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sdkitty said:
I just learned here of tpf that the best offer option is always there - not the sellers choice. But still - we are $17 apart - she couldn't take $7 less and sell her bag?
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If the seller is firm on her price and Poshmark (like ebay) decides that sellers "need" to receive offers whether they want them or not, I can't say I blame her for not responding. While it might be considered good manners to respond, it also makes sense that she not encourage offers when she didn't choose to have them and can't disable them.

I choose to have b.o. on my ebay and bonanza listings so i do respond to offers if they come in. But you can be sure that if had something activated on my account because the venue thought it was better, I'd be ticked and tempted to ignore.
 
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BeenBurned said:
If the seller is firm on her price and Poshmark (like ebay) decides that sellers "need" to receive offers whether they want them or not, I can't say I blame her for not responding. While it might be considered good manners to respond, it also makes sense that she not encourage offers when she didn't choose to have them and can't disable them.

I choose to have b.o. on my ebay and bonanza listings so i do respond to offers if they come in. But you can be sure that if had something activated on my account because the venue thought it was better, I'd be ticked and tempted to ignore.
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Poshmark and Mercari are like that. No one expects to pay full price. You have to price your item above the price you want and then take an offer. On Mercari, if you don't want offers, you have to post that in your description. There is no button for it. I don't sell on Posh, so I don't know if it is the same. For me on Mercari, each sale takes so much more effort than on Ebay or Tradesy, where most people just buy without contacting me at all.
 
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whateve said:
Poshmark and Mercari are like that. No one expects to pay full price. You have to price your item above the price you want and then take an offer. On Mercari, if you don't want offers, you have to post that in your description. There is no button for it. I don't sell on Posh, so I don't know if it is the same. For me on Mercari, each sale takes so much more effort than on Ebay or Tradesy, where most people just buy without contacting me at all.
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I sell on mercari as well and you are right that it takes a bit of work sometimes.
I hate haggling over small bits of money so it does get annoying. I stop countering offers and just ignore it sometimes because I run out of patience .I sold Tory Burch flip flops. I had them listed for $25. I'm not kidding that I got messages asking if I'd take $7. Lol! I keep telling myself that after the next batch of stuff goes out that I'll delete the app. It's a PITA sometimes.
 
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I just sold a Coach item. The buyer liked it, offered $15 less, then messaged me if her offer was okay all within minutes. Then 10 minutes later bought at full price. To be honest, I would have accepted her offer if she had waited until I got on and saw it. Oh well. I’m happy to make a sale.
 
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lizzy_bennett said:
I just sold a Coach item. The buyer liked it, offered $15 less, then messaged me if her offer was okay all within minutes. Then 10 minutes later bought at full price. To be honest, I would have accepted her offer if she had waited until I got on and saw it. Oh well. I’m happy to make a sale.
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I did that once. Made an offer and then got nervous that someone else would buy it, so just paid full price.
 
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So I was saying here that I have had great experiences on Poshmark, and then today happened! [emoji23] A gal asked me a question about a pair of earrings so I answered and provided a few photos. She buys them and I package them up to ship tomorrow. Then she comments back this evening that she is unsure because they look damaged. No problem. The item is perfectly fine and I explain that the damage is a reflection in the shiny silver from the room I’m in. I just want a happy buyer 100% of the way and tell her I’ll refund her if she’s unsure ASAP. I wouldn’t sell damaged goods since I wouldn’t want them in return! I’m waiting on the reply. I should just refund her after checking out her comments to others. Oh, and I was called “sweetheart” a couple of times. Gee whiz. It’s a $70 pair of earrings for $18, and I’m pretty sure she’s going to resell them anyway. Heaven help me.
 
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whateve said:
I did that once. Made an offer and then got nervous that someone else would buy it, so just paid full price.
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I did the same this week. The item had just been put up, I'm sure the seller was thrilled I bought it full price within an hour of her listing it. It was still a great price for me. I made an offer out of instinct that I should try to. But I wanted it, it would sell quickly, and the possible $ 20 savings wasn't worth the time and mental energy I was putting into constantly checking to see if she responded, of if it was still available.
 
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MyAwesomeFinds said:
I had a buyer refuse shipment on something and Posh still released my earnings, but that item went through Posh authentication first. I am not sure if they are going to accept the item back and refund the buyer out of their own pocket. I am curious what happened here--did you find out?
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Sorry for the late reply! She ended up accepting it because Poshmark didn’t side with her. Good on Poshmark, if you ask me. My friend was ridiculous in that scenario.
 
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BeenBurned said:
In all the years I've watched PM, I've reported (probably) thousands of fakes and I've NEVER seen Poshmark take down a listing.

The only listings that have been ended are those (rare cases) where an honest seller does it herself because she's been told it's fake.

More often, sellers who know what kind of junk they're peddling block and report those who try to help.
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I know for a fact that they do take down listings because they took down one of my listings because I described unbranded earrings as "similar style to Kendra Scott." I have also seen fake chanel, valentino etc listings come down, though those are usually the ones where the seller is directing you off the site to buy through their instagram. Those get taken down but unfortunately pop back up under a new user name very quickly. They need to do a better job of tracking those people. As for fake coach I can only imagine that not as many people are good about authenticating that so they don't feel sure enough to take down the listings.
 
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Bales25 said:
It's gotta be really rare, then, because I've even reported listings where the person admitted it was "inspired" or "faux" and they stayed up. But so many people don't even care, unfortunately, and buy known fakes.
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I've noticed a lot of fake items in strange categories. For example I was browsing the new Tory Burch listings and every few posts, a fake Gucci item would appear. I knew this after reviewing the posts and other Poshers were asking if the item was fake and the seller would reply confirming it wasn't authentic. $75 for some Fucci! And you guys are right. People buy it anyway.
 
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Question for the Poshmark experts! I don’t do bundles or have it set up on my account. But people keep adding my items to a bundle. Are they expecting me to do something? Give a discount? Maybe if it was a $40 item, but it’s my more expensive stuff. Thanks!
 
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