ListiaReviews of listia.com

I was on listia a couple years ago when there was credits used to buy and sell items, and we had fun on there, would get lots of really good stuff and would get alot of credits for selling items, now it seems like nobody at all is really looking at anyone selling anything, only listia selling gift cards and such, its just a real bummer, I wish it would just go back to how it used to be, probably just going to stop selling all together on there again.

i had a really good time all things considered, for a couple years, on listia until they went to the xnk cryptocurrency...users are having a difficult time trying to figure out what amounts to sell things for, how to "cash out", and trying to figure out the xnks values..many old sellers have left bc you may as well be getting real money for the amount of "difficulty" you have to go thru just to figure out their "money"..also, listia allows people to win auctions without having the xnk to pay, and you can NOT leave negative feedback if people dont pay you..actually a seller cant leave negative at all, unless someone does it to them first..there really is no honest way to tell whos really "bad" there and who isnt, especially with new people.. anddd the support system kinda sucks too..if you even get an answer, its pretty obvious the mods really dont read the reports..and sometimes even if they do, they go against their own policies..i had one guy flat out tell me he just didnt want something after winning, which is against policy unless the seller does something wrong (i hadnt) and the mod still wanted me to mail it despite what the winner had said..he was insistent i mail something someone didnt want? while all of us messaged back and forth it was obvious he wasnt reading and i ended up refunding just to get it over with, which i shouldnt have had to do according to their policy..AND the "winner" was able to leave me negative feedback, while i could not, and i just had to "deal with it".. if youre really serious about trying lisitia, check out their official facebook page first..it gives MONTHS of peoples comments against the "new" xnk system..and some complaints about things that havent changed over the years...

Listia is a very good idea in concept. It deals in points rather than dollars, allowing people to exchange all kinds of items for others, some of which cannot be sold for money, such as digital movie codes, which is primarily what I use it for. While I appreciate the thoughtfulness of the system and the quality of the website, I cannot rate Listia well because of how they have chosen to manipulate the economy they have created and really screw over long time members. Below is a record of points that can be bought at Listia per dollar since early 2015. In a very brief span of time, this number has increased by over 1500%. That is great for new members who are just getting into the system but very bad for anyone who has been in it for a while. Take a look at the numbers below. 02/11/15 - 1000/$ 07/23/15 - 2750/$ 08/27/15 - 4000/$ 11/21/15 - 5800/$ 01/15/16 - 7500/$ 08/20/16 - 16700/$ What does this mean? Let's say I sold a movie for 1000 points on 2/11/15 when movies were generally going for 1000 points, or $1. If I immediately use those points to buy another movie also selling for $1, that's a nice even 1 for 1 trade. But what if I sat on those points until 8/20/26? Because new members at this point get 16700 points now for only $1, sellers, who are still interested in getting $1 worth of points for their movies will have raised prices to match the exchange rate. This means if I had sold 17 movies 2 years before for $1 in points each at that time, I would now only be able to get 1 movie today for $1 in today's points for those 17. That's a HUGE loss for people who do not immediately spend their points. In short, because Listia is steadily increasing the points that people can get per dollar, anyone who does not immediately spend their points is guaranteed to lose out, and fast. Their points are being devalued on a daily basis. Inflation is to be expected, but the rapidity at which Listia is doing this by playing with the exchange rate, is really dishonest. That said, I still use Listia, and it is good for some purposes, but I am readily aware of how much I'm going to be losing over the next several months. Be sure you enter into dealings on there with this in mind. UPDATE 5/14/2018 And just when I thought my savings were safe... Listia has just switched from a credit system to XNK, which in itself is a positive move. The problem is, they exchanged credits for XNK as if XNK was worth 14 cents. The actual market value is about 5 cents as of this writing. What does this mean? I just lost two thirds of the value of my credits. Seriously Listia? Listia has its usefulness. However, if you use it, EXPECT for them to find new ways to rob you of whatever you earn. This has just happened too many times to do expect anything else. Use at your own risk.

I have been on listia for over two years.. When it used to be credits it was very good. I could win up to 20 or 30 items a week.. Now they that switched it to ink I'm lucky if I can win two a day.. If you have say 60.25 in ink and win an item for 20. Listia will give it the seller and take there's and you are left with 5. And you lose out on a ton of auctions because it takes about a week just to build ink back.. Then you have people attacking it so that you can't bid.. And if you win a auction over 80. And don't have enough.. Listia will try and charge money to cover it unless you ask the seller for more time. And some sellers are selling for really high so there's no chance of getting it.. Then you have other sellers like a billiejo19: who will buy others people stuff wait a few weeks and try to get double the ink.. It's become bad. Sellers have left.. And the items aren't worth it

I have been a member since 2012. Everything was going good, bidded and won many great items. Also enjoyed, but they made these changes and I hate it. Where did my credits go and can't purchase any more credits. I don't like it, not one little bit. Thinking about leaving.:( It makes me sad.

just a heads up for anyone thinking of trying this now..they just adopted new currency TODAY, and a lot of sellers who have been there for years are leaving..theyre using a concurrency called ink and they arent even sure what we can do with it yet..they say we'll be able to use it on other sites, but no other sites are taking it..they also say we'll eventually get cash but it is a severalll step process, involving e wallets/bitcoin and some other stuff, that no one can even do yet and they wont say FOR SURE that we'll be able to once they get everything straight anyway..pretty much EVERYONE is confused on how to listing things bc we dont know how to convert credits to know what to start auctions at.. its not going well there now..i wouldnt try to being buying or selling here right now...

I've been on their site for years. At first it was great as long as you never purchased points. 1000 points was a $1. But Listia never capped of the inflation, so it went crazy. Every month in the last few years the ratio of points to $ went higher and higher. When they finally introduced turning your points into real cash, they heavily taxed it (20 % Transaction Fee). Which meant you had to sell much higher just to make a profit and if you didn't transfer the points to cash quickly... by the next month the inflation would go up again and the value of those points would go so low that you would actually lose money. Even a veteran like me couldn't handle the ever changing prices. When I realized I was gonna lose money I quit. I have 80,000 points in my account. Last time I checked that was like $20. Now it's worth only $3. Unless you stay on your toes, you will lose money on this site. Its glory days are over.

I Make an few minor mistakes, while giving reason why i can't send something. then they ban my account. even after all that build up of my point. and buying something prior to my ban. which i'm probably never gonna get because they banned me. you kidding me!?