Depop has a rating of 1.2 stars from 260 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers complaining about Depop most frequently mention customer service, buyer protection, and many times problems. Depop ranks 694th among Marketplace sites.
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Best quality fast shipping and good customer contact! 100% Best 👌 thank you a lot! Shoes are perfect
I'm a new user. Never sold clothes online before. I posted some shoes. And then get banned with no reason and no notice. Customer service won't tell you anything or help you. They just say "final correspondence".
EDIT: As of several hours after publicizing this review and attempting to reach out to Depop Support, they have continued removing my items with no reason stated and no response to my inquiries. Boycott this company and their malicious and biased attacks on small businesses.
I've been selling authentic vintage clothing online and at in-person markets for years. I am a small business, and I depend on my income from my business. I don't use Depop much and my following on there is small; nonetheless I have nothing but 5 star reviews. Recently I reported a user for blatant search manipulation / fraudulent listing practices (literally listing an item under a brand name it was not) because I got tired of wading through HUNDREDS of false listings to find an item I wanted (Depop allows so many sellers to break and bend the rules, because they don't pay any attention). So what happened? I woke up to an email that literally my most popular "liked" item that had been up for months had been removed without any explanation for "listing practices" with THE MOST condescending email. It is SO OBVIOUS that this was a completely personal and petty strike against my account for complaining and a shot at me as a smaller seller. All of my listings are identical, in a few years on Depop I have never once been reported or had interference like this for any reason. Someone on support apparently was having a bad day and took it out on my account. These are the kind of repulsive human beings that are in control at this app and this is what one should expect when using it. In a time with so much hatred and undercutting in the world, no one needs this, Depop.
As another has stated, its run by vindictive staff who try to target & sabotage smaller sellers, whilst bigger ones can run amok and do what they please. Including stealing and using my photos which isnt even legal!
The past few days every item I've listed they instant removed. I've just now had another 30 removed and a email from a maria saying this is my last warning before account suspended. I replied back to her to point out where the valentino bra I'd uploaded BREACHED any rules eventually I got a reply of " this email address is not monitored message not recieved" bull she so got that message noticed they show pics of items removed but not the description so you cant pick them apart. I was originally targeted by another seller on my first removals ( I knew who and confronted them) but now it's just Depop agents being petty at small sellers who will have the audacity to question them, very unprofessional, they're like vindictive kids. Actually targeting their own incomes gonna cut down some of their jobs, they're gonna be sorry when karma hits. I use to just reupload all items only a copy paste job but this time I've re uploaded only 4 I honestly cant be bothered with them no more. It's just run by malicious staff & the sites full of timewasters. I've had abuse of buyers in past but then I was the one given the warning by depop and told they're not going to say anything to the other person lol. Also be very careful they manage to steal money out of one of my bank accounts that wasnt even connected to PayPal and hadnt been in months and had never been to do with depop
DO NOT BUY *******@ALLEXABARON she claimed that her paypal wasn't working so i had to use something called "Cash App" she took my money and then a few days later has blocked me
Tip for consumers:
Make sure to pay through the BUY button
Try to avoid as much as possible. I VE BEEN SCAMMED INSIDE THE APP, ive lost 400 hundred pounds when a Depop staff asked me to confirm my card details for my first registration.
Totally horrible...after every logout i need a new passwort, because i will not be recognized as a existing customer...Helpservice is absolutelly not able for support...HORRIBLE!
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totally horrible.....after every logout i need a new passwort, because i will not be recognized as a existing customer.....Helpservice is absolutelly not able for support.....HORRIBLE!!!!!!
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Jacket
Depop doesn't know how rip-offs operate online, so they're always in the dark about what to do. In short, they let scammers get away. If anyone needs a website to scam on, this is the one! An unhip place for hipsters to scam.
