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#61
I've gotten a few low ball offers. It was gratifying when someone bought my item for full price on ebay about 30 minutes after one of these low ball offers.

Why do all these people like my items if they have no intention of purchasing? Are they expecting me to look at their items?
 
#62
Fullcloset said:
That's where they're from. I don't really care about the country or how to spell it. But every time I try calling customer service, I get some giggling moron who has no idea what I'm talking about and are completely incompetent - I ask them where they're from - and its always the PHILLIPINES.
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BlackGrayRed said:
Wow. In case you haven’t noticed, there are morons and incompetent people in every country. And spelling well is important. Learning how to spell countries is a sign of respect and intellect.
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^^^ LOL! Thank you @BlackGrayRed for the laugh of the day!
 
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#63
Joyjoy7 said:
I've just had a horrible experience with Mercari. I had a return which was approved. The item was returned on Monday. Seller wrote them and said she received her package and all was fine. They still haven't refunded me or acknowledged that the return was delivered. I checked their BBB and so many complaints about not paying sellers. What's worse, they seem to have a common practice of suspending/ closing accts that have payments pending and/or funds transferring. Once they terminate your acct apparently you can not track anything and all transfers stop. I have bought more than sold. But I'm not going to sell anything there based on the horrible reviews. Mercari responded to many bad reviews saying there was an error and the acct is reinstated and funds transfers will process. Only because the BBB got involved I'm guessing.
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That sounds like Paperbookswap. You send books to free to people who want the ones you list but then you are supposed to get credits for the free books you send to use to request free books from other people who have listed books. Like an exchange. Except you have to have the books to list which cost more, and mail them, which is expensive and buy a Paperbackswap membership. Then when you rack up free books or credits - they find some reason to terminate your PAID membership and you can never redeem your credits. A true scam but they've been in business getting complaints from people about that for years. The BBB hasn't done a thing so I doubt they had anything to do with Mercari correcting errors. Plus, I think those complaints were from like 2014 or earlier - when the website was first developed.
 
#64
Anyone know why mercari just refunded me for a keychain I bought a while ago? My first and only mercari purchase. It was only $10 and I'm 99% sure it's fake, but I didn't ever say anything, just threw it in my closet.
 
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Fullcloset said:
That sounds like Paperbookswap. You send books to free to people who want the ones you list but then you are supposed to get credits for the free books you send to use to request free books from other people who have listed books. Like an exchange. Except you have to have the books to list which cost more, and mail them, which is expensive and buy a Paperbackswap membership. Then when you rack up free books or credits - they find some reason to terminate your PAID membership and you can never redeem your credits. A true scam but they've been in business getting complaints from people about that for years. The BBB hasn't done a thing so I doubt they had anything to do with Mercari correcting errors. Plus, I think those complaints were from like 2014 or earlier - when the website was first developed.
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The BBB has no legal power. All they can do is threaten to ruin a business's reputation. If you want to get results, you have to report them to legal authorities. Not fulfilling a contract or keeping people's money is a legal offense.
 
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BlackGrayRed said:
Wow. In case you haven’t noticed, there are morons and incompetent people in every country. And spelling well is important. Learning how to spell countries is a sign of respect and intellect.
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Stay on topic kiddo. I'm not talking about everyone - I'm talking about the giggling gaggle of morons who work in Ebay's customer service and they are ALL in the philipines. Can't bother with the spelling. As long as I get AMERICA right.
 
#71
LL777 said:
I've sold a few items using their app. The transactions were very smooth, I was rated 2-3 hours after the items were delivered to the buyers. As soon as I rated my buyers, the funds were released. They send deposits to your bank one a week on Mondays and by Wednesday my funds were always available in my bank account. There are a lot of low ballers and people who just wastes your time. Overall, I had a great experience.
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That sounds ok but do you know if have to give your bank account or do you know if you can just use paypal or something like a reloadable gift card? I could probably just open a separate account just for this but if nothing sells then I'll wind up with bank fees so until I see how it goes - I rather not do that. I sure don't want to give them access to my real accounts though.
 
#72
Fullcloset said:
That sounds ok but do you know if have to give your bank account or do you know if you can just use paypal or something like a reloadable gift card? I could probably just open a separate account just for this but if nothing sells then I'll wind up with bank fees so until I see how it goes - I rather not do that. I sure don't want to give them access to my real accounts though.
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You have to have a bank account. They don't do a transfer to Paypal. I had an account at Wells Fargo, and as long as I had both a savings and checking with $100 minimum in each, and had an automatic transfer between the two accounts every month, there were no fees. You don't have to give Mercari the bank account information until you are ready to withdraw your funds.
 
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whateve said:
You have to have a bank account. They don't do a transfer to Paypal. I had an account at Wells Fargo, and as long as I had both a savings and checking with $100 minimum in each, and had an automatic transfer between the two accounts every month, there were no fees. You don't have to give Mercari the bank account information until you are ready to withdraw your funds.
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Thank you so much. That helps a lot.
 
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#74
So giving mercari a chance. Have a lot of likes and low-ball offers. I did sell something right away, so that's good news. I accepted less than I wanted, but also want to move some bags out so it's a win/win I guess.

My only other experience with mercari was as a buyer. I bought a keychain, apparently someone reported it as fake, and I received an unsolicited refund. I still have the keychain somewhere. So, I didn't report it, how did I get a refund and not have to return or respond to anything? Just a bit concerned about the process since I'm now selling and don't want to be scammed.
 
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holiday123 said:
So giving mercari a chance. Have a lot of likes and low-ball offers. I did sell something right away, so that's good news. I accepted less than I wanted, but also want to move some bags out so it's a win/win I guess.

My only other experience with mercari was as a buyer. I bought a keychain, apparently someone reported it as fake, and I received an unsolicited refund. I still have the keychain somewhere. So, I didn't report it, how did I get a refund and not have to return or respond to anything? Just a bit concerned about the process since I'm now selling and don't want to be scammed.
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Maybe it was a courtesy refund, so the seller still got the money too. Was it pretty cheap?
 
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