ListiaReviews of listia.com

I started a year ago on Listia selling few leftover items that I sell on eBay, eCrater, or Amazon. What attracted me the most was the credit system they use because that means there is no real money exchanged and I am not going to file bartering transactions on my tax. I can also use the credits to buy something nice or some gift card, but then here comes the problem. First, there is hardly anything 'nice'. And then there is the credit depreciation. A $25 Amazon gift card sold for a bit over 30k credits 12 months ago now goes for well over 60k credits. A $10 gift card will cost you more credits than the credits you earned for selling a $10 item. To make matter worse, Listia try to make money by selling credits. That is pretty much the same as printing their own money and it further depreciate credit system. This month they started charging transaction fee on all auction with 500 credit or more open bid, time to GTFO of there.

I had been a member since 2012, my account was verified 5 different ways, I had over 1800 Total Auctions completed with 100% positive feedback and accumulated over 4 million credits from successful sold auctions. Then one day all of a sudden they start holding back my credits on completed auctions! Which meant that I had to wait for the buyer to say that they got the item or I had to wait for a minimum of 20 days to pass! I submitted repeated requests for help or an answer and I ALWAYS got the same canned answer that said: "Immediate transfer of credits is a courtesy that we extend to our most Trusted Sellers. At times, even for Trusted Sellers, credits will go into a pending state. This will occur from time to time based on your trusted credit amount, credits being used on the items you are currently bidding on, and your completion rate. It's not due to anything you've done wrong." Well, since they never gave me an answer and I constantly asked and pushed for one, they banned me from commenting.THEN they banned me from bidding! This website is a joke! Aside from treating their members like garbage, there are 1000's of scammers on that site. Scammers that are allowed to post bogus auctions without any verification whatsoever. All you need is an email address and BOOM, you're a listia seller! How do you know they are scammers? They usually have NO feedback, have recently joined the site, have NO verification (if they do, it's usually a bogus Facebook profile) and have stock or stolen photos of their items (usually high end electronics/phone items). Then to top it off, the IDIOT "mods" almost always post on the following on bogus auctions: "To make sure you get the most bids and credits from your listings, please add more information about your item. Details such as make, model number, condition, and any known issues will really help you get more credits. This also reduces the number of questions that your bidders have to ask. For the best possible results, you should also post a clear, close-up picture of the item in your possession. We recommend photos of your item powered on, powered off, and of the back and sides. All of the pictures should be taken on the same background. We also highly recommended writing your Listia username on a piece of paper showing it next to your item. Doing so will help bidders know that you really have the item in your possession. All of this will prevent your listing from getting flagged. The last thing we want is for your listing to get deleted! Thanks for your cooperation and hope you hit the jackpot with this listing!" So not only do you have to be weary of the sellers but the mindless "mods" as well. Because of this, I have stopped buying/selling on listia

AshleyStoner96 charges $3 to ship Magic:The Gathering cards in an envelope with a 43 cent stamp. Her auctions literally say "free shipping" in the titles. Listia sided with her and she didn't refund me or send the cards I won. On top of that, she left me negative feedback but I cannot leave her feedback since I lost an appeal. So sellers can leave feedback but not a buyer...what a joke.

I do not like how they have a "contact us" option, and they do not respond to you. Like, why have that if you're not going to get help?! I asked a question regarding a dispute almost 5 months ago, haven't got a response & it's B.S. I do not like how you have to pay credits to be able to set a GIN price & ON TOP OF THAT you have to pay credits for the amount of GIN that you set. The pricing to buy credits is a joke and a rip off. 1,500 credits = about $1.50, but they charge you like $5. 1,00 credits won't get you something you really need, trust me. Oh, and what cracks me up. $40.00 = 16,00 credits?! REALLY?! On top of all that, their offers DO NOT GIVE YOU CREDITS. You have to wait too long for credits. Even if you use a tracking # to prove you really sent the item & you have 100% feedback but no trusted seller badge yet.

When users are scammers, that's usually easy to avoid, but when the Listia Customer Service is the scammer... yeah, that's NOT acceptable. I was with Listia since the beginning and really liked it at first. I've referred 52 people, had 100% positive feedback after 395 transactions, and then something I mailed was lost in the mail late last year. It was decided against my favor and now my account is -7900 or so credits. I really can't believe that someone who has been such a great asset to them should be punished like that. They really need a stipulation for people who lose one thing out of 200 in the mail and have an awesome transaction history with them. Someone should not be punished b/c the post office loses something. I can see if the person was a newbie or continually "lost" packages but this.... it's not right. I asked them to delete my account because after they blatantly ignored me 3 times, I really don't want to be a part of their site. My Internet time is much better spent telling the world they're shady.

After more than a year on listia, I have concluded that it is a waste of my time and money. It is unprofessionally run by a group of moderators who often seem to make up the rules as they go along. Existing, published rules seem to be enforced arbitrarily, and without regard to logic or fairness. Sellers are allowed to auction items which are totally unusable with no penalty, while buyers are expected to pay to return those items in the event of a dispute, at their own expense. The moderators often ignore support requests, and, as often take a long time (as much as 10 days) to respond to them. I have requested that they close my account, and even this request has been ignored. Don't waste your time!

Excellent site and fair too.