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Mercari

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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 756th 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

“Good place to buy and sell.”

Tim P.
11/1/17

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.

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 tamarat8
3 reviews
7 helpful votes
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March 6th, 2023
Verified purchase

If you receive your product on a Friday afternoon and you don't test to see if works by Monday, your out the cost of the product
I place an order with this company, which is from the vendor CHICKDUCK
after the order was received I get 72 hours to request a refund or post a complaint.
I ordered an Epson printer for 50.00, and once it arrived I took it out of the box and plugged it in (installing brand-new inks that cost 60 that are now not reusable) the printer did not work. I did all the troubleshooting recommend by Epson and ran a printer test, and nothing printed, blank pages, it did not work. I tried to go on to their website to file a complaint, I filled out the pages but the webpage would not let the submit page click thru. They have 72 hours for you to file a return request, I received the printer on Friday the 3rd, I tried to use it on Saturday and then tried to submit the request it would not go thru, I tried to call them and they are closed on the weekend. I called them first thing Monday morning and my 72 hours had passed there is nothing they can do for me, so they took my money for a broken printer, I cannot leave a review because it is after the 72 hours nor can I contact the seller. I want my money back 72.00

Tip for consumers:
don't buy anything that needs to be working, 72 hours is not enough for you to test and use an electronic item, especially if you receive the product on a Friday afternoon

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Thumbnail of user motorexglen
1 review
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August 1st, 2023

Before you purchase, double check pictures and descriptions. App is good place to buy but return policy is horrible!

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Pictures and descriptions

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Shoes, clothing and accessories

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November 21st, 2017

This is a piece of crap rip off selling site my first order I received was a damaged item and didn't get a refund. $#*! on you.

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Mercari R. – Mercari Rep

We're sorry to hear your first transaction did not go as expected. If you believe your return request was denied in error, please reach out to us at contact@mercari.com so we can take another look. Thanks!^DE

Thumbnail of user margor8
11 reviews
7 helpful votes
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December 17th, 2018

This site is a damn scam! And when you try to contact them the recording states that there is no one available (typical). Let the buyer beware!

Thumbnail of user jerryc922
1 review
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January 4th, 2023

I received an item that was defective and cannot return the item or get a refund through their app And have tried calling them with no results

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1 review
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July 5th, 2017

Not good to buy things lots of scammer. They keep all the fake seller and banned the real seller. I hope that this app never be success

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November 6th, 2022

Buyer changed mind, returned item damaged. Sent photos of before and after. Sided with Buyer. Beware no customer service.

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Beware if you sell!!! Buyers damage and return. You're stuck

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November 2nd, 2022

This website is a scam. I am stuck with their useless product. They don't even return back their products

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Don't buy from this website

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Google chromecast

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2 reviews
1 helpful vote
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April 22nd, 2018

Its a cool site can find almost anything your looking for. I've never had a problem receiving my stuff.

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August 3rd, 2017

Terrible company never return emails will not refund my money for an item that i never received. Stay away

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November 8th, 2023

Bad customer service. Wont accept returns. Got product in mail and tried to return it 1hour later to be denied. Don't recommend this site.

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Android radio.

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Thumbnail of user justinw417
1 review
6 helpful votes
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July 5th, 2020

After receiving a broken item. I gave up after a week and twenty emails trying to return it. Avoid this like the plague.

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February 18th, 2021

If your letting people scalp Xbox series X's. It's pretty sad to let people do this to kids as well as adults... KNOWINGLY! I will not purchase ANYTHING from this site thank you

Thumbnail of user kristinaw35
1 review
6 helpful votes
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December 19th, 2018

This site believes in taking care of and backing their sellers. They are a very easy platform to learn to use to sell your unwanted items.

Thumbnail of user anonymer
4 reviews
17 helpful votes
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September 14th, 2018

Money laundering! DO NOT BUY FROM MERCARI. They are selling merchandise that is not available. They keep your money and you can't get it back. They are involved in money laundering.

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6 reviews
26 helpful votes
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January 21st, 2019

I tried selling on Mercari for about 4 months ago. I had great experience as a buyer and seller. I wish I had used this app much sooner! Easy to post, offer discounts to those who like, your products have a chance to be shown on similar items, you get alerts of new likes, clean and easy interface. Seeing suggested similar products helps me in pricing my items. You can actually see how many people have liked an item and offer discounts. Daily you may offer for up to ten items discounts, it's optional of course.

I put alerts for items I want to buy and get them. Very easy to transfer the money to my bank.

