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BadWolf10 said:
This is my first and last Poshmark experience. I have bought and sold on eBay for years with only a few hiccups. But this Posh experience was just crazy. I purchased a handbag for $250. I got a confirmation email stating that it had been purchased and that the seller would ship within the next 7 days. After 3 days I got a little nervous so I commented to the seller and got no response. So I waited , as of this morning it's been 8 days. I tried contacting the seller, crickets. So I cancelled the order through Poshmark as a delayed delivery. It shows as cancelled since the seller hasn't shipped it but I still don't have a refund showing up in PayPal. On eBay when you have a cancelled sale or a return the refund is processed when the return is processed, but I don't know what to expect with Posh. I still don't see the return in PayPal and frankly I'm kind of nervous. I send an email to Poshmark through their system and I still haven't heard back. This has just been the longest weirdest transaction for me. Is there no time frame on a listing? Can a seller leave a listing out there indefinitely? If you're looking at items for sale how do you know that the sellers actually going to ship? I'm thinking she had this for sale and completely forgot that she had it listed. Not sure why she didn't respond to poshmark's reminder emails to ship but she didn't. After this, once I get my $$ back, I'm closing my poshmark acct.
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I am sorry you had such negative experience, but there are lots of good sellers and buyers there:) not all of them, but still. it happened many times to me on eBay and Tradesy too. People post something and forget about it. You can always check their closet and see how many items they sold and how often they reply to comments, and what feedbacks (love notes) they have. Why giving up after the first failure?
 
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fashion_victim9 said:
I am sorry you had such negative experience, but there are lots of good sellers and buyers there:) not all of them, but still. it happened many times to me on eBay and Tradesy too. People post something and forget about it. You can always check their closet and see how many items they sold and how often they reply to comments, and what feedbacks (love notes) they have. Why giving up after the first failure?
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I don't know I guess I'm just venting LOL. It was just a frustrating week to watch nothing happen. I guess I need to be a better shopper and check out the sellers like I do on eBay. I'm so comfortable with eBay that I think I just jumped the gun and purchased it without checking her out. Maybe I should give other sellers a chance LOL
 
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BadWolf10 said:
I don't know I guess I'm just venting LOL. It was just a frustrating week to watch nothing happen. I guess I need to be a better shopper and check out the sellers like I do on eBay. I'm so comfortable with eBay that I think I just jumped the gun and purchased it without checking her out. Maybe I should give other sellers a chance LOL
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as a seller I'm feeling much more comfortable on Posh. eBay always sides with buyer, and posh is more fair to us sellers. but if there are real problems with your order, posh will always side with a buyer. they just don't do it blind like eBay does no matter what. and don't worry, you'll get your money soon, it's not as fast as on eBay, but not as slow as on Tradesy for example:smile:
 
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fashion_victim9 said:
as a seller I'm feeling much more comfortable on Posh. eBay always sides with buyer, and posh is more fair to us sellers. but if there are real problems with your order, posh will always side with a buyer. they just don't do it blind like eBay does no matter what. and don't worry, you'll get your money soon, it's not as fast as on eBay, but not as slow as on Tradesy for example[emoji2]
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Thanks that does help.... I am so used it it hitting PayPal right away with ebay it made me so nervous.
 
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I've had a couple purchases where I have cancelled after no communication or shipping in a week. I've also realized that before buying, I need to check how recently the item was updated - if it's been months, then I may make an offer or post a question to ensure the seller is still active and will sell it. Then again, I'm horrible at maintaining my own closet - it's so tedious to keep sharing items repeatedly. But over all, I've made a lot of purchases on Posh and have had a few returns which went fine. They are slower than eBay where the focus is on quick shipping and instant payments, but I also like that there's a limited window to call out any issues. I hope you'll try again!
 
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Bales25 said:
I've had a couple purchases where I have cancelled after no communication or shipping in a week. I've also realized that before buying, I need to check how recently the item was updated - if it's been months, then I may make an offer or post a question to ensure the seller is still active and will sell it. Then again, I'm horrible at maintaining my own closet - it's so tedious to keep sharing items repeatedly. But over all, I've made a lot of purchases on Posh and have had a few returns which went fine. They are slower than eBay where the focus is on quick shipping and instant payments, but I also like that there's a limited window to call out any issues. I hope you'll try again!
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On Tradesy, if you try to buy an item that has seen no activity or the seller hasn't been on in awhile, you get a message that they haven't heard from the seller in awhile and you can contact them to see if it still for sale. I really don't understand why people would abandon their listings.
 
