For some reason, over half the items i buy on mercari do not pan out (Seller never shipped and disappeared, seller sends defective item...). I only made less than 10 purchases so that's enough for me to stop using them. No matter how tempting the price/deal, u'll get more than u paid for! (hold my money for 3 weeks until issuing credit, which takes another billing cycle/month to receive the credit sheesh)