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Some of the fears over posh’s newest changes (allowing sellers to offer a private price and reduced shipping) have played out in front of my eyes. I saw an authentic pair of shoes in a new listing with a great price—I already have them and shared for the seller & commented on the price being a steal. They were $200 I think & in way better condition than my own (I paid $450 for them in poorer condition if I’m not mistaken & then spent $50 having the vibrams taken off & replaced bc whoever did them made them completely unbalanced/unstable begging for a broken ankle!)

Sure enough, I later saw in the comments that a buyer was sort of harassing the seller about how expensive the shipping was so she really ought to sell them for $185... or at least offer her free shipping

GTFO!! The price was a steal to begin with and I wouldn’t bat an eyelash personally at 6.99 for 2 day shipping on $200 item... she’s insane. I hate paying $6.99 for items that are like $20 (I don’t comment or expect seller to pay it—I just consider that cost & whether it’s worth it to me). Seller was losing $40 on posh’s fees and the buyer thought that seller should eat another $7? Aye yae yae! I may have tacky aesthetics but at least I treat sellers with class [emoji6] Seeing that play out in comments is even worse than the lowball offers that are private.
 
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tiffCAKE said:
Some of the fears over posh’s newest changes (allowing sellers to offer a private price and reduced shipping) have played out in front of my eyes. I saw an authentic pair of shoes in a new listing with a great price—I already have them and shared for the seller & commented on the price being a steal. They were $200 I think & in way better condition than my own (I paid $450 for them in poorer condition if I’m not mistaken & then spent $50 having the vibrams taken off & replaced bc whoever did them made them completely unbalanced/unstable begging for a broken ankle!)

Sure enough, I later saw in the comments that a buyer was sort of harassing the seller about how expensive the shipping was so she really ought to sell them for $185... or at least offer her free shipping

GTFO!! The price was a steal to begin with and I wouldn’t bat an eyelash personally at 6.99 for 2 day shipping on $200 item... she’s insane. I hate paying $6.99 for items that are like $20 (I don’t comment or expect seller to pay it—I just consider that cost & whether it’s worth it to me). Seller was losing $40 on posh’s fees and the buyer thought that seller should eat another $7? Aye yae yae! I may have tacky aesthetics but at least I treat sellers with class [emoji6] Seeing that play out in comments is even worse than the lowball offers that are private.
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I'm new to poshmark but I've certainly had a fair share of annoying buyers. One buyer repeatedly harassed me about lowering price and shipping. Lowering price down to 70% off my asking (already 70% retail)...This woman would submit insane offers nonstop. I see poshmark as a place to upcycle my items and usually don't care what I get, but really?? I blocked her to avoid any future troubles.
 
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I recently had a potential buyer request that I lower the price of my item to the lowball offer she submitted (instead of accepting her offer) so that she could get discounted shipping.

Someone else recently submitted an offer for $30 on a pair of shoes I have listed for $100. When I submitted a counter offer of $75, she countered with $31. [emoji849]
 
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GirlieShoppe said:
I recently had a potential buyer request that I lower the price of my item to the lowball offer she submitted (instead of accepting her offer) so that she could get discounted shipping.

Someone else recently submitted an offer for $30 on a pair of shoes I have listed for $100. When I submitted a counter offer of $75, she countered with $31. [emoji849]
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These bad faith counters drive me crazy too. I had a situation like this recently but not nearly as bad. I had a bag listed for $46, which I had reduced from $65, and the buyer submitted an offer of $30. I countered with $38, she came back with $32. I posted on her page and asked if she could please come up to $35 because I had already greatly reduced the list price of my item. She agreed. But I hope you just denied that lame offer on your shoes!
 
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cafecreme15 said:
These bad faith counters drive me crazy too. I had a situation like this recently but not nearly as bad. I had a bag listed for $46, which I had reduced from $65, and the buyer submitted an offer of $30. I countered with $38, she came back with $32. I posted on her page and asked if she could please come up to $35 because I had already greatly reduced the list price of my item. She agreed. But I hope you just denied that lame offer on your shoes!
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Yep, I sure did!
 
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I commented on a listing with underpriced Chanel with stolen photos. Then I got some lovely comments from her on my listings. I reported them but oddly only half were removed (ugly thot was removed but broke ass remains :)
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I wish Poshmark would do more to attract higher income buyers to their site. Their marketing seems to target really young, like having college campus reps, or their commercials with early-20s looking women cleaning out their closets. We all know these demographics don't have a lot of disposable income. I feel like it contributes to the rampant lowballing when this is the audience. I also haven't had any luck selling anything more expensive than $400 on the site (I sold one Tory Burch bag at that price), everything has been about the $50-$200 range and I have higher end NWT stuff I would like to get a good price for. I have had luck selling things $1k and up on eBay and Tradesy but Tradesy really sucks rocks right now and I'd rather not use them if I didn't have to, and I'd like to get more out of Posh for all the time I spend sharing etc. It would be in their interest as they'd be getting higher commissions on the more expensive items selling.
 
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