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 593rd 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.
H O R R I B L E
It doesn't makes any sense to wait for a review to get your money. Plus if the buyer return something you lose your time and money.
Date of experience: September 22, 2022
At first macari was a fantastic app. I bought alot of nice things from nice people. Always got my items on time. I had a couple of ordeals when a seller decided not to put up correct size of clothing. Macari do not do returns. You just lose your money. A couple of times macari did credit my account because of false advertisement.
I also sold alot of products which was fantastic also. I had great ratings and comments buying and selling.
But all of this was a to good to be true episode. I recently had unauthorized charges from macari on my credit card. Even though it was small amounts. I asked macari why did they charge my account. They claim it was for verification. After so call verifying my account. They never took the charges off. After I called my credit card for my own safety. I decided to put a block against macari. I was going to choose to use a debit card. Instead of using my credit card. But before I got a chance to use a debit card. Macari not only remove all of my items I was selling. But blocked me from buying again. After I repeatedly ask why couldn't I buy or sell on my account. They finally responded telling me because of unusual payments and how they are trying to keep a safe happy community they are deciding to delete my account.its funny how they made that decision after I had my credit card blocked.and decided to use a debit card.if you decide to use macari beware of unauthorized charges from macari. Even though they charge cards a little amount. They never pay it off. Just imagine taking 1.00 off of thousands of credit card users account. Thats thousands of free money they are getting.and they take little so no one will notice or complain. Well I did complain.and now they delete my account. Booooo on macari app.it was a good start with a bad ending
Date of experience: November 28, 2017
I've sold and bought on Mercari for years and I'm here to tell you the good and the bad. Let's start with the good, you can get a free $10 credit when you download the app and use invite code YYSGQZ when signing up. Even though there is a selling fee, compare it to other selling sites and you'll find it's not that bad. Buyers and sellers can contact Mercari if there is a problem with a transaction. They've made so many updates on the site since I started selling and they benefit the buyer and seller. As a buyer if a seller doesn't ship your item within a certain time frame you can cancel the order yourself. As a seller you can choose to ship the item via a prepaid shipping label from Mercari or ship it yourself, but always make sure to ship with a tracking number to have proof of delivery. Now on to the bad, I recommend to not buy or sell expensive items on Mercari, these items are best sold on meet up sites. I bought a laptop on Mercari and it overheated within minutes of turning it on and because Mercari couldn't "see" it overheat in photos they wouldn't allow me to return it. Mercari has good customer service but I see a lot of people complain when dealing with high priced items, so I think it's best to stay away from it. People can report your items and a majority of the time they are removed, even if they aren't against Mercari's rules, for example I listed a bundle of brand new makeup and it was flagged and removed as being used, even though it was all brand new in the packaging.
So all in all Mercari isn't that bad, just make sure you follow the rules and if something happens, stay calm and contact Mercari to get help.
Date of experience: August 28, 2017
I'm a new customer in mercari and I had a bad experience after they sent me a message to telling me that my account has been suspended without advice and strong reason so I asked why and they told me by message that I have irregularities in my way to pay or account and that's totally negative because I have only one way to make a payments and that's with PayPal, I'm absolutely in disappointed with mercari team, because PayPal is very serious and honest company mercari cancelled my purchases without advice and the sellers still message me because they don't know what's wrong I don't access to message the sellers and give them a explanation I think mercari made a mistake my only mistake was this morning I added a new address and that was my po box addres I assume that address it wasn't associated with my account because I have my physical address associated with my account but anyways that's not big deal because it just the address.
I think the unique thing good mercari have is the really beautiful sellers very nice but MERCARI is absolutely bad.
Date of experience: September 29, 2017
No support Center
You only get paid if the buyer releases the funds
Oh and they can suspend you for no reason and keep any funds you had pending.
Date of experience: November 19, 2015
Hey can you please do me a favor and get the app called Mercari. Use my code GVYFCQ so we can both get $30
Date of experience: August 22, 2016
Mecari is unfair. I took me from 2016 to now to a design a beautiful and true webpage and the stop listing my items stating I need a cool down!
