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Louisiana
2 reviews
0 helpful votes
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They did not sent my correct order, will never use them again, buyer beware. They are rip-off, customer service sucks, never use them. Ebay is soon much better.

Date of experience: August 7, 2021
New York
1 review
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Extremely poor to no customer service, completely unprofessional and disappointing. Don't waste your time shopping at this site. At all costs spend your time and money else where.

Date of experience: March 16, 2022
Florida
2 reviews
5 helpful votes
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DO NOT SELL ON THIS SITE!
November 16, 2018

They let someone return an item to me THAT THEY DAMAGED, and will not do anything about it.

All you get is automated messages. And 5 days later you get another automated message that states people can pretty much return an item for anything and not reimburse you for packaging fees and or damage to the item during shipping or while in the buyers posession

Date of experience: November 16, 2018
Georgia
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I have been successful selling on another platform. Thought I would give Mercari a try. I listed several items. The next day they mistakenly flagged one of my items as counterfeit and removed it. It's a luxury brand, I get it, but I've owned it for years, and trust me I paid the Brand price at the original store. Mercari wants proof of authenticity. The box, bag and tags are long gone. I see other sellers with the identical item, in similar condition, with no box photos either! Mercari will not let me relist the item. As a result of me being a suspicious seller, they also will not let me promote or answer any messages from people interested in my other listings. So, now I have listings that I can not promote or answer any questions about in order to help any potential buyers. It makes me wonder if I would get paid if any of my items do sell?

I filed a complaint with customer service, which by the way is so poorly designed that they will only take inquiries about certain subjects, so I had to choose another topic in order to complain. There is no phone number to call to speak to a live person. When they do answer your inquiry, its a robo answer that just says, see the TOS. Just garbage!

IMHO the problems start with the platform. The Sellers are not bad people, they are using a bad platform.

Removing my listings and sticking with Poshmark where I am a five star buyer rated Posh Ambassador and don't get harassed by Poshmark.

Date of experience: June 19, 2023
California
2 reviews
2 helpful votes
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Let PayPal win ur battles 2 many scammers on mercari to use it safely stick to eBay amazon since they have a lot more to lose and won't try to pull one over on you

Date of experience: March 22, 2019
Rhode Island
1 review
10 helpful votes
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Scam
July 6, 2019

I made one purchase here never received anything and when I went to their "help center " it said to wait a few more days and I did wait when I contacted the seller he said the tracking said it was delivered nothing he could do contact the company and they said the same thing The company claims to guarantee a big scam I wish I checked out reviews first

Date of experience: July 6, 2019
Kentucky
1 review
3 helpful votes
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Poor service
March 16, 2020

I ordered a present to ship to my grandma and for some reason, order was canceled and account was closed. Don't recommend this site at all. Very disrespectful.

Date of experience: March 16, 2020
Florida
1 review
0 helpful votes
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They do not allow time to recieve and check the quality of the purchase before demanding you rate the seller. If you rate the seller on their communications with you and NOT the actually Item, they consider that YOUR saying the Product was great and they CLOSE DOWN any possible refunds or replacements, even if the product was truly defective on arrival. Customer service never directly answers this question, they just say sympathetic things but offer NO resolution. TOTALLY DO NOT USE THEM.

Date of experience: June 5, 2021
California
1 review
3 helpful votes
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I began using this app a few months ago along with the Poshmark app. I've sold things with no problems but when I mentioned trading something I was selling that didn't fit me anymore with something similar in my size someone else was selling, I got an almost immediate warning. Now trading on Poshmark is ok but apparently it's not ok on Mercari. I mentioned trading again a few months later thinking I was on Poshmark only to get kicked out of Mercari indefinitely. Ridiculous! It was an accident, an honest mistake! I thought I was chatting on Poshmark and not Mercari. However, they didn't care that I have a 5 star rating and not one bad review. They didn't care that I sold things and they earned money off me. I was indefinitely terminated along with my daughter and her account just because we live at the same address! They wouldn't even allow me to defend myself against their allegations. I'm still with Poshmark and have never had any issues with them. I will never recommend this ridiculous money hungry company Mercari to anyone ever! Just go to Poshmark everyone. They are not scammers like Mercari!

Date of experience: June 30, 2017
Arizona
1 review
8 helpful votes
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Buying and selling
January 6, 2020

But I have been buying and Selling on Mercari and have had no problems with either transactions. I have purchased many items and have received them quickly and as described. I have also sold over 100 items in my first month and I am very happy with their customer service. 1 item was lost in the mail and they quickly refunded the buyer and paid me as per their policy. They do have time limits on things so you have to be diligent. I have closed my Ebay store, listed those items on mercari and sold most of them the 1st month. They sat on ebay at the same prices for 6 months... just costing me store fees. If you follow the rules and deal with customer service within the timeline in their policy you will have no problems. Just make sure not to rate a seller if you are not happy. Once you rate it's a done deal. Read all pi f the sellers guidelines seller and buyer protection policy so you know how to protect yourself. I think most of the complaints are because people are not reading how things work and they do not make exceptions for stupidity.

Date of experience: January 6, 2020
Nevada
1 review
3 helpful votes
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Mercari SUCKS
November 15, 2018

Mercari works hard to make sure that it's a miserable experience for sellers and buyers. They refuse to delete things that have sold and they make it hard for sellers to delete things that sold ON OTHER SITES. They make you pay for return shipping when someone cancels an order. NOT WORTH YOUR TIME!

Date of experience: November 15, 2018
Mercari R. Mercari Rep
over a year old

Hello Julie,

Please rest assured we try to make both buying and selling on the app as easy as possible, and are happy to hear about how we can improve the app from feedback like yours! When browsing listings, please note that you can "filter" sold listings from your searches, and when selling, you can "deactivate" any items you may have listed that recently become unavailable.

