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Mercari

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North Carolina
1 review
3 helpful votes
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Beware!
September 15, 2018

So I sold an mk bag to this buyer who is a new member username auikilifi shipped the item and tracking says it was delivered she don't wanna rate me coz she claimed that she never received the item. And it's been 5 days that the buyer is not even cooperating or responding. If u really didn't received the package u should respond and do something in finding it go to the post perhaps. Mercari is a no help at all! And don't wanna auto rate me so I can get my money! The seller should get the money when the tracking says it was delivered to the right address already! I am very upset about this thing...

Date of experience: September 15, 2018
Pennsylvania
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Customer Service
September 19, 2020

A**holes. Just all around A**holes. I had been lucky enough to have positive experiences with buyers and sellers. You have a bad egg every now and then but that's easy to take care of. Don't deal with them. But the staff... f them all.

Date of experience: September 19, 2020
New Mexico
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Bad site!
May 30, 2019

I have been a member since 2016 this is a crap site the buyer can get bad reviews because the seller gets the last rating if you have a problem with a purchase and put less than 4 star's the seller can give you 1 star and mess up your buyer score it's not fair and most times the seller won't ship your items with no penilty and you are stuck waiting for ever for a refund don't waist your time on this sight!

Date of experience: May 30, 2019
New Jersey
1 review
0 helpful votes
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If you are going to sell your stuff go to Poshmark or another selling app this happened to me and many other you sell your stuff then the kick u off for a stupid reason or a reason that isn't true and keep your earning I have been trying to get my money for two months

Date of experience: January 23, 2022
Maryland
10 reviews
54 helpful votes
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Unfair to buyers
March 3, 2017

Terrible feedback system favors sellers to the harm of buyers. If a seller decides not to ship for any reason and cancels the transaction, the buyer is not allowed to leave feedback to warn other buyers of an unreliable seller. I'm not shopping from a site that lets buyers get jerked around. I'll stick with eBay.

Date of experience: March 3, 2017
Washington
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Scam!
January 12, 2022

Ordered a bottle of cologne for my husband for Christmas and when I received it it was a sample from Macys. When I tried to get my money back they refused even after I sent pictures! What a rip off and they did nothing to help! Rude customer service very shady company and they deleted my account as if my feelings would be hurt stay away from this scamming site!

Date of experience: January 12, 2022
California
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Ridiculous Prohibited Item Listing Policy
February 11, 2022

The site does not allow listing collectible coins but has a category for collectible coins. They will suspend listing privileges for more than one violation, but there are numerous collectible coin listings on the site!

Date of experience: February 11, 2022
Washington
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Mercari has no customer support. If you have a problem, you are out of luck. There is no one you can speak with or contact. You cannot contact the seller of an item either, as the Mercari software interface does not allow it. There are no instructions provided by the Mercari site. I am now attempting to cancel my order, however, one part of the Mercari program states I have made no orders while another states that Mercari will notify me when the item is shipped. I have tried to contact the seller, but the Mercari program puts me into an endless loop which allows me to see the sellers feedback but not contact them. I doubt that I will be able to recover my money. I will contact paypal and hope for the best..

Date of experience: October 1, 2018
Washington
1 review
4 helpful votes
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Bought an electric boat motor that work fine on testing in the shop, but when it was tried on the lake it would not run. Had no power to push the boat. It was a 55lb. Thrust which should push a 12 foot boat.
The three day deadline for returning the item was past as I could not get out any sooner.
Really disappointed and will no longer shop on this site.

Date of experience: August 16, 2020
Texas
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I sold an item, it was damaged in shipping. Mercari granted a return.The item was never sent back and I received no money. Mercari said it was their policy not to send labels for returns.The customer was willing to return it, Mercari would not budge.It was expensive and could have been repaired.The customer saved over $100 by complaining and I lost out

Date of experience: March 27, 2022
Texas
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Tried to buy something. Required card verification. Did it on 2 cards. They posted micro transactions to both cards. And then denied payment from both cards. Paypal also denied. So basically they just charged me about $8.00 to validate payments, and then refused to let me buy something from the site. But have pocketed those charges and not credited them back. An absolutely nightmare of a site.