Date of experience: May 7, 2017
Mercari restricted my account because I resubmitted a purse I bought on Mercari for authenticationn at no time did the item go live for sale. In the first submittal the pictures were not clear and I was asked to provide more pictures. The Gucci purse I had just bought on Mercari was deemed not authentic. Per Mercari's Supports recommendation I resubmitted the purse with clearer pictures thinking the determination may have been a mistake and the third party authentication was in error and was reported for trying to authenticate the purse again. Mercari said I violated thier policy and was trying to sell the apparenty fake purse I had just purchased from someone on Mercari. When you authenticate an item and it us determined fake it is automatically deleted, so I wasn't trying to sell anything. My account was restricted and Msrcari took no action against their Seller. I was also sold a fake wallet and since I had not rated the selierr returned it and the seller resposted it and sold it as authentic and although I reported he relisted the wallet Mercari took no action against him, but restricted my acvount for trying to authenticate a purse I was sold
Date of experience: September 16, 2020
I buy hundreds of things online each year. Recently I found a few things on Mercari and placed orders. The first two transactions went smoothly. Then within two days, two of my orders were canceled by the sellers. Both of them left massages saying that the items had been sold. I understood these kind of things happen, so I just accepted what the sellers had said. But the next day, I found one of the items was listed by the same seller(Yolopetunia)on Mercari for a much higher price. I know this item is unique, I wanted to buy it, even at the new higher price, but my order didn't go through because the seller had blocked me! I tried to contact the seller. It's blocked too. I contacted Mercari for help. They were not concerned about the sellers misconduct, but advised me to look for something similar to buy. And they have no control over the seller blocking me! The didn't even try to contact the seller on my behalf to solve the problem. I didn't get any Buyer's protection from Mercari. According to Mercari's cancellation policy:"All Mercari sales are final and should only be canceled if the seller cannot fulfill the order." In my case, the seller lied to me about the item being sold. The seller lied to Mercari about the reason for cancellation. But the seller was able to list the same item the next day for a higher price without any consequences whatsoever. The seller had no proper reason to cancel my order in the first place. I have contacted BBB to file a complaint. I will stay away from Mercari and close my account there after I have received the items that I have already purchased and that have been shipped. I don't want to waste anymore of my time and energy using Mercari. There are plenty more options out there.
Tip for consumers:
I would not waste any time using this site.
Products used:
Porcelain.
Date of experience: February 6, 2023
Mercari told me to contact my bank and i did and my bank told me that the payment of the cancelled order did go through and was processed and then the refund was never sent back to my card. Why is my account being closed when this is not my fault? I still havent recieved the refund and the payment was processed when it wasnt supposed to be and i was supposed to have a refund. I love using Mercari and have purchased many items and sold an item too. I never had a issue til this happened. I need my refund the order was cancelled and the payment was processed instead of a refund being sent back to me. My account shouldnt be closed because mercari told me to contact my bank and ask about the situation. This is not fair my account gets closed and im charged for an order that was cancelled by the seller for no reason and then my refund never came back. MERCARI NEVER SENT ME THE REFUND FOR A ORDER THE SELLER CANCELLED... THEN MERCARI LIES TO ME AND SAYS THE PAYMENT WASNT PROCESSED AND MY BANK STATEMENT AND BANK TOLD ME IT WAS PROCESSED AND THE REFUND WAS NEVER SENT. MERCARI LIED TO ME, STOLE MY MONEY AND THEN DELETED MY ACCOUNT.
Date of experience: September 5, 2017
I CANCELLED order within 10 minutes and the order was still shipped. It will NOT be paid for. My bank will not pay. Mercari is a SCAM website.
Tip for consumers:
Do NOT order from Mercari !!!
Products used:
None
Date of experience: May 3, 2021
So I been using Mercari for about two months+ I've sold about 20 items and bought 3. I have not had any issues at all, each and every transaction been smooth and simple.
