Do You Sell Clothing? What do you think of this?

[twyngwyn]

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[imastawka]

Sounds stupid to me too - especially for ebay sellers.

Online stores, maybe ok, but not ebay.

Who's paying for return postage - it's been opened remember?  Post Office footing the bill and repackaging?

Ebay sellers get a returned package and don't/won't have to do anything about it - it was delivered to their buyer.  And not many clothes sellers on ebay provide for changing the size on demand.

Not all buyers know about opening a case, and as mentioned a lot of sellers don't cater for change of mind - which falls into  'It doesn't fit' category.

Postal bosses have S*** for Brains for even suggesting this lame idea.

[twyngwyn]

I just came back from P.O.....postmaster was laughing when I asked him about it.

"Don't worry, it's just another scheme that won't come to fruition. Buyer will have to take item home, lodge query, arrange return postage etc, etc."

[springyzone]

I'm wondering about the practicalities of it.

For starters, the buyer has to open the parcel first, to try it on.

But they would need to rewrap it in order to post it back.

Surely the PO won't let them just 'return to sender' or they will be even further in the red.

I presume they think the buyer will purchase a PO bag. But even so, wouldn't people need to include a note of explanation?

Now, I have never had to return very many things in my life. About 3 that I can think of.

Two were faulty products and one was a return for a different size.

In each and every case though, I had to contact the seller first (none were purchased via ebay), outline the problem and wait for approval to return or for a return label to be sent.

I can't see it being an option for a lot of  online purchases and for those where it was possible, what a lot of messing around in the PO, rewrapping, writing notes etc. I'd rather do it from home.

[domino-710]

I imagine it ' is ' for the likes of - EziBuy - DJ's - Myers & any other large entity selling online clothes.

They include the manner of sending back - which could be done there & then.

Certainly not eBay.

I do not recall ever buying clothes on eBay. lol

Go Aust Post - another brainwave.

[countessalmirena]

It does seem like a way for buyers to try it on and to … try it on.

[springyzone]

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@papermoon.lady wrote:

Not to mention that other items might be wrong too (just look at all the threads here). Why clothes and changing rooms? I don't know, it sounds like a silly idea to me.

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That's very true, there are lots of other items that might be wrong too.

I can't see the scheme being useful for the clothes buying cheaters, as they hope to wear the thing before they send it back.

It seems like a lot of room being set aside at post offices for a service that buyers may not want to use, even if eligible.

[papermoon.lady]

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@springyzone wrote:

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@papermoon.lady wrote:

Not to mention that other items might be wrong too (just look at all the threads here). Why clothes and changing rooms? I don't know, it sounds like a silly idea to me.

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That's very true, there are lots of other items that might be wrong too.

I can't see the scheme being useful for the clothes buying cheaters, as they hope to wear the thing before they send it back.

It seems like a lot of room being set aside at post offices for a service that buyers may not want to use, even if eligible.

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Yes, springy, it would be useful in that case (to avoid this kind of buyers to wear the thing once before saying they don't want it any more), but most people would probably still receive their parcels at home, and quite often parcels are also left in a safe place.

I mean, the utility of this plan is really limited.

[eol-products]

This would be the missing service online only clothing businesses have. Offering the ability to try an item as you would in a store may entice more buyers to their online shop. Their would have to be a fee involved but then this would work out much cheaper than having a chain of stores that will not cover all areas of Australia anyway.

[rocket2retro]

Hopefully there will be a catwalk leading from the change room where the attire can be judged by Australia Post employees & random post office customers.

[daydreams_12]

Oh my goodness, the mind boggles at the thought