1. Mercari is an app that makes selling unwanted or unnecessary items easy for everyone, offering an alternative to Facebook Marketplace. While most transactions are legitimate, bad actors do exist and buyers and sellers need to take certain precautions in order to protect themselves against common scams on Mercari.
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3. Overall, Mercari offers an effective app and website experience with an user friendly interface that enables people to create profiles in no time at all. Users then search items by price, location and category filters - listing images provide additional clarity of what people will purchase prior to spending their hard-earned cash.
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5. Mercari offers many useful services through its app, such as prepay shipping labels and an inbuilt $200 insurance (terms and conditions apply). Buyers can report any problems they've had with items they purchased through Mercari's customer service team who will contact sellers to resolve issues quickly.
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7. As with other services that facilitate selling things online, Mercari requires identification verification of its sellers in order to deter fraudsters, and there are restrictions on what items can or cannot be sold, including drugs, counterfeit products, stolen items and even body parts (yes!).
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9. Can I Be Ripped Off by Mercari? mes In contrast to some other apps for buying and selling things, Mercari doesn't encourage face-to-face transactions - which is an appreciated feature that prevents people from being lured into meeting up with strangers in odd locations in order to deliver items they have just sold. Furthermore, their buyer protection guarantee holds payments until their item arrives with its seller - providing additional safety while using this service.
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11. One of the most effective ways for scammers on Mercari to take advantage of sellers is by impersonating customer support representatives. This may take place via text, email or in-app messages and involve convincing sellers to divulge personal data such as their social security number or payment information in order to regain access to their account.
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13. Man Down Devices As with any online marketplace, Mercari presents the possibility of being scammed, but taking some simple steps should help decrease this risk. Most importantly, never share personal or financial data with other Mercari users and be wary of overly pushy sales messaging; communicate and pay within the app to take advantage of its Buyer Protection Guarantee.
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