There are rating systems in place, in online market places, in case a buyer receives a bad item, for a reason. So you can let everyone know there's a scammer. NOT ON DEPOP! EVEN IF you leave bad feedback for a bad seller, Depop will mark your review as 5 star anyway! NOTE TO REVIEW LEAVERS: Make sure you're clear in the review about what the seller did wrong, the star system does not function (that or the people working there are very shady individuals). IT MAKES ZERO SENSE FOR A BUSINESS TO ENABLE SCAMMERS ON THEIR WEBSITE. If your business is known to harbor rip-offs (a negative) and honest people get ripped off (a BIG negative. They have the money!) then honest people won't return to your site (seeing a pattern here? BAD.) which means the only people left... ARE RIP-OFFS! Good job, Depop! You'll learn eventually. Not today unfortunately...
Tip for consumers:
some of the members of the user base here are playing games, you'll find out which ones soon enough. I would say it more plainly, but I was banned for noticing a pattern.
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ALL.
At this point I'm going to take ALL of my things off Depop and sale elsewhere! The fees are RIDICULOUS! I feel like I'm just giving away my stuff for FREE AT THIS POINT!
Platform has unclear policies and is not a safe platform for handling money! Wouldn't recommend to anyone!
Tip for consumers:
Don’t use this site
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Clothing
Worst place to buy anything, full of scammers. I hv been scammed twice. So many counterfeit good, depop doesn't respond to any reports either.
For the 3rd or 4th time in the year or less I've been using Depop, I've yet again purchased something from a verified user who is ACTIVE, has ACTIVE LISTINGS, POSITIVE REVIEWS - and not only do they NEVER ship my item (after a week) but they have not once responded to any comments, messages about where item is or what's going on, or even the Paypal dispute I had to open to get my money back. And guess what? THEY'VE BEEN ACTIVE EVERY DAY THE ENTIRE TIME (the app tells you on the person's profile when they were last active on the app) and what does Depop do? Nothing. Absolutely nothing. This EXACT scenario has happened to me several other times, and every single time the person is allowed to keep buying and selling without repercussions. Depop doesn't have standards - all they care about are ratings from dumbsh*t, useless, phone-addicted teenagers, like all of the ones who have tried and failed to scam me.
Also, enough with this "influencer" garbage. The only people who are considered "influencers" on Depop are all of the kids still living with their parents, not having to pay rent or work a job like the rest of us while they "build their brand" and "disrupt the industry" - because guess what? They have the free time and the complete lack of responsibilities to facilitate that.
1st:
Many buyers are scammers. They use treats to make off your items like: pretended didn't receive the items, or said that your items are not authentic. Which you have tracking number and requested signature, and you are 100% sure the item you sold are original which you bought from official stores back in the days. So paypal and depot will refund their money, so they will have the money and NEVER send back the items to me. Which means, they have the money and the items! What a disgusting selling path. I have sell on Ebay, Etsy and i also have my own website, i never experienced such a disgusting selling experiences.
2nd: And Depop never stand on your side, their customer service will never get to reply you (funny right?) not even one reply, i am curious about how they run this business.
3rd: Also Depop they are TOTALLY LACK of Vintage luxury items knowledges, they will keep removing your Vintage items said its not original. This is totally unbelievable, which i have been selling vintage items all my life and this is my main professional. I requested to talk to the so called depot verify expert, they have no reply which means they refuse it right?. WHY? Because they know we are more experienced on vintage them them, and they just want keep some face. Or this is how to make off our seller's money too. Because they took 10% commissions for every sales, but if there have any disputes then that 10% will not give back to buyer. Which means seller loses their products, money and still need to pay off the extra 10% commission that they took off from seller from EACH sales. Ridiculous!
As a experienced 15 years of seller on the internet with excellent reputation. If Depop didn't improve this serious problems what i mentioned above. They will end up fail in this business and closed.
Think twice before you join them as seller.
Bought a pair of boots for $90 - never arrived. Depop took no responsibility, just referred me to PayPal. I don't recommend this site.
The site post pics of new name Brand products that they Do not Sell! Just so you can sign up to their website. Sad!
