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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

Overview

Mercari has a rating of 1.2 stars from 2,329 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
+1270