Mercari has a rating of 1.2 stars from 2,367 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers complaining about Mercari most frequently mention customer service, credit card, and phone number problems. Mercari ranks 592nd among Marketplace sites.
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Initially customer service gave me some trouble due to mistaken identity, however the (frustrating) problem was resolved. I must say that I enjoy the simplicity of Mercari. It is a more streamlined method of buying and selling than Ebay.
This web site is terrible. They have pictures of the item but sends you something totally different. For example. The bags are clearly vintage but you receive a brand new fake bag plastic bag. They have so many sellers websites doing this. They are are usually shipping out of Chino, California. You order one thing and receive another. They don't refund money instead they credit.
My son recently bought a pair of shoes for $400 using Mercari. They turned out to be counterfeit despite being advertised as authenticate. We contacted Mercari right away but they refused to process the return and processed the sale instead. We tried hard to seek an answer as to why they would not follow their own policy of not allowing counterfeit sales. No luck. They refused to work with us. Terrible company, terrible customer service, no willingness to overturn a bad decision. Really disappointed. My son now owns a $400 pair of fakes. He worked a long time to earn the money to buy those shoes and now has a nothing to show for it. Tough lesson for a kid to learn that some companies have no interest in doing the right thing. Encourage anyone considering buying or selling with them to reconsider and to use a company that has some principles.
Date of experience: August 30, 2020
Do not sell on Mercari!
App is not user friendly when you need to contact customer service. No live person to speak with.
You will get unexpected shipping fees that will wipe out your earnings. Waste of my time and my energy!… so Basically I'm working/selling items for Free!… giving my items away! I've sold items and received zero earnings!
Absolutely my worst online experience ever!
Date of experience: February 24, 2022
I did not receive the item as listed. I contacted the seller within 3 days. No response from seller. Mercari won't refund the purchase and auto completed a positive review of the seller and closed the sale. They will not remedy after several customer services messages. Don't buy things here.
Tip for consumers:
Don’t trust the listings or think you can get a refund
Products used:
None
Date of experience: December 7, 2022
My personal data, e-mail and account number have been stolen on this website. I was robbed this way. The Mercari website did not react at all to this information. Customer service is awful and never helpful. They always responded "very sorry". My experience is that it is the worst sales portal on the Internet and there are very few places where you can evaluate them, because they either do not allow you to place comments or they control them. Please be careful!
Tip for consumers:
Never use this site
Products used:
Pants, Shoes...
Date of experience: July 10, 2021
I am trying to return an item-a tray with 3 flower pots. The tray has a small hole/crack in the glaze. I have submitted
Photos that are well lit & zoomed in to the
Best of my ability. Evidently I need a professional photographer... There is no telephone support. Beware... do not buy from this site.
Date of experience: August 26, 2017
Selling made faster.
I've sold many things here. This is a place were you can sell faster. I love mercari. I have bought things here too, they make it so safe for buyers to buy and the return policy is great for buyers.
It's easy and stress free. And most people prefer buying here because they go low as 4$ for shipping.
Sure there are scammer customers just like any other websites. It's easy to report on mercari their staff is attentive and helpful.
Date of experience: May 10, 2017
I had recently joined Mercari and have been very active in selling merchandise. During this short period, I had to deal with rude customers trying to scam you by making bad reviews against you. A customer received a sheet of stamps packed in a clear plastic bag with two pieces of cardboard to protect the item. The buyer claimed I didn't pack it right and they were ruined. They wanted to not only keep the item but wanted their money back. There are great buyers out there, but also a few not so nice customers.
Date of experience: March 4, 2020
Customer Service keeps sending the same response. 7 days waiting on review and payment. I have been sending tracking info to representative and still getting same response. Another package delivered to same Individual that did not order. Company is using same fed ex number
Date of experience: May 21, 2020
Sellers and buyers please beware of mercari for your own sanity. This site is dubious and very shady. I came on mercari to sell my laptop which I did on 3/15/2021, had it shipped to the buyer the same day with a mercari prepaid label. Item was said to have delivered the next day 3/16 but buyer stated she never received the item. I contacted mercari via email to file a claim and I was advised by mercari support to contact the shipping carrier. Since then I have been bounced around from one representative to another and still haven't gotten paid for my laptop till now! My item has been shipped alright but mercari refuses to pay me! And now they are saying I have lost my shipping protection because I filed a claim with the shipping carrier whereas mercari support told me to! How do I report this company? Someone please help.