I sell on other apps as well: Poshmark is too slow to sell, too much energy wasted in promoting, last year I had one sale!
The other apps I sell are OfferUp, where you sell locally and you have the option to ship. The next one is Letgo and Close5 selling locally, slow as a snail, but I like to have local presence. I am On Depop, I don't really like that, not a single sale for the past six months I have been there.
Overall, my number one place to sell is Mercari. Sorry to read the bad experience others are having.
A note regarding Poshmark: I had a girlfriend sell jeans for someone, and she had very bad experience. The buyer didn't like that it was professionally shortened, so the angry buyer cuts from the seams and returns! In the description she always has all the measurements, why would anyone be angry and cut and return? Did it fit or not? So it's a problem if you have someone ruin your item and return it. Specially if you try to do a favor for a friend to sell their stuff!
Luckily I helped her in mending the jeans. Once I heard that, I took down my expensive items off Poshmark. Recently I became Poshmark Ambassador and I am getting a lot of followers (two weeks now) but it has yet to translate to sales... let's see how this year will be there.
In the meantime, I am concentrating my energy on Mercari.

Tip for consumers:
I had the most success in selling at Mercari. I wish I had used this app few years ago, instead of wasting so much time and energy on Poshmark...

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I bought electronics, stuff for home. I didn’t need to return an item, so I cannot comment about refunds.

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Thumbnail of user alexish125
1 review
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May 19th, 2020

I've had nothing but good experiences with Mercari. I've received all kinds of wonderful clothes through their site.

Thumbnail of user aroonsrih
1 review
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November 10th, 2019

You have to do your own homework and when you are trying to check if seller is legit or not only asking for Facebook profile they will accuse you of doing business outside of mercari and closed your account. Basically you can't check if the seller is legit person or a scammer, mercari are reading your msg and they will use their assumptions to ban you! They let sellers sell counterfeit without screening and check for authenticity I've seen many counterfeit items sold same price as authentic items and sellers claims it's authentic with fake Chinese receipt or stolen receipt but mercari never check or screen listings their shipping label insurance doesn't even cover full final price sale. A few sellers I see straight up said her item is authentic with receipt lol Chinese counterfeit receipt or got their bag authenticate by sending pic of authentic bag they found online most likely stolen from legit sellers only making sure their serial number and date code match which is not difficult nowadays for Chinese counterfeiter to produce same serial code or date code with high end luxury items. Then those pos sellers sells these counterfeit as authentic, but no no no buyers have no right to investigate because mercari want to eliminate the responsibility part as much as they can. Poshmark on the other hand they charge higher fee but anything over $500 sellers have to mail the item in to be authenticate first before the item is sent to the buyer.
So Mercari gtf out of this country if you want to do business here you need to protect consumers as well you can't be greedy and only protect those thief you get your 10% from! Your dignity is so low just for 10%

Thumbnail of user tamilm
2 reviews
4 helpful votes
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March 28th, 2017

If u really want my advise stay completely away from this jerks for they do is rip you off your sales. They have insiders plotted in as buyers to steal from sellers then they ban you saying you sell counterfeit items. I recently started selling here and in two weeks I sold 11 items but there was buyer named Gurpreet Amelia Kaur, who purchased a Burberry scarf then received item and never rated for two days then finally responded item not as described. Despite several attempts, customer service granted her refund and I never received item. This buyer then posted my item for sale twice more than she bought it and I immediately reached out to the team and they did nothing but shut down my account claiming I displayed a counterfeit item for no just reason and come to find out the person responding to me from the team has the same last name as my buyer and they allowed her to list item as Not Sure Of Authenticity! That means they sell you all counterfeit items, use sellers by setting their families to act as buyers, don't pay you then shut down your account... STAY AWAY THEY ARE THIEVES

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4 reviews
5 helpful votes
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July 13th, 2021

I have bought so many things on this app. Went well and smooth most times. It just all started the last 3 purchases. The first 2 of those never arrived they got lost in the mail. No problem I got fully refunded because it was no one's fault beside the mail company. But this last purchase I made was for a barbie dollhouse. I had never been treated so poorly by a seller JUST because I request a return for a refund. The house advertised that I paid for was not in any condition as described or looking like the pics. So seller said she ship 2 different boxes. I just received the first one and it's the main whole house structure. It's broken at many places on the structure of the house and it's filled with dead bugs and dirt. The second box with missing parts are the top floor and supposedly all the dolls and furniture accessories that were shown on all seller's pictures. Have not received that second box yet.

I politely asked to get a shipping label to send it back to seller because I said If I knew it was broken I wouldn't bought it in the first place. Usually normal professional sellers on here would review the pictures I sent them and would simply do the right thing.

Not in this case. In no occasion I misspelled or came out not knowing English. But my first name is pretty much Asian. This seller wrote me insults, discriminated me, bullied and called me names. I was baffled and shocked I wrote Mercari to see if they could please do something about this behavior and they simply dismissed the seller's behavior towards me even happened but they did offer that I can ship it back for full refund. I'm not asking for much but at least acknowledge the fact that this is unacceptable and not let their sellers behave this way when they are themselves in the wrong to begin with.

I can't believe this is happening and I'm certain it's not the first time this seller treats their unhappy buyers this way.

Thumbnail of user irmab10
1 review
1 helpful vote
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December 4th, 2018

They send you the wrong size or product and then you are stuck. Never using this mercari app again. Don't buy from this mystery sellers.

