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This is a response to OP
I haven't read any of the other responses in this long thread
I have never used Poshmark before or purchased from them, but I see a lot of scammers on Poshmark. Granted, a lot of scammers on Ebay too, but I feel like Ebay does more than Poshmark does to regulate. Personally I would never buy anything on Poshmark.
 
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Roku said:
This is a response to OP
I haven't read any of the other responses in this long thread
I have never used Poshmark before or purchased from them, but I see a lot of scammers on Poshmark. Granted, a lot of scammers on Ebay too, but I feel like Ebay does more than Poshmark does to regulate. Personally I would never buy anything on Poshmark.
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It does attract a lot of scammers since it's so easy to sign up. You don't need to link a card to your account and I imagine that makes it more difficult for Posh to track users they've previously removed.

Out of curiosity, do you ever read the comments on scam listings? There are tons of people who call the scammers out until the listing is removed, and tag interested buyers who are seemingly unaware. Sellers don't get funds released until either the buyer accepts the item or 4 days have passed since delivery, and items over $500 are sent to Poshmark for authentication before being forwarded to the buyer. Many of the 'sold' listings are cancelled once the seller realizes that. Those 'sold' but cancelled listings generally aren't removed and make it look as though the scams have been successful.

If you're smart about buying, getting scammed on Posh is pretty difficult. If you're not smart about buying...well honestly my sympathy there is limited.
 
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Roku said:
I have never used Poshmark before or purchased from them, but I see a lot of scammers on Poshmark. Granted, a lot of scammers on Ebay too, but I feel like Ebay does more than Poshmark does to regulate. Personally I would never buy anything on Poshmark.
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I wouldn't do business (buying or selling) on Poshmark because I consider Poshmark to be comparable to iOffer and Listia when it comes to fakes. Ioffer doesn't even pretend to care about fakes and Listia won't remove a listing unless the seller admits an item is fake. Those sellers have learned pretty quickly to never admit to anything and their listings sell through.

I've reported hundreds of listings on PM and have NEVER, EVER had one of my reports acted on.....EVER! I've also posted on listings and the response from sellers is either admission that they know items are fake and if I don't like, then don't buy or they just block me without response.

I refuse to patronize a site that doesn't do squat to protect its users.

(And it's too bad that Poshmark doesn't GAS about what people think. Although they can't promote themselves here, they could at least read and learn from the constructive criticism that's posted.)

For all the fakes on ebay, ebay does do a decent job of getting removing the fakes. (Other violations such as shill bidding, bait and switch, key word spamming, etc. are another story.)
 
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I sold a authentic Louis Vuitton bag and the buyer stated it was not authentic, poshmark sided with me and the buyer had to keep my bag. I think it was buyer remorse which happens and matter fact I emailed poshmark and said I want my customers to be happy and to refund her and have her send the bag back but they don't do that.
 
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BeenBurned said:
I've reported hundreds of listings on PM and have NEVER, EVER had one of my reports acted on.....EVER!

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For all the fakes on ebay, ebay does do a decent job of getting removing the fakes. (Other violations such as shill bidding, bait and switch, key word spamming, etc. are another story.)
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I'm really impressed with how quickly eBay removes listings that are reported. eBay is huuuuuuuuuuuge so I recognize that maybe they have more resources to handle this... BUT then again THEY'RE HUGE so I imagine the task is much more expansive than what posh faces! Yet eBay gets it done efficiently. Get your shizzle together poshmark! Mic drop! Lol

(There may be an explanation as to why posh just cannot handle the counterfeit listings but I personally don't think it's an adequate excuse. I'd rather see them tackle this problem instead of allocating resources to establish retail portals for crappy overseas merchandise)
 
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I don't know about all of you, but I'm spending waaaaay too much money on Poshmark these days. I'm in desperate need an intervention! :woot:

(I keep a detailed spreadsheet of all my purchases, but the numbers have yet to slow me down...)
 
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So I recently found out that if you block someone on poshmark they can still see your closet and listings, just not comment. What's the point then??? I block people who keep trolling my listings and copying my pics. What's the point of blocking them if they can still view and copy my stuff???
 
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gnourtmat said:
So I recently found out that if you block someone on poshmark they can still see your closet and listings, just not comment. What's the point then??? I block people who keep trolling my listings and copying my pics. What's the point of blocking them if they can still view and copy my stuff???
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Blocking on any site doesn't prevent them from seeing listings and stealing pictures (if that's what they're going to do).

if it were that easy, all they'd need to do to copy is to sign out, then do it.
 
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gnourtmat said:
So I recently found out that if you block someone on poshmark they can still see your closet and listings, just not comment. What's the point then??? I block people who keep trolling my listings and copying my pics. What's the point of blocking them if they can still view and copy my stuff???
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I know right?! What's the point ?! Do you watermark your pics? I've started doing that ever since I've seen quite a few scammers on posh steal pics from other poshers or ebay/tradesy, mercari you name it! [emoji35]
 
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BeenBurned said:
Blocking on any site doesn't prevent them from seeing listings and stealing pictures (if that's what they're going to do).

if it were that easy, all they'd need to do to copy is to sign out, then do it.
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I guess I was hoping it was more like Instagram privacy settings. They wouldn't be able to view or comment your listings. Of course, on Instagram, if your profile wasn't private, the blocked user could sign out and view your profile somehow but would require work...

Arlene619 said:
I know right?! What's the point ?! Do you watermark your pics? I've started doing that ever since I've seen quite a few scammers on posh steal pics from other poshers or ebay/tradesy, mercari you name it! [emoji35]
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I've started to watermark pics. But I also had some people actively seeking out people who have shown interest and commented some of my items and then the seller would reach out to them because they are selling the same stuff. I mean of course there will always be competition but some have gotten really annoying, stealing my pics, copying descriptions, and start selling the same exact items as I have listed. Too much of a coincidence when I sell a variety of items in different categories.
 
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Ok, I'm seeing this way too often. She is claiming this is an authentic Classic flap, supposedly purchased in Las Vegas Jan 2016.. but she's claiming it's a 15 series. Please correct me if I'm wrong, the serial number starts with a 19, so the release year was supposed to be in late 2013-2014? Hard to believe this classic flap has been at the boutique and hasn't sold for two years.. and look at the authenticity card 😠. Buyers who don't know Chanel wouldn't suspect this is a replica, I hope the potential buyer goes through posh, so at least they will get their money back.
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Arlene619 said:
Ok, I'm seeing this way too often. She is claiming this is an authentic Classic flap, supposedly purchased in Las Vegas Jan 2016.. but she's claiming it's a 15 series. Please correct me if I'm wrong, the serial number starts with a 19, so the release year was supposed to be in late 2013-2014? Hard to believe this classic flap has been at the boutique and hasn't sold for two years.. and look at the authenticity card 😠. Buyers who don't know Chanel wouldn't suspect this is a replica, I hope the potential buyer goes through posh, so at least they will get their money back.
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The authenticity card (although only showing a little bit) is fake...that's how bad it is.
 
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