Same experience of everyone else on here. Had a great account, great feedback. Had my account suspended. Yet I had listed items I'd bought off other sellers who had active not suspended accounts. They claimed my items were used - ok so what impression are you giving allowing people to sell you items that then when they re list them, you close their account down for? Your site sells these things. They breach all major rules in the cosmetic industry claiming perfume and other items are health and safety risks. This is false, no high end beauty company risks customers safety with perfume testers available for the public to use. These are sealed containers. Impossible to contaminate. Depop is a disgrace and if they are unregulated and an app promoting second hand items - they should not be closing people's accounts down. And keeping the extortionate fees, not refunding those. Offer no customer service for the fees charged unlike eBay. If you have a problem they pass you off to paypal. Absolutely disgusting app which is over run by scammers and sad little girls in bedrooms who are jealous if you complain about an item they've scammed you for and try to report your items to get your account shut. Too $#*!y, too backstabbing and the awfulness of social media - trolling and vinducituve behaviour, is allowed on here which results in innocent sellers getting targeted, abused and then their account shut down. Depop doesn't care and this app should be shut down. It's not in line with any laws, their beauty section is a mess, they take all your listings down then close your account down. But support scammers! Grace is rude and doesn't care, I've reported then to reading standards and taking legal action against them. I advise everyone else too aswell. The more people who complain to trading standards and legally the sooner this app will have to change.
I'm a seller, who has sold 90 items there with all of 5 stars good reviews.
I know I'm not a big seller at Depop compared to those sellers who sold thousands of items. But I think I shouldn't be treated like this!
They send me an email to notify me:
You have double accounts, so we deactivated both of your accounts because you violate our policies.
How can I know I can't have another account? I didn't use that account for like 2 years, just for this ridiculous reason, they deactivate both of my accounts.
Also, I checked my email box every day, I received their email to let me delete the other account no more than 1 day. They can't even wait 24 hours to get my permit.
Then they removed many of my listings. When I logged my account again, they move upward all of my sold out listing and move downward all of my still selling stuff. It makes people feel like this is a deactived account.
One listing is removed because I include another brand's name. I'm not spam, I just describe the tweed jacket's STYLE as similar to Chanel's classical tweed jacket.
Other items because I used the official website's model pictures.
Alright, first, is there anyone really reading your policies line by line before using an App?
Even though I violated your policies, since you can send me messages and emails to notify me you have removed my listings, why can't you notify sellers to change to modify their listings within one day? Even though I used official website photos, I write the descriptions and measured the clothing by myself. All of these things spend my time!
They also removed my listing just because I include one Brand's name, even though all of the photos are taken by myself.
That is what they will do to the seller's account!
They won't give you second chance or don't want to think of what is a more acceptable way.
I realized this is totally a disgusting company using some beautiful slogans and mission statements to cover their rude behaviors.
They stated that all they do is for building a better community. Okay, I think your community is only composed of BUYERS instead of SELLERS, right? Because you treat Depop sellers as $#*!. Without any respect.
Do not buy anything on this site it is full of scammers who will ship you empty candy boxes and try to taje your money.
I recently downloaded the app to purchase some sneakers my sister wanted. She sent me the link and I ordered them. After I ordered the sneakers she comes back to me and tell me she realize this were fake and she didn't want them. I didn't feel safe buying fake sneakers so I reached out to the seller And and never answered me back until 2 days later. I was worried so I reached out to the app costumer service and PayPal. Let me tell you PayPal is a joke and fraud! They refuse to help me get my money back they told me I had to wait to receive the item and once I receive it to make a claim with them they will give the seller 10 days to respond and after I might get my money. Like I had no choice to change my mind! I reached don't to the seller again I requested a refund the seller said she will process the refund and next thing you know I get a notification that my item was shipped. When I tried to go back on the app my username and email "didn't exit". This is all bull and a scam. I emailed the app kelp desk but I'm pretty sure they are all scamming. So I'll be reporting them with my credit card company. BIG FRAUD DO NOT PURCHASE FROM HERE. INSTEAD OF RESOLVING MY ISSUE THEY DELETED MY ACCOUNT.
