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  OfferUp, Inc.

  1745 114th Ave SE Bellevue, WA 98004-6968

  
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  OfferUp, Inc.

  227 Bellevue Way NE Ste 57 Bellevue, WA 98004-5721

  

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• Initial Complaint

  Date:07/14/2025

  Type:Service or Repair Issues
  Status:

  AnsweredMore info

  Complaint statuses

  Resolved:

  The complainant verified the issue was resolved to their satisfaction.

  Unresolved:

  The business responded to the dispute but failed to make a good faith effort to resolve it.

  Answered:

  The business addressed the issues within the complaint, but the consumer either a) did not accept the response, OR b) did not notify BBB as to their satisfaction.

  Unanswered:

  The business failed to respond to the dispute.

  Unpursuable:

  BBB is unable to locate the business.

  Ive been using offer up for several years now with great success. ******** since they began offering a premium service, I never hear back from anyone selling things on the site even when I offer the full asking price. Accordingly I dont need to subscribe to the premium service but apparently if I dont I am locked out of the service.

  

  Business Response

  Date: 07/15/2025

  Hello ***,
  
  My name is **** and I handle our BBB complaints.
  
  I understand that youve been having trouble hearing back from sellers on OfferUp and were concerned that our Premium subscription might be limiting access for non-subscribers. *** created a ticket on your behalf to further troubleshoot this issue. Your ticket number is #*********.
  
  In that ticket, we explained that OfferUp Premium is entirely optional and does not affect your ability to use the app. We also noted that you currently have multiple OfferUp accounts, which may be contributing to the access issues youre experiencing. Since users are only permitted to have one active account, wed be happy to help you get reconnected. Please reply in that ticket with which account youd like to keep, and well take care of the rest.
  
  If you still need assistance, please reply in that ticket or reach out to us at ************************************************************.
  
  Kind regards,
  **** | OfferUp

• Initial Complaint

  Date:07/11/2025

  Type:Delivery Issues
  Status:

  AnsweredMore info

  Complaint statuses

  Resolved:

  The complainant verified the issue was resolved to their satisfaction.

  Unresolved:

  The business responded to the dispute but failed to make a good faith effort to resolve it.

  Answered:

  The business addressed the issues within the complaint, but the consumer either a) did not accept the response, OR b) did not notify BBB as to their satisfaction.

  Unanswered:

  The business failed to respond to the dispute.

  Unpursuable:

  BBB is unable to locate the business.

  Regarding this order, as the seller, I shipped the item as required, and **** showed that it had been successfully delivered. Offerup officially closed my account and order for no reason. It has been 15 days and I have not received payment for the item. I have now lost the item, but I have not received payment either.

  

  Business Response

  Date: 07/15/2025

  Hi ****,
  
  My name is **** and I handle our BBB complaints.
  
  I see that youve been working in close contact with our agents regarding your recent sale. In ticket #*********, we stated that the buyer's 2 Day Purchase Protection claim was approved. Additionally, since the package did not contain the item you agreed to sell to them, there will be no payout of funds to you. This is a final decision, there is not an appeals process available.  
  If you still need assistance, please continue working with your agent in that ticket.
  
  Kind regards,
  **** | OfferUp

  Customer Answer

  Date: 07/15/2025

   
  Complaint: 23588896
  
  I am rejecting this response because:Please carefully review the email thread. You have only replied twice, and neither response provided any explanation regarding this order. You simply told me that you refunded the buyer, but gave no further details. I have sent three follow-up emails asking for specific information, yet you still have not replied.
  
  Sincerely,
  
  **** ********

• Initial Complaint

  Date:07/02/2025

  Type:Customer Service Issues
  Status:

  AnsweredMore info

  Complaint statuses

  Resolved:

  The complainant verified the issue was resolved to their satisfaction.

  Unresolved:

  The business responded to the dispute but failed to make a good faith effort to resolve it.

  Answered:

  The business addressed the issues within the complaint, but the consumer either a) did not accept the response, OR b) did not notify BBB as to their satisfaction.

