Heads up to sellers on Mercari - new policy changes effective immediately.
27-Mar-24 4:04pm
#1 sa330206
Mercari really screwed up today with their new policy changes effective immediately.
-No seller fees (sounds great, you will see the catch below)
-Buyers can return items for ANY reason
-Buyers have to pay service fees now when purchasing items
-Sellers have to pay $2 per direct deposit to get their money
I'm out, I just pulled all my listings. You may want to consider doing the same unless you like getting scammed.
#1 sa330206
Mercari really screwed up today with their new policy changes effective immediately.
-No seller fees (sounds great, you will see the catch below)
-Buyers can return items for ANY reason
-Buyers have to pay service fees now when purchasing items
-Sellers have to pay $2 per direct deposit to get their money
I'm out, I just pulled all my listings. You may want to consider doing the same unless you like getting scammed.
27-Mar-24 6:34pm
#2 longhornsk57
sa330206 wrote:
-Buyers can return items for ANY reason
Damn why would anyone use this platform to sell anything...
#2 longhornsk57
sa330206 wrote:
-Buyers can return items for ANY reason
Damn why would anyone use this platform to sell anything...
27-Mar-24 8:26pm
#3 Foxhack
Dammit there's a bunch of stuff I want to buy up there.
That direct deposit fee is complete bullcrap.
#3 Foxhack
Dammit there's a bunch of stuff I want to buy up there.
That direct deposit fee is complete bullcrap.
27-Mar-24 10:52pm
#4 loztdogs
I’d rather pay $2 for direct deposit than 13% of the sale. I agree I don’t like the idea that a buyer can process a return simply because they changed their mind. However, like eBay, you can always cancel a sale if the buyer seems sketch or they have little to no feedback… limiting the risk.
#4 loztdogs
I’d rather pay $2 for direct deposit than 13% of the sale. I agree I don’t like the idea that a buyer can process a return simply because they changed their mind. However, like eBay, you can always cancel a sale if the buyer seems sketch or they have little to no feedback… limiting the risk.
27-Mar-24 11:13pm
#5 Foxhack
WOW, this is SO MUCH WORSE than I thought.
Buyers have to pay a service fee and a payment processing fee? They're nuts!
#5 Foxhack
WOW, this is SO MUCH WORSE than I thought.
Buyers have to pay a service fee and a payment processing fee? They're nuts!
28-Mar-24 12:41am
#6 ryanflucas
I've deactivated all my listings and cashed out to my bank account as soon as I saw the announcement. Back to eBay I go.
#6 ryanflucas
I've deactivated all my listings and cashed out to my bank account as soon as I saw the announcement. Back to eBay I go.
28-Mar-24 12:54am
#7 Foxhack
This fudging bites, I had a bunch of things I wanted to buy from there. Hopefully they reverse all of this.
#7 Foxhack
This fudging bites, I had a bunch of things I wanted to buy from there. Hopefully they reverse all of this.
28-Mar-24 5:42am
#8 benstylus
Return for any reason is pretty much what happens at amazon/ebay anyway. You can say no returns all day long but if a buyer wants to return something they will say it wasn't as described, or find another reason and the site will side with them.
$2 withdrawal fee? Unless you are selling cheap stuff and withdrawing after every single sale, this sounds far less expensive than previously.
Zero selling fees sounds fine by me, except by pushing all that to the buyers that means no one will be left to buy stuff. On the buyer side, seeing fees automatically added to your total is a huge turnoff. I imagine they will see sales tank and this will be reverted back to seller fees in a matter of weeks.
#8 benstylus
Return for any reason is pretty much what happens at amazon/ebay anyway. You can say no returns all day long but if a buyer wants to return something they will say it wasn't as described, or find another reason and the site will side with them.
$2 withdrawal fee? Unless you are selling cheap stuff and withdrawing after every single sale, this sounds far less expensive than previously.
Zero selling fees sounds fine by me, except by pushing all that to the buyers that means no one will be left to buy stuff. On the buyer side, seeing fees automatically added to your total is a huge turnoff. I imagine they will see sales tank and this will be reverted back to seller fees in a matter of weeks.
