Authentic or F A K E? How to tell if an item/seller is legit!

Poshmark is an amazing site for buying new and gently used clothing, shoes, accessories, etc. but it is not without its fair share of scammers and f@ke items. In this post, I’ll explain some of the easiest ways to tell if an item is f@ke. For instance, luxury items that are tagged as brand new, but are listed for less than $500, especially as a DIFFERENT brand than what they claim to be, are f@ke. Anything $500 and over gets sent to Poshmark for authentication. If they are not willing to price it accordingly in order for that to happen, it’s not real. These sellers often use very stilted and almost robotic language, take a look at some of the descriptions I have posted above. They often claim that items are authentic without showing a date code, tag, etc. Look at the age of the account! If an account is brand new and has only one listing, usually in a luxury or high-end item, and it meets the criteria I’ve mentioned, there’s a very good chance it’s f@ke. Oftentimes these accounts have a username that will be one thing, say, very feminine for example, but then the display name is completely different. They may also have “gibberish” display/usernames as well. They often have multiple sizes of one item listed as well, Canada Goose and Patagonia are major offenders. And they will use the same photos over multiple accounts. As always, tag me in a listing if you aren’t sure! Poshmark is letting these scammers run rampant, and it hurts us authentic sellers.