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Wednesday, 12 November 2014

Hell in Carousell Part 1

@ 21:29

So this post is basically to rant about the unusual and unreasonable people/situations which I've encountered in Carousell.

For the benefit of those turtles out there who don't know whats Carousell, it's basically a Singapore based mobile app that provides a platform for people to sell and buy stuff (and haggle).

1. Time Waster

Recently I saw a pretty neat and nice romper by chance but the photos attached to it weren't very detailed, so I asked the seller for a full body photo of the romper. Turns out that the picture sent to me by the seller and the picture attached to the item is quite different, especially with regards to the color since its a very vibrant floral print.
So, to courteously reject the offer and end the conversation, I told the seller that I'm a UK4 and since the romper is a UK6, I'll have to think about it.
The next thing I knew was that she replied "What a time waster".
To be honest, I'm pretty amazed by her reply, I mean, theres actually sane people who treats their potential customer in this sort of manner. Well, can't blame her, it was pretty obvious that I was trying to reject the offer, maybe she's just not good enough to realise.

2. Free Postage

I don't just buy stuff from Carousell, I sell too. I sell away my old, unwanted but brand new stuff which I've bought of impulse.
My policy for selling is

No meetups
No trades
No negotiations

and since I don't do meetups (for personal reasons like lazy), I will of course have to charge a certain price for the postage that I will be paying for mailing each item out.

So there was this person who asked me "if you don't do meetups then shouldn't your postage fees be free?" and so I answered that I don't have the capital to do these kind of stuff. And very unexpectedly, the argument of whether I should be paying for the postage fee or whether the buyer should goes on for quite a while. I don't blame her for asking for free postage, maybe she's on tight budget and can only afford the bare minimum of the price of the item which she's interested it. Or maybe she's just another typical Carousell user who haggles even for something that already cost just $5.
My point is, there are many online platforms with people selling only ONLINE without any meetups (including Qoo10 and blogshops like LB, TCL, TTR, AforArcade and many more) who charges a price for the postage fee that you know you will definitely incur. Maybe some of them are kind enough to give free postage but that's probably because they have the capital to do so.
So, if you just feel that paying a postage fee is unfair then I suggest that you deal with someone else.

Other unusual but common (maybe not unreasonable) situations I've come across be basically be summarised by the picture below.

If you want to see more of these ridiculous Carousell experience, check out Carouhell on Tumblr!

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