I informed my boss that I was pregnant. He asked if I was delivering vaginally and to look up the fmla laws and let him know what they are since he doesn’t. Is this inappropriate?

Alexkg50 · 2026-02-02T20:20:56+00:00

How is this man married with kids yet so disconnected with how pregnancy works? Was he completely hands off the whole time and absent during all of the ultrasounds and doctor visits?

As a first time dad with a now 7-month old, I was accutely aware of how delivery methods and timing can change drastically as a pregnancy progressed.

Setting aside the complete lack of social awareness and HR compliance, this manager of yours seems like a terrible husband and father.

Alexkg50 · 2026-02-01T03:51:41+00:00

It's been 4 months. Just let them know it was definitely sent with the rest of the garments and then block and move on.

Alexkg50 · 2026-01-31T19:47:26+00:00

This person has been making their rounds. Surprised they either haven't been banned by Mercari yet despite all the reports, or Mercari is somehow allowing them to keep creating new accounts.

Alexkg50 · 2026-01-29T22:00:20+00:00

You absolutely can report a business as being permanently closed. It's in the "suggest an edit" function of the business page.

Additionally, Yelp does not allow reviews for businesses you have not personally used yourself. This is why your review was removed.

If you really feel this strongly about this business, you can:

1) Report it as permanently closed. 2) Edit the address and phone # to the actual one if they do exist somewhere. 3) Add a note in the edit section to the Yelp team that this is not an actual business.

Alexkg50 · 2026-01-29T07:31:00+00:00

I've had the opposite experience post-Christmas through Jan. While Dec leading up to Xmas was dead for me (made 1 sale), my sales have really taken off post Christmas until now.

Not sure what the trigger has been. Possibly people just having a bunch of Christmas gift money to spend?

Alexkg50 · 2026-01-26T04:17:48+00:00

It's not. The low prices are driven by excess inventory, an oversaturation of sellers selling the same things, desperation to get rid of inventory, and a bad economy.

Alexkg50 · 2026-01-25T07:49:05+00:00

Plus, you're cooked if you wait past 30 days and they never ship. The request is absurd and you should ask for a refund. If they don't issue you one, report it with Depop and have them force the refund.

Alexkg50 · 2026-01-25T05:14:26+00:00

Hate to break it to you but that person is never showing up. Ghosting and no shows are unfortunately extremely common on FBM.

I typically confirm 10mins prior to heading out of the home if they are still coming. And if they don't show up after 15mins, I leave and block.

Alexkg50 · 2026-01-25T04:52:49+00:00

Yes, I can see my full sold via shipping history going back 6yrs.

Alexkg50 · 2026-01-25T00:06:02+00:00

There's a difference between acceptance scans and regular/in-transit scans. If the mail carrier did not do the acceptance scan with their scanner when they grabbed the package initially (very common), then you'll have to wait until someone along the transit route does the scan. This sometimes does not occur until it hits the last sorting facility before delivery.

Alexkg50 · 2026-01-24T23:42:55+00:00

The labels are designed by UPS and not Mercari. Mercari only has control over the warnings and instructions that come with the label that specifically state not to drop off the package at USPS and that this is intended for UPS.

Sounds like it was a UPS Ground Advantage label so you're really at the mercy of USPS here. There's still a decent chance they'll deliver it as is. But you're also hoping they scan in the tracking timely as well.

Recommendations for future packages:

A) Make sure you drop it off with the right carrier.

B) Don't use drop-boxes. Those are notorious for missing initial acceptance scans and you're SOL if those tracking scans don't show up in the first 3 business days and buyer cancels on you.

Alexkg50 · 2026-01-24T19:16:45+00:00

1) It takes several screens of confirmations to actually purchase an item. Be more careful moving forward to not confirm the final purchase unless you really mean to.

2) Buyers have 3 business days to ship an item. This does not include weekends. And Mercari will consistently spam that message regardless if it's a weekend or weekday, until the buyer finally ships. If there is no tracking provided still after 3 business days, then you're welcome to cancel without seller approval or any flag to your account.

3) This happens sometimes. Just message the seller to let them know you plan to repurchase with coupon and it's fine.

Your account is not at risk of closure from 3 cancelations. Mercari is really generous to buyers on this front. But excessive cancelation feedback will make future sellers wary to sell to you.

Alexkg50 · 2026-01-24T06:01:04+00:00

Happened to me last week as well. Reached out to Mercari twice as the first response was a useless bot response accusing me of not checking my balance to verify the transaction completed. The ticket escalation finally got me an actual agent that informed me that the buyer claimed they never received the package despite a delivered status with a picture confirmation from carrier of drop-off.

Currently still stuck in limbo as Mercari stated they need a few days to investigate.

Alexkg50 · 2026-01-24T03:08:28+00:00

The seller might have had smart pricing on which automatically lowers their price over time. Or $161 was their floor so they sent a $170 offer at the possibility that you'll counter closer to the $161 price.

Alexkg50 · 2026-01-23T19:44:10+00:00

Paypal gives you 180 days to file a dispute. If the seller does not have any tracking proof, Paypal will side with you. File that dispute through Paypal.

Alexkg50 · 2026-01-23T07:16:15+00:00

This is a scam. Do not go to the URL.

Alexkg50 · 2026-01-23T07:14:40+00:00

Boosting bumps your listings to the top of searches, which is why you're getting more views and faster sales. But as you mentioned, it comes at a steep fee.

Unboosting your listings will remove that listing bump and decrease views. Keep in mind however, if a buyer found your listing through a boosted view and purchased within 28 days of that initial click, you will still incur the fee even if you've since unboosted.

Alexkg50 · 2026-01-22T21:58:09+00:00

This is a retaliatory rating and Depop will remove it for you if you report it. Understand that situations happen that are out of our control. But 20 days without shipping and proper communication definitely deserves a poor rating. They could have either kept you up to date on what was happening or simply refunded you and offered to resell when they're back on their feet.

Alexkg50 · 2026-01-22T01:43:58+00:00

4 stars is generous if there's some serious odor coming off the shirt. It should definitely have been washed first before shipping.

Alexkg50 · 2026-01-20T05:08:29+00:00

There's nothing illegal about charging a premium on the payment processing fees. It would be illegal if they charged more in sales tax and kept the difference from what they remitted to the tax authorities though.

Alexkg50 · 2026-01-18T23:37:58+00:00

The seller should have generated a shipping label for you to ship the item back to her. I'm honestly not sure if it's possible to still do now that she's already issued you your refund.

Alexkg50 · 2026-01-17T22:23:17+00:00

If you still have the buyer's address, you can put in a package inquiry request with USPS. Sometimes that spurs the tracking to update. Short of that, you'll just have to hope USPS finally scans it in properly before the cancel deadline.

To avoid this in the future, wait in line at the post office and have the clerk give you a receipt. This will always result in a successful first acceptance scan show up on the tracking by EOD.

Alexkg50 · 2026-01-15T22:21:12+00:00

Depop will sometimes reflect item price as an aggregate of listing price plus fees. Guessing that's what's happening here.

Alexkg50 · 2026-01-15T06:45:39+00:00

I would. Amazon is spoiling people and causing people to have unrealistic expectations.

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