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BadWolf10 said:
This is my first and last Poshmark experience. I have bought and sold on eBay for years with only a few hiccups. But this Posh experience was just crazy. I purchased a handbag for $250. I got a confirmation email stating that it had been purchased and that the seller would ship within the next 7 days. After 3 days I got a little nervous so I commented to the seller and got no response. So I waited , as of this morning it's been 8 days. I tried contacting the seller, crickets. So I cancelled the order through Poshmark as a delayed delivery. It shows as cancelled since the seller hasn't shipped it but I still don't have a refund showing up in PayPal. On eBay when you have a cancelled sale or a return the refund is processed when the return is processed, but I don't know what to expect with Posh. I still don't see the return in PayPal and frankly I'm kind of nervous. I send an email to Poshmark through their system and I still haven't heard back. This has just been the longest weirdest transaction for me. Is there no time frame on a listing? Can a seller leave a listing out there indefinitely? If you're looking at items for sale how do you know that the sellers actually going to ship? I'm thinking she had this for sale and completely forgot that she had it listed. Not sure why she didn't respond to poshmark's reminder emails to ship but she didn't. After this, once I get my $$ back, I'm closing my poshmark acct.
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Don’t give up yet. Yes, there are flakey sellers, and some just apparently abandon their closets. But if you ask a question about the item you’re interested in, like others have suggested, you’ll get an idea whether the seller is active & responsive. It is also a good idea to check how active the seller is by going to their closet and checking the other listings and when they last were active on Poshmark. I’ve purchased some really great items and have had about 1 flake out of every 10 purchases. As for Poshmark refunding, they usually do it pretty quickly (but I’ve never used PayPal on Poshmark). Maybe call PayPal? Good luck!
 
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BadWolf10 said:
This is my first and last Poshmark experience. I have bought and sold on eBay for years with only a few hiccups. But this Posh experience was just crazy. I purchased a handbag for $250. I got a confirmation email stating that it had been purchased and that the seller would ship within the next 7 days. After 3 days I got a little nervous so I commented to the seller and got no response. So I waited , as of this morning it's been 8 days. I tried contacting the seller, crickets. So I cancelled the order through Poshmark as a delayed delivery. It shows as cancelled since the seller hasn't shipped it but I still don't have a refund showing up in PayPal. On eBay when you have a cancelled sale or a return the refund is processed when the return is processed, but I don't know what to expect with Posh. I still don't see the return in PayPal and frankly I'm kind of nervous. I send an email to Poshmark through their system and I still haven't heard back. This has just been the longest weirdest transaction for me. Is there no time frame on a listing? Can a seller leave a listing out there indefinitely? If you're looking at items for sale how do you know that the sellers actually going to ship? I'm thinking she had this for sale and completely forgot that she had it listed. Not sure why she didn't respond to poshmark's reminder emails to ship but she didn't. After this, once I get my $$ back, I'm closing my poshmark acct.
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Hang in there you will get your refund, one way I test the waters to see if a seller is active and will ship an item is make an offer, if they respond even if they decline it I know they are active on poshmark and will at least know I placed an order!
 
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BadWolf10 said:
This is my first and last Poshmark experience. I have bought and sold on eBay for years with only a few hiccups. But this Posh experience was just crazy. I purchased a handbag for $250. I got a confirmation email stating that it had been purchased and that the seller would ship within the next 7 days. After 3 days I got a little nervous so I commented to the seller and got no response. So I waited , as of this morning it's been 8 days. I tried contacting the seller, crickets. So I cancelled the order through Poshmark as a delayed delivery. It shows as cancelled since the seller hasn't shipped it but I still don't have a refund showing up in PayPal. On eBay when you have a cancelled sale or a return the refund is processed when the return is processed, but I don't know what to expect with Posh. I still don't see the return in PayPal and frankly I'm kind of nervous. I send an email to Poshmark through their system and I still haven't heard back. This has just been the longest weirdest transaction for me. Is there no time frame on a listing? Can a seller leave a listing out there indefinitely? If you're looking at items for sale how do you know that the sellers actually going to ship? I'm thinking she had this for sale and completely forgot that she had it listed. Not sure why she didn't respond to poshmark's reminder emails to ship but she didn't. After this, once I get my $$ back, I'm closing my poshmark acct.
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I'm done with Poshmark too. There's no incentive for sellers to follow through, and I've had items cancelled for no reason several times. I've also had listings removed as replicas as they have a terrible system of crowd-sourced 'authentication' that people abuse for personal reasons. I call out a lot of fakes, and someone was angry which lead to my listing getting flagged as fake. I'm done with them, I'll stick to ebay.
 
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