New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast, The first and only subreddit for Mercari, a fast growing marketplace for buying and selling online. Cookie Notice Seconding the advice to wait until Mercari refunds you, but they will refund your postage regardless, especially if you have the receipt. There's no fee to list items. ', Press J to jump to the feed. Yeah Ive already sent them proof of overdue postage. I was surprised one comic book in a Gemini mailer weighed that much but I asked to pay for the difference and she said it was fine. For more information, please review additional details on the USPS website. See disclosure at. Be sure to use the right box for your label. if (document.referrer) document.write ("&referer=" + escape(document.referrer)); 'In honor of imnotlegolas for starting this subreddit. Mercari adjusted its prices for prepaid shipping labels, which take effect today, April 13th. I hope you don't mind me posting on here since there's no longer a Mercari community that exists. For heavy shipments using a Mercari prepaid label, make sure that your package is under 50 lbs in both actual weight and dim weight. document.write (document.charset ? '&charset='+document.characterSet : '')); The carriers will charge postage due fees to deliver packages that are over the weight and/or dimension limits on the shipping label. And someone will see that something got a downvote and just downvote it too without reading it and without reason. When a label is used more than once, they charge Mercari for additional postage which Mercari will then charge to the seller by deducting the amount from the sellers earnings. So I was charged an extra $4 for overdue postage and I know I need to contact Mercari to get my money back. USPS will not scan it unless you pay the difference. The Postal Service may end the practice of delivering underpaid mail ``postage due.' Any advice would be much appreciated! For heavy shipments using a Mercari prepaid label, make sure that your package is under 50 lbs in both actual weight and dim weight. Your package cannot be larger than 12 x 8 x 4 and the shipping weight cant exceed 5 lb. Sellers are responsible for all fees associated with incorrect drop-off or overweight packages which will be deducted from the sellers earnings. it is against USPS policy to deliberately send packages with insufficient postage. This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks. Be sure to use the right box for your label. I was charged for overdue postage as well. Today (two weeks later from when I bought the item) I got a note from USPS that said this mail was undeliverable because I owe $7 postage. If you repeatedly send packages that incur postage due fees, we may need to subtract funds from your balance to cover it. If a Mercari shipping label was used, for example the 4.99 USPS label for up to 1lb, and the item turned out to be over 1lb. [1] Their main product, the Mercari marketplace app, was first launched in Japan in July 2013, and has since grown to become Japan's largest community-powered marketplace with over JPY 10 billion in transactions carried out on the platform each month. document.write ("&loc=" + escape(window.location)); Shipping is easy They aim to stand out from competitors with an ultra-simple user interface that makes buying and selling easy and quick. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast, The first and only subreddit for Mercari, a fast growing marketplace for buying and selling online. Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. Other rates are going up, but in some cases the rates are being lowered. 06:02 PM. They said that the reason is that USPS did their service and delivered the package to me and so in order for the seller to get their merchandise back, they would still have to pay that postage due.Since you would have to pay for the postage due if it was returned to you anyway, would you just want me to pay for the postage due and you refund me the postage due back when I get the item? Yes, just contact mercari, maybe he does that often and thats not right. Mercari, Inc. ( TYO: 4385) is a Japanese e-commerce company founded in 2013. Oversized packages or packages with incorrect dimensions may be subject to additional postage fees with the carrier. //]]>-->,