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More pics. If anyone knows how to fight these things please let me know. As far as I know, I'm screwed.
I've wondered that too. It happens a lot on Poshmark also, there will be a message on a listing that says "email me at ----- with your best price."
Or "email me at ---- if this is still a available." With no other questions or info. At the very least they could be selling your email for marketing. But you're right, if you emailed them back they might fish for more info to do some real damage.
I've been reporting them and Mercari deletes them so there's definitely something evil there.
What blows my mind are the people on Poshmark who think nothing of posting their cell phone numbers!
So upset
As a seller on Poshmark, I actually do this. Why? Because Poshmark takes a 20% fee off the price of the purse, and it's ridiculous!
Poshmark and sites like Mercari delete these listings because they don't want sellers to side-step their profits, but I think a 20% fee is just too harsh.
Honestly, if you pay someone via Paypal, there is very little risk of being scammed, because you can just file a chargeback if anything goes wrong. As long as you're not sending money via Friends/Family.
I guess my question would be that if you, as a seller, feel that the fees are too high then why list your item there in the first place? It's not fair to the selling platform that you obviously would take your business off their site when that's how the potential seller found your item in the first place. If you feel the fees are too high then shop around for a more compatible site rather than trying to scr*w the original one.
I do agree with this, and I have since stopped doing this/selling on Poshmark. However, I will say that not every seller who does this has intentions of scamming or scr*wing the buyer, just Poshmark. Especially if they're asking you to pay via Paypal, there's a low chance of being scammed.
But you're missing my point! No seller should go onto PM with the intention of scr*ing them (PM that is). They're the hosting site and by listing your item on their site supposedly you've agreed to their terms......by taking your transaction off of the site it's quite obvious what you're doing and why you're doing it. Not only to PM but to everyone else. It makes you look quite unethical. I'm not worried here about the buyers, they're usually protected. My point is that sellers shouldn't be using PM as a 'shill' site to sell their stuff.
It stinks.
I was the seller!Did you pay via Paypal or Credit Card? In either of those options, you can chargeback. Your credit card company will protect you in most cases of fraud (Chase & American Express are really good!) and Paypal is very good about buyer protection as well.