If you want to join Mercari I HIGHLY advice you read the rules carefully. I was surprised to see how bad the reviews are for this app, but reading them I can tell people don't read the rules carefully and expect a lot from Mercari when something doesn't go correctly. SO you are putting yourself at risk by proving your address for shipping labels and bank account to receive the funds. YOU have to know what you are getting yourself into when you start selling or buying.
When someone buys an item you are selling- you ( the seller) have three days to ship the item- which I believe is too long. When the item is delivered to the buyer THEY have three full days to accept they have received the item, rate the item, and then you the seller have to rate the buyer, THEN you get paid. I think that process is SO annoying because I have had 4 people not rate me so I have to wait three days for the system to automatically provide the funds to me. I think its so incredibly rude that people wouldn't rate the seller. So with that being said, people write these horrible reviews who don't read the rules then trash the app because something went wrong.
Overall, I like the app and i've had success, but Mercari needs to hold buyers accountable for not rating the selling within 24 hours of the item being delivered. If Mercari wants to have fasters transactions and quicker turn around with products being bought and sold they need to hold buyers and sellers accountable for shipping faster and accepting delivery faster.
Date of experience: January 9, 2019
Watch people sell Target Bulleyes Playground triple the price it sells for! Also you can get candles at Bath and Body works cheap!
Date of experience: May 23, 2019
Cannot contact them, will not maintain their site properly, customer service is a joke!
STAY AWAY FROM THIS SITE!
Tip for consumers:
STAY AWAY FROM THIS SITE , HORRIBLE
Date of experience: October 22, 2023
I tried to purchase a used ipad mini 6 from Mercari. The site has intentionally posted a fictitious listing for a new Ipad mini 6 for $ 366.00. This listing is too good to be true, but thats ok. When I clicked on purchase, the site did not ket me know the listing has an issue, instead it made me register my details, address and the whole works, makes me do my email verification and after all of this work, it lets me know there isan issue with the listing and they are trying to get it resolved with the seller. I can bet my socks that this is a bait fake listing to get more users to register with their platform. I thought may be give them one more chance, and I decided to purchase another used iPad, and by now I am already registered. On clicking purchase, it prompts me to make an offer on the item I have selected to purchase, so I selected and clicked on a preset 10 % off button. Then it asks me for my credit card information, that was unnecessary, but anyway I gave the card number and full billing address etc, even though offer is yet to be accepted. However The agony continues. Then it says it will place 2 small purchases on my credit card to verify card. It makes me verify those 2 amounts, and after all of this elaborate drama, finally it submits my offer with a heads up that my card will be charged the moment the seller accepts my offer. So I wait, And wait, and wait some more hours. Then I continue waiting. The site does not let me know if my offer is accepted or rejected. I am left in a limbo because I cannot purchase the item from elsewhere because this offer may get accepted and my card will get charged and the item was un returnable. I still have not heard back from them after 3 days.
Anyway after 3 days of waiting I assumed my credit card won't get charged and I went back to a trusted site like my favorite Ebay, made a simple, fast purchase of a very reasonably priced used Ipad Mini 6, with just a few clicks. Wow, what a relief to shop on Ebay.
MERCARI IS A TOTAL CON JOB. I WON'T GO ANYWHERE NEAR MERCARI.COM EVER AGAIN!
Date of experience: December 30, 2022
My father uses Mercari to help my mother and I sell our belongings because I don't have the extra time to do so. My father listed very rare victoria's secret pink holiday ornaments. A buyer named chopperjohn1291 wanted to bundle 3 of the rare ornaments and offered $180 for all 3. Chopperjohn also purchased a set of 3 more different ones also. When chopperjohn1291 received the first order he immediately requested a refund stating they were not what he purchased. They in fact were exactly what he purchased. The second order was not showing it was shipped on Mercaris site for god knows what reason. I reached out to Mercari sending them proof from a reciept from the post office as well as tracking history printout from the post office. Mercari honored chopperjohn1291 request to cancel the 2nd order even though I had proof the package was shipped, tracked and delivered to chopperjohn1291 on 11/15/19 at 3:10 pm. There goes my hard earned money wasted along with 3 valuable ornaments and Mercari chose not to protect me and protect chopperjohn1291 the THEIF! I do not recommend this site whatseover! If you're ok with theifs, liars and bad people then this would be the selling platform for you but if not... I HIGHLY advise you to stay clear!