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Mercari R. – Mercari Rep

Hello Irma,

We're sorry to hear you had an issue with one of your purchases on the app. Please note that you're able to request a return in-app by going to the Order Status screen, tapping the question mark in the top right corner, and selecting “How to request a return”.

Also, if you have any questions or concerns and would like direct assistance, our Support Team would be happy to help via the in-app Help Center or by email at contact@mercari.com. Rest assured that when you write, an agent will follow up with you as soon as possible!

Best Regards,
Team Mercari

Thumbnail of user rinah6
2 reviews
3 helpful votes
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February 7th, 2019

I purchased an item on January 30,2019. Shipping label made, awaiting item. I can not find contact info for the seller or anyone within Mercari!

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February 3rd, 2024

WARNING - DO NOT BUY FROM! Knock-off items, and NO CUSTOMER SUPPORT FROM MERCARI - sellers will block you if you ask about authenticity after purchase.
I had bought (2) - NEW GENUINE HP Q2612A Black Toner Cartridges and when I went to use them I contacted the seller and told them that both cartridges were printing black smudged lines across the document. I believed they were not original HP cartridges (as stated in the listing) and actually refilled knock-off ones and how can I remedy my issue - could they provide replacements.
I sent multiple messages to the seller to inform them of my issue and did not receive any response. They blocked me from asking further questions and now I get the message error: "You cannot buy, chat, follow, make offers, or like items listed by this user."
Mercari was no help when contacted as they stated they have a "3-day" return policy and said:
"Please note that Mercari users can block any user for any reason regardless of circumstance. I understand it does not seem like an ethical or polite thing to do, but it is not considered prohibited. Given this situation that these transactions are already completed, we can no longer process refunds and we treat these as the sales are final."
It was a replacement ink cartridge that I did not need to use until a few weeks later. Most on-line retailers offer at least a 15 day, if not a 30 day guarantee and most sites stand behind the products they provide for sale to protect the consumer from fraud.
So their retailers can sell an obviously defective or inferior product and as long as nothing is said within 3 days of delivery the buyer is out of luck. That doesn't seem like a good business model to protect consumers. In my books that's called a scam and does not give me a great deal of confidence in the sellers on the site, nor Mercari's credibility.

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Thumbnail of user shellyd140
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January 25th, 2022

They make communicating with their customer service dept impossible. They offer no phone # to call. They only offer a pre assigned limited complaint response options list to choose from forcing u to pick a preset customer complaint topic which at times forces you to have to claim a false reason to even communicate with them. They limit the number of characters u can use in your message screen. They take days to respond. They rarely address the actual topic/ issue at hand. They run you around in circles when trying to file a dispute and address your issue. They close out dispute tickets without resolution. They take no responsibility in their errors that often end up in both buyer and seller losing out on products and money. They allow zero contact between buyer and seller to address certain purchase questions and clarifications via any other venue nor allow them to exchange contact info. They block and delete any message between buyers and sellers that they feel is against their policy. They allow no outside contact or exchange of contact info between buyers and sellers. If an order has an error for any reason they block and delete any communication between the buyer and seller disabling them the ability to straighten things out on their own. They are frustrating, unprofessional and their customer service rates a minus 10. Unfortunately they are one of a handful of online consignment platforms to choose from and their fees are ridiculous a $4 item ends up costing $20 after fees, taxes and shipping are included. Its only a good site if people are willing to pay in excess if $10-20 to purchase an item on top of the listing price.

Tip for consumers:
Non existent customer service and their refund and protection for both buyer and sellers are false. They do not live up to their claims.

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Thumbnail of user amyl114
1 review
13 helpful votes
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June 7th, 2016

There will never be enough room on any website for me too have room for all the words I want to say to rant about this ridiculous scam of an online Marketplace. There is absolutely no existence of customer service, there are a lot of people that scam on this website, it's very difficult to get a complaint resolved and worst of all at a whim if they decide to review your account have the right to delete your account which makes all of your posts listings and money inaccessible. The bad part is if you accidentally use certain words their computer system spits out a warning, after a certain number of warnings you are automatically deleted and or a review of your account will lead to having your account deleted. There is no room for innocent mistakes and you can end up losing money that you have sold products for because you won't have access to your account. Do not use the site. There is a reason why it sounds too good to be true. No they don't keep a portion of your money the way Poshmark does but there is a reason why Poshmark is legitimate and has good ratings compared to this absurd joke of a marketplace. One person that I know had her account deleted because she listed a box of Keurig K-Cups. I myself had my account deleted because I use the word inspired in reference to a $5 pair of earrings I was trying to sell. They are cheap inexpensive costume jewelry type earrings and I listed them for $5. God forbid, I said that they were Chanel inspired. Apparently the word inspired is a mortal sin. Instead of deleting the listing or telling me that that was against the rules they deleted my account and have prohibited me from using this site at all. I give this Marketplace less than a year before it shuts down... it's like my grandmother used to say if you don't start you don't have to stop. So don't start. Use reputable online Marketplace sites. It's websites like this that help a person decide for and discriminate which ones are worth trying to sell something online.

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