BUYER BEWARE - do not, I REPEAT DO NOT spend your hard-earned money here. If you are looking to purchase something and are concerned you might return it, this is NOT the company for you.
I have shopped at Fashionphile 3x - I much prefer Vestiaire overall and TRR's return policy and payouts are way more flexible. I've submitted quotes for items here as well and their quotes are an absolute JOKE. (A rare YSL bag I purchased secondhand for $1200 from over $2k was offered around $300, a Chanel cuff retailing somewhere from $2-3k and selling elsewhere for $1600 was offered a measly $400.)
My last straw with them comes from the last 2 weeks, when I purchased a pair of shoes from them that looked to be in near new condition on the website. The bottoms looked almost completely clean save 1 or 2 small marks on the outer sides.
When I received the shoes, they were beautiful, but a) did not match what I needed them for and b) had significantly more wear than depicted on the site. I would guess they had been worn at LEAST once already. I tried them on once on carpeted and light marble floors, and seeing as they didn't match what I needed them for I decided to return them. Note: this was the second time I had purchased something from them that had more wear/damage, and I thought nothing of it when I packaged them up same-day and returned them.
After the holiday weekend, they sent me a blurry photo with the same shoes back in their hands, thrown on someone's desk, now looking absolutely TRASHED. They look like they've been worn an additional 1-2 times and are in an even WORSE condition from when I first received and mailed them out! They accused me of having worn these (EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE RETURNED WITH THE TAG STILL ATTACHED AND UNREMOVABLE SAVE CUTTING THEM OFF!!) and are insisting there's no possible way anyone mishandled them or there's any fault on their end. They are deducting me $300+ from an original purchase price of about $800 and offered to "buy them back" for $550. They offered me a store credit for the full amount even though I reminded them this is now the second time I've received an item from them that did not match what was on the website, nor did I feel comfortable shopping with them for now.
I escalated this all the way up to their senior-most client services department head, Jessica, who again basically told me that they did "everything possible" on their end and refused to refund me. I was also promised they'd be retrieving video footage of how these shoes were handled upon receipt of my return, which has not materialized.
This is a total scam, and considering other reviews have mentioned something similar, I would not put it past them to be offering this as punishment for making returns or some form of making a few extra dollars to meet quota when their already overpriced items aren't selling.
I received my $550 and checked the website - and guess what, they're selling the shoes for nearly the EXACT SAME PRICE. They knocked off a whole $40, yet charged me $300+.
Well, I certainly hope the extra $300 is worth the negative press they're about to receive from me! I will no longer be shopping with them or recommending them to anyone, which I've done many times in the past. I have filed a complaint with the BBB, the FTC, and local news stations.
Again, they have both the shoes back in their hands AND the means to resell them in the condition they're in. Meanwhile, I have been robbed of $300+ dollars for trying them on ONCE in my own home.
I do NOT recommend this company to any luxury fashion lovers or anyone looking to make a nice purchase for themselves. Go to Vestiaire, TRR, or a local consignment shop - you are FAR better off. read more