Thanks for responding to Tophatter's experience survey, Terry and I'm terribly sorry to hear the seller failed to honor your sale.
This is definitely against Tophatter seller guidelines. When a buyer is refunded without prior consent the seller is automatically penalized, so this won't go unnoticed. Again, my apologies for the inconvenience this has caused.
If you need further assistance, do not hesitate to reach out! Thank you.
Regards,
Graciela
I have been ordering for the past few weeks and everything got here in good condition. Only one thing that could make it better is a faster delivery time other then that it GREAT
Thanks for responding to Tophatter's experience survey, Ed!
Thank you for your continued support and taking the time to share your experience with us. We truly are delighted to have you as a valued member of the community.
Warm regards,
Graciela
Really nice jewellery and good service, I recommend Tophatter for great bidding. It is a lot of fun and the prices are affordable.
Thanks for responding to Tophatter's experience survey, Lorraine!
It is fantastic to hear you have been pleased with your purchases and are having a great time bidding to win on Tophatter. We greatly appreciate your continued support!
Warm regards,
Graciela
I have just received my first order and I am both happy with the product and the service i would recommend Tophatter to anyone.
Thanks for responding to Tophatter's experience survey, Pauline!
It is fantastic to hear you have been pleased with your purchases and are having a great time bidding to win on Tophatter. We greatly appreciate your continued support!
Regards,
Graciela
Huge selection of products with great prices. Have had no problems with any orders. Overseas or US orders get here in a fair amount of time.
Thanks for responding to Tophatter's experience survey, Wally!
We are excited to know your Tophatter experience has been great! We greatly appreciate your continued support!
Regards,
Graciela
I learned about tophatter on Facebook. I went to the site and let's just say I've been lost every since. I gave it a 5 star review because not only is the quality of most of the merchandise excellent, you can't best the prices, and honestly who doesn't love a bargin? The bidding, i find it exhilarating and addictive. They have a very wide variety of things to bid on. Thank you TopHatter. Your devoted fan...
Thanks for responding to Tophatter's experience survey, Paula!
The team here in Tophatter is thrilled to hear such good feedback. Thank you for your support!
We truly are delighted to have you as a valued member of the community.
Regards,
Graciela
I tired alot if sites like this and by far this site is extremely good. Products come in reasonable time, and are not bad. It easy to use and understand all and all the best site ever.
Thanks for responding to Tophatter's experience survey, David!
Thank you for the kind words. We’re happy your experience went smoothly and appreciate you being a key member of the community!
Regards,
Graciela
I actually set my alarm for 12 as Ive won some awesome things through getting up at that time. I never really were watching but there that many cheap and beautiful things Ive bought 10 rings In a wk I have 5 watches and skin products are amazing I love love love it xxx time to bid xxxx
Thanks for responding to Tophatter's experience survey, Kelly!
It is fantastic to hear you have been pleased with your purchases and are having a great time bidding to win on Tophatter. We greatly appreciate your continued support!
Warm regards,
Graciela
Jewelry sizes and prices are all great value. The other items that I have received are all good some great some ok but overall for the price, great buy. Tophatter rocks!
Thanks for responding to Tophatter's experience survey, Jhe!
Thank you for your continued support and taking the time to share your experience with us. We truly are delighted to have you as a valued member of the community.
Happy bidding!
Graciela
TopHatter is a fun site to use and I have picked up a few items that were priced (well a little below the market price) - but what the hell - the user experience is immaculate. Wish Amazon and other shopping sites are as good.
On another note - the Customer Support has been great - when I reported an incident of not having received the entire order - they have me an instant refund. I was diligent enough to provide pictures and accurate descriptions.
What TopHatter needs to do:
1) The Item header and descriptions should be crystal clear - some of them appear to be bordering on deceptive advertising. Probably not TopHatter's fault - but they need to weed out the Chinese vendors who have been trying to defraud end users.