28-Mar-24 9:10am
#9 Porksta
At the end of the day, the fees are a wash. If the lowest price on something is $15, I would list for $15. Now that the fees are on the buyer side, I will have to list things for $13 (as an example) so the buyers end up paying the same price. In the end I make the same amount of money.
I do not accept returns on my items. Now buyers can return for any reason. I suspect Mercari will pay for return shipping in all cases, but am not sure. I do not use Mercari labels so things tend not to go in my favor.
A $2 fee on payments is ridiculous. I have to pay to get my money? It still takes 5 days to get it? GTFO.
#9 Porksta
At the end of the day, the fees are a wash. If the lowest price on something is $15, I would list for $15. Now that the fees are on the buyer side, I will have to list things for $13 (as an example) so the buyers end up paying the same price. In the end I make the same amount of money.
I do not accept returns on my items. Now buyers can return for any reason. I suspect Mercari will pay for return shipping in all cases, but am not sure. I do not use Mercari labels so things tend not to go in my favor.
A $2 fee on payments is ridiculous. I have to pay to get my money? It still takes 5 days to get it? GTFO.
28-Mar-24 4:24pm
#10 nonamesleft
I'd like to think/hope that most people aren't looking to play funny business and return things for dumb reasons. I think that the average buyer wants to buy the item that they decided to buy. There are exceptions, unfortunately, but they're not the majority.
From a buyer's standpoint, the extra processing fee would be a turn off, but if it wasn't a huge amount, and I couldn't find the item elsewhere, then I think I'd pay it.
From a seller's standpoint, paying 2 dollars to make a direct deposit sounds better than paying around 13% per sold item. If an item sold for $100, and after let's say $5 shipping fees you made $95, another 2 for the withdrawal makes it $93. That's better than 100 - 13% - 5 for shipping (82).
I wonder how much the buyer service fee is. Will look it up after this.
To be fair, they're trying something new. There have been so many things in this world that when they were new people were convinced wouldn't work. Perhaps this will lead somewhere good.
#10 nonamesleft
I'd like to think/hope that most people aren't looking to play funny business and return things for dumb reasons. I think that the average buyer wants to buy the item that they decided to buy. There are exceptions, unfortunately, but they're not the majority.
From a buyer's standpoint, the extra processing fee would be a turn off, but if it wasn't a huge amount, and I couldn't find the item elsewhere, then I think I'd pay it.
From a seller's standpoint, paying 2 dollars to make a direct deposit sounds better than paying around 13% per sold item. If an item sold for $100, and after let's say $5 shipping fees you made $95, another 2 for the withdrawal makes it $93. That's better than 100 - 13% - 5 for shipping (82).
I wonder how much the buyer service fee is. Will look it up after this.
To be fair, they're trying something new. There have been so many things in this world that when they were new people were convinced wouldn't work. Perhaps this will lead somewhere good.
28-Mar-24 4:48pm
#11 Foxhack
... why was my post with the tweet link spoiler warned as NSFW? It's just an image of the fees someone is getting for a $140 purchase.
#11 Foxhack
... why was my post with the tweet link spoiler warned as NSFW? It's just an image of the fees someone is getting for a $140 purchase.
28-Mar-24 4:49pm
#12 benstylus
Foxhack wrote:
... why was my post with the tweet link spoiler warned as NSFW? It's just an image of the fees someone is getting for a $140 purchase.
Some language that the swear filter doesn't catch because its in an image
#12 benstylus
Foxhack wrote:
... why was my post with the tweet link spoiler warned as NSFW? It's just an image of the fees someone is getting for a $140 purchase.
Some language that the swear filter doesn't catch because its in an image
28-Mar-24 4:51pm
#13 Foxhack
Wait, tweets embed for people here?
Edit: Also yeah that's fair that account user is completely crazy
#13 Foxhack
Wait, tweets embed for people here?
Edit: Also yeah that's fair that account user is completely crazy
28-Mar-24 5:28pm
#14 Porksta
First Yotta goes to crap, and now this. Everything I love is being ruined. At least GTZ April Fools is soon!
