I recently won a bid for the AirPods Pro 3 on Mercari. I purchased it almost instantly, paying 25,000 yen. I have bought tens of items from Mercari and had only gotten good reviews.
I contacted the seller saying a classic よろしくお願いします etc and asked for a proof of purchase which he had commented he could provide. To be honest I think this is irrelevant, but I’m providing it for context.
A few minutes later, he filed a cancelation request. No text. I asked why, and he responded “I did not intend to sell the item, and couldn’t cancel during the bidding process”. If this was actually true, I wouldn’t have minded. But he had uploaded multiple pictures and commented multiple times on the item with multiple commenters.
So I declined and asked him for more information. After some back and forth, he said I can decline but he will not send it. I didn’t respond and he blocked me.
Even though I’m blocked, I could still see his new listings (although I couldn’t bid or comment). He listed the exact same set of AirPods a few hours later. Same exact pictures and titles. People started bidding instantly.
To be honest I don’t care about getting the AirPods. I just really don’t like that this guy is just trying to profit maximize without giving a shit about anything. Probably he thought 25,000 was too low. It’s also important to mention that he told me another buyer had won the bid a day before, but never purchased. Probably it was way higher and he didn’t like the price he sold it to me. Maybe he just didn’t want to sell to a foreigner, but I think this is unlikely.
In any case, I contacted Mercari and I am waiting for a response. I just want him to get banned at least. I know he will just make a new account at yahoo auctions or something, but I just want to be a small inconvenience in his day. JUSTICE WILL BE SERVED SIR.
The problem was that he would probably sell the item before Mercari would contact me back. However, I told my girlfriend to put a fairly high price as a bid from her account just to delay the process. I think he ended the bid early?? I didn’t know that was possible. In any case I managed to stall for a day. My girlfriend doesn’t care about her account.
Anyways, maybe it’s an interesting read for a few of you. If you have some advice please feel free to comment!
by Mobile-Leather603