Date of experience: September 24, 2023
Texas
1 review
3 helpful votes
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I opened my own account from my husband and they suspended mine and his account due to suspicious activity per household. This is unfair to the sellers and buyers because you should be able to have an individual account of your own? The sellers have some really good deals but the buyers can not purchase due to customer service suspensions.

Date of experience: October 1, 2017
Oregon
1 review
3 helpful votes
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You've been warned!
October 22, 2018

As unbelievable as it sounds, once you buy something Mercari, there is NO WAY to contact Mercari or your seller if there is a problem. Once you order, you're screwed if something isn't right. I just wasted $125 on a faulty Hard Drive. So angry. Mercari doesn't have a phone number, an email address or a physical location to try to contact.

Date of experience: October 22, 2018
Massachusetts
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Mercari gives you no help zero, nada. They take the sellers money and will back the buyer who can easily scam you out of your item
I give them a triple zero rating. No help they have poor response no contact number
They are a total money grabbing company that will turn against you if you have a problem
Mercari totally sucks

Date of experience: June 13, 2022
Florida
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Poor Business Practices
February 5, 2021

I recently sold a camera lens that was only used for testing. I 100% accurately described the item and yet the buyer decided on day 3 which is the last day they have that they wanted to do a return for whatever reasons they specified. Mercari chooses not to tell you the reason that buyers give for returns or allow you to fight it. They state that they will decide within 3 days as to whether or not the return reason is valid. In this case they took 18 days but not only that they allow the buyer 9 days to ship it back while only allowing 3 for newly purchased listings to be mailed out. I have no doubt that this buyer purchased the lense, realized it didn't fit and gave some bogus reason as to why she needed to return. Now I've been out $250 that I would have had a month ago because of both this buyer and Mercari. Insanely frustrating

Date of experience: February 5, 2021
Ohio
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Terrible Customer Review Policies
December 8, 2021

Purchased item was not as described... item described as "good", however, it contained broken and discolored pieces which were not visible in the photo (on purpose?). You have 3 days to provide a review (who knew?) or Mercari writes a good review. When asking to revise the review Mercari REFUSES. Buyer beware! POC company. Zero stars if available.

Date of experience: December 8, 2021
California
1 review
9 helpful votes
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Mercari tells me not to rate the seller who lied about the phone which was was locked and the seller stated it was unlocked. If I rated the seller, Mercari told me I would not receive a refund so I am rating Mercari. I returned the item but did not receive a refund so the battle goes to the credit card company. Mercari is really a terrible website. I have over 17 years of experience selling on eBay and Mercari is the worst site to try to sell or buy an item.

Date of experience: February 23, 2021
Pennsylvania
1 review
1 helpful vote
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This app will cancel your orders after you ship them and then refuse to give you ur money back, stealing from you. This happened on multiple occasions, and customer service is horrible. You're much better off selling things yourself than using this horrible awful app. If I could rate it a zero I would. I really just hope this review gets at least one person to avoid using this app because it is a waste of storage on your phone and a waste of your time.

Date of experience: January 31, 2023
California
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Terrible Site
October 21, 2021

Purchased something on Mercari. The seller was in communication with me, then all of sudden goes off the map, and cancels my order which put me in a real bind. He does not tell me why, a message from Mercari is that seller is unable to ship. Not only that, we are not able to leave negative reviews, only Mecari can when it is a canceled order. This site is suspect and never use it again.

Date of experience: October 21, 2021
Texas
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Not even worth one star
May 24, 2022

I ordered a gift for my husband and had changed my address the month before. Mercari didn't allow me to remove my old address but I did indict my new home address. My husbands gift was mailed to my old address. Support sided with the seller and gave them 5 stars without any help to me. I had to file a dispute with my bank for my purchase lost. Then Mercari locked my account down and wouldn't let me message anyone or do a thing on my account. I had already purchased another item way before this happened. When I got it, it was spray painted all over and smelled horrible. Due to my previous dispute. They locked me out of my account so I wasn't able to contact that seller. Again, Mercari left 5 stars for me when I wouldn't have ever left that review. This company is a scam. They run from issues and only back the sellers. I'll never buy or sell with them. Stay far away.

Date of experience: May 24, 2022

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.

service
946
value
845
shipping
838
returns
825
quality
799
This company does not typically respond to reviews
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