Does anyone use Poshmark?
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I've reported in the past and as others have said, they're unfortunately not taken down.
I don't think that Poshmark understands how allowing these replicas to be sold really hurts their reputation. They spend money on the stupid resale portal and other things that don't matter instead of cracking down on replicas and the people who sell them. I've noticed people saying they got kicked off Mercari for selling fakes, so they come to posh to sell them instead. How is it that an app that takes no commission is able to control it better...?
I had a extensive phone conversation with them and it was concluded that they really don't care if they are selling replicas. The reporting is automated, and they believe that takes care of it. They are delusional IMO. They make SO much money off of illegal replicas which is really why they could care less. It's sad. They need to clean up their act if they want to be taken seriously!
Wow! I agree with you. That is really disturbing that they care so little. Is PM saying that the reporting is automated so therefore each listing is automatically removed? I don't believe they pull listings of replicas or items listed as replicas. Potential buyers are asking for pics for authentication and the seller responds that PM authenticates the items or they don't sell fakes. I believe the threshold for PM to authenticate is for items over $600 (correct me if I'm wrong). So, sellers list below the threshold and hope their buyer doesn't care or doesn't have the item authenticated. If they want a reputable marketplace, the listings that are listed as replica items should automatically be pulled. Just browsing shoes for 15 mins, I found over 10 items listed as replicas. What kills me is some replicas listed are just a tad less than getting the real thing at a reputable store.
There is a report button. It's on the left side of the listing under the price info and to the left of the picture and description.
Yup, never! And when you try to advise a seller, they deny and block you.
In fact, this listing was removed earlier today or yesterday from the same seller's account on ebay. "Someone" named BB told this seller that the item is fake, seller denied and when "BB" attempted to post a link to AT Coach so the seller could get free help, BB found herself blocked.
https://poshmark.com/listing/Coach-lavender-purse-key-fob-5735477f291a354440016bb0
As I described above, mared4 did the same thing. Her listing was removed from ebay and she went to PM knowing that PM doesn't do squat about dishonest sellers who peddle fakes.
http://forum.purseblog.com/coach-sh...coach-fakes-here-824098-230.html#post30302164
Wow! I agree with you. That is really disturbing that they care so little. Is PM saying that the reporting is automated so therefore each listing is automatically removed? I don't believe they pull listings of replicas or items listed as replicas. Potential buyers are asking for pics for authentication and the seller responds that PM authenticates the items or they don't sell fakes. I believe the threshold for PM to authenticate is for items over $600 (correct me if I'm wrong). So, sellers list below the threshold and hope their buyer doesn't care or doesn't have the item authenticated. If they want a reputable marketplace, the listings that are listed as replica items should automatically be pulled. Just browsing shoes for 15 mins, I found over 10 items listed as replicas. What kills me is some replicas listed are just a tad less than getting the real thing at a reputable store.
Yes. Basically, they want the members to do the work and get the listings removed. I've seen some obvious ones get removed after a while, but it's rare. From my experience, I think the number of accounts that have to report a listing is somewhere around 15-20 before it gets removed. When I spoke with them on the phone, they said they only focused on the automated removal process because having a real person look through listings takes too much time. I laughed because somehow others who shop on the app are able to do it in just a few seconds, just like you did! They really just don't 'care.
I'm glad to see that "someone" named BB also comments on listings when they spot a fake. Poshmark doesn't like people to do this because it hurts their sales (of illegal counterfeits...), but I'm glad there are people willing to risk it because until they realize they need to control this better, these are the only people who are protecting buyers!
Of course sites on the level of iOffer don't like when people do it because all they care about is the money. They don't GAS about abiding by the law, they don't GAS about protecting their buying customers (since it's the sellers who pay the fees) and they aren't honorable enough to do the right thing.
Call it biting off my nose to spite my face but I refuse to patronize a site that will knowingly allow the sale of fakes (as well as other scams). So if I get banned, so be it!
In fact, I was specifically told (when booted from Listia several years ago) that my "harassment" of sellers with posts of "I'm sorry but this bag wasn't made by (fill in the blank with company name) so I hope you can get a refund" hurts the feelings of their "valued members."
Poshmark is no better.
ETA: I'll also say that sellers like the one I posted above mared4 (on Poshmark) aka mared4 (on ebay) show their lack of integrity as well as cowardice when they block the person who gives them information they don't like.
If MARED4 were so sure I was wrong, why block me?
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Agreed. I hate that I still use Posh, but I find such cheap stuff on there that it's hard to stop. I just want them to clean up their act so that everyone can enjoy the site. I told them I would stop commenting if they hired me to remove listings, but they didn't go for it LOL.
That speaks volumes as to the lack of integrity of Poshmark, its admin and its sellers.
I'd love to refer mared4 here but she blocked me and I can't comment now! And although it's not surprising at all, PM isn't removing the fake although it's been reported and posted on the Coach Hall of Shame.
I would think that sellers whose fakes were removed from other sites would be concerned about getting kicked off PM too!
I have referred lots of people to TPF to help them authenticate their items. Some just don't want to hear it.
If Posh would actually kick people off for selling replicas, I think we would see a lot less of them on the site because people would be afraid to post. I emailed support about 12 times for a gal that had 400 listings and half of them were counterfeits (she'd been selling fakes for 2+ years). They suspended her account the first time, and then she started selling replicas AGAIN. I emailed another 5 times and they finally removed her closet permanently. The gal make another closet and I recently saw her commenting on other fakes saying they were "so beautiful" and saying how she doesn't understand why Posh would delete her account because she was only "minding her own business". Do these counterfeit sellers not understand that what they are doing is illegal...?!?!?
Who are you writing to to get action? I've been hitting the "flag" button and nothing happens.
I've written the [email protected], and then I'll reply to the crap responses they send lol. They started to somewhat respond to me because they were getting annoying with all of the emails I send, so I finally started getting traction.