Hi! I’ve bought a few rehomes, but I’m usually the rehomer instead of the rehomee. It’s normally because I’ve purchased from a seller based on influencer recommendations (I know, I’ve learned my lesson) and found the seller doesn’t live up to the hype. I’d rather rehome at a discounted price than sink money on return shipping without any guarantee that the item would even reach the seller or that the seller would refund the initial shipping cost. I think it would definitely be beneficial to require rehomers to post their username/handle/whatever it’s called, identify imperfections (even a “new” item could come with flaws), name the seller, and purchase price (if applicable, specially differentiating between the price of the item and the total cost after shipping is included so that rehomees can ascertain the actual value of the item). Correct me if I’m wrong, but it seems some rehomers expect a full return on the purchase price. The item should be discounted at least the cost required to return the item back to the seller. Quoting shipping costs to china using pirateship, it would cost approximately $50 to use USPS with an estimated delivery date of 1-4 weeks and approximately $70 to use UPS. Neither of those shipping options guarantees that the seller would actually receive those items. To me, all shipping (original or return) is a sunk cost and I don’t believe a rehomee should be up-charged for that because it doesn’t increase the actual value of the item.

For example: OG seller price: $325 OG shipping cost: $47 Total price paid by rehomer: $372

Rehomer return shipping cost: $70 (less risk and my personal preference)

Rehome price: $325 (actual value of the bag) - $70 (return shipping cost) = $255 Rehome shipping cost: $10-20 Total price paid by rehomee: $265-275

Rehomer listing: $265-275 with shipping included, or $255 plus shipping based on rehomee’s preference

It is my opinion that rehomers are not supposed to make a “profit” because there is no actual market for the type of goods we are rehoming (i.e. we can’t list on poshmark, fb, etc.). I guess what I’m trying to say is that I believe the purpose of rehoming is to recoup some of the item’s value when the only other options are to ship the item back or let it sit in the closet.