  Unanswered:

  The business failed to respond to the dispute.

  Unpursuable:

  BBB is unable to locate the business.

  OfferUp banned me from their platform because I was apparently violating their policies and they said they have warned me multiple times about stuff I was selling on their website and they actually never did and I tried contacting their customer service but cant get through to an actual human.

  

  Business Response

  Date: 07/09/2025

  Hi ******,
  

  My name is **** and I handle our BBB complaints.
  

  I see that youve been working with our agents regarding your account in support ticket #*********. I followed up with you on that ticket, stating that your account is not eligible for reinstatement due to both a pattern of inappropriate behavior in messages and the listing of prohibited items on the platform. It is vitally important that all interactions on OfferUp are respectful and meet our standards, and that all items listed adhere to our Prohibited Items Guidelines.
  

  For these clear violations, your account is not eligible for reinstatement, and our decision to remove it stands. Please remember that creating new accounts after an account removal is not permitted.
  

  If you still need assistance, please reply on that ticket. 
  

  Kind regards,
  **** | OfferUp

  Customer Answer

  Date: 07/09/2025

   
  Complaint: 23550135
  
  I am rejecting this response because:

  OfferUp never warned me or notified Me of any inappropriate messaging between any users or any listings I had up that went against their guidelines, the fact that I apologized and they wont even give me another chance when I was with them for 4 years is very upsetting. Im not going to accept the answer when I know my rights. You guys never warned me and if youre not going to give examples or show proof then theres nothing really to say other than you guys are liars and just dont want me on your platform for no reason. So Im not accepting this answer and a bad review and outcome will be left if need be. 

  
  Sincerely,
  
  ****** *****

  

  Business Response

  Date: 07/15/2025

  Hi ******,

  I understand you do not agree with our decision to remove your account. Please know that OfferUp reserves the right to remove items or profiles at its own discretion with or without previous warning or education efforts.
  

  Kind regards,
  Emma | OfferUp

• Initial Complaint

  Date:06/25/2025

  Type:Product Issues
  Status:

  AnsweredMore info

  Complaint statuses

  Resolved:

  The complainant verified the issue was resolved to their satisfaction.

  Unresolved:

  The business responded to the dispute but failed to make a good faith effort to resolve it.

  Answered:

  The business addressed the issues within the complaint, but the consumer either a) did not accept the response, OR b) did not notify BBB as to their satisfaction.

  Unanswered:

  The business failed to respond to the dispute.

  Unpursuable:

  BBB is unable to locate the business.

  I made a sale of an item posted for sell on offer up site and yet to receive my payment . Per offer up it takes 2 days from when buyer receives the item to be inspected and accepted from the buyer to release the funds and the buyer has accepted the item and has no complaints and it's been 2 days since they received it but they still haven't released my payment .

  

  Business Response

  Date: 06/26/2025

  Hi ********,

  My name is ****** and I handle our BBB complaints.

   I see that youve been working in close contact with our agents regarding your payout. In ticket #********* we stated that your item was delivered on June 23rd, 2025 and that your payment was released to your account on June 25th, 2025. Please note the buyer has 48 hours to inspect the item, so payments are released after the 48 hours. Your item was delivered around 10:15 AM so your payment would not be released until 10:16 AM. When you reached out to our support team it was 8:43 AM prior to the full 48 hours inspection period.

  If you still need assistance, please continue working with your agent in that ticket or reach out to us at ************************************************************.
  

  Kind regards,
  Maleka| OfferUp

• Initial Complaint

  Date:06/24/2025

  Type:Product Issues
  Status:

  AnsweredMore info

  Complaint statuses

  Resolved:

  The complainant verified the issue was resolved to their satisfaction.

  Unresolved:

  The business responded to the dispute but failed to make a good faith effort to resolve it.

  Answered:

  The business addressed the issues within the complaint, but the consumer either a) did not accept the response, OR b) did not notify BBB as to their satisfaction.

