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California
2 reviews
4 helpful votes
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SO FAR SO GOOD!
November 18, 2021

Been active on Listia for about 2 months. Already have well over 100 positive reviews - mostly selling but some buying. Haven't had a problem so far *knocks on wood."
Couple of times I had a question for support and within a couple hours, I had well thought out, informative and helpful responses.
Only issue is that I have one buyer that doesn't confirm delivery within a day or two like everyone else. Not that they open disputes or anything, it just locks up your funds until 20 days after payment way made. That's only 1 buyer out of dozens. Seems like they have really tightened things up in a good way since switching back to Points from Ink. Fill out some surveys and it's like free money. Highly recommend giving it a shot.

Date of experience: November 17, 2021
Hong Kong
2 reviews
3 helpful votes
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Most users must know why I say that, listia id a total fraud and scam, if your membership is free of charge, one day they will ban you say you dishonest and try to scam their resources. Not recommended for everyone to use it.

Date of experience: March 11, 2023
Missouri
1 review
19 helpful votes
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I bought and sold on Listia for a couple of years There is more and more drop ship stuff from Hong Kong and China than anything else. It's basically the same stuff as Wish sells. After making 2 fairly large purchases and never receiving my merchandise and being told by Listia that I was not getting my credits back, I'm done. Basically they are thieves.

Date of experience: September 20, 2019
Ohio
1 review
1 helpful vote
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SCAM
March 11, 2022

When I joined they said you could redeem 25,000 point for a $50 gift card. Now a couple months later they're saying 30,000 will get you the same thing. I have no doubt that the longer I spend on the site the more points it will take to cash out. SCAM.

Date of experience: March 11, 2022
California
1 review
19 helpful votes
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A lot of you people here leaving whiny reviews are just either lazy, boring or greedy. Listia has some of the most unique items, down to Earth people. I have ever bet! With most things in life you get back what you put into it. Some of you I can tell didn't and you don't know how to be successful and then you cry that it stinks. Listia ROCKS!

Date of experience: April 16, 2019
Arizona
2 reviews
4 helpful votes
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This app has gone completely downhill! They change currencies what seems like every six months and make your current currency worth nothing when they do so. Sellers mostly never send out what you buy and when you try and get your credits back they don't do anything about it... waste of money and time! Don't use this scam app! You are warned!

Date of experience: April 21, 2022
Netherlands
14 reviews
74 helpful votes
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Too many changes
July 12, 2019

I was a member for a few years, and received quite a lot of cool stuff. Also contributed numerous items.
I became fed-up with Listia after too many sellers kept the postage fees I sent and failed to send me the items.
I stopped dealing with them altogether when they started the 'ink' system- was unable to figure it out.

I believe the site would be good if a) Listia reimbursed us for postage ripoffs, and b) went back to the former credits system.

Date of experience: July 12, 2019
Utah
69 reviews
100 helpful votes
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I got ride of so much stuff here that I know have well over 1,000,000 credits but they have changed how they do things. They have chance the credits to INK. To change my credits into INK is not even comparable to the value of my credits. Plus the produce that is being offered by people is totally different that it used to be at a higher price and most are charging shipping where before there was a lot of free shipping. I probably will transfer my credits into INK and purchase something to use them up and never use the site again.

Date of experience: June 25, 2019
California
4 reviews
23 helpful votes
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Scammers!
March 1, 2019

This company used to be great according to my friends but when I dealt with them I just came to know that they are theifs. Company has turned into complete joke. Total scam now! Now I avoid buying from other people on here unless I have built a relationship with them because i have been scammed too many times and listia's dispute team does pretty much nothing.

Date of experience: March 1, 2019
RU
4 reviews
2 helpful votes
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It was a long boring day and I didn't know what to do in order to shorten that day. I believed that it would be cool to search in the internet for some cool shopping centers. Finally, I found listia which seemed to me pretty interesting, because it offers things for exchange for free. So you cna just give them things which you don't need anymore and then they send you some things which you need. It's okay for those people who always buy something but don't use it. I guess that this service should be paid with attention from people, because it really deserves it.

Date of experience: December 9, 2021
Texas
1 review
17 helpful votes
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I used this site for several years and traded thousands of items! It used to be the best site on the internet and super enjoyable. But then the Chinese started to list their cheap stuff, the owners switched to XNK instead of credits and the site went downhill rapidly. Sad too, because I spent thousands shipping stuff free to other Listians on this site. Not anymore. I'm rarely on the site now so you can keep the worthless XNK I have left.

Date of experience: June 26, 2019
Mississippi
1 review
9 helpful votes
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I bought a. 999 silver gram bar from what appeared to be a trusted seller but instead received a small silver grain bar about half the size of a gram. When I did all that listia asked me to do they said I didn't send pictures which I sent 3!. Regardless listia closed the account with no other options. The seller of course was happy to have my credits and not worry about making any other corrections as he can keep selling grains for grams and listia isn't incorporated enough like that of ebay, amazon or even etsy to manage a site such as this one. With all that said please do not misunderstand me there are many good sellers and buyers but listia is a great place for the con artist and listia will stand behind them.

Date of experience: February 24, 2015
Tom F. Listia Rep
over a year old

Hi Jimmy D.,

Thanks for your feedback. Could you provide me with your username? I'd like to look into this and get back to you.