2) We need a reviews section that needs "real user" reviews - if they are going to challenge Amazon and Woot.
3) Cheap is not always good - and I am ready to pay market price if the description matches the actual experience.
4) Contacting TopHatter is only via a Webform - need to have email support as well.
Hi Narasimha!
First of all, thanks for giving us a great review and offering us suggestions!
Kindly note that, Tophatter has strict guidelines which require sellers to accurately represent their items for sale. Our product review team has reached out to a few sellers who had misleading images and are working to ensure the listings are correct moving forward.
With this said, in an auction format, it's up to each buyer to review the item description prior to bidding, taking note of all key details, to decide the item is what's intended. Bidders decide how high they are willing to bid, and can stop bidding at any time.
Also, at this time we don't display comments from product ratings but instead show the aggregate star rating and number of ratings. If a product doesn't have a star rating, it means this is a newly added product and it doesn't have any reviews yet. We are working toward bringing product rating comments to the platform in a future update.
Thank you once again for your continued support and taking the time to share your experience with us. We truly are delighted to have you as a valued member of the community.
Kind regards,
Graciela
Tophatter give you so much beuatiful things to buy, mostly very scheep. They send it very quickly and always correctly.
Hello Ludo! Thanks for responding to Tophatter's experience survey!
Our goal is for you to be completely satisfied with your buying experience.
Thanks for giving us a great review and we are delighted to hear you have enjoyed your time on Tophatter!
Warm regards,
Graciela
Answer: There is also the FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION that can help with these types of problems
Answer: You have to read the descriptions. It will tell you if it's real or plated.
Answer: Do not deal with this company,,, all jewelery is crap n cheap
Answer: Tophatter will screw you over. Shop Amazon or overstock.
Answer: Good luck! Tophatter rippes off the sellers so they are not going to be very likely to return your money.
Answer: Justin you are absolutely correct. I find out the hard way. I had my own auction with nice AUTHENTIC designer items and cosmetics (Becca, Cargo, Smahbox, Too Faced, etc). I lost big time. $40 Cargo palette sold for $10; it cost me $15. Items that I started higher to cover my cost never sold. I still had to pay fees for the item being listed. A $200 Calvin Klein purse sold for $20; it cost me $80 wholesale. Run!
Answer: If you end up buying a few items from the same seller they can do a combined shipment but you rarely get the same buyer items since they only let the sellers sell 10 items a day. It is different for the sellers that have their own auctions.
Answer: You will notice the same names no matter the day, time etc. Bidding against you very often. Is it a coincidence? Personally I don't believe in coincidences.
Answer: Depends on what you are selling. Yes, a lot of items go unsold in the jewelry and accessories categories... as well as others. Coach and Michael Kors and other designer brands, not much goes unsold, because here's the catch - - you pay fees on the starting bid. TH wants everything to start at $1. So you get punished if you start higher as to not get screwed by a low purchase price. Say you buy a designer bag for $120. If you start that bag at $100, you're already paying over $10 in fees. **IF** you can manage to sell it for a profit, there are still the commission and bank fees. If you start it at $1, you're barely paying any listing fees but it might only sell for $80 (or less!). So, less fees, but you lost your ass on the item. It's messed up. Most sellers have put in their time to see if they can make a profit or to see if TH will change, but they all seem to end up leaving. I'm convinced the only ones who stay to sell there are the counterfeit or crappy quality sellers who are buying items for next to nothing, because that seems to be the only way to make a profit there these days. I would go the ebay route if you're looking to sell.
Answer: Yes! Sale of counterfeit items is prohibited. If you are concerned about the authenticity of an item purchased on the platform, you may return it for up to 30 days from delivery. See full details on our return policy here: http://tinyurl.com/h7xokwj.
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Hi Mark! Thanks for responding to Tophatter's experience survey!
Thank you for your continued support and taking the time to share your experience with us. We truly are delighted to have you as a valued member of the community.
Regards,
Graciela