*BUYING* on Poshmark
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I'm having a similar experience. My first experience with Poshmark. I made an offer approx 90 percent of asking price. It appears the last time she was on the site was around the time of my offer. It's been almost 24 hours and no response. I don't understand. If she doesn't find the offer acceptable, why doesn't she counter?
Maybe because it's the weekend and the item hasn't been listed for long, she's hoping for a better offer? If you want to sell something, and you have the offer option I'd think you'd accept a reasonable offer
Maybe because it's the weekend and the item hasn't been listed for long, she's hoping for a better offer? If you want to sell something, and you have the offer option I'd think you'd accept a reasonable offer
The first is very possible, given the 20% fees, many sellers don't want to shoot themselves in the foot early in a listing by haggling the price and try to be patient for someone willing to pay their asking. Especially if its an item they don't expect to have trouble selling.
Also, regarding the "If you have the offer option"... ALL poshmark listings have an offer option, whether the seller is willing to negotiate or not. Its not an option that can not be turned off. So its presence does not indicate that a price is flexible, unfortunately.
In addition to that, I would like to direct you back to an issue mentioned previously that has only gotten worse with time:
It is very common for sellers to miss offers & comments due to the absolutely idiotic way Posh floods the comment & offer update sections of our feed. Especially now that it also updates us, in the same feed, any time a person makes an offer *to US* about items they are selling or comments to us about items they are selling. That kind of activity floods the feed and pushes current offers and comments on our own items down. And many of us end up having to turn off email updates for similar reasons.
And another fake "Coach" that theRealReal authenticators were totally clueless about, someone paid a lot for a fake:
https://forum.purseblog.com/threads...ost-for-format.889527/page-2099#post-32536066
and
https://forum.purseblog.com/threads...ost-for-format.889527/page-2099#post-32536547
and
https://forum.purseblog.com/threads...ost-for-format.889527/page-2100#post-32536640
I kinda of believe that, it is very iffy to buy Chanel bags or any high priced leather bags from the second hand market, the super fakes can make them so well to pass the authentication from pictures people summited or even by some authenticators in person. I only buys Chanel made in older years, not touching any newer ones, I don't know how old the one you bought, the code more than 20 are more dangerous. I won't buy it from any individuals even if they show me the receipts.
Likelyhood the first two times Poshmark sent pictures of the bag to authentication service and came back as authentic, when it had disputed, they sent the bag in to places authenticated by expert in person then determined it's a superfake.
On the other hand, sometimes authentic ones could be look like superfakes, bad or careless craftsmanship, lousy quality control, wrong packaging etc. Hard to say, has to look them closely. I should show you a few bags and SLG I have, people could thought they were superfakes but I bought them from the store so I know they are authentic.
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Just FYI, all listings on posh have the offer option and sellers cannot opt out of it. That being said, unless the seller says in the listing that the price is FIRM, most sellers will happily entertain or accept an offer at 90% of the ask. I do think that some people list on the site with the intention of selling at the time, and then get busy or forget about it and then don't want to be bothered. You should see if the seller has a lot of sold items and/or love notes to get an idea of if they actually do the work to process and ship sales rather than just let their stuff sit.
I’m not sure if anyone else has had this problem (or if this is the right place for this thread) but I’ve had someone go into the comments of some potential buyers to tell them that a Cartier item I was selling was fake. Mind you, this item was purchased myself from the boutique and included the receipt, credit card receipt and credit card bank statement showing the purchase that I originally made and these were all posted with the listing. My listing was removed shortly after for being “counterfeit.” Not sure how anyone could argue with all the paperwork I’ve kept for this item. Ive even had someone message me and ask me how they would know that I didn’t buy an authentic one, go to the swap meet and have a fake made with identical serial numbers and switch out the real for a fake. Just absolutely ridiculous. If you’re THIS paranoid, you shouldn’t purchase anything pre-owned. I’ve noticed that this happens under a LOT of “luxury” listings, where someone says it’s fake without any merit or reason. Anyone experience this same thing?
I wouldn't know Cartier from Chevalier but I am familiar enough to comment on brands I know and as such, I do consider myself a (your word) "Poshmark hater."
In the last 10 years, I've reported hundreds (if not thousands) of obvious fake Coach, Dooney and Uggs items and have NEVER had Poshmark respond to a report by removing a fake. I've also been tagged to comment on listings when a potential buyer asks about authenticity in listings or has the item authenticated here (on TPF) and would like a followup comment made in the listing.
Not only did Poshmark ignore reports or those posts, but they banned ME after the sellers of fakes reported me. (Note that I've never made a rude or abusive posts unless telling a seller honestly that an item is fake is considered abusive.)
As an authenticator here, I choose not to authenticate items listed on Poshmark (although I agree that there are some honest sellers of genuine brands) because I don't want to encourage people to help pad the pockets of a site and its admin when they don't abide by the law.
Additionally, there have been cases where obvious counterfeit items have been deemed authentic by Poshmarks "team of experts," telling me that even "authentic" items aren't necessarily as described and that their experts can't be trusted to get it right.
Now, regarding your Cartier item, your proof of authenticity and your claim that "haters" got your listing removed, I have a couple of caviats.
