Vestiaire Collective Reviews

1.6 Rating 1,116 Reviews
14 %
of reviewers recommend Vestiaire Collective
1.6
Based on 1,116 reviews
Shipping & Delivery
Delivery Methods
Courier
Average Delivery Time
Over 7 Days
On-time Delivery
Greater than 54%
Accurate And Undamaged Orders
Greater than 59%
Customer Service
Communication Channels
Email, Telephone, Live Chat
Queries Resolved In
Over A Week
Customer Service
1.2 out of 5
Returns & Refunds
Refunds Process
Difficult
Returns Process
Could Be Better
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Vestiaire Collective 1 star review on 1st May 2024
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Anonymous  // 01/01/2019
this has been the most ridiculous and worst experiences ever in my shopping experience. Want to really give zero or negative stars but I cannot and let me tell you why: The most ATROCIOUS customer service I have ever experienced/seen. Ordered a bag worth almost 700 euros. The bag was delivered and within 2 weeks the drawstring snaps because it was rotten and crumbling. I contact the seller and they were helpful trying to find a solution to send me a new drawstring free of cost but between all the back and forth messaging the 2 weeks return period ended. So the seller informed me they could not take the bag back, or offer me a discount for the drawstring, or send me a new drawstring because of Vestiaire’s policy. So I contact Vestiaire’s customer care to inform them that it is okay with me to share my address with the seller to send me a new drawstring or refund me so I can buy a new one. They said no. Some more back and forth with the seller (who btw was great at trying to find a way to help). I contact customer care again, and to my surprise someone is understanding of the situation and says they can offer me a full refund after they saw the state of the drawstring. I thought great. I get the shipping label from Vestiaire collective, ship the bag back just to my surprise the bag is being sent back to me, with no notification and reason why. When I got the email from DHL (not this company!) that a package from Vestiaire collective was coming in I contacted customer care asking why is it being returned? First agent says “item cannot be returned to us because it’s been past the two week refund policy and I confirm this is the reason why you are not refunded and the bag is sent back to you”. I respond by saying but this was an exception and YOUR customer agent informed me they will do that, pls check the system the messages are all there. Maybe 48 hours later, I get another message from a different agent. “It’s stated that the reason for return is because the colour of the bag doesn’t match the sellers description. our team checked the bag and everything matches the sellers description so we cannot refund you because the colour matches the description”. In my head I’m thinking is anyone even reading my messages and the issue here?! Absolutely not. So I message again clarifying that NO indeed I did not return the bag because of a colour mismatch I returned because the drawstring was faulty after two uses. A DIFFERENT agent, responds “regarding your case here is a link to track your item being returned to you”. Okay now I am sure no one is reading a single word I’m sending. So I ask YET AGAIN. And ANOTHER agent! “I’m going to resolve your issue once and for all, our team checked and item is compliant with description so it’s being returned to you. Rest assured you can re-list the item on here if you’d like.” At this point I gave up on trying to fix my issue so I asked where can I file a complaint? The agent says “im sorry but if item wasn’t complaint to description we can’t do anything, your feedback will help us” I ask again ok so where do I actually leave my complaint this isn’t even about you not refunding my bag or even trying to help this is about your customer service and your inability to care one ounce about your customers concerns. SUPRISE!! Another agent… “sorry as much as I want to help you my hands are tired with the Vestiaire policy”. Very obvious that you do not want feedback on your horrendous customer service nor do you want to try and help solve people’s concern. Might I add that, poor staff training is not on the customer. if your staff makes a mistake and makes a promise to your customer that they can not keep, you try to work out a solution with your customer. Not delay and completely ignore the issue and hope it goes away. I don’t know if anyone from Vestiaire will even read this or care to look into this issue. But I can surely say I will NEVER use nor recommend your company to anyone, and in fact will make sure to share my negative review because this is truly unacceptable as a company who claims to these values “We stand by our values: community, activism, transparency, dedication and greatness”. Absolutely zero transparency, dedication or greatness in my experience. Just avoid them, they really don’t care about you after they take your money.
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Posted 2 months ago
"I unequivocally do not endorse this company, neither as a buyer nor as a customer. The neglect of consumer rights is evident. To provide insight into my experience and the company's disregard for its buyers and customers, I am sharing a segment of my ongoing correspondence with their customer support. "Thank you for your response. I appreciate the opportunity to communicate with you, although I'm uncertain if my concerns were fully understood. Primarily, I seek clarification regarding the discrepancies found in my item. The decision to not approve it suggests a potential accusation of selling counterfeit goods. Hence, I kindly request detailed photographs of my item alongside the original, accompanied by an explanation of the discrepancies identified. Furthermore, I would like to address another inquiry that has been overlooked. I am curious as to how an item of the same model but in a different color, which I recently sold, passed the inspection without requesting an invoice from me. This raises concerns regarding the consistency and integrity of Vestiare's authentication process. Should my requests go unaddressed once more, and I am not provided with a signed confirmation of the authenticity concerns raised against my item, I must insist on the reimbursement of my item. Failing to do so would be an unlawful action to retain possession of it. Thank you for your attention to this matter. P.S. Please find attached a copy of the invoice for your reference." This is the answer - "I am sending this email on behalf of my colleague and I will be assisting you regarding on this concern. I am sorry to say that our experts confirmed that they are unable to provide some pictures of why your item did not met the brand criteria. In order to return your item to you, we request that you pay a fee for processing and re-shipment costs. Please transfer the fee using the details below, ensuring that the transfer description includes your item reference number and your full name as indicated on your Vestiaire Collective account." After numerous attempts, consisting of a multitude of emails, to obtain authentication from the purported 'expert team,' I have not only been consistently ignored but have now been compelled to retrieve my authentic item. The reliability and credibility of this company in any capacity are consequently called into question.
