QC Photos: What to Check Before You Approve a Litbuy Order

Why the photos exist

QC photos are taken at the warehouse, after the seller's parcel arrives and before anything is packed for export. That timing is the whole point: it is the last moment when a problem is cheap to fix. Once a parcel leaves, every correction turns into an international return.

So the photos are not a formality. They are the only chance you get to look at the exact unit you are buying, rather than the stock image every other buyer sees.

Start with shape, not colour

Screens lie about colour. Warehouse lighting is rarely neutral, and a slightly warm photo will make a grey item look beige. Shape does not lie. On footwear, a collapsed heel counter or an uneven toe box will look the same under any lighting.

On clothing, look at how the garment hangs. A hoodie that sits crookedly on the hanger usually keeps that twist after washing, because the panel was cut off-grain.

The four areas worth zooming

Seams: run your eye along the line and look for spacing that changes. Stitching that wanders is the single most reliable sign of a rushed unit.

Prints and logos: check the edges. A clean print has a sharp boundary; a cheap one bleeds or sits slightly rotated.

Hardware: zips, buttons and buckles are where substitutions show up, because they are the parts a factory is most tempted to swap.

Contact surfaces: collars, cuffs, insoles and linings. These are what you feel later, and they are the hardest to photograph honestly.

When to ask for another photo

Ask whenever the set does not answer a question you actually have. If you ordered a jacket and the photos never show the lining, the photo set is incomplete, not the jacket.

Requests are much cheaper before dispatch. A warehouse can re-shoot in a minute; an international return takes weeks and often costs more than the item.

Approve or reject, then move on

Decide quickly. Parcels held in the warehouse for days usually incur storage, and a slow approval can cost more than the flaw you were hesitating about.

If you reject, say why in one sentence. A specific reason gets a better replacement than a vague one, and it helps the seller understand what you expected.

Keep your own record

Save the photo set with your order number. If something arrives different from what you approved, that comparison is the evidence you need, and it settles disputes far faster than descriptions do.

It also builds your own reference. After a handful of orders you will know which flaws matter to you and which ones you have learned to live with.

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