#14 Porksta
First Yotta goes to crap, and now this. Everything I love is being ruined. At least GTZ April Fools is soon!
28-Mar-24 5:38pm
#15 nonamesleft
Porksta wrote:
First Yotta goes to crap, and now this. Everything I love is being ruined. At least GTZ April Fools is soon!Wow. It's been a year since the fishing game? And two years since the rpg? Time flies.
#15 nonamesleft
Porksta wrote:
First Yotta goes to crap, and now this. Everything I love is being ruined. At least GTZ April Fools is soon!Wow. It's been a year since the fishing game? And two years since the rpg? Time flies.
28-Mar-24 8:08pm
#16 Anxiouz
I liked them originally when it was low key, more of a novelty for misc things, and didn't have all the fees. They've changed their fees several times now but it's never improved the overall marketplace experience for the buyers or sellers.
For every single item I've ever listed there, people have sent low-balls offers. There's a setting to not allow offers but it doesn't work. The extra costs are far too high for the quality of potential customers buyers get, and to shift some fees to buyers is just going to make the low-ball offer problem 10x. The buyers are swap meet cheap so adding fees + tax + shipping to the price is not going to work.
I had just sold a bunch of games there for my son so I have a decent balance at the moment. Had they given more of a heads-up I would have cashed out before the $2 fee. Now I need to wait for an item to arrive before I can get my money and leave the site.
#16 Anxiouz
I liked them originally when it was low key, more of a novelty for misc things, and didn't have all the fees. They've changed their fees several times now but it's never improved the overall marketplace experience for the buyers or sellers.
For every single item I've ever listed there, people have sent low-balls offers. There's a setting to not allow offers but it doesn't work. The extra costs are far too high for the quality of potential customers buyers get, and to shift some fees to buyers is just going to make the low-ball offer problem 10x. The buyers are swap meet cheap so adding fees + tax + shipping to the price is not going to work.
I had just sold a bunch of games there for my son so I have a decent balance at the moment. Had they given more of a heads-up I would have cashed out before the $2 fee. Now I need to wait for an item to arrive before I can get my money and leave the site.
29-Mar-24 10:29am
#17 ryanflucas
So now you can sell non clothing items on Poshmark. I wonder how that's working?
#17 ryanflucas
So now you can sell non clothing items on Poshmark. I wonder how that's working?
30-Mar-24 10:56pm
#18 theJaw
nonamesleft wrote:
Porksta wrote:> First Yotta goes to crap, and now this. Everything I love is being ruined. At least> GTZ April Fools is soon! Wow. It's been a year since the fishing game? And two years since the rpg? Time flies.
Still miss that gosh darn rpg
#18 theJaw
nonamesleft wrote:
Porksta wrote:> First Yotta goes to crap, and now this. Everything I love is being ruined. At least> GTZ April Fools is soon! Wow. It's been a year since the fishing game? And two years since the rpg? Time flies.
Still miss that gosh darn rpg
2-Apr-24 6:07pm
#19 Anxiouz
They must have gotten lots of backlash on the $2 ACH fee. I got an email saying that there will be no direct deposit fee through April 3, 2024 at 11:59 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time. I just cashed out and there was no fee so you have today and tomorrow to get your money out without the fee.
#19 Anxiouz
They must have gotten lots of backlash on the $2 ACH fee. I got an email saying that there will be no direct deposit fee through April 3, 2024 at 11:59 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time. I just cashed out and there was no fee so you have today and tomorrow to get your money out without the fee.
3-Apr-24 4:11pm
#20 ryanflucas
They were going to be class action sued by 10+ state consumer protection department over not giving enough notice.
#20 ryanflucas
They were going to be class action sued by 10+ state consumer protection department over not giving enough notice.
3-Apr-24 4:14pm
#21 ryanflucas
Who remembers Goozex? I sent out a bunch of crap games with high credits and got close to a hundred old Gameboy games in return before the market upswing.
#21 ryanflucas
Who remembers Goozex? I sent out a bunch of crap games with high credits and got close to a hundred old Gameboy games in return before the market upswing.
Heads up to sellers on Mercari - new policy changes effective immediately.