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Rescented - Let's Talk

I know we have discussed people success with Rescented when buying, but what about selling and more recently, buying as well, has the overall experience changed. Here are my thoughts

Recently, some of you know, I have been offloading and curating a lot, probably around 30 bottles. I jumped into the world of Rescented and here are my thoughts after a fair amount of trying to sell and buy. I think their fee structure makes it a challenge for both seller and buyer to come to an agreement, especially for bottles, worth the smaller amount, say under $100 for ex.

Per transaction fees

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Buyer - Item + tax + $15 (which covers shipping)

AND

Seller - 20% commission

So you can see with this structure, I need to low ball the seller to get an ok deal and the seller has to take a big hit. Of course higher dollar bottles work in favor of the buyer, since the $15 fee doesn't change.

Buying

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Rescented let's people sell their new or used bottles of frags, great if you can negotiate a deal with the seller, note you can not chat, only make offers and counter offers. People have to list their frags at a higher price because they anticipate the negotiation game. I have made offers on well over 20 frags and I have successfully acquired, just 1 and that was a meh experience in itself. Bottle came damaged, less juice than what was listed, customer support had great communication, but poor support. In the end, I kept the bottle and only got my $15 fee credited to my Rescented account, no refund and no option to return the bottle. I am in no way saying this is how it is with all, they may handle on a case by case basis. Now this platform is great for hunting, under the radar, hidden gems and or hard to find frags, even discontinued and with a responsive seller can come to a deal. Other experience I have is with sellers just not being responsive at all, you make an offer, not even a low ball and nada. Happens a lot, like the seller is ignoring you or they listed a bunch of stuff and never went back to Rescented.

Selling

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I have listed approx 25 bottles and sold 5, everything else has been on FaceBook. You have to expect the low balls and take into account he 20% commission after the deal. Lets say you go back and forth on an offer that someone made and you come to a deal and the buyer accepts, they are not obligated to buy it. I have multiple bottles where they accepted my counteroffer but never bought it.

My Final Thoughts

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My overall experience with Rescented has been kinda frustrating as both a buyer and seller. I would buy more, but the lack of responsiveness and that flat rate of $15 really discourages the buying. They say the $15 covers shipping and "authentication" which they do not do, its a check box when the seller lists. I would sell more as well, but I have higher success rate on Facebook. It's a great business model, that $100 deal, makes them about $30 in profit, good for them, bad for us. Is it sustainable, time will tell, but for the most part I am walking away, after I get buy my next bottle and use my $15 credit and maybe hunt for some gems.

What is your overall experience, buyer or seller?

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Rescented - Let's Talk