Thanks!
Tom

Connecticut
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Listia used to be very good. Around 2014 they changed everything including points as a medium of trade. These points are very hard to translate to equivalent dollars. That's one problem. However, another problem slowly came to light—Listia has no means to seek review of problems that occur. They have customer service representatives that are either unable or unwilling to provide assistance in enforcing the rules that Listia themselves created. The biggest problem is with the offering of counterfeit coins. Listia allows known offenders to list these forgeries without repercussions. They don't help victims get their money back and only care about keeping the trading going. As a result, the good coin dealers won't do business there.This company should practice what it preaches and enforce their own rules. As of today, this site is known as a place to list forgeries and stolen property. Hopefully my complaint to the IC3 site will get the wheels of justice going. In the meantime don't buy
Anything there unless you can afford to lose that money.

Date of experience: July 9, 2023
Massachusetts
1 review
3 helpful votes
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I was excited when someone in my plant swap group referred me. Now I'm just pissed. I have only had 3 auctions. 2 are scammers. Not very good odds. I send what was promised plus extras and 15 days later no credits. One dispute who admitted to getting item and because they are idiots who can't read or be bothered to look it up I lose. No thanks! I love sharing all the wonderful things I have received. I'll stick to plant trades and craigslist.

Date of experience: February 26, 2013
New York
1 review
8 helpful votes
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Stay away!
July 11, 2014

Stay away! There is no real Listia Assurance. I lost over $50 worth of credits when a seller didn't sell me what was advertised (she actually sent me trash in the mail). Listia still let the seller keep the credits and never responded to my dispute. They also removed my ability to leave feedback for the transaction. It doesn't get any worse that this!

Date of experience: July 11, 2014
Kentucky
1 review
18 helpful votes
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I have been a Member since Apr 16,2011. When I first joined the site it was awesome. I loved "buying" and "selling" things I was interested in, however they messed up with the "buy it now" option. Prices inflated and good items were harder to come by. Yet I stuck by their side. Now with this new crypto-currency taking hold on Listia it's a sinking ship. They're going down a very terrible path.

Date of experience: June 20, 2018
New York
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Best Site Ever
December 7, 2015

I have been a member since Aug 2012 and could not be happier. I read these bad reviews and wonder if there is something these folks just don't grasp. Yes, you can buy credits and support the site or earn them for free by taking surveys, completing goals or just watch a video. When you sell, I strongly advise to mail with tracking and save your own butt. Yes I had a buyer state her tracked item was not received. Sad sad sad. So yes there are the scammers on both ends. Just like court you need to prove your case with any dispute. No need to complain when it doesn't go your way. So get the clutter out of your house, list it and get what you want for free. This site is so easy to use. I'm not going anywhere.

Date of experience: December 6, 2015
Tom F. Listia Rep
over a year old

Hi Sandi. Thanks for your review! We're glad to hear that you are happy with being a Listia member. And thank you for the advice you share with others. We rely on great users like yourself to allow a great experience for all :)

Ohio
1 review
14 helpful votes
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Listia is thieving
February 4, 2016

Listia banned my account because I referred the people who live in my house hold. Only 3 of us signed up but I was somehow banned. They stole money and credits from me. Do not download Listia, it is a scam.

Date of experience: February 3, 2016
Tom F. Listia Rep
over a year old

Hi Anna. As written in our rules, if you have referred people who are on the same computer or in the same physical location as you, your referral will not be valid. If a referral is not valid the invited person will see a warning message about this at the top of their signup page. This rule is in place to prevent fraudulent referral activity from creating multiple accounts on the same computer or from the same location. Thank you for your understanding.

GB
1 review
14 helpful votes
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As a premise, Listia is a nice idea: give away things you don't want or need any more, and bid for things you like. However, the very nature of human beings means it attracts a large number of undesirable individuals: fraudsters, scammers, cheats and leeches. Lots of the things being given away are little more than worthless rubbish (old bus tickets for example), while others are fakes and still others are very low quality costume jewelry one could buy from a high street store for next to nothing. Needless to say, most of the members are in the USA, and overseas members get a pretty rough deal, being expected to pay the postage both for items they give away, and items they bid on. Beware of scammers offering worthless goods and charging through postage.

Date of experience: April 13, 2015
Tom F. Listia Rep
over a year old

Hi Matt P.,

Thanks for your feedback. We try our best to keep our site fun and safe for our users. Our mods and even users diligently flag and help remove any users that do not bring quality to the site and our valued users. At times, a few bad eggs get through, but we are aware and continue to make sure things are taken care of for our community's safety. As for postage, many members are from the US, but you'll be surprised to see how many of our users are not. As we continue to grow, I'm sure our members will be able to provide and find postage that is favorable for all. Thank you for being a user and we hope you continue to enjoy our site.

Sincerely,
Tom

Wisconsin
1 review
16 helpful votes
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I'm really so upset about a problem that i'm having on Listia. I don't understand why the moderators dislike me so much.
I have been enjoying this site for months... i think i'm addicted to it... but that's going to have to change i guess. I had a really good auction of an old Waltham Pocket Watch of my Dad's. A lot of people were interested in it and i got a nice high bid. The person that won gave me positive feedback. And a couple days later wanted his credits back. The moderator sided with him, without telling me why. I had not broken any rules.
I guess the worst part is that i don't have 400,050 credits to refund. So i'm sure i will end up banned soon. Very sad and upset :(

Date of experience: December 15, 2015
Tom F. Listia Rep
over a year old

Hi Janet. We're sorry to hear you're upset with the Admin's decision. If you haven't already, please submit a support ticket as we'd like to clarify the reason why the Admin refunded the credits to the Winner. We want to make sure you know why this action was taken. Thank you.

Overview

Listia has a rating of 2.1 stars from 415 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers dissatisfied with Listia most frequently mention customer service, gift card and many people. Listia ranks 166th among Auction sites.

service
71
value
70
shipping
64
returns
59
quality
67