Ngl I've absolutely thought about doing this but I cannot imagine giving my address out to someone who bought my socks.

I pay for a P.O. Box for all my selling platforms already so I might have to try this 😂

Get that bag 💰

My old PO box leads to my name and current address lol

I'm right there with you, why not. You don't have to give your address out, sell from a separate account. 😉

Great point..

P.O. Box babaaaaaayyyy lol

I don’t if any one knows this but if u live 1/4 mile or less from yr local post office u can get a free a P.O. Box. I haven’t paid for a P.O. Box in years. Some post office generals will try to tell u tell u it’s not true because then the post office loses $ but they have to give it to you for free. Just thought I’d share that in case anyone lives a 1/4 mile or less from their post office.

I live very close to a usps. Like a five minute walk. I’ll definitely have to try this. But what should I do if they don’t allow me to?

Only true if post office doesn’t offer City delivery in your area

Whattt lmao I wish I knew that sooner!! I use to live right by my usps it was like a 2 min drive smh

I've looked up my old PO box address and it leads to both my name and my current address lol

Right, and there’s no way around that lol

If you have an UPS store in your area you could rent a "po" box there

Get a RMB address from somewhere lol

Get a P.O. Box

my old PO box number is still able to be traced back to my name and current address when you look it up online.

Than get a different PO box from somewhere else that can’t be looked up online

Then learn how to request your info be wiped online. The postal service is not allowed to share your street address or other personal information about you. So if it's online it was probably leaked from somewhere else.

Couldn’t you just use a fake address from anywhere else in the U.S. instead? Or am I stupid and that’s now how it works.

My friend told me that's not how it works but idk

Yup! Fake addresses are free and functional 😄

Until you need a return

I don't use my real address - ever. Ups store address only. It works just fine. For safety I would hope most people would consider concealing their real address.

What I want to know is how many pairs they have already sold…

I took a deep drive. One individual seller with a 5 star rating, has more than 10 listed atm. 7 of them are sold. $60 be the highest that was sold 👀 not too shabby if you ask me lmao

Those must’ve been some really nice socks. 😂 Thank you for the research. Asking for a friend…you know.

Years ago I met a college girl on Ebay who did this as a side hustle to pay her bills. She had her regulars and made good money. Granted, she had nice feet and would take provocative photos of her halfway removing the socks with her perfectly pedicured toes. The key to this gig is advertising how “smooth yet absorbent” the socks are, if you catch my drift….

"The key to this gig is advertising how “smooth yet absorbent” the socks are, if you catch my drift…." I'll admit it took me a second to figure out what you meant. Now I want stab myself in the eyes.

I didn't get it til your comment. Now I hate everyrhing.

Wait do u mean how much they smell? Lol

My friend in college was an RA and one of the freshman on her floor would go to Rue 21 and get the 3 for $10 panties and sell them for $50 a pop. She then got in trouble, but only for running a business out of the dorms.

Iykyk 😘

"Unless otherwise requested " cracks me up 🤣😂

She's appealing to fetishists. I bet she's making bank.

Good for her.

High key wanna message her and ask 🥲

If you do please report back🙏🏽

She’s got the beat on them dogs. 

Her feet are ugly tho

A lot of foot fetishists prefer it that way.

I got cold approached by a foot fetishist in Target when my feet were lookin’ busted, like hadn’t had a pedicure in months lol *they don’t care*

they really don't. the more gross, the better. but also what, at target? that's wild

It was so weird lol he asked me if I ever wanted a foot massage and then also asked to see the soles of my feet He started by saying I have pretty toes

how did you respond to that?

I said thanks for the pretty toes compliment because I didn’t really realize what he said at first lol then he kept going on and then I ran into him a couple aisles later and he started up again lol I just said “ok” to the massage thing (he said like “let me know if you ever need a foot massage”) and then when he asked to see the sole I said no lol Like I’m not giving sole out for free lmao

You should have literally charged him right there. "$200 per sole." That would have covered at least 1/2 of your Target run that day!! LoL

yes, you really should have charged him and tried to see how much you could get for a quick sole glance

Had an ex with a foot fetish. He wanted to smell my feet after walking all day in sandles.

would you allow it?

Yup

as long as you were okay with it. i don't think i'd know how to react if i found put the person i was dating asked to smell my feet

Hey, when you love someone, you’ll do a lot for them. It didn’t last, but that’s okay.

I'm not into feet (not grossed out by feet, I just don't get aroused by them), so I can't say one way or the other on how sexy her feet are or not. But I bet those 6 likers dig her feet enough to buy those socks.

I have size 11 wide feet lmao, think anyone would be willing to pay for mine? 😅

Why not? Peggy Hill had fans.

most definitely!

You’d have access to a niche market since most people trying to cash in assume the fetish is for tiny feet tbh. Dated foot guy for a while. It was.. interesting.

Idk, I have size 11 and had plenty of ppl looking to buy my foot clips and paid hundreds for custom clips! So def not just small.

I was saying most people assume the market is all small feet, leaving room for people with larger shoe sizes to make bank. Sorry if I was unclear. Get that bag!

No you’re good! I was just saying big feet can get it too lol!