Date of experience: November 16, 2019
Last weekend I purchased a higher priced item big in size and weighing over 5 pounds before packaging... I know this because I have a similar item and wanted the other one to go with it... This was a new seller with no ratings ( i was new once so figured I would give them a chance)... Well Sunday evening I noticed the it was marked shipped and ended up taking the tracking number to the USPS website and under product information it said First Class Package... I contacted the seller and told her she would not be able to send that out using First Class the size of the box alone is 20*11*5 with again the weight being over 5 pounds... I then went to customer support and explained my concerns and they said I would just need to wait until I received item and if it wasn't correct to ask to return... I had mentioned that I could take one look at the package and I probably would know if it was the item I paid for without even opening it... Yesterday I did get package and without evening opening it let them know that indeed there was no way this was the item I purchased... Took pictures of the unopened package and showing the First Class Mercari Label for 4 ounces... Last night I did get a reply from Mercari saying to open package and send pictures of item I received... They could clearly see the package I got was no way the item that was listed and what I paid for but I went ahead and did just what they requested... I was SCAMMED! I haven't heard back from Mercari since I sent the pictures of what was in the small polyethylene mailer. At this point there should be no question that I was scammed and Mercari should give me my money back ASAP... I buy and sell on Mercari and have never had this happen to me before. Just really sucks... You would think that Mercari would have no doubts and do their best to correct this... Still waiting to hear back!
Date of experience: November 27, 2021
I Love Mercari App
I Am a Seller And Buyer, Never Had Any issues With Sellers or Buyers.
Customer Service is Great,
Date of experience: August 25, 2017
I purchased a large Rubbermaid tote (18 or 25 gallon tote) full of brand new baby clothes with tags and received a 12x12x6 inch box of used/washed baby clothes only 2 items had tags. I sent a message to the company within an hour of it arriving at my home (Thursday). I didn't receive a reply but knew a refund was being looked into because the app stated there was. I messaged the company again 3 days later in the morning (Sunday) and didn't receive a message back until almost midnight asking for photos. I sent the photos the next morning (Monday) at 8am and was sent a message a bit later on Monday stating my refund had been denied due to the lack of communication on my end... They said that they had sent me a message asking for photos and I just ignored the message. I sent them a screenshot of my notifications showing that I had not received any messages from them prior to the message Sunday night, the person acknowledged that I had not heard from them and sent the issue to their IT department. I was offered a complimentary credit to my account but at that point I was a bit weary to use a website that did not protect the buyer. I contacted my credit card company to receive a refund and explained to them exactly what had happened. Later that day or the next I received a message from Mercari stating I would be getting a refund and would not be able to rate the seller or return the items... That was one of the most frustrating parts of the entire situation... Not only did I have to fight for a refund that was clearly deserved because the item was not as described but then I was not able to rate the seller that sent it... I am guessing this happens all the time which is why so many sellers have good ratings...
Date of experience: January 19, 2018
I purchased a Dooney and Bourke handbag on Mercari. The seller was completely unprofessional she couldn't figure out how to make a label so she contacts ME "the buyer" to do her dirty work and asks if I will send her a shipping label to send MY purchase to me! It gets better... I say no, tell her it's been the alloted 3 days she has to ship it out before I can ask for a refund so she hasn't shipped it out so I want a refund. She tells me NO I cannot have a refund and that she'll be shipping the purse anyway. So, I contacted Mercari myself took all the proper steps, got nothing from Mercari except generic emails that kept saying the same thing over and over and over. So I took it apon myself to secure my money another way and filed a dispute with my credit card company if Mercari was not going to do anything to help me "the buyer". I then started getting nasty emails from the "Mercari Team" stating I needed to remove the dispute with my credit card company and send them proof or my account with Mercari would be closed. I have tried to reason with them, explain my side of things, send them the conversations that myself and the seller have had showing her poor business practices and her unprofessionalism. Yet they still protect the seller, even when their wrong. Very wrong! I have made many, many purchases with Mercari and have NEVER had a problem, but unfortunately for me my account will be closed now because of one bad seller and a whole lot of crappy customer service!