Additionally, when a return claim is submitted and approved on the platform, we are more than happy to offer a return shipping label free-of-charge to buyers in order to send their items back (along with reimbursement for their purchase).

If you have any other questions or concerns, please don't hesitate to reach out via the in-app Help Center or by emailing us at contact@mercari.com.

Thank you for your time and understanding. We very much look forward to hearing from you!

Best Regards,
Team Mercari

Minnesota
2 reviews
0 helpful votes
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Ripped off.
September 19, 2022

I bought a surveillance camera that didn't work and couldn't get my money back from the seller or the company after two weeks of emails and trying to get help from the camera manufacturer.

Date of experience: September 19, 2022
Florida
1 review
0 helpful votes
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DON'T USE!
December 11, 2022

I bought a wall lamp that was defective and unusable. When I contacted the company they said it was more than 48 hrs so too bad. So I am stuck with a useless lamp.

Date of experience: December 11, 2022
New York
6 reviews
5 helpful votes
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Crazy fees what a greedy companyl
April 25, 2024
Updated review

THey will end up being sued for all the fruadlent fees they charge. They will have to pay back what they stole from the buyer. What a awful greedy compnay. I wish the worst for them

Date of experience: April 25, 2024

Awful company.
August 1, 2023
Previous review

Awful company. Customer service is terrible. They treat you like garbage. My thoughts biggest scum bags in the business.

Date of experience: August 1, 2023
Indiana
1 review
0 helpful votes
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They like to let idiot individuals who sell things that are not allowed, and prescription drugs/items. Prescription items, that illegal. Just frustrating the $#*! they let the sellers get away with

Date of experience: July 28, 2020
Washington
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Mercari is a TERRIBLE website to use. I've made a couple sales and out of one of them, Mercari was picky and said that it violated the terms and guidelines. I submitted a request to ask why, and Mercari was so vague. Their customer service is terrible and they take days, or even weeks, to respond. After that, Mercari has supposedly charged me twice, saying that I violated the guidelines. They then closed my account, and after I said that one of the charges was invalid, they didn't even care about my opinion. After I argued with them and asked them questions on why they couldn't provide me more info on why they thought I violated a rule, they just simply ignored all my questions and said the case was closed and won't be reopened.

Terrible. If I could give 0 stars, or negative stars, this company and website deserves -. DO NOT USE THIS WEBSITE! COMPLETE SCAM AND WASTE OF YOUR TIME!

Date of experience: November 10, 2020
California
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Customer Service
January 16, 2024

They have the worst customer service. They will not do anything to help! Please be aware if you decide to sell on Mercari. Honestly, you will regret it. Customer service is HORRIBLE!

Date of experience: January 16, 2024
Washington
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Horrible Customer Service
September 16, 2023

My issues with Mercari. It ask you to list a description of the item you're selling then list the condition. If you list Fair - which clearly states multiple-flaws the buyer isn't satisfied then they rate the seller low and give them a negative review. Mercari customer service chooses not to intervene and remove the low rating even though it wasn't your fault as you followed the directions of Mercari. This here is horrible customer service. Next complaint I have is why do us sellers have to wait 3 days for a rating if the buyer chooses not to rate. The item was delivered per UPS, USPS or FedEx. I did my job as a seller and shipped it to you in a timely matter. All buyers should rate immediately and if they don't they should be penalized in some way. My next biggest complaint I have is regarding shipping cost. If I list an item and shipping is paid by the buyer the seller in no way should be responsible for any additional shipping costs. PERIOD! Any additional shipping cost should be charged to the buyer. Mercari you should be ashamed of yourself by deducting these cost from sellers! Your just simply greedy!

Date of experience: September 16, 2023
New Mexico
1 review
6 helpful votes
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I just bought a phone on Sunday and just got my package today and is an empty box I lost $329! I'm so stupid! I just want to cry is not like money grow on trees!

Date of experience: July 27, 2018
Mercari R. Mercari Rep
over a year old

Hey Claudia,

If you received an empty box, we'll be more than happy to review your case! Please send a message to contact@mercari.com, and we'll gladly take a closer look for you!

Best,
Team Mercari

Alabama
1 review
5 helpful votes
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TERRIBLE COMPANY.
July 26, 2019

THIS WEBSITE ADVERTISES NEW AND USED MERCHANTDISE. I ordered what I thought I was getting new but when it arrived it was used, broken, filthy and no electrical to charge the item. Advertised as new Micheal Todd sonic makeup brush. Who in their right mind would want a used sonic makeup brush from a total stranger. I started that day working on trying to return it. Numerous emails which were answered by them but I got the run around. I WAS RIPPED OFF. No return, no money back and item was not useable. CUSTOMER support gave me the run around, no help what soever.

Date of experience: July 26, 2019
Mercari R. Mercari Rep
over a year old

Our return policy is that a buyer may request a return within 3 days of confirmed delivery if the transaction has not been rated and meets one of these criteria: - The item is not as described in the listing - The item is damaged or lost in transit - The wrong item is received. You're able to request a return in-app by going to the Order Status screen, tapping the question mark in the top right corner, and selecting “How to request a return”. Please also note that our support team can be reached anytime via the Help Center or our contact email address. If this issue hasn't yet been resolved, please send us a message and a representative will be happy to assist. -Team Mercari

Overview

Mercari has a rating of 1.2 stars from 2,394 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers dissatisfied with Mercari most frequently mention customer service, credit card and phone number. Mercari ranks 588th among Marketplace sites.

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