Naked Warrior | 288 Posted June 25, 2021 Share Posted June 25, 2021 So, I'm doing some random Mercari searching and up pops this listing for an "Old Game": https://www.mercari.com/us/item/m25194130737/ What satisfaction does the person who posted this get, exactly? I mean, I imagine it is a pair of 10 year olds and they're like, "Let's see if we can make a fake listing and get someone to buy it! That will be hilarious!" But they have just straight up failed. If you know a 10-year-old that wants to be a troll, show him/her this and tell him/her to think bigger: 1) Find a picture of a USA CIB (or just cart, to make the "Got it from a relative" story more believable) - I wouldn't even pay the $50 for a PAL (Norwegian?) copy...c'mon now. 2) Name the listing "Little Samson" or "NES games"...the "Old Game" title screams scam. 3) Put $1,000 on it - Someone locking up $50 on their credit card for a couple weeks until you cancel the transaction isn't very impactful, but locking up $1,000 on their credit line - now that is a dick-move worthy of a Grade-A A-hole. 4) List it on a different troll account that DOESN'T have 22 cancellations and a listing up for two copies of "Pants Restaurant" https://www.mercari.com/us/item/m82551972497/ Damn...Wish I would have gotten my Pants Restaurant when they were on sale 2 for $70... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RH | 4,973 Posted June 25, 2021 Share Posted June 25, 2021 Footage of Mercari poster... 1 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Californication | 1,490 Posted June 25, 2021 Share Posted June 25, 2021 (edited) Ya. I was finding some good stuff on Mercari until they bought out that shity competition of theirs. They somehow completly trashed their algorithm and gained a ton of fake postings. Nm that was Offerup and Letgo. Edited June 25, 2021 by Californication Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tulpa | 3,537 Posted June 25, 2021 Share Posted June 25, 2021 Reminds me of Craigslist listings years ago that would casually say "Nintendo games for sale. Mario, Kung Fu, Zelda, Stadium Events, and Donkey Kong." 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strange | 1,701 Posted June 25, 2021 Share Posted June 25, 2021 I don’t think 10 year olds know what Little Samson is. Dude is likely our age. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OptOut | 8,892 Posted June 25, 2021 Share Posted June 25, 2021 50 bucks for a CIB PAL Little Samson is a great price, what are you guys smoking? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeatherRebel5150 | 1,056 Posted June 25, 2021 Share Posted June 25, 2021 Jokes on you @Naked Warriorthe listing was real 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabonga | 2,341 Posted June 25, 2021 Share Posted June 25, 2021 (edited) And they had a complete Pokemon Red for $40. Edited June 25, 2021 by Tabonga 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phart010 | 1,708 Posted June 25, 2021 Share Posted June 25, 2021 Is there a way to see that those transactions were actually canceled? I could see this being real. Could be a less savvy person clearing out a collectors belongings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TDIRunner | 2,775 Posted June 25, 2021 Share Posted June 25, 2021 If you want to know what the troll gets out of it, they enjoy watching the dozen or so people who fall for it stumble over each other trying to nab it first. They screenshot the messages they get trying to backdoor the buyer and have a good laugh at it all. They probably even get a good laugh from the messages accusing them of being a scammer. I genuinely don't think they care about the money as this person obviously knows they won't get paid for this. The person was bored, and they probably believe that the laughs they got out of this were worth the effort put in. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowser | 600 Posted June 25, 2021 Share Posted June 25, 2021 Looking at the seller's other sold items it's obviously a troll. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B.A. | 1,139 Posted June 25, 2021 Share Posted June 25, 2021 9 minutes ago, bowser said: Looking at the seller's other sold items it's obviously a troll. What do you mean? I love Pants Restaurant. https://www.mercari.com/us/item/m82551972497/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Californication | 1,490 Posted June 25, 2021 Share Posted June 25, 2021 (edited) Nm. Edited June 25, 2021 by Californication Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RH | 4,973 Posted June 25, 2021 Share Posted June 25, 2021 The one that topped them all from that guy were the set of 9 Charizards, all seeming to be in mint condition, for $50. I don't know the most notable, collectible item there is out there that's worth loads of money, but between the Black Lotus and Charizard, those things have been hot and potentially discoverable in the wild for over two decades. He's definitely a troll, no question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanooki | 4,952 Posted June 25, 2021 Share Posted June 25, 2021 Stuff like that, given they seem to be a bit more loose than ebay, makes me wonder why much of anyone would bother even touching Mercari anymore. Time and again, a friend I made on racketboy many years ago and still is, complains plenty and not about ebay, but mercari is #1 and facebook marketplace recently taking #2 place on douchy rotten stupid antics list. It seems to follow a pretty predictable pattern of abuses between them. Mercari has backdoors, fake listings, people changing the terms after the sale, not sending, etc. The FB mess tends to be people recently this year using it as a payday loan, find a sucker, peddle some $10 duplicates for like $80 as real, play dumb, and ride out the period keeping the money in the meantime. I do not like ebay, but this stuff is nowhere near as common there considering how they tend to treat sellers, yet do nail buyers who develop a pattern of it too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tidaldreams | 654 Posted June 26, 2021 Share Posted June 26, 2021 Mercari is a complete joke... anything good is snapped up in seconds and if you do happen to snag a good deal the seller can cancel without remorse. If you get something not as described, it's impossible to both return it to get your money back and rate the seller, which makes it a cesspool of scammers. Don't get me started with how bad the interface and the search engine are. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phart010 | 1,708 Posted July 28, 2021 Share Posted July 28, 2021 (edited) On 6/25/2021 at 8:53 PM, tidaldreams said: Mercari is a complete joke... anything good is snapped up in seconds and if you do happen to snag a good deal the seller can cancel without remorse. If you get something not as described, it's impossible to both return it to get your money back and rate the seller, which makes it a cesspool of scammers. Don't get me started with how bad the interface and the search engine are. I definitely think there are shenanigans going on with Mercari. I have some saved searches that I check on once or twice a day. Often times I’ll check the search for an item at noon and there will be no new results. Then later the same day there will be a sold listing for that item (at a lower than average price) and it says “sold 16 hours ago” or something like that. It happens very frequently and most noticeably on desirable games priced much less than the going rate. I suspect there are some people that are getting first dibs on certain items before they even become visible to everyone else. All that said, I’ve bought and sold a ton on Mercari and have never had any issues with the app. It works better than eBay in my opinion. Edited July 28, 2021 by phart010 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barrels | 125 Posted July 28, 2021 Share Posted July 28, 2021 (edited) My luck on Mercari, both as buyer and seller, comes in waves. The people running it are absolute idiots, don’t care, or both. Their customer service is abysmal and like others have said, it’s an environment ripe for deals falling through. I have zero faith in anything close to real-time search results — it’s purely luck if you see something quick enough to grab it (eg maybe you landed on the right server at the right time?). Even then, back door deals hurt man. Edited July 28, 2021 by barrels Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avgn Gamer | 671 Posted July 28, 2021 Share Posted July 28, 2021 I had a deal fall through on a Nintendo Power 100 n64 controller for 70 bucks and the asshole relisted it for 100. I didn't buy it ay 100 cuz that asswipe wasn't getting my money. He had his chance to get 70 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanooki | 4,952 Posted July 28, 2021 Share Posted July 28, 2021 Maybe it's dumb luck but I'm curious if I'm dealing with shenanigans on ebay at the moment. Cart I've wanted for awhile resurfaced, usually this thing sells south of 100, so I dropped a bid semi-close to that, and this other mystery guy pops in, it's not some low count account but his bid history is 0 for the window ebay allows public viewing. It's now like twice where I valued it almost, and it still has most the duration to go. Seems fishy. Any way I can poke a stick at it to see if it's a shill? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Californication | 1,490 Posted July 28, 2021 Share Posted July 28, 2021 Ebay user Kumsjapan stole photos from another listing and posted the item for sale for 50% of the price. I purchased and then they asked me if it would be okay to send me a foreign copy of the game that is a japanese exclusive. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RegularGuyGamer | 2,018 Posted July 28, 2021 Share Posted July 28, 2021 16 hours ago, Californication said: Ebay user Kumsjapan stole photos from another listing and posted the item for sale for 50% of the price. I purchased and then they asked me if it would be okay to send me a foreign copy of the game that is a japanese exclusive. Oh shit that's a hell of a scam. Where do these goons think of this shit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Code Monkey | 2,014 Posted July 28, 2021 Share Posted July 28, 2021 What's Mercari? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tidaldreams | 654 Posted July 29, 2021 Share Posted July 29, 2021 23 hours ago, Californication said: Ebay user Kumsjapan stole photos from another listing and posted the item for sale for 50% of the price. I purchased and then they asked me if it would be okay to send me a foreign copy of the game that is a japanese exclusive. I started watermarking some of my stuff because of this crap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inasuma | 1,205 Posted July 29, 2021 Share Posted July 29, 2021 On 7/27/2021 at 8:15 PM, Tanooki said: Maybe it's dumb luck but I'm curious if I'm dealing with shenanigans on ebay at the moment. Cart I've wanted for awhile resurfaced, usually this thing sells south of 100, so I dropped a bid semi-close to that, and this other mystery guy pops in, it's not some low count account but his bid history is 0 for the window ebay allows public viewing. It's now like twice where I valued it almost, and it still has most the duration to go. Seems fishy. Any way I can poke a stick at it to see if it's a shill? Probably not. But classic eBay tho Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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