To quote the other users review, "Be fraudulent, be rude, be depop'. Contact Trading Standards and BBC Watchdog
Use Vinted or eBay instead because Depop is run by a bunch of out of date hipster morons. They harass honest sellers with good reviews yet seem to overlook/not notice the thousands of fake accounts set up to con people out of their money. They constantly delete items you list - FOR NO REASON (they have a list of reasons as to why they delete items but none of mine fell under them so when I contacted them to point this out, apparently I need to provide receipts to prove what I was selling is mine - absolutely pathetic excuse). They have hundreds of vinage sellers whom they promote (who by the way break their "rules of selling" by using irrelevant hashtags but instead of deleting their items, they promote them on the popular page - favouritism at its finest or should I say worst); do the vintage sellers provide receipts for their second hand goods they're selling? I think not. Don't use this app if you want to constantly be harassed by imbeciles who work at depop yet they still can't provide any kind of customer service. My account has now been suspended due to supposedly being linked to another account (which it wasn't) & I've gone back & forth with the "support" team, to no avail. They won't tell me what account I was apparently linked to (because I wasn't), so then the response was I infringed their "terms of use" so my account won't be reinstated -?!? So it's either my account was linked to another or I infringed their terms of use (which I never received any emails about either), the people that run this app all need to be fired because they are utterly awful & completely shocking. I urge anyone who has also had the same appalling treatment to contact Trading Standards on ******* ******* & email BBC Watchdog on watchdog(@)bbc.co.uk please keep all email correspondence with the depop staff as evidence too.
Scam site. No business. Total waste of time and space. I kill it on vinted but this ste Depop. DONT EVEN BOTHER.
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No I want to close my account.
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None. Can’t sell anything on this site. It’s rubbish
You can tell trustpilot reviews of Depop those with "invited" are selectively invited by Depop to write reviews, not all the people find them good the reviews are being manipulated make to believe they are good are indeed poor, those reviews who aren't "invited" are then the genuine reviews, in trustpilot it always ask before you post "i am eligible to leave this review and have not been offered any incentive or payment to leave a review for this company" meaning you leave a genuine comment not one that has been bribe. The app simply wasted a lot of genuine seller's time to remove them for the smallest reason, supposedly you are meant to sell your secondhand goods that you don't wear but they went miles to remove them after you list - are they not time waster? The sellers had no protection whatsoever and they get scammed ever so often yet Depop kept all the scammer in there to kick out the genuine seller, these fools behind scene doesn't seem to be able to discern between right and wrong, black or white, some of those work behind scene are so arrogant and proud when dealing an issue, it's a matter of time for you to find out they are nothing helpful yet they kept sending you emails asking to review them tbh they have very low EQ and doesn't know human interaction and relationship in sales. Don't Waste your time building up your business in Depop, they took 13% fees and not long after they remove you for a stupid reason. I totally agree Vinted is growing and will soon overtake, more importantly 0% fees. I listed L'Occitane with vinted for only 5minutes someone bought the item which I had the same listed on Depop for over a month no one buys them.
Purchased a dress from *******@ccrauh and she told me she would only be able to ship on Jan 15th so I emailed her on the night of the 15th to ask if she had a chance to ship the dress or when to expect shipment. I did not hear back from her for a few days so I got upset that it had been over five weeks total now and she has ALWAYS been difficult to reach even when her profile says ACTIVE TODAY. So she still hasn't shipped my item so I opened a dispute with PayPal which finally got her attention and she made so many excuses for it such as being busy with school. I was understanding at first until she couldn't find a printer to print the label then when she finally did and shipped the item it CAME BACK TO HER because the label expired! I was understanding again and asked when she could resend it. Again no information no updates no communication nothing! I was livid at this point so I escalated the dispute and she came FULL ON DISRESPECTING ME calling ME insane and impatient when she's the one who can't get her life together to ship one item? I am insane for waiting for five weeks believing her fraudulent lies. This woman is a psychotic bully and expects everyone to be understanding of her situation while she doesn't care about anyone else's. Depop avoided the situation about three times and when they finally looked into the messages they said there was nothing they could do. Depop let's scammers get away with bullying and fraudulent activity.