1. While the item may be authentic (and again, I have no expertise in the brand nor do I even know what you sold), your comments of "included the receipt, credit card receipt and bank statement showing the purchase that I originally made and these were all posted with the listing" don't prove anything. I can't count the number of times I've seen fakes listed (on various sites) with authentic props, presumably to prove authenticity. It's the details of the item itself that prove authenticity.
2. I'm not saying you did this but I've seen cases where sellers do use multiple photocopies of receipts, paperwork and other props obtained from a legitimate purchase. They then sell similar items using those copies of receipts and assure their buyers that they are selling genuine items.
3. If you have authentic designer items and are selling highly faked brands, Poshmark is not the venue on which to sell. Their reputation of allowing fakes, banning members for non-reasons and having "experts" who aren't familiar with their brands makes honest sellers vulnerable to the type of experience you had.
In the last 10 years, I've reported hundreds (if not thousands) of obvious fake Coach, Dooney and Uggs items and have NEVER had Poshmark respond to a report by removing a fake. I've also been tagged to comment on listings when a potential buyer asks about authenticity in listings or has the item authenticated here (on TPF) and would like a followup comment made in the listing.
Not only did Poshmark ignore reports or those posts, but they banned ME after the sellers of fakes reported me. (Note that I've never made a rude or abusive posts unless telling a seller honestly that an item is fake is considered abusive.)
As an authenticator here, I choose not to authenticate items listed on Poshmark (although I agree that there are some honest sellers of genuine brands) because I don't want to encourage people to help pad the pockets of a site and its admin when they don't abide by the law.
Additionally, there have been cases where obvious counterfeit items have been deemed authentic by Poshmarks "team of experts," telling me that even "authentic" items aren't necessarily as described and that their experts can't be trusted to get it right.
Now, regarding your Cartier item, your proof of authenticity and your claim that "haters" got your listing removed, I have a couple of caviats.
1. While the item may be authentic (and again, I have no expertise in the brand nor do I even know what you sold), your comments of "included the receipt, credit card receipt and bank statement showing the purchase that I originally made and these were all posted with the listing" don't prove anything. I can't count the number of times I've seen fakes listed (on various sites) with authentic props, presumably to prove authenticity. It's the details of the item itself that prove authenticity.
2. I'm not saying you did this but I've seen cases where sellers do use multiple photocopies of receipts, paperwork and other props obtained from a legitimate purchase. They then sell similar items using those copies of receipts and assure their buyers that they are selling genuine items.
3. If you have authentic designer items and are selling highly faked brands, Poshmark is not the venue on which to sell. Their reputation of allowing fakes, banning members for non-reasons and having "experts" who aren't familiar with their brands makes honest sellers vulnerable to the type of experience you had.
Ok this is not a question of whether my item is authentic, it is. I bought it myself, this wasn’t a “gift”, so the details of the item go hand in hand with the documents I have as well as the matching serial numbers. The hater comment was referring to the fact that I see the “non authentic” comment on pretty much all items on Poshmark, without merit or reason. Just a question, where do you find time to report thousands of listings? Seems a bit excessive.
Over the course of 10 years, thousands of reports aren't excessive. Perhaps I had my rose-colored glasses on (in the beginning) but I was naive enough to believe that if PM's policy (and the law) disallowed the listing and sale of fakes and if PM has a "report" button, they would at least look at listings that are reported.
If a listing is posted on ATCoach (authenticate this Coach) and if it's fake, I hit the report button. Since I'm on the listing page anyway and since Poshmark doesn't even require a description of what makes the item fake, it takes less than 1/10 second to report.
I have no idea what happened and why your listing was removed, whether those who posted "fake" accusation comments are trolls or if they know what they're talking about or if PM has an appeal process whereby you can dispute the removal,but if so, you should fight them on it.
Since they aren't expert themselves, your paperwork probably won't convince them but there are professional authentication services to whom you can submit pictures and they provide a PDF certification. On other more reputable sites, that documentation is submitted to their trust and safety/compliance department and the seller gets permission to relist.
Again, in that regard, I don't know how PM works but I've seen too many cases where it doesn't go well!
I agree that authenticators should never look at the paperwork. That is also a lesson if you are wanting to purchase something. Having said that, the culture on Poshmark it just weird to me. If you read the comments, most times people are asking to trade or to go off-site to complete a purchase to get a better deal. Poshmark doesn't seem to care about this, which I think is odd. I have seen people continue to ask the same questions after a seller has stated that they are not interested in doing either one. There are other venues to sell where you won't have this kind of hassle. I mostly consign these days, but I have had some luck selling contemporary bags on Tradesy. I definitely think you are better off than if you would have made a sale on this site and have it sent to an inexperienced authenticator. So rather than worry about the haters, it is probably best to move on. Online selling is going to have its risks no matter where you sell, so that's why I have decided to consign or accept a direct buyout from reputable online sites.
I also want to say that I think allowing potential buyers to make comments in the listing is annoying. At least on other sites everything has to be done through email or a private message. Allowing the comments to be public just opens the door for people to be mean. I'm not sure why they would do this, but apparently they get some satisfaction from it.
I also want to say that I think allowing potential buyers to make comments in the listing is annoying. At least on other sites everything has to be done through email or a private message. Allowing the comments to be public just opens the door for people to be mean. I'm not sure why they would do this, but apparently they get some satisfaction from it.
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