Thought I should share my unpleasant experience in buying an item from a second-hand online blogshop.
Not too long ago, I stumbled upon this blogshop at the east of Malaysia which sells used items, such as clothes, shoes and bags. I caught my eye on a pink flowery backpack and instantly loved it a lot. Emailed the owner about its availability and voila! it's still available! It was only RM15 for a used multi-coloured hawaiian floral backpack so I thought it was a good buy.
So I made the payment and waited anxiously for the backpack to arrive. When finally it did, I opened up the package to find that ALL the zippers of the backpack UNUSABLE. No matter which way I pull them, the 'teeth' won't snap shut! Yes, you can imagine how disappointed and angry I was with the seller.
The seller could use a little tip: MENTION THE CONDITION OF YOUR ITEMS. At least let the buyers know. Then it's up to the buyers whether they still want to purchase it despite the mentioned conditions.
But in my case, it was quite complicated. When I called her countless times, she did not pick up. Which makes it more fishy. When I emailed her, she replied. She said that she was helping her friends sell their stuff, and that backpack belongs to her friend. She mentioned that she was totally angry with her friend not telling her about the zippers (apparently the friend wrapped the bag up and passed to her). She is still trying to get her friend to explain, who hasn't been answering her phone calls either.
Up till now, no explanation. And it's really fishy that I discovered the seller's medical certificate dated 3 years ago. Hmm.. so it's your friend's bag or your bag? So confusing.
Whatever the explanation, it doesn't really matter anymore because she denied me refund. I found it very unethical to mail a damaged item, as if she wants to clear out her room by selling rubbish. I'm sorry I had to put it that way because it seems like that to me. It gives me very bad impression on her, and her blogshop.
FROM FT :
so sorry but we should have made certain points clear right at the beginning. some of u readers may be clear of these stuff because u all have been reading the site from the very beginning. but for the "newbies", they probably don't know about it.
so here it is:
Price Comparisons.
well it may not be an appropriate 'name' to some. so, shall we change the title? we were thinking of changing it to "alternatives". just that.
and also, some readers may not know why prices differ so much. is it because the sellers just want to make a higher profit? or are there reasons behind it?
here goes : [have been widely discussed in the earlier stages of this blog]
prices may differ because :
1. some sellers wanna earn more, some sellers settle for less profits. some sellers just want to price their items lower than the popular blogs just to attract more customers.
2. sellers do get cheated by the suppliers. different suppliers charge differently.
3. some sellers hire models to model their clothings
4. some sellers do have an 'offline boutique'. offline boutiques are usually more expensive than online boutiques
5. occasionally, some sellers import their items from overseas, but they didn't know that their items can be bought locally at a much lower price.
6. some sellers MAY HAVE included COD charges & postage charges into their stated price.
[do email us at fashion.truth@gmail.com if we miss out any! ]
anyway,
for now...
the SITE IS UNDER 'CONSTRUCTION'. do bear with us for the time being. lol. not major construction, just wanna draft out a proper "header/intro" so new readers dont get the wrong idea.
sellers/buyers/readers, do email us and give us your feedback on what else we should add on this blog / this header-or-intro / anything to clarify. thank u very much
*wont be updating for the next 3 days. meanwhile, we urge readers to write in to us ya!
thanks!
so sorry but we should have made certain points clear right at the beginning. some of u readers may be clear of these stuff because u all have been reading the site from the very beginning. but for the "newbies", they probably don't know about it.
so here it is:
Price Comparisons.
well it may not be an appropriate 'name' to some. so, shall we change the title? we were thinking of changing it to "alternatives". just that.
and also, some readers may not know why prices differ so much. is it because the sellers just want to make a higher profit? or are there reasons behind it?
here goes : [have been widely discussed in the earlier stages of this blog]
prices may differ because :
1. some sellers wanna earn more, some sellers settle for less profits. some sellers just want to price their items lower than the popular blogs just to attract more customers.
2. sellers do get cheated by the suppliers. different suppliers charge differently.
3. some sellers hire models to model their clothings
4. some sellers do have an 'offline boutique'. offline boutiques are usually more expensive than online boutiques
5. occasionally, some sellers import their items from overseas, but they didn't know that their items can be bought locally at a much lower price.
6. some sellers MAY HAVE included COD charges & postage charges into their stated price.
[do email us at fashion.truth@gmail.com if we miss out any! ]
anyway,
for now...
the SITE IS UNDER 'CONSTRUCTION'. do bear with us for the time being. lol. not major construction, just wanna draft out a proper "header/intro" so new readers dont get the wrong idea.
sellers/buyers/readers, do email us and give us your feedback on what else we should add on this blog / this header-or-intro / anything to clarify. thank u very much
*wont be updating for the next 3 days. meanwhile, we urge readers to write in to us ya!
thanks!
[edited on 6.1.09]
blogroll
e-shops that wants to be added into the blogroll, please send us an email at fashion.truth@gmail.com
would appreciate if u all could link us up too
price comparisons
1. only items which have a price difference of RM7/8 and above will be posted up.
2. the price used for this price comparison is the price stated on the e-shop's webpage. (i understand that sometimes prices for items may vary depending on customers. some e-shops just put a high price as to allow further bargaining by the customers.)
mailing list
we appreciate it if eshop owners remove us from their mailing list. we are not a fashion review site thus there's no need for us to receive mails from u all telling us that u've updated. just add us up and we'll link u up at the blogroll. with that, readers will know when u update.
thank u
blogroll
e-shops that wants to be added into the blogroll, please send us an email at fashion.truth@gmail.com
would appreciate if u all could link us up too
price comparisons
1. only items which have a price difference of RM7/8 and above will be posted up.
2. the price used for this price comparison is the price stated on the e-shop's webpage. (i understand that sometimes prices for items may vary depending on customers. some e-shops just put a high price as to allow further bargaining by the customers.)
mailing list
we appreciate it if eshop owners remove us from their mailing list. we are not a fashion review site thus there's no need for us to receive mails from u all telling us that u've updated. just add us up and we'll link u up at the blogroll. with that, readers will know when u update.
thank u
Sunday, November 30, 2008
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4 comments:
mind to share the shop name?
Thats terrible experience, couldnt figure why people would have the conscience of putting up unusable items for sale =(
If i was the one buying, i would have flipped for sure!
it's dara-dora.blogspot.com
thats a really terrible experience..and i know the owner O_O she's a friend of a friend..omg!
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