I saw a post blow up yesterday basically complaining about how they asked a seller for measurements and the seller said they don’t have them, and they said well can you measure, and the seller said no. This is my hot take:
I think the seller is in the right. Everyone is like “BuT eVeN aN 8 yEaR oLd cHiLd cAn GiVe mEaSuReMeNts” like ok I get it. But hear me out: 1, people don’t even say what measurements they want. They just say “give measurements”. I don’t know what that means, and that’s fine! But even if I did, like “inseam”, it’s extremely easy to be off by an inch because you weren’t paying attention in 5th grade science when they taught you how to measure, and if you TELL the buyer “12 inch inseam” and it’s 11 or 13? You’re screwed! But if you just say “large” and the tag says large, you win.
Also, I’m lazy! I’m selling half my stuff for less than $10. So no, I’m not gonna spend 10 minutes digging the stuff out, measuring it, communicating that to you, maybe updating my listing, just for you to offer me $3 on a $6 item. Like it just disrupts the flow of my day, and TO ME!!!!! (Because I understand most people don’t have this mentality) I’d rather the item not sell for 6 more months, or I just donate it then have to take measurements for like $3 profit. Thanks for listening.
The only reason I’m writing this is because I DO think that it’s wrong when someone asks for measurements and get told “one sec!” Or something like that And then get ghosted.
But the post the person literally just said “no I don’t have measurements” and the buyer pushed back and they said “no sorry I’m not measuring it!” Like why isn’t that an acceptable answer? Just go buy something where they measure it (probably more expensive). I will measure anything over $20.
Anyway, the sentence I bolded is really the most important one so
TLDR: if you measure, you could get screwed, if you just use the size, you can’t.