  Unanswered:

  The business failed to respond to the dispute.

  Unpursuable:

  BBB is unable to locate the business.

  There is a lot of stolen stuff on here a guy bought my bed frame and gave me a fake ***** dollar bill with blue ink and I had a oxygen container and the guy ripped me off and the guy walked around were i lived and looked for a plug and had another guy with him and there is a lot of problems on here too I bought 2 cellphone and never got a refund like they say not too happy the should shutdown too

  

  Business Response

  Date: 06/25/2025

  Hello Dale,
  

  My name is Emma and I'm handling your BBB complaint.
  

  I understand that you've experienced several frustrating transactions. I’ve created a ticket on your behalf to further troubleshoot this issue. Your ticket number is #105050440. In that ticket, we stated that in-person transactions are not covered by our Purchase Protection and we need more information to investigate your claims.
  

  Please respond here or in that ticket with the information requested.
  

  Kind regards,
  Emma | OfferUp

• Initial Complaint

  Date:06/22/2025

  Type:Service or Repair Issues
  Status:

  ResolvedMore info

  Complaint statuses

  Resolved:

  The complainant verified the issue was resolved to their satisfaction.

  Unresolved:

  The business responded to the dispute but failed to make a good faith effort to resolve it.

  Answered:

  The business addressed the issues within the complaint, but the consumer either a) did not accept the response, OR b) did not notify BBB as to their satisfaction.

  Unanswered:

  The business failed to respond to the dispute.

  Unpursuable:

  BBB is unable to locate the business.

  OfferUp **** does not make it clear to new users that they will eventually be required to subject themselves to the TruYou verification system - which is a privacy and data provenance nightmare. This leads to people creating accounts and building reputation only for their bots to flag accounts for unclear or vague reasons (e.g. "suspicious activity"). Attempts to get clarification via their Support Chat system were unhelpful. Employees simply state that the account was flagged and to continue use of the service you must upload photos of government ID to their third-party verification. They were not able to tell me any details, or listen to my case. The company claims that this is fraud protection for sellers, but they allow account creation and use (including selling), onboarding users and achieving network lock-in before this requirement is triggered. Some cases might be solved by this (there is fraud in any system and adding friction like this can help), but fraudsters can just create a new account anyway. Someone with a pristine reputation with no issues / complaints, and who would subject themselves to wait times to try and resolve bot-triggered flags is clearly not a fraud. They have my photo, email, address, phone, and can correlate my identify in a variety of ways. My concern is not that they have this measure, but they hide it in order to blackmail their users who run afoul of their bots due to silly things like editing posts too often or logging into via desktop and phone simultaneously. I would not have made use of this service if I knew that, statistically speaking due to fallibility of bot moderation or by arbitrary undisclosed system triggers, I would ultimately have to compromise my privacy in order to continue access to buy and sell or abandon my account.

  

  Business Response

  Date: 06/23/2025

  Hi ********,

  Thank you for expressing your concerns about the TruYou verification system with OfferUp. I completely understand how frustrating it can be to encounter issues with a service that werent clearly communicated during the onboarding process. The requirement to submit personal information for verification, especially after you've invested time and effort into building your reputation, can feel like a breach of trustparticularly when it seems enforced by automated systems that may not fully understand individual cases.

  You make a valid point about potentially creating barriers for legitimate users based on vague triggers. It is essential for platforms to implement safety measures that do not inadvertently penalize responsible users. Im disappointed to hear about the lack of clarity and support you experienced when reaching out to us.

  I have removed this additional verification measure from your account.

  Thank you for being a valuable OfferUp user for four years!

  *** - Manager, Escalations

  
  

  Customer Answer

  Date: 06/23/2025

   
  Better Business Bureau:
  
  I have reviewed the response made by the business in reference to complaint ID ********, and find that this resolution is satisfactory to me.
  