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Posted 2 months ago
Very horrible experience still going on. The customer service is unacceptable they don’t help with anything. I’ve sold a very expensive item for 854£ It’s been shipped correctly with the label been provided from VC to the post office ( Royal Mail) After 2 days from the shipping I didn’t receive any confirmation on VC app that it was been collected and I’ve contact them to have look on the case because I started to be worry. They open an investigation and I’ve send to them a proof of delivery and also my personal ID. After 10 days that I chasing VC and Royal Mail they confirmed with me that the parcel 100% was lost from the courier After sending so many emails to VC they are still unable to respond to me on the next step. I’ve asked them if they will provide a full refund but the only thing that they can say it’s to wait because the investigation it’s still on. No replies to my questions on emails and they keep closing the chat on help center. Very bad experience and I will never recommend to anyone anymore to sell and buy items from them.
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Posted 2 months ago
Their carrier lost my parcel.and both me and the buyer have yet received no compensation.they avoid all contact and lie on our faces .although the carrier has officially stated they lost the parcel On their fault and any other action is done.they keep delaying this so they can avoid the consequences.they even asked for sensitive personal infrormation for no reason.we will have to press charges for theft and personal information excavating
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Posted 2 months ago
I wish it was possible to rate this company less than 1 star. My problem started in September ‘23 and has still not been resolved. A package I had sent ro Vestiaire Collective, using their label got lost. Fedex has already reimbursed me $100 because that’s all the package was insured for. A Vestiaire representative said to me that they would compensate me if this package was lost. Vestiare has denied my claim refuses to call the FedEx resolutions department. Since Vestiaire is in charge of the label I used , FedEx will not send me a letter that the package is lost. Fedex has sent me a letter that the package was in their possession since September. The item I had sent sold for $3400 they have offered me a $50 credit. Insulting! I have attached a letter sent by FedEx to me. It is obvious that this package was lost.
Vestiaire Collective 1 star review on 26th February 2024
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Posted 2 months ago
Bought a sweater with tag 48IT which means it’s M size. When it arrived and tried it on, it’s actually way too big for being 48IT. It seems like XXL. Vestiare refuse my return because the tag matches the descriptions even thought physically it’s way too big !!! I always have horrible experience w them when trying resolve problems !! Does this look 48IT ???
Vestiaire Collective 1 star review on 25th February 2024 Vestiaire Collective 1 star review on 25th February 2024
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Posted 2 months ago
VC doesn't transfer money for sold items!!! We operate UK business and use VC as one of distribution channels. BE AWARE you may never receive money for products shipped. Customer service is beyond poor!!
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Posted 2 months ago
Horrible Customer service i ever seen and authentication service as well. You can contact with them only by chatting with assistance, not by email, not via phone. I sold my authentic Zimmermann dress there which one supposed to be go trough authentic service team, and they cancelled my sale and said my dress is not authentic with no proof and reason, i send them my proof of purchase, original invoice and payment ( i purchased this item 2.5 years ago), so if you don’t have original proof of purchase, you not gonna win. And even after this they told me NO, i don’t have no comments on this. I said ok, send me my item back. I was so exhausted about all this conversation. They asked me to pay $15 fee to get my item back, UNBELIEVABLE. I asked them provide me step by step where and how i can pay. 2 days after, agent contacted with me again and said my item will go to 2 nd authentic check, since i provided my invoice. 3 days after nobody’s contacted with me about my item. I contacted with them by myself and new agent told me again my item not authentic and sale was cancelled and asked me to provide invoice. I was shocked, i tell him i already did with previous agent. I don’t have no words, the most worst service ever.