Tip for consumers:
Avoid this site at all cost
Hello as many of you guys know depop has a lot of cons within the app. I have sold on depop around a year, I so far have made 1,600 sales I built my credibility and what not but depop has tooken so much money I think they have been taking double the "fee" because I can sell something for 40 dollars and end up with 29? Also depop is dying and I'm afraid it's my only source of income their customer service is terrible they only side with the buyers I once shipped a girl a 50 dollar top they then said they "never" recived it even though it shows it was sent to San Francisco she made a huge scandal calling me a scammer like 80 people commented under my items "scammer" etc I sent the info to depop and PayPal they both sides with the buyer after that I got my account suspended 3 times for bfe even though hundreads of top sellers do so, if they don't like you they'll make sure to limit your exposure I got into 2 fights with these moderators who deleted my account for false pretenses they said they can't lift the ban until 10 days even after it was proven false, now my sales are $#*! I am thankful for depop since I made around 90k this year however they have horrible service..
Tip for consumers:
Make sure to always take photos of usps receipt
I was a seller on Depop for just over a year with a good reputation, good reviews and zero issues.
On Tuesday December 27, I posted a replica (fake) skull head with mounted hardware included on the back. I stated in the title and multiple times in the listing that it was, indeed, not real. The listing was public for three days.
On Friday December 30th, I received an email from Depop stating that the item had been removed per their "Prohibited and Restricted Items" and "infringement on their rules". Within just two minutes I received another email stating that my account had now been permanently banned. I was never given a chance to make it right, if there was a problem or threat.
The only contact I had was through email, and I was passed around to about 4 or 5 different customer service individuals who call themselves "Team Depop". Their customer service is appalling. None of them could even provide a category that the item fell under, as I was told different things.
Per their policy, Depop states that they "will work with a user to rectify a situation", but I was never given that chance. They made an assumption which was a mistake, and I am now no longer able to even get on the app or website. They told me to "consider myself permanently banned", and "any new accounts made will also be banned and reported".
On top of the item that was removed, they eventually told me that I posed a threat to the Depop community. Their allegations are preposterous and demeaning, as I did nothing wrong.
Defamation aside, the biggest issue and my reason for going public is because I sold two items on the platform to one buyer the week of Christmas. The items were delivered yesterday, January 3. Depop was, and still is, refusing to release those funds made.
I have those emails, the screenshots from the Depop communication as well as my information and details on the listing/item in question. I also have the information and shipping information from the last sale that Depop is refusing to release the funds from. I have since posted videos on social media and YouTube calling this for what it is. NO business has ANY right to withhold funds that are yours.
I am willing to do all that I can to be justified and to, most importantly, receive the funds that are mine. I don't know, legally, how they are able to do this as I am not sure what happens to funds sitting idle.
They have since ceased all communication with me. If you use or sell on this platform, I would highly recommend shutting it down because this ludicrous situation could happen to you. I will execute all of my avenues to get what is owed to me.
Tip for consumers:
I would be very careful because if this happened to me, it could happen to anyone and before you know it, you are WIPED from the website with no further communication with customer service. Any business that keeps your funds from you should be shut down. Period.
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During my time on Depop I sold close to 50 items and was highly reviewed 40-something times. I have also purchased from the platform. I really enjoyed my time and it is a shame Depop has done what they have done.
SOLD NOTHING IN 2 MONTHS. SALES ARE GEAT ON POSHMARK AND MERCARI. DEPOP WANTS TO BEAT YOU DOWN THE SELL YOUR STUFF ON THEIR SITES.
Depop allows users to publicly engage in the platform with account names like SUCKDIXXX, $#*!NERS, TWATSTITCH etc without a blink the same way they don't bat an eye at the outrageous amount of counterfeit handbags... the reports sent are never looked at and the listings are never authenticated, removed etc but that HOW DID WE DOOOOO!?!?!?!? Email is always in my inbox hours later. I reported a scammer after noticing sketchy listings and again after I messaged her back when she reached out to me... being a sketchy scammer that no one (except for Depop) has any time or patience for. I know that Depop finally read that "report" because I was banned for being a THREAT to the "Depop Community" :/ She's still scamming people on Depop though :) Want some icing on this cake? After banning me "Tara" from Customer Service emailed that she hopes I understand that although I'm an "immediate threat" to the community she needs me to help her confirm information about this scammer... who they still allow to scam (ehhem, I mean sell) on the platform. WHAT? No Tara no, sorry... double standards galore!
Depop is where the world's creatives come to buy, sell and discover the most inspiring and unique things.
Hey Shea, could you elaborate please? This doesn't sound like us at all.
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