  Sincerely,
  
  ******** ********

• Initial Complaint

  Date:06/18/2025

  Type:Service or Repair Issues
  Status:

  AnsweredMore info

  Complaint statuses

  Resolved:

  The complainant verified the issue was resolved to their satisfaction.

  Unresolved:

  The business responded to the dispute but failed to make a good faith effort to resolve it.

  Answered:

  The business addressed the issues within the complaint, but the consumer either a) did not accept the response, OR b) did not notify BBB as to their satisfaction.

  Unanswered:

  The business failed to respond to the dispute.

  Unpursuable:

  BBB is unable to locate the business.

  I sold an item for $200 through OfferUp, sent the item using the postage provided by OfferUp. Never received a deposit into my bank account.. which is proven by my bank statement. Offer up claims I received a deposit in my account, which is not true. OfferUp was able to get there percentage commission which was around $26 but the remaining $174 was never received in my bank account. ********************** seems to think this issue is resolved. All I want is my money, I do not wish to drag this on much farther . But , I am Proceeding to file with BBB as well as registered complaints on yelp and Reddit.******* *********

  

  Business Response

  Date: 06/20/2025

  Hi *******,

  My name is ****** and I handle our BBB complaints.

  I see that youve been working in close contact with our agents regarding locating your payout. In ticket 104891691 we stated that your payout of $174.20 was sent to the **** card that was on file at the time on Dec. 20th, 2023. We also supplied a payout trace id for you to provide to the bank to help locate the funds.

  If you still need assistance, please continue working with your agent in that ticket or reach out to us at ************************************************************.

  Kind regards,
  Maleka | OfferUp

• Initial Complaint

  Date:06/18/2025

  Type:Billing Issues
  Status:

  AnsweredMore info

  Complaint statuses

  Resolved:

  The complainant verified the issue was resolved to their satisfaction.

  Unresolved:

  The business responded to the dispute but failed to make a good faith effort to resolve it.

  Answered:

  The business addressed the issues within the complaint, but the consumer either a) did not accept the response, OR b) did not notify BBB as to their satisfaction.

  Unanswered:

  The business failed to respond to the dispute.

  Unpursuable:

  BBB is unable to locate the business.

  Offerup alleges to provide promotion based seevices on items sold for a 3 day period. They charge before the 3 day period has ended and when trying to cancel the konthlt charge for a service that is not wanted they refuse to provide a refudn even the same day of the charge and say they must adhere to their stricr policies. I will hold them radically accountable one way or another. I hope you can help me settle this peacefully.

  

  Business Response

  Date: 07/01/2025

  ******,

  We understand you are concerned about a charge for a subscription and your account's status.On June 14th, you signed up for a 3-day free trial of our Promote Plus subscription. As the subscription was not canceled by June 17th, the monthly subscription fee was charged per the trial terms. To address your billing concern, a full refund of $21.64 was processed on June 18th.

  Additionally, your account is not eligible for reinstatement due to severe violations of our Community Guidelines, specifically for making threats and engaging in harassment towards our employees. OfferUp has a zero-tolerance policy for such behavior, which includes any communication that is threatening, intimidating, or involves personal attacks against our staff.

  We prioritize the safety and well-being of our employees and our community.

  Sincerely,
  OfferUp Support

• Initial Complaint

  Date:06/17/2025

  Type:Sales and Advertising Issues
  Status:

  AnsweredMore info

  Complaint statuses

  Resolved:

  The complainant verified the issue was resolved to their satisfaction.

  Unresolved:

  The business responded to the dispute but failed to make a good faith effort to resolve it.

  Answered:

  The business addressed the issues within the complaint, but the consumer either a) did not accept the response, OR b) did not notify BBB as to their satisfaction.

  Unanswered:

  The business failed to respond to the dispute.

  Unpursuable:

  BBB is unable to locate the business.

  On 6/13/2025 I posted a bicycle for sale on Offerup's website. Four days later I noticed that no views had been registered on the item posted for sale. I tried to look up the bicycle myself and was not able to find it. I then looked at my other items for sale and was not able to find them either. Why are my items not viewable on the Offerup platform?

