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California
2 reviews
5 helpful votes
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$#*! this place
March 30, 2017

Basically a $#*!ty yardsale. Everyone wants things for $5. So much fake makeup and purses. Oh and if you even say a wrong word on the app, their $#*!y customer service people will "kindly" correct you. Poshmark is 1000% bettee

Date of experience: March 30, 2017
California
1 review
4 helpful votes
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Worse online website you can sell or shop!
January 17, 2023

I purchased five items and not reciprocated any of them! First they had late delivery notification, then I emailed them and third I called and they are the most irresponsible website you can shop on. Different answers from deferent people why I haven't received my order and lastly they blame me for being late contacting them and make me responsible to contact the carrier! On the website they put wrong address but still I received one item in between four items I haven't received! Do not truest or sell or purchase on Mecary!

Date of experience: January 17, 2023
North Carolina
1 review
1 helpful vote
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I bought floodlights from seller after he accepted my offer. I completely paid for the item and waiting for having it shipped. Very next day a seller cancelled the order and sold it to someone with more money. Later stated that I should have paid more with ring camera. Later he blocked me from buying anything. I complained mercari about this what he did and showed all proof sadly mercari didn't anything about this wrong doing and let seller have selling account. Seller account info: rjh. Esww in the picture attached.

Date of experience: February 14, 2022
Texas
2 reviews
7 helpful votes
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Customer service is so so one time it's good then next person sounds like a 5th grader. Mercari has no phone number to contact them. They take 10% of your sale but cant spring for customer REAL service via phone? AND to top it off the apps not compatible with both my tablet & I pad!?
Only my phone is comparible which makes it more difficult since my phone dosent take great pics. Which in return can cost you sales... which equals money. I prefer Ebay BUT whatever your selling theres ******* other people selling the same item hence me using Mercari.

Date of experience: August 8, 2019
New York
1 review
3 helpful votes
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Don't use Mercari!
February 26, 2019

I can say a lot about Mercari! First, I definitely not recommend to use this platform for sellers! They don't have customer service and support at all! Competitors can easily report that you sell counterfeit items and Mercari delete your listing immediately. Even if you will send them proves... they can suspend your account unreasonably, based on someone opinion. Mercari makes things too complicated! When you register, it takes few minutes. After I sent them proves that my item is authentic, they requested ID verification, after that-Checking account ID verification. You should scan you passport, driver license or UD, then make selfie! It's rediculous. No one platform makes the things like that! And believe me, doesn't make sense to email them. You receive robotics answers by someone's name. They don't take care and don't even try to figure out what's going on! Don't use Mercari!

Date of experience: February 26, 2019
New York
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Scammed
August 20, 2023

Sent buyer 1930 art deco lamp shade when she received said was in pcs pic she showed Marci wasn't broken had something on top could been any other broken pc Marci canceled order and i don't get item back or get paid for it cant even get hold customer support

Date of experience: August 20, 2023
Ohio
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Spent 3 months on site, grossed over $3k, 5 stars, 100% positive reviews. I'm co-owner of luxury merchandise and my employees are also being kicked off. They do not use any of my information, products are all authenticated within mercari. Soon as sale is made they close the account. The biggest issue is after accounts are closed they send information to other buy/sell sites which gives me hell trying to sell. Yes we have a company site however marketplace shops are excellent source for our products to be seen. We still follow rules, we do not talk about our boutique or give information to send buyers to our site, we pay all the fees like everyone else. Not only is money being held but we are losing credibility with other marketplace Ecommerce sites. Big issie

Date of experience: July 6, 2021
Illinois
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Mercari is a terrible place for sellers and a haven for buyers out to steal and scam. I recently sold a pair of new Ferragamo loafers to a buyer ("W"). For some reason the buyer canceled the order after they were delivered (perhaps they didn't fit or he changed his mind). Because I don't accept returns, he went ahead and falsely accused me of prohibitive behavior to cancel the order, which in turn got my account restricted before they even reviewed anything (and I'm still waiting for this review - they're very slow). Totally unfair and unacceptable how a seller could be so powerless in this situation. Now my account is wrongfully restricted pending review, I don't have money from the sale, and I don't have my shoes. It's a terrible process that handicaps sellers and makes them too vulnerable. Shame on you Mercari. Never selling on your platform again. Poshmark and Vestiare collective are far superior, for sellers anyway.

Date of experience: July 9, 2023
Missouri
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Used to love mercari, have been using it for a few years now. I recently bought a pair air jordans off here. When they arrived, they were clearly not the ones shown in the picture - they're reps, and pretty bad ones too. I requested a refund (something I have done before with no problem), and provided pictures from every angle very clearly showing what was wrong with the item. After waiting a day, they finally responded, saying I had to provide even more photos, which wouldn't have been an issue, but I was visiting family for the weekend and couldn't send them within 24hr. I asked if I could have longer and they told me I could, then closed my return request after the original 24hr window.

Date of experience: May 22, 2023
Georgia
1 review
1 helpful vote
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I bought a coach wallet from Mercari I received it reaping with cigarette when i asked for a refund customer service told me no since they could not smell it. Unbelievable it smell like a wet ashtray i gag when i opened the package it was really bad they told me to sell it to someone else knowing what it smell like. So I advistise it being a ashtray wallet they will not give me my $50.00 back

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Date of experience: July 22, 2023
Illinois
2 reviews
5 helpful votes
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The buyers on Mercari becomes a scam as well. The buyer acted as if she wanted to purchase a item she even directed me where to buy the vanilla go card at Walmart. My mind was so vulnerable at the time going through other issues in my life not thinking the buyer scamming with Mercari to get more money After purchasing my gift card, buyer or Mercari doesn't exist. Please help. I just want my refund to continue to take care my babies. Also Mecari blocked all our messages which is still shown in my email. They have multiple emails an most of them are scams

Date of experience: March 16, 2022
California
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Buyer BEWARE!
June 21, 2024

Buyer BEWARE! I just purchased a bathing suit that was NWT. The suit arrived with discoloration and was defective. Mercari did not refund my money or allow me to return the defective bathing suit. They said, it was "as described." This is horrific and as far as I am concerned, theft. Shame on them and the seller that shipped this to me!