BUYER BEWARE IF YOUR LOOKING FOR CUSTOMER SERVICE MERCARI IS NOT THE SITE TO BE BUYING FROM!
Tip for consumers:
BUYER BEWARE- MERCARI DOESN'T FOLLOW THEIR OWN POLICIES! CUSTOMER SERVICE IS VERY POOR!
Products used:
Nike Sneakers- I purchased several pairs of these with no problems from sellers.
Date of experience: September 8, 2022
THIS IS A TERRIBLE PLATFORM TO SELL ITEMS ON. AVOID IT AT ALL COST. I CAN SEE A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT ON THE HORIZON FOR MERCARI.
Tip for consumers:
THIS IS A TERRIBLE PLATFORM TO SELL ITEMS ON. AVOID IT AT ALL COST. I CAN SEE A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT ON THE HORIZON FOR MERCARI.
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THIS IS A TERRIBLE PLATFORM TO SELL ITEMS ON. AVOID IT AT ALL COST. I CAN SEE A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT ON THE HORIZON FOR MERCARI.
Date of experience: July 18, 2023
My mother who is not tech savvy has had me helping her with cleaning out her closets. She posted a pair of brand new Ugg Mules for sale. The woman who bought them got my mother to agree to sell them for $38. My mother shipped them in Mercari's three day time frame. Over 24 hours after receiving them, the woman claimed they were not as described and were not the size stated. Within 2 hours, Mercari's "customer" service had approved a refund. When we questioned why, they told us they couldn't release any information about the customer's request, to ask her. We did - her response was not as described/ not size stated. When we continued and bucked Mercari explaining that there is no way and we needed to know what exactly was not as described and how the size was not as stated, they said we could be assured they had gotten pictorial evidence but couldn't tell us anything about it. A representative told my mother to ask for the item back and then when she got them back to open a dispute. She did. Now she has been told - we already approved the refund so we're sorry you're upset but forget it we aren't changing our decision - EVEN THOUGH there is pictorial proof that the woman's claims were false AND that there is NO substantive reason a refund should have been processed according to Mercari's PUBLISHED POLICY. Their customer service is absolute BS, and if you get the right person, they will give a refund for no reason just because you didn't like the item once purchasing it. And I am reporting them to the BBB as well for false claims.
And Mercari - don't even try to silence me by saying I haven't had a genuine buying or selling experience with you! I've been a member since 2017 and my username is BrookeM! I see where you are trying to silence others by reporting a "breach" - don't even try that BS with me! I'm so furious that I'm ready to seek legal rulings against your company!