  

  Business Response

  Date: 06/20/2025

  Hello *****,

  My name is **** and I handle our BBB complaints.
  I understand that you are having issues with your account and listings. *** created a ticket on your behalf to further troubleshoot this issue. Your ticket number is #*********. In that ticket, we stated that your account has been removed due to violating our community guidelines.

  If you still need assistance, please continue working with your agent in that ticket or reach out to us at ************************************************************.

  Kind regards,

  **** | OfferUp

   

  Customer Answer

  Date: 06/20/2025

   
  Complaint: 23479761
  
  I am rejecting this response because: I need an explanation as to what community guidelines were violated.
  
  Sincerely,
  
  ***** **********

  

  Business Response

  Date: 07/01/2025

  Hi *****,
  

  We understand you're interested in understanding which guidelines were violated that resulted in your account deactivation. Our investigation has confirmed that a police report was filed for a stolen bike associated with your account. Due to this verified violation of our Community Guidelines, the decision to deactivate your account has been upheld and will not be overturned.
  
  OfferUp is committed to maintaining a safe and trustworthy marketplace and cooperates with law enforcement as required.
  
  Best regards,
  **** | OfferUp 

• Initial Complaint

  Date:06/14/2025

  Type:Product Issues
  Status:

  ResolvedMore info

  Complaint statuses

  Resolved:

  The complainant verified the issue was resolved to their satisfaction.

  Unresolved:

  The business responded to the dispute but failed to make a good faith effort to resolve it.

  Answered:

  The business addressed the issues within the complaint, but the consumer either a) did not accept the response, OR b) did not notify BBB as to their satisfaction.

  Unanswered:

  The business failed to respond to the dispute.

  Unpursuable:

  BBB is unable to locate the business.

  On 06/04/2025, I went on the ************************** website on my laptop to sell my 2024 Eagle 200efi Motorscooter. Everything seemed ok until ************************** directed me to download the app on my phone and when I did download and registered, I received several popups that wer fast. On my laptop it said one week free to post scooter but the app popups said I could pay $3:00-$14:00 to sell faster I did not agree I wanted the one week free as advertised. Everytime I tried to finalize I would receive more popups as to block my view on the app until I finally came off the app entirely. I checked for my post and did not see it. I also called and checked with my bank to prevent fraud and that's when I discovered that ************************** and another possible scammer called CUZUVE had charged $19.79 to my debit card. on 06/14/25 I called the number listed on the charge to my debit card ************ and spoke with a lady that did not speak clearly and thats when I realized that not only was this a scam but ************************** clearly benefited from this scam as well because they lied in their response to me on 06/13/25 and to Trust pilot where they assumed no responsibility in the fraudulent actions that took place on their website. I also have proof of my interactions and posts on Offerup and the letters from Offerup regarding these issues. I want my money back. I did not authorize for Offerup or any scammer they use to withdraw $19.79 from my card.

  

  Business Response

  Date: 06/17/2025

  Hi Romane,

  My name is **** and I'm handling your BBB complaint.

  I've created a support ticket #********* to help address this matter directly. In that ticket, we stated that you may have submitted payment via a fraudulent advertisement.

  OfferUp is actively working with our ad providers to identify and block misleading advertisements that lead to scams. Our commitment to platform safety is unwavering as we combat these deceptive vendors that attempt to bypass our systems.
  

  If you have additional information, such as screenshots or receipts, please attach them directly to support ticket #*********. This will assist our team in investigating the fraudulent advertisement and ensuring it is taken down.
  

  Kind regards,
  Emma | OfferUp

  Customer Answer

  Date: 06/17/2025

   
  Better Business Bureau:
  
  I have reviewed the the business response and I have attached a photo of the $19.79 that was charged to my bank account the same day that I was on the Offerup app Per their request in their response and I am waiting for a resolution. Please leave this complaint open until a resolution is reached by both parties, Respectfully,
  
  Sincerely,
  
  ****** *****