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Mercari

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Overview

Mercari has a rating of 1.2 stars from 2,362 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 751st among Marketplace sites.

  • Service
    873
  • Value
    780
  • Shipping
    775
  • Returns
    767
  • Quality
    735

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Positive reviews (last 12 months): 2.2%
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Top Positive Review

“Great site to sell”

Deborah T.
7/6/22

I would give it 5 stars, but they added seller fees on top of paying taxes. A $9 item would earn you $3. Seems so unfair. But other than that, my items sell fast and I have made quite a bit selling on here.

Top Critical Review

“Seller fraud”

Leslie D.
10/7/24

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.

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Thumbnail of user jackied327
1 review
2 helpful votes
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December 8th, 2021

I was a Seller and for my first go using Mercari, listed a Brahmin handbag that I had purchased for $125, on sale. Mercari platform forced me to list it for $50 with auto price reduction so by the time I had a buyer, the price was $40. A buyer purchased the bag and I kept getting daily notices to mail it within 3 days, which I did but I didn't know I was suppose to click a button that stated I'd mailed the bag. Two days later, the buyer cancelled the sale. No big deal, I thought, I'd just relist it but the bag was never sent back to me. Two weeks went by and I had to dig all around the Mercari Help area to find out that I had 'buyer protection'. There should be a phone number to be able to contact them, but there is, except it's 'not a working number.' Mercari tried to blame me because I hadn't clicked on the 'confirm shipment'. I have used Poshmark in the past and I guess I'll have to go back to them because the stuff I'm selling ain't cheap and I don't like being cheated!

Tip for consumers:
Be sure to get your items back once the buyer cancelled the sale!

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I was a duped seller

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Thumbnail of user stephanies80
4 reviews
33 helpful votes
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July 23rd, 2017

I have sold many items on there and they are the worst. Their customer service is non existant. The buyers will attempt to haggle you down to pennies where you are paying to ship to them. I CLEARY have it stated where I ship 4-7 days. I have people trying to cancel transactions because I getout of bed and run to the post office to ship at 2 am. When you need their help you are out of luck. The people who buy are scammers and Mercari is on their side. Avoid this company at all costs.

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Mercari R. – Mercari Rep

Hi Stephanie,

We have a zero tolerance policy for any scamming or fraudulent activity. You can read about our rules and regulations here: https://www.mercari.com/help_center/

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1 review
5 helpful votes
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July 21st, 2018

WILL NEVER use Mercari again. They withheld my funds from me (300 dollars) and then later deleted my account because I would not provide them with my SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER for "ID verification". At least give people their money back if you are going to shut down their account. What a scam! And so upsetting because I had bought and received so many nice things on this site. Will eventually be contacting BBB about this because this is a scam site and I want my money they refused to send back to me. I can't believe people are still using this app. I would rate it no stars if I could. I can't believe they ask for info like this. I hope no one is giving it to them because that is something you never give out. Especially to a selling app! What a joke.

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Mercari R. – Mercari Rep

Hey Jena,

Sorry to hear about your account! If you reach out to us at contact@mercari.com, we'll be happy to take a closer look at your account. Thanks!

Best,
Team Mercari

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1 review
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October 21st, 2023
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DO NOT BUY THROUGH MERCARI! I was called out of town for a few days, so missed the "only 3 day" window to report a deceitful sale of an item that was advertised as "NEW". It was not only used with dried food hardened inside, but the mechanism was broken and dismantled! In addition they will not even allow me to rate or review her to warn her future buyers that she is a fraud! Her name is Crystal Ann - DO NOT BUY FROM HER! I have been buying from all sorts of resell sites for years with wonderful success and supportive customer service to backup their customers on the rare occasion that things go wrong. I cannot believe that Mercari has set up a system that does not protect it's customers and would shield fraudulent sellers.

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Pasta making attachments for a KitchenAid mixer. They were broken.

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1 review
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December 26th, 2021

I purchased a toy right before Christmas and paid alot for shipping to get it here in time. I didn't open within the 3 days you are allowed. (I opened it 1 day too late) I hid it from my kids so they wouldn't see their present and opened it Christmas eve to wrap for my kids. Broken! The seller gave me the response, you have 3 days to open it. The company won't do anything because it's past 3 days. So my advice is open the box asap because they will not help you at all of its after those 3 days
So I am out $30 for a broken toy! Not happy and their customer service will not help due to it being part the 3 days.

Tip for consumers:
Make sure to open ASAP. They will not help you if you don't.

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Thumbnail of user clays107
1 review
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December 6th, 2022

Mecari used to be a very good place to shop and sell. But now even when you buy something they tax the shipping as well. You would think that you would tax the price of the item that you're buying. Then you would add shipping costs to it but they don't.

Tip for consumers:
Beware of fee and taxes on shipping

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Collectible

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Thumbnail of user noelb35
1 review
4 helpful votes
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January 23rd, 2017

They reply with automated messages, they don't even try to act like they read your replies. They will close the case and leave you stranded. DO NOT USE THIS APP. GO somewhere trusted instead. Look at their BBB reviews... 94% NEGATIVE. It doesn't get much worse than that.

