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03-19-2024
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Good lord... mercari is full of scammers now.
They'll sell 1 item and when it sells, they open multiple accounts selling the same items immediately.
Then they'd ship you garbage
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03-19-2024
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I don't get it, what do they do exactly?
Mercari is the lowest tier marketplace. I made good sales with it, but it's impossible to grow because they just suspend accounts that do well. They seem to be anti business.
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03-20-2024
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so 1 account sells 1 item worth 100-500$.
once you sent payment, immediately 3 other accounts sell the same item, description etc at the price sold. So they were figuring out what prices people are willing to pay.
thing is that 1 item is rather rare. So it's not mass produced
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i'm not a buyer on there, but interesting insight. i would think merc would have some controls in place to keep this from growing as strict as they are. cheap stuff sells great there, but i always struggled with expensive stuff
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03-21-2024
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Originally Posted by unkown5454 i'm not a buyer on there, but interesting insight. i would think merc would have some controls in place to keep this from growing as strict as they are. cheap stuff sells great there, but i always struggled with expensive stuff | Well, they haven't done anything about the other accounts this particular scammer is using...
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i dont have much experience with mercari but what payment system are they using?
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Originally Posted by SaiJin Well, they haven't done anything about the other accounts this particular scammer is using... | did u get scammed? the money sits in escrow before buyer gives positive rating for release right? or has that changed?
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Originally Posted by unkown5454 did u get scammed? the money sits in escrow before buyer gives positive rating for release right? or has that changed? | It's still the same and I contacted customer service and they canceled it for me the next day so I'm good.
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03-28-2024
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well sellers will love this. buyers eat the fee but looks like returns/refunds are guaranteed for them now. at least the 72 hour window is still in play
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you should know better not to buy on that site
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03-29-2024
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Thats the dumbest idea ever.
3 days is nothing when you have Amazon or eBay where 30 days is standard. I don't know why someone would want to pay extra fees just to be able to return something when customers don't even like to pay for shipping!
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3 days is great for a seller. i dont give a sh.t about the buyer. they've had free reign and abuse it everywhere else.
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Yes, this is happening very often on Mercary, it is a totally hostile land, many scammers, and the platform affects those of us who want to sell honestly on it.
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Originally Posted by agent006140 you should know better not to buy on that site | WTH kind of BS statement is this?
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Originally Posted by unkown5454 i'm not a buyer on there, but interesting insight. i would think merc would have some controls in place to keep this from growing as strict as they are. cheap stuff sells great there, but i always struggled with expensive stuff | Might not have the greatest controls in place yet due to not having the highest sales traffic?
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I just made another account after my other one was suspended last year. I now know not to process more than $2,500+ per month. 3 times I've verified myself with the ID check. I don't know what platform they use but it's clear to me this information is not stored in their systems.
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Originally Posted by solefoodbk I just made another account after my other one was suspended last year. I now know not to process more than $2,500+ per month. 3 times I've verified myself with the ID check. I don't know what platform they use but it's clear to me this information is not stored in their systems. | THey ID check you on mercari? I haven't made any new accounts but I haven't seen that aside from the annoying "give us your tax ID since you're close to $600"
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04-02-2024
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Originally Posted by SaiJin THey ID check you on mercari? I haven't made any new accounts but I haven't seen that aside from the annoying "give us your tax ID since you're close to $600" | The verification with the selfie is what I meant...
In terms of the tax docs, I think you can reuse same SSN which I have twice now, just need to switch the business name with new EIN and everything is fine. The last account I had was perfect in terms of feedback, but I know what I did wrong that got me suspended. Lesson learned for this time hopefully.
Mercari stock is also down 80% from it's ATH.
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Originally Posted by rsot i dont have much experience with mercari but what payment system are they using? | Adyen. Same for their tax system.
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Originally Posted by solefoodbk The verification with the selfie is what I meant...
In terms of the tax docs, I think you can reuse same SSN which I have twice now, just need to switch the business name with new EIN and everything is fine. The last account I had was perfect in terms of feedback, but I know what I did wrong that got me suspended. Lesson learned for this time hopefully.
Mercari stock is also down 80% from it's ATH. | Personal SSN works fine as well. Adyen is behind it.
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After you change an SSN for the EIN, you should keep in mind that eBay will most likely request physical documents from the EIN and others linked to the IRS. If your documents work, the account will be very strong
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Originally Posted by yobar After you change an SSN for the EIN, you should keep in mind that eBay will most likely request physical documents from the EIN and others linked to the IRS. If your documents work, the account will be very strong | discussion is about Mercari though...
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