Marketplaces
Vestiaire Collective
A seller ships it to you; the platform sits in the middle.
Our take · Know the gaps
Good marketplace bones, but check whether YOUR order gets a physical check, and price in the buyer fee.
An informed opinion from the policies below, not a verdict.
The receipts
Photo review only, and only if someone pays for it. No physical inspection at any price.
Authentication and examination services exist with costs addressed in its buyer terms; not every order is physically checked.
Largely final sale unless the item is not as described.
Buyer service fee typically ranges between 5% and 28% of the item price.
Not-as-described claims run through its buyer service process.
Buyer terms set out the process for authentication issues and claims.
You pay the platform at checkout; a buyer service fee applies.
Payments run through Vestiaire's checkout with a disclosed buyer service fee.
Buying here anyway?
Fair. Here's how to cover the gaps yourself.
No one is checking the bag, so you check it
- Paid photo-review services authenticate from your photos, typically $10 to $50. Make the deal contingent on the result.
- Ask the seller for a photo of the bag with a handwritten note and today's date in frame. Stolen listing photos can't produce one.
- Reverse-image-search the listing photos. If they appear on other sites, walk.
- Pull up the markers for this exact style before you pay, not after.
No return window, so build your own paper trail
- Get condition and the return terms in writing before paying. The message thread is your record.
- Ask for photos against a checklist: corners, straps, hardware, interior, date code.
- Film the unboxing. A not-as-described dispute with video is a different conversation.
Check the going rate before you commit
- Look up the bag's current resale median for its size and material. Our estimate, updated from recorded market prices.
- A price far below the going rate is not proof of anything, but it is the single strongest marker to slow down on.
Facts above come from Vestiaire Collective's own published policies on the dates shown, and we re-verify monthly. Policies change; the linked source is always the current word.