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I hadn’t heard about that. I was just surprised that it was ok to sell food on Mercari at all. Personally, if I found a farmer to buy from I’d rather find a way to support them by purchasing directly without a company getting a cut.AreTheyTheLemmings? wrote: ↑Wed Jun 07, 2023 4:54 am
There was an item on the news a while back saying there's been a number of cases of thieves stealing veges from people's fields and selling them on Mercari. I'm sure it's a just a nasty few who are doing that, but perhaps it might pay to make sure you're getting those veges direct from the farmer and not directly from the thief.
zeroshiki wrote: ↑Thu Jun 08, 2023 4:02 am I dislike the Mercari culture of having to ask permission to buy something. Like, it's right there. Let me buy it. But sellers will cancel and say you're a dick if you don't ask permission sometimes. Their push for everything to basically be free shipping is great however.
I just told my ol' lady what you replied to the permission statement and she was like "Huh?" herself. She said sellers will generally only cancel if the buyer has a bad rep. She bought my left-handed golf clubs on it. The seller was kind enough to bring it to our door at no extra cost.Bushiman wrote: ↑Thu Jun 08, 2023 11:28 pmzeroshiki wrote: ↑Thu Jun 08, 2023 4:02 am I dislike the Mercari culture of having to ask permission to buy something. Like, it's right there. Let me buy it. But sellers will cancel and say you're a dick if you don't ask permission sometimes. Their push for everything to basically be free shipping is great however.
Huh!?
I just straight up buy whatever then comment a little "よろしくお願いします!" So far everyone has been cool...
It's your lucky day or should I say maybe my lucky day.Biketokyo wrote: ↑Thu Jun 08, 2023 9:15 pmI hadn’t heard about that. I was just surprised that it was ok to sell food on Mercari at all. Personally, if I found a farmer to buy from I’d rather find a way to support them by purchasing directly without a company getting a cut.AreTheyTheLemmings? wrote: ↑Wed Jun 07, 2023 4:54 am
There was an item on the news a while back saying there's been a number of cases of thieves stealing veges from people's fields and selling them on Mercari. I'm sure it's a just a nasty few who are doing that, but perhaps it might pay to make sure you're getting those veges direct from the farmer and not directly from the thief.
Wilbur, thanks for that information. I just sent you a pm.Wilbur wrote: ↑Sat Jun 10, 2023 11:19 pm
It's your lucky day or should I say maybe my lucky day.
I'm a farmer that would be more than happy to directly sell my grapes and peaches to customers. If you or anyone is interested in supporting a farmer directly, you can send me a pm and I will send you a link to my website.
After several purchases in Mercari I never had this situationzeroshiki wrote: ↑Thu Jun 08, 2023 4:02 am I dislike the Mercari culture of having to ask permission to buy something. Like, it's right there. Let me buy it. But sellers will cancel and say you're a dick if you don't ask permission sometimes. Their push for everything to basically be free shipping is great however.
The only case where this could happen is if someone asked for a lower price, it was granted and to avoid someone else fom taking it they write their name/username in the listing but that's itReally? Did Mercari allow you to write your address?
gaijin86 wrote: ↑Mon Sep 04, 2023 4:47 amReally? Did Mercari allow you to write your address?
I found that Mercari would zap or disallow any message that mentioned an address (otherwise trades could be done without Mercari taking a cut).
Maybe they allow address AFTER a deal has been done and paid for?