Date of experience: March 27, 2021
I have been selling on mercari awhile now, probably a year and a half. 617 positive ratings. I ship almost daily, had return buyers and requires this income. Tonight I received an email saying I was creating accounts after being suspended, violating their rules, all my listing, over 599 of them, are now inactive and pending deletion. I reached out and was told I had other accounts associated with me, which I don't, and I've never had more than one account. They won't listen and I'm losing a year and half of daily work, my income, and my account that I can't replace. I'm so upset. Never again.
Date of experience: June 1, 2017
Mercari's customer service is $#*! and they don't give a $#*! about sellers, but they certainly protect buyers. People can buy your $#*! and not pay you and they are ok with it. I hope these mother $#*!ers burn in hell, or better yet get hit by a truck and bleed out.
Date of experience: August 7, 2017
Reviews are automated. You have 3 days to write your review, if not, one is auto generated for you. I had 6 sellers not send my purchased items and there's no reprimand if they don't commit to the agreement. This site is so shady!
Tip for consumers:
Sellers are usually unresponsive....don't get your hopes up expecting a bargain, sales don't usually go through!
Date of experience: May 13, 2022
Mercari isn't owning up to a mistake that happened which informed me my purchased item got canceled. I bought a comparable item to replace it. Contacted my seller through no help from Mercari ( had to go through another listing), and having trouble even requesting a return. I keep getting your issue has bee. Resolved or please kindly share what the problem is... AGAIN! Please do not buy or sell with them. The photo is of the response I received after informing them I had falsely been notified that my item was canceled.
Date of experience: October 21, 2020
The fact that they don't let you challenge items or even review sellers after 3 days proves they're a site designed for scammers. I was sent a completely different item than described but because I was out and didn't get the package within 3 days, there's nothing I can do about it.
Date of experience: November 3, 2018
I used to love shopping on mercari for the odd "garage sale" style items you could find a fair price, but now it seems the prices have gone up and the sellers are less reliable. Out of the 4 purchases I have made within the last month I received 1 item and it was broken. I will be deleting the app here shortly and going back to craigslist. Save yourself some time and do the same.
Tip for consumers:
Don't use this app, just go to craigslist
Products used:
music items, electronics, records/vinyl etc
Date of experience: June 1, 2022
I bought an item which the seller termed "in good condition." When it arrived, it was missing a part. I contacted Mercari and asked to return the item for a refund. I just received pre-generated e-mails saying since the seller had " held up their end" they would release my funds to him/her and give me "Mercari credit." I am out $18.00. Don't let this happen to you.
Date of experience: November 19, 2018
I've been very pleased with Mercari. I've had issues and needed customer service help before. They've always been very helpful. I highly suggest you look over their terms and conditions when you begin an account. Most of the complaints I've seen are due to people not following their rules or understanding them.
Date of experience: September 7, 2020
Mercari can be good for certain items. Some people are honest and sell items they describe thoroughly. Other times people sell items describing they are good or like new and you'll get garbage that the homeless wont even take. There's been a couple of times I've tried to return items that I received that were falling apart when arrived. They quickly declined and wont follow up. They copy and past the same message everytime saying sorry but your return doesn't seem like a valid reason. It's soo bizarre because you can clearly see in the picture that certain items are defective. This has me to believe that they dont even look at the pictures or read you're reason for return. It's very frustrating that you cant talk to someone on the phone or explain your side of story. Even when you buy the items and the seller hasn't shipped it in 2 weeks they will make you wait to cancel. Mercari has one the worst customer service that I've ever experienced.