Vestiaire Collective 1 star review on 19th February 2024 Vestiaire Collective 1 star review on 19th February 2024
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Posted 2 months ago
You can't contact them via eMail, I don't know where the eMails go to, but you should get a confirmation that they received your request in your email, doesn't happen, so I went to chat, that was another horrible experience, some Jack couldn't care less that the buyer doesn't pick up from the parcel shop and my item will soon be returned, because they send reminder eMails, expecting them to pick up the phone to call the buyer, nope, too much like hard work. I told him that the contact eMail doesn't work, genius sent me a link to the contact form that I used and that doesn't work. I told him what is wrong, he wants me to send him a screenshot, how can I send him a screenshot of NOT getting the confirmation eMail? Seriously, do they deliberately employ people who are totally incapable? I'm honestly shocked, their IT always has problems, but they don't seem to be remotely interested, maybe they like having the problem with the eMail as the chat experience is a total horror show which people tend to rather avoid. So basically you are sending them a message if you have an issue, since you never get a confirmation, they don't have to reply and then the window will have expired... Great business model for NOT providing any kind of customer service
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Posted 2 months ago
Disappointing platform for selling luxury brands, charge the buyer expensively, and take out 18% of my sale as a commission. Account got suspended without any explanation, such a rip off app
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Posted 2 months ago
Randomly my account has been suspended. No explanation. Just blocked for not reason. So disappointed.
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Posted 2 months ago
Love shopping on the platform and I've been doing it for quite sometime. As long as you pay attention to the condition pictures and other details of the items you're good to go . Things are a bit more expensive then other sites but this is to cover the commissions which I understand. Everyone is in for the money so all good. But God forbid you should need help or need to contact their customer service. Horrible response times and even whwn they do they give you half answers or none. My last experience was related to a product advertised as physical authentication included (means product is physically checked by someone at vestiaaire before you receive it). I asked support why i had to pay for the physical check if the product was advertised as having it included in the buying service and the answer was and I quote " if you want to buy it go for it, if you do not want, just purchase another bag ". There can be mistakes made in the way the products are put up for sale and that's OK. Id rather deal with crazy demanding sellers directly like on other platforms then with their customer support.
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Posted 2 months ago
Vestiaire juat suspended my account for no reason at all. I have that acount for years and they suspended just like that in one day , also they suspended my sister account and friend account . No customer service nothing . I ve send them a email still no answer.! How is that possible They also increase fee for buyer , for what exactly i don t know.since the increase i didn t sell not even one item because of the extra fee on top of my price. Shame disappointed and disgusting! I was since the beginning of this platform a buyer and a seller. Thia is not how they should threat their clients.
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Posted 2 months ago
authentication services is unreliable and customer service is non-existent yet they somehow manage to charge ridiculous amount of fees
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Posted 2 months ago
Massive scam going on, I sold an item and according to their guidelines slight wear is allowed as long as mentioned and shown, I have shown the slight wear on the strap of the bag and mentioned it, however the buyer then complained about the slight wear and apparently the bag is now being sent back to me. Strangely enough, the buyer @claudia8101105 had the item sent to Rewind Vintage London, where the owner's name is Claudia, they also sell on Vestaire under Rewind Vintage... So despite detailing everything, the item is returned, however after a bit of checking, it seems quite obvious that Rewind Vintage buys cheap under one name and sells expensive under their own name. Also I assume their complaints are to get rid of competition. Looks like my Loewe bag is now being returned to me. I am honestly really cross! In the description I was super clear and even provided detailed pictures! In case you plan to buy from Claudia's shop (which goes under Rewind Fashion, on Vestiaire, eBay, etc) - don't, just find the item online, where she buys cheaply and then sells with a massive markup, if she is not doing scams with the seller!
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Posted 2 months ago
Shocking customer service. Ridiculously expensive “service” fees for both buyers and sellers. Avoid!
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Posted 2 months ago
Worst buying experience of my lif There is no customer service available
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Posted 2 months ago
Extremely bad experience with VC. Never again. The item I bought was not in the condition described. I reached out to customer support as soon as I received my bag and noticed the hole at the bottom. The discussion went in circle and the agent didn’t want to open a case to make my claim while the policy mentions that we can report the issue. Very disappointing!!
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Posted 2 months ago
I hope everyone is warned about this company. Check out their rating on Better Business Bureau. After being a loyal customer and spending thousands of dollars on their site, I was ripped off. Ordered a necklace and the box arrived empty, no necklace. I had to send them pictures of an empty box, a handwritten note and my ID for them to even investigate. Weeks later, they wrote me and said they determined that I was wrong and the necklace was in there. It was only around $100 but it’s the principle, the box absolutely did arrive empty. Just google “ Vestiaire Reviews” you’ll see for yourself. Wish I had done that and seen their Better Business Bureau Rating of F before ever shopping here.
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Posted 2 months ago
I sold a handbag, they provided a label, the post office could not scan the label, so I had to order pickup, which caused a slight delay, however 2 days after it was picked up and I got the pickup confirmation it still doesn't track on Vestiaire, it does track on Royal Mail though, so I emailed them with a screen shot of the confirmation, they came back with please provide evidence, well, I had sent the screenshot already but apparently the bots could not be bothered to look at the attachment, so I sent it again and repeated that they should do something as it doesn't scan at the post office, I get a total nonsense reply that it might take 24 hours to update, hello, we are already over 48 hours later, does anybody actually read there? As a seller you have 5 days to ship, but if their tracking doesn't update, you might just lose your item.... Customer service? What a joke!
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Posted 2 months ago
Vestiaire Collective is rated 1.6 based on 1,116 reviews