Did they send you a few pictures to authenticate? I find this unprofessional too!! Their reputation is on line for making this public, pretty scary.
Does anyone use Poshmark?
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The latest reported listings that I saw were for brand mistagging and in each case the seller clearly stated that their item was not that brand and was tagged "for exposure". Not that hard to decide, why ask users for input?
What in the world?!
This has got to be one of the most bizarre methods of authentication I've seen a selling platform try.
I came on to say I also got selected for the new reviewing tool on posh. Crowd authentications- yikes!!
What's strange is I get brands I literally have not bought/looked at even on posh. Lots of true religion jeans being mistagged for brand visibility, people who admit in descriptions that the bag is fake, etc.
But yes this is not good policy. It would make more sense if they had moderators or selected users would be able to remove harassment or bullying on the site instead of authencity questions. And get all the bot spammers off.
What's strange is I get brands I literally have not bought/looked at even on posh. Lots of true religion jeans being mistagged for brand visibility, people who admit in descriptions that the bag is fake, etc.
But yes this is not good policy. It would make more sense if they had moderators or selected users would be able to remove harassment or bullying on the site instead of authencity questions. And get all the bot spammers off.
I've done "not sure" for most items. They picked the wrong person to validate Air Jordans...lol. I have no clue! I do like to report misbranded items. If I'm searching for a particular brand I don't want to see other stuff branded "for exposure". It's annoying.
Wouldn't it make sense to choose people to authenticate items of the brands they've reported?
I've also been selected. The number of listings that are mistagged for exposure is mind boggling. Also, used socks? Ewwwwwww!
ETA - maybe they borrowed the crowdsourcing idea from that new Jeremy Piven TV show, Wisdom of the Crowd.
ETA - maybe they borrowed the crowdsourcing idea from that new Jeremy Piven TV show, Wisdom of the Crowd.
I was asked to authenticate a Victoria's Secret tote bag! Really? Do people really make counterfeit VS items? It looked like a gift with purchase.
I've been selected to authenticate/review a few flagged posts as well and wow, it's amazing how many people are trying to sell bad counterfeit products on Poshmark but even more surprising of how many people want to buy them!! Mistagged items are also a huge problem...that's why I don't like Poshmark as much now, since I used to look for discounted UNIF or Brandy Melville clothing there (back in college) but would always be bombarded with mistagged items "for exposure."
I had listings to review - 10 were from the same girl, and nothing was wrong with them. (Reporter had them marked "mistagged brand".) Perhaps the reporter got in a fight with the closet owner and decide to report half the closet for no reason [emoji849]
I think there are counterfeit everything. I'm sure there must be counterfeit VS lingerie but who knows about the totes.
I seem to get lots of Coach and Tory Burch replicas to review.... I know absolutely nothing about either of them so I always have to click "not sure" unless they say in the description or comments that "price reflects" or some other obvious disclaimer
Edited to add: the only options are "agree" and "disagree" and "not sure" so I treat the not sure selection as "I don't have a clue"