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1 review
10 helpful votes
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March 24th, 2018

I have not used my Mercari account for a while and decided to login to sell something. I was unable to login to my original account since I forgot my password. I went to "forgot my password" and created a new password but was still unable to login. I then decided to create a new account where I was able to sell. After a while, I tried to cash out and was unable to do so since it says i have an existing account (one that I was unable to login to). My account was then suspended and I am unable to sell things. After contacting Mercari on several occasions, they leave me with a generic response and do not allow me to create a new account or delete one and continue with another one. Terrible customer service who does NOT listen or read about complaints. They only generate generic responses. Unaaceptable.

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Mercari R. – Mercari Rep

We're sorry to hear of your account issue. Please email us at contact@mercari.com so we can take another look at your issue. We look forward to hearing from you. -DE

Thumbnail of user torip34
1 review
1 helpful vote
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December 8th, 2021

I had over 600 five star reviews, and this was my main source of income as a single stay at home mom. I'm not some scam artist trying to make a quick buck. Mercari sent me an email saying they closed my account and I couldn't transfer my money. Over $1300 that I was saving as Christmas money! I sent multiple messages in the help center, wrote emails and even left a voicemail on their BS customer service number, no response! They were closing my tickets as solved without even responding! They were great until this! And I've read countless stories of them doing it to others, all coincidentally when people get high balances. THEY WILL STEAL YOUR MONEY. I filed a complaint with the BBB.

Tip for consumers:
Transfer your money as soon as you’re rated

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Mostly clothing and accessories

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1 review
2 helpful votes
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October 16th, 2017

I purchased a swimsuit and I thought I fit it well because I usually fit well, but it turns out that they dont fit me as well as I expected. I tried to contact the seller, but no section to be found. I also contacted the help center and they told me to take pics of the item which is ridiculous. They said that they help me return the item for the full refund, but they didnt. I feel as thought Ive been cheated from that site. From now on, Ill close my Mercari account and never buy (or sell) items from this site again. They ripped me off and I lost my money. Ill stand up for whats right against them. Horrible site w/ horrible service.

Thumbnail of user jasmineg40
1 review
4 helpful votes
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May 2nd, 2018

I was very unsatisfied with the online website. When you click "buy it now," it typically should take you to a screen to review your order before finalizing it. Mercari does not do this. It automatically sends you to a screen that gives a confirmation number with your order. It is terrible. When I called to get them to use the coupon they sent me via email, they wouldn't do anything for me. I would not have bought anything if I had known they wouldn't let me use the coupon. Very dissatisfied customer.

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Mercari R. – Mercari Rep

Sorry to hear you've had an issue with your transaction! Please email us at contact@mercari.com so we can take a closer look. Thanks!^DE

Thumbnail of user carolyno112
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November 2nd, 2021

A few days ago I ordered Tupperware smidgets that are unique in color. I received my order today ( very quickly) from Patricia Reinke. With my order I received a nice thank you note and a free gift that I would actually order myself!

I am very happy with my order and would definitely order from them again.

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Tupperware.

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Thumbnail of user tracyn234
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October 3rd, 2020

Absolutely horrible customer service! Not to mention the fact that I just got scammed by one of their sellers and instead of allowing me to return the item to the seller for a refund and getting my money back they told me that I should just resell the useless items to someone else (so I would then essentially be scamming someone else so I could get my money back) What kind of of corrupt website would want me to turn around and do that to someone else and make them a victim too, just to get my money back? Truly disgraceful Mercari! I highly avoiding this website at all costs.

Thumbnail of user katrycea
1 review
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February 19th, 2018

I just sold a $1500 Herve Leger Dress. The FedEx tracking didnt update so Mercari assumed it was lost cancelled the transaction, refunded the buyer and I got $100 compensation! FedEx then confirmed the item was delivered 2 weeks prior and despite this Mercari didnt care. They told me to try contact the buyer who removed themselves from the site after getting my dress AND refund! Furious I just lost $1500 dress for $100! Mercari should not have cancelled this without checking or investigating first.

On another note I sold a pair of brand new adidas sneakers. The buyer said there was a hole between the sole and Sneaker (which was the actual design of the shoe and was clearly seen on my images AND adidas website, it was a design feature) so they refunded the buyer and I lost the sneakers and my money! Such a joke! Im boycotting and advising my friends to do the same.

Been using eBay for YEARS and never had an issue once.

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Mercari R. – Mercari Rep

We're sorry to hear you've had issues with two of your sales. Please contact us at contact@mercari.com so we can take another look at your transaction. Thanks! -DE

Thumbnail of user cynthiat382
1 review
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May 4th, 2020

Disney store has a collector key series. Today is star wars day. Disney put out a star wars key, their site crashed and when it was up key was sold out. The key sold for 12.99. The key then came on mericari by sellers for 100 dollars and up and these sellers had several of them and didn't have it in their possesion yet. This has to be illegal to sell without having the item yet.

