Mercari

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Michigan
1 review
1 helpful vote
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This app is full of rude and entitled white people who think they can talk to anybody any kinda way but what theyd dont know about me is that i have another account on mercari. I have 2 accounts and if someone wants to talk crazy to me then block me i will log into my other account and cuss them out because I am not the one!. Another compliant i have is how much they take from sellers. The fee is crazy. There is also a poor lack of customer service and they always seem to take the buyers side.

Date of experience: December 10, 2021
California
2 reviews
0 helpful votes
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"New" watch was broken but denied return
August 28, 2023

Bought a Swatch listed as "New". It arrived and didn't work. The packaging had been opened so I took it out and checked for a battery. The insides of the watch had been somehow twisted so the battery wasn't accessible. Sent a return request with pictures of this watch along with an actual new one. They denied the return because I had opened the battery compartment.
I should have researched the seller, they had just created their page, this was the only item, they said from Texas but the return address on the package doesn't exist and tracking shows that it actually came from Florida. Even with all of this now obvious fraud, Mercari said sorry because I opened the battery compartment to see why the watch wasn't working. Mercari is a place for scams.

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Date of experience: August 28, 2023
North Carolina
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Scam
March 2, 2020

I placed an order for razor, immediately I was bombarded by junk mail trying to make me download app (s). After few days instead of my paid order I got this unbelievable stupid message from seller:

Hello! Thank you for your purchase! When preparing to package your razors, I realized that the package of disposable razors my husband used without telling me. I am so sorry. I do have a new package of the Schick Quattro razor that comes with two 4 bladed cartridges I would be happy to replace. This package is not the disposable throw always though. If that doesn't suffice, I am happy to accept your order cancellation. Please let me know how to proceed. Thank you for your understanding.
L's Closet.

Date of experience: March 2, 2020
Texas
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Mercari locked me out of my account. 2 weeks before Christmas and are still holding my funds. It's been 8 months with over 100 emails sent. No reply phone calls. They give me the same forwarded message & when they have requested any info I've sent it back x5... And with a few hours they fed me a message saying that they've closed my inquiry. They have my kids Christmas from last year 400$'s + that they won't direct deposit to me or allow me to regain access to my account...

Date of experience: August 1, 2021
New York
1 review
6 helpful votes
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Mercari suspended my account for no good reason, They were demanding my social security number and my drivers license number. They said they want to make sure that I am not funding TERRORISM... I am a grandmother and I sold some jewelry from my mothers estate, she recently passed. Mercari is not allowing me to direct deposit my money into my bank account from my sales. They are stealing $198.00 from me. I just keep getting a message from them stating that they want all of my personal information. I will be calling channel 12 news. Do not sell on this site, you will regret it. There is no way to speak to anyone. All I keep getting are messages that sound robotic...

Date of experience: November 7, 2016
Kentucky
9 reviews
106 helpful votes
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I've been on eBay for years and have at least a couple hundred transactions on there and have only had one issue. That's like a.5% issue rate. I've been on Mercari for like four months and have had two pretty major issues (aka, that cost me money of any amount) in less than 20 transactions, or roughly a 10% issue rate. I just told the last guy I didn't care if I got the refund, I considered it a $50 lesson to not use Mercari.

Edit: More orders have been messed up. Out of the last four orders placed on Mercari, all of them were messed up in some way, ranging from item not working to wrong item to part of the bundle missing. Review changed to '1'. Mercari needs investigated. Too much is going on for Mercari themselves not to know.

Date of experience: January 5, 2023
Nevada
1 review
2 helpful votes
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It's been over 2 weeks now and they still haven't processed my W9 form while locking my whole account and not letting me answer customers even! Just letting me tarnish my name on there while they take their sweet time! They also stopped responding to my messages after 2 days lol what a joke of a company, STAY AWAY!

Date of experience: February 3, 2022
New Hampshire
1 review
5 helpful votes
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A great selling platform. While there are some minor flaws, they have been constantly working to make improvements. I really appreciate the low selling fees and easy to use interface! Customer service wasn't the greatest in the past, but recently, they have resolved every issue I have had in a timely fashion!

I also enjoy occasionally shopping on the app, I find the search features work well to show what I'm looking for.

Date of experience: December 18, 2018
Washington
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Sellers beware
August 18, 2021

Buyers will damage your item and request for a return and mercari, despite your multiple good reviews of everyone saying that their purchases have been delivered in perfect condition, will believe the buyer and you will be left with a damaged item. Always check the buyer because mercari's customer service is $#*! and they will not defend the seller. Literally why would I sell something that is damaged since that's one of the reasons they could return it?! My buyer wasn't even the same size S why I sold to her and too bad I found out too late or else I would have rejected or cancelled her order. But then again, it will show up that you cancelled an order and work against your ratings. Horrible system.

Date of experience: August 18, 2021
Texas
1 review
3 helpful votes
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You get easily banned on there for doing something as silly as "promoting acc listings"
And then have to wait 24 hrs to even see if your gonna get banned or what not, it's been a good 1 1/2 days since I got my privileges provoked for "24 hrs" and still haven't gotten an email or anything saying that I've been banned or reinstated. Would not recommend if you plan on using it as your main source of money because your likely to get banned or end up like me. Also customer is absolutely crap it takes a good 8 hours to even get an email saying they have received it. If it wasn't being my main source of income I'd quit

Date of experience: July 16, 2020

Overview

Mercari has a rating of 1.2 stars from 2,392 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
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value
844
shipping
837
returns
824
quality
798
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