Date of experience: January 3, 2020
I ve been trying to verify my identity on this platform for the past month AND A HALF and says my id is fake andvthey can't verify my identity saying my STATE ID AND MY SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER ARE FAKE WHEN THEY ARENT THERE IS NO CUSTOMER SERVICE NUMBER FOR THEM WHICH MAKES ME REALLY SUSPICIOUS TO EVEN LIST ANYTHING SALE ON THIS PLATFORM AND ALSO BECAUSE THEY DONT ANSWER MESSAGES YOU SEND THEM FOR HELP TIL A DAY AFTER YOU SEND IT THEY HAVE BAD BUSINESS PRACTICES AND RIP YOU OFF WHEN YOU SELL SONETHING ON THEIR PLATFORM IVE BOUGHT 3 ITEMS OFF OF IT AND ONLY ONE OF THE WAS AS DESCRIBED AND 2 OF THE 3 SELLERS DIDNT PROVIDE ME A TRACKING NUMBER RIGHT AWAY AND WHEN YOU GIVE A SELLER A 2 STAR REVIEW THEY BLOCK YOU BECAUSE THE TRUTH HURTS AND A 2 STAR REVIEW HURTS THEIR IMAGE OH WELL THEN THEY SHOULD MAKE SURE THEIR ITEMS ARE AS DESCRIBED AND SHIP THEM WHEN THEY SAY THEY ARE GOING TO THIS PLATFORM NEEDS TO BE SUED AND HAVE A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT FILED AGAINST THEM I ACTUALLY HAVE A PLATFORM I USE TO FILE CLAIMS AND I MAY HAVE TO DO THAT BECAUSE THIS PLATFORM HAS COST ME NEARLY 200.00NIN DEFECTIVE OR DAMAGED MERCHANDISE AND IM NOT HAPPY ABOUT THAT AT ALL BECAUSE I HAVE HARDLY ANY MONEY BECAUSE I CAN BARLEY WORK BECAUSE OF DISABILITY THIS PLATFORM ISCA SCAM F**K MERCARI IM DONE WITH IT IM SUING THEM
Tip for consumers:
Stay away
Date of experience: February 9, 2022
When I first signed up I thought "Finally a place to sell for no big fees", and while that is still true, I can't believe how customer service isn't very fair to sellers when a buyer wants a return based on false claims, never do they contact the seller to get their side on the claims. They decide if something is not as described based on what? I always list everything in the description, it isn't a sellers fault if a buyer doesn't read it, but the seller will get decided against. I think that unless the return department is knowledgeable in all items they cannot possibly make a fair decision. But, they don't want to upset the buyer, however if they are not careful they will lose sellers, and no sellers mean no buyers, which means no Mercari. I have bought on there as much as I sell so I understand that there could be legitimate issues, but some are completely false. So, your item sits until they decide against you, than you wait for the buyer to hopefully return the right item undamaged, and have to relist. Thanks, I appreciate it! If you get an honest buyer, pray they rate you, otherwise, you wait and wait to get your money, I mean they already have your item and if they decide to not rate, you have to wait 3 days, then start the request which means another day to wait and when Mercari gets to it, they will finally release your money. Seems completely reasonable to wait that long to get paid right? I mean as a seller you have 3 days to ship or that's it, you can be cancelled on that transaction, but buyers well, they can give you the run around to get paid and that's okay. Come on Mercari, you could be great but you are sabotaging yourself, stop allowing false claims for returns and trust me if I am selling lots of one particular item, I think i know what I'm doing, so if you decide one transaction of 30 is not as described, who exactly is the expert on that? I believe it's the buyer who didn't read the description, not that it's falsely described, I would rather pay more in fees elsewhere than continue to see this kind of customer service that is unfair to sellers. UPDATE: since writing this review things have gotten worse! As most reviewers are stating, and I touched on above, the customer service is absolutely horrible, a business can thrive or die on the quality of their representatives, and mercari's is slowly killing itself, most reliable, trustworthy sellers won't stay with a platform that cannot provide at least decent customer service. Smart buyers won't be willing to trust in a company that can't do something as simple as provide a basic, courteous, knowledgeable and timely service. I just, like today had yet another horrific experience with their customer service. Honestly, I am going to close my account down and just keep my business to a few other sites, I can spend my money anywhere and I can give my selling fees to anyone, but not these people anymore. Please be mindful and cautious if doing any transactions on mercari.
Date of experience: November 25, 2017
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 transaction and a return was requested. Please keep in mind you still have an opportunity to dispute the return within 24 hours of receiving the item. We like to protect our sellers too, and we'll make sure to compensate you if we confirm the item was returned in a condition you did not send it in. We also appreciate your feedback regarding the rating period, and we'll be sure to pass this along to our Product team for review. Please reach out to us at contact@mercari.com if you have further questions or concerns. Thanks!^DE