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1 review
1 helpful vote
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August 4th, 2020

Stay away from this site badbad
It's definitely not eBay
Poor customer service
Fist time I used this site
Definitely the last
What was I thinking of
The seller is another crook over charged for a cheap quality t shirt same one at Wal Mart for 7.95$ it costed me 30.00 dollars on this site for same
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Thumbnail of user dawnm1343
1 review
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August 16th, 2022

My first order from them never shipped and they canceled it - so I ordered the same 2 boxes again - for a higher price - and the 2nd order arrived with 1 box damaged! The only solution they had was for me to ship both boxes back and get a refund (great) and I could try to purchase them again. I needed the boxes - they match the ones I already have - I've already waited so long for them to arrive, I just want to be done with this project - so what am I to do? Mercari offers no partial refunds - all or nothing. So I kept the boxes - and I'll face the dents to the back. But it shouldn't have been like this.

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Don't

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Thumbnail of user beas44
1 review
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July 10th, 2023

I made a sale shipped the day I told the buyer and she canceled while it was in post office, and still she keep my longchamp and mercari refund her money, how nice, I lost my sale and my bag, mercari didn't help me at all. First time I had problems with them.
I couldn't do anything since she keep my item or I don't have a way to contacts her, mercari never send a rerun item slip to her or intercept the package, the told me the package was going to get back to me, and it didn't, she received on her door.
No wonder why they are been sue and super bad reviews.I just los $50 thank you mercari

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Worse ever

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Purse

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September 20th, 2020

They closed my account because my wife was sharing my account since she got her account closed because she was selling some accessories that had letter "D" on it. She was trying to explain she never tried to sell fake items, she mentioned on the listing that those are "no brand," however Mercari thinks she was against the rules so they earased all her listings and closed her account! After then she was using my account with me and this time we didn't even do anything wrong and we got our account closed just because she was listing some posts with me! They said once you kicked out from Mercari, you can NEVER come back and they erased all the listingd and kick us out again. I had 49 selling total $2500 revenue with all 5 stars reviews! I did not do anything wrong and this how in a one sec Mercari will erase all of your listing and kick you off if anything you did they don't like or even feels like it.

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September 21st, 2023

I've had to have a few rotten experiences to finally learn my lesson. This company is so difficult to deal with, and there's nothing that would qualify as a return…I literally received the wrong item once, another item a totally different color than shown and then another that didn't even work and they wouldn't give me a return on any of the three. It finally got to the point where I couldn't argue with the stupidity anymore, and I just gave up and took the loss. HORRIBLE….BEWARE!

Tip for consumers:
HORRIBLE COMPANY

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NONE

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Thumbnail of user jamesh2351
1 review
1 helpful vote
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April 2nd, 2020

I sold a book on mercuri and didn't know right away until I was notified later, I sent the book the buyer was thrilled and the funds were never released. I refunded the money to the buyer because I would rather give the book away than have mercuri keep all the money.

Thumbnail of user jasonh181
1 review
5 helpful votes
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August 28th, 2017

Everything you write people you get suspended. Feel like this is high school all over again. A guy asked where I am from I told him I get suspended. I told a guy I was going to order more products to sell I get removed! Wtf is that!

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Mercari R. – Mercari Rep

Hi Jason,

We have policies in place for how our community can community can communicate to protect all parties involved. You can read about the rules and regulations here: https://www.mercari.com/help_center/

If you feel you were deactivated in error, please email contact@mercari.com with your account details and we will help.

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3 reviews
3 helpful votes
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November 15th, 2021

WARNING! WARNING! WARNING!
BEWARE...
A fake site with no customer service.
If you buy something the chances are you will not get it.
If you sell, you will not get your money.
And there is no customer service.
Stay away at all cost!

Thumbnail of user jimmyt56
1 review
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February 5th, 2019

I purchased a modem and it was never shipped even though Mercari said it was. After both myself and Mercari contacted the seller LeggoDaEggo there was no response from the seller and Mercari insisted my order was shipped and I received it. I live in Connecticut and they claimed I received it in Illinois so they paid the seller and told me my order was completed. After several emails and phone conversations with different team members I was given a supposedly credit on my account and a coupon for 25% off my next purchase. That never showed on my account. After many emails and phone calls I was able to get my money back but I will never use this company again. I also would stay clear of a seller known as LeggoDaEggo.

Tip for consumers:
Stay clear of this site. They are totally incompetent almost to the point of fraudulent.

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None! I never received my purchase.

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Thumbnail of user davidf754
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2 helpful votes
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March 1st, 2019

I purchased ser a pair of Earno hearing aids for $850 and two weeks after receiving them one failed. After a few weeks of meaningless back and forth with Mercari I gave up waiting my time. This with Merciari then took me past the time I could leave a comment for the seller. So, the end is the seller got my $850 and I have nothing.

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