Here is a new scam I have noticed lately. I’m not even sure I’d scam is the correct word.
We have all seen sellers list higher priced and sought after items like Hermes and Chanel bags at lower than market value, and most know now that is not worth time looking into the items because the seller will just cancel the purchase. Sometimes the price is way below market value, which is an obvious red flag, so now sometimes sellers list just slightly below market value.
Most common reasons:
1. seller will ask to be paid outside of poshmark and not deliver the item as promised
2. Seller is selling a replica and does not know about the authenticity check/thinks their fake might slip through/they do not know it is fake
3. Some people seem to just do it as a prank also.
There are numerous versions of this, but I have noticed a new one quite a lot recently. I am not sure which way the planning goes, but just FYI, because these listings are also not worth wasting time considering. A seller will list some expensive and sought after items at lower than market value but also list a lot of other normal items that they seem to have in their possession (commonly things like lululemon athletic wear, and the photos and backgrounds will match in these photos). I honestly cannot tell if they are listing the high profile bags (that they do not have) to attract attention to their page so that people buy their actual items (this seems to be what is going on at least some of the time), or just listing whatever they have to make the fake high-value listings look more legitimate.
Most people know the warning signs: if the photos are a little lower resolution (screenshots stolen from some else’s listing), if the backgrounds are all different, of course you can invest the time to do reverse google image searches (99.9% of the time the item will be located for 2x the price on ebay etc). The other quick tip off I look for is trying to find the seller’s fingers and nails in photos. You would be surprised how often one photo is long claw nails and another photo is short unpainted nails, also look for nail shape and finger skin color. These are all quick ways to look into a well-priced item without too much effort. I rarely do the google image search, only if an item has passed the other tests already. That being said, if it is way lower than normal resale prices, I don’t even bother wasting my time looking at the other photos unless the seller has a long track record.
I just thought I would add this newest trick that I have been seeing to fool buyers into thinking an item/seller is legitimate.
We have all seen sellers list higher priced and sought after items like Hermes and Chanel bags at lower than market value, and most know now that is not worth time looking into the items because the seller will just cancel the purchase. Sometimes the price is way below market value, which is an obvious red flag, so now sometimes sellers list just slightly below market value.
Most common reasons:
1. seller will ask to be paid outside of poshmark and not deliver the item as promised
2. Seller is selling a replica and does not know about the authenticity check/thinks their fake might slip through/they do not know it is fake
3. Some people seem to just do it as a prank also.
There are numerous versions of this, but I have noticed a new one quite a lot recently. I am not sure which way the planning goes, but just FYI, because these listings are also not worth wasting time considering. A seller will list some expensive and sought after items at lower than market value but also list a lot of other normal items that they seem to have in their possession (commonly things like lululemon athletic wear, and the photos and backgrounds will match in these photos). I honestly cannot tell if they are listing the high profile bags (that they do not have) to attract attention to their page so that people buy their actual items (this seems to be what is going on at least some of the time), or just listing whatever they have to make the fake high-value listings look more legitimate.
Most people know the warning signs: if the photos are a little lower resolution (screenshots stolen from some else’s listing), if the backgrounds are all different, of course you can invest the time to do reverse google image searches (99.9% of the time the item will be located for 2x the price on ebay etc). The other quick tip off I look for is trying to find the seller’s fingers and nails in photos. You would be surprised how often one photo is long claw nails and another photo is short unpainted nails, also look for nail shape and finger skin color. These are all quick ways to look into a well-priced item without too much effort. I rarely do the google image search, only if an item has passed the other tests already. That being said, if it is way lower than normal resale prices, I don’t even bother wasting my time looking at the other photos unless the seller has a long track record.
I just thought I would add this newest trick that I have been seeing to fool buyers into thinking an item/seller is legitimate.