Date of experience: October 11, 2020
When I started selling on Mercari the shipping rates were the best in the industry. I have been selling about a year. For example, 1 to 3 pounds was $5, then it changed to $6.50, and then a few weeks ago $11.50 usps and $9.50 fed ex. That's an increase of $5 increase USPS. That's a huge jump! They only charge 10% to sell, but it appears they either did not negotiate a good rate for sellers or they are making something off the shipping. I will no longer promote this site to sellers. So disappointed.
Date of experience: March 27, 2019
I used them for the first time for these two products. They got both the person going to and the address wrong. And there was no way to provide them feedback until you accepted the item. And once you write the review, can't send the item back. This company is a big laugh. Use only if you want to be fully disappointed.
Tip for consumers:
item sent to the wrong person
Products used:
mini figures
Date of experience: July 4, 2023
Requested a refund because seller didn't ship item during the specified time of 3 business days. I contacted Mercari about refunding by money. I cant get a response from them now. They want me to beg the seller, and leave it up to him for the shipping date
Tip for consumers:
Don't
Date of experience: January 28, 2021
They charge for prepaid shipping labels and when you try to track them sometimes it doesn't work and when I say sometimes I mean about 50 to 60% of the time. So you pay money for a prepaid shipping label that says you can track it and then mercari proceeds to give you an invalid tracking number or a tracking number that can't update and then on top of that they leave it up to the buyer to acknowledge if they receive the item or not. And not all buyers are honest so as a seller cause this has happened to me numerous times. I've sold items package them up shipped them to the buyer and then mercari kept the payout. The buyer kept the item and I got screwed on both. This is a common business practice for mercari. They are downright pathetic and grimy platform and their criminal business practices will get them shut down in time.
Tip for consumers:
mercari is a pathetic company.
Date of experience: December 14, 2023
Selling platform is super easy to use. Customer support is absolutely terrible and they do nothing at all to help you. They also give way too much power to the buyers making sellers wait days weeks months at a time to get compensated because a buyer doesn't feel like making a simple rating.
Date of experience: December 15, 2022
Don't ever use this site. They are scam artists. I just purchased a vintage tee shirt through poshmark for $20 not including shipping which was supposed to arrive in 3-5 days. Nothing yet. Today I see the identical shirt being sold for $30 on Mercari through a seller named Flip. I reported this to PayPal this morning. I decided to to through the sign up process to message Flip, the seller, about this issue and if he knew anything about it. Mercari deleted my message. I sent another message asking why my message was deleted. Nothing. I took photos of a new message with it also being deleted within seconds.
I get that my initial issue is through poshmark but there is something going on that is not right when Mercari won't allow messages to the seller of a product I purchased and have yet to receive.
Products used:
Vintage tee shirt
Date of experience: August 17, 2021
I've been with mercari for years and have over 1,000 positive reviews. My mercari account was hacked and they bought $1,300 in tennis shoes. Tried to get sellers to change address. Mercari caught on and canceled the transactions and blocked my account. I notified my bank of the bogus mercari charges and filed a claim (still pending). It took 3 days to re-activate my account during which I received a empty box I had paid $240 for. Since my account was frozen mercari rated the transaction and released the money. They nicely told me I'm out of luck. Seriously. ZERO protection from these crooks.
Date of experience: October 14, 2022
I just wasted $270 on a sewing machine I've really been wanting. It was advertised as brand new in the box. It was not. It was most definitely used, smelled like an ashtray and was missing parts. I put in a negative review, not realizing that this would close my purchase and send the money to the scammer that sold me the used sewing machine. This isn't ebay - there seems to be no buyer protection in place or anything else. I will go through my credit card company and see if I can get some satisfaction there.
Date of experience: January 4, 2018
This is Mercari: The Selling App. The fast and easy way to sell or buy almost anything.
We're sorry to hear there was an issue with your purchase and a accidental rating was issued! When a rating is submitted, funds are released to your seller and the transaction is completed. For future reference, please keep in mind that a buyer has 3 full days to rate or request a return for the item not being as described in the listing. Its best to reach out to us as soon as possible, and if we approve the return, we'll also provide a return label. If you write into us at contact@mercari.com we'll be sure to review your transaction to see if there is anything we can do to help. We look forward to hearing from you!^DE