Date of experience: June 21, 2024
Colorado
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Disappointed
December 5, 2017

Paid $111.00 on the 2nd only to have seller cancel on 4th. Had no clue as no email. Weeks to get my money back, yet taken from my acct in seconds! How unfair. As the one who lost out, they should act promptly. Past had no refund on broken, counterfeit item as only a 3 day window to get it back. Watch didn't even work. I'm sure some good sellers (experienced a few plus I am an honest seller) things happen but this is unacceptable. Gave several chances, no more! Goodbye Mercari. Please send my refund!

Date of experience: December 5, 2017
Mercari R. Mercari Rep
over a year old

We're sorry you had a transaction cancelled a couples days after it was purchased. When a purchase is made, Mercari charges the buyer immediately but holds the funds until the item is delivered and a rating is issued. When a transaction is cancelled we issue a refund immediately, but it can take 5-10 days for funds to reflect in your account depending on your bank. If you have further questions or concerns regarding your refund or return requests, please reach out to us by emailing contact@mercari.com. Thanks!^DE

New York
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Very disappointing.
February 5, 2022

Seller canceled my purchase without any note or explanation, and then blocked my account so I couldn't communicate to ask why. No penalty for the seller. Mercari has no customer service. Total waste of time. Reading other reviews, apparently it's common practice for sellers to not ship items on the site. Very disappointing.

Date of experience: February 5, 2022
Florida
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Love This Site/App
July 2, 2018

I've had really good experiences with this site/app both as a buyer and a seller. They charge a fee of 10% to the seller and release the funds within 3 days of the buyer receiving the item, or when review reciprocation is complete (the buyer provides a positive review plus seller provides a positive review of the buyer), whichever comes first. I've had no problems with any of my sales or purchases except I could not get a coupon code to work on my first order. I found out later that it was because the coupon worked only on the app, and not on the website. This site is a great alternative to eBay and other online stores.

Date of experience: July 2, 2018
Mercari R. Mercari Rep
over a year old

Hi Michelle,

Thanks for the kind words! We appreciate you using our platform, and hope you have a fun time buying and selling!

Best,
Team Mercari

New Jersey
2 reviews
1 helpful vote
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Mercari sucks
April 22, 2023

Mercari cut me permanently because of a credit card situation that happened having to do with my credit card. Someone had stolen the card and racked tons of money using Mercari. They didn't want to hear that and cut me off for good. Don't bother with these people. They're just as crooked as Ebay is. No other online shopping website does what theses low class jackasses did. I explained the situation to them thoroughly and the next day with no warning whatsoever they cut me off from buying and/or selling on their website. They don't care about the customer only how much they can fit in their wallets. I was humiliated and embarassed. If you don't want what happened to me than don't do business with this website.

Date of experience: April 22, 2023
Virginia
1 review
8 helpful votes
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I would give -1 star if I could. They banned my Account for no reason and said I can get the deposit after 180 days.
Okay, so I waited and the release date finally came. I receive an email from Mercari saying "you can request a direct deposit now, and we will delete your account after the deposit". So I was try to logging in the app and found the app logged me out automatically already, then I'm not able to login again. So I reset my password 5 times, even use a password easy like "qqqqqq", the app still give me message saying invalid email or password.
Well, obviously, they delete my account and rob my money in the account. Well play Mercari

Date of experience: August 31, 2017
Kentucky
2 reviews
28 helpful votes
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False Advertisement
January 4, 2020

They say they offer $200 shipping insurance so sellers can feel comfortable shipping items, but they find every way to get out of protecting sellers' items if they are damaged during shipping. First time buyers can claim damage and get to keep the item for free. Ridiculous!

Date of experience: January 4, 2020
New York
2 reviews
14 helpful votes
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Mercari is totally partial to buyers. There is no protection for sellers whatsoever.
They allow blatant lies to be posted on the seller's feedback destroying the reputation of the seller and harming their prospective sales. By Mercari's own admition 'other sellers have asked for a change in rating policy' but for now 'they're unable to remove or modify any feedback after it's been posted'. They actually send you to deal with your own hostile buyer yourself!
If I'd be Mercari owner I would think twice how to resolve such conflicts when it's actually the sellers who brings them profit. Moving on to other platforms! Goodbuy Mercari!

Date of experience: November 26, 2019
Japan
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Used mericari in japan, only really good for selling small items. High shipping cost for non small items makes this non economical. You will encounter Ppl begging for half the asking price and requesting authenticity for products that are 10years old.

Dont use it unless you want to experience annoying buyers and sell at high discount. Mericari support is, please follow link here for more info. If you have dispute with seller/buyer, please resolve among yourselves..

Date of experience: March 7, 2022

Overview

Mercari's reputation is marred by significant customer dissatisfaction, primarily due to issues with product descriptions, return policies, and inadequate customer support. Many users report receiving items that do not match their descriptions or arrive damaged, with little recourse for refunds. Complaints highlight a lack of effective communication from both sellers and the platform itself, leading to feelings of frustration and mistrust. While some customers appreciate the streamlined buying and selling process, the overwhelming sentiment indicates that unresolved issues and high fees overshadow any positive experiences, suggesting a need for improved customer service and clearer policies.

This summary is generated by AI, based on text from customer reviews

service
951
value
849
shipping
842
returns
830
quality
803
This company does not typically respond to reviews
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