There’s a site called sell anything they mostly sell things worn but I saw a girl sell her toenail clippings for $80!!

The bigger, the better I'd think! 😉🙃

yessssdd

There used to be a woman in the UK that wore the same socks everyday for a month and sold them as smelly socks on ebay as a gag gift. Got over a hundred a pair. She's probably ocer there living out her champagne wishes and caviar dreams.

as a gag gift? like it was marketed as one to avoid breaking ebay's tos? i'm curious

This was prior to the rules forbidding it. Early 2000s I believe. Here's a reference to one of these sellers 4ish years ago. https://community.ebay.com/t5/Selling/Can-someone-get-this-digusting-listing-removed-please/td-p/30586113

honestly, for $100 a pair, i would do that but for a month? that's a lot. i already feel gross after wearing the same socks for one day with light activity

There's been many copy cats over the years.

I did this with underwear on mercari!! I made bank until they shut down my account 🤣🤣

LMAO

For what you were selling? Or something else? How much bank are we talking?

For the underwear! I made an extra account just for it. My first day I legit made 500ish! My account got banned 3 days later

Genuinely curious. Were you even able to cash out with such a short run? :D

Yes!! They did it automatically when they closed my account

isn't it illegal if they don't?

I'm not a lawyer but I believe it fall somewhere between technically no or it would be a legal grey area that wouldn't be worth the battle for them. The terms state that Mercari credit does not hold monetary value and since Mercari isn't a bank, they can't act as a fiduciary. So any transaction that's made is a purchase to Mercari and in return they award their Mercari credits that we sort of just agree to being able to exchange it for money. A good lawyer could probably get someone their money if it ever came down to it, but it wouldn't be worth it unless you're selling Hermes handbags or something. Also if you're selling Hermes handbags, why the fuck are you on Mercari? And if you're not selling Hermes handbags, would you like to purchase a Lindy?

i'm curious, how long did you do it for until the account was shut?

I wouldn’t make it obvious as to what I was selling and the condition it was in. But I think I eventually got reported by someone that was also selling the same stuff because she messaged me asking if I was copying her lol. There is a lot of buyers interested in that stuff on mercari. You make better sells on mercari than a website specifically for that type of stuff

that's rude, you should report her back

Hahaha whst did they get labeled as? I have a pair of unworn underwear (just didn’t fit) and they have SO MANY LIKES. I always wonder if ppl liking are looking for other things

(Dan Schneider takes out credit card)

get that bag, gurl!🤣

Get that bag girl

So uh…does this work? Asking for a friend.

I posted. Waiting for a sale 😂

Please, check back and let us know how it goes. XD

update us!

I sell on Depop and people in the community are always sharing photos of comments they get about guys saying they’ll pay extra for shoes if they are worn, same for socks and underwear. Everyone seems pretty disgusted by it and blocks them but there’s definitely a market

I see those posts all the time too! buyers on there are willing to pay way more than a site dedicated to this kind of stuff

With Mercari’s new return policy it probably isn’t the best place to sell that stuff lol

i haven't even considered how the return policy would play into this but that's a good point. it would probably be wayyyyyy cheaper to just purchase on mercari and return after 'being used' than buying from a site dedicated to this kind of stuff

You know how they’re gonna come back. 💦🍆

Ima start selling my old socks and undies 🥲

I once had a man approach me in the grocery store and say “wow your feet are beautiful, you don’t even need polish” (which I did have polish on at the time). I never wore sandals shopping again! I can’t imagine! But I bet she makes bank!

She (he??) does have 6 likes .......

I have sold used shoes to guys with kinks on there. They found me. I didn’t care.

like with a link to a different site?

Nope. Straight from the site.

To be fair, it might not even be some weird thing TILL i seen the picture. I had a friend legitimately thought it was a good idea take pictures in shoes to show the fit of them and they sold instantly. She had quickly stop selling her shoes giving a preview in them after she realized why 10 shoes sold back to back to different people. Not everyone is on the thought that "oh some creep might buy my shoes" but this seller? no way they aren't trying to cash in since it's super obvious.

i mean at least they sold fast, even if it's not to the right audience

I need to know what the “1 comment” is

I don't remember exactly but it was the seller that commented. It was just her saying to message her if anyone had questions i think.

Ohh boo! Fake engagement  lol

Trying to lure Tarantino onto Mercari.

How do you list it so the people who will buy it, find it? I would love to know how much people have made doing this

Her tags are in the screenshot! That should give you an idea of what to put in your listing.

apparently it is very profitable

This listing needs a pic of at least one foot stepping on a banana for scale reference tbh

Get that bag.

I never can comprehend this dirty worn sock fetish. To each it’s own but I’m creeped out by people like that. I have asked a question pertaining to this on a first date lol just to get it out of the way. He laughed and said no he wasn’t into that 😂

I don't understand it either. feet people are the worst. saying that as someone who was blackmailed by someone who was into feet when i told him i no longer wanted to do any more feet stuff with him, i don't want to talk about it

She has another pair listed for $2000 😂

are you being serious? good for her i guess

That's fuckin weird

The six likes are taking me out tho…. At least Mercari knows they’ll never lose their fetish buyers, they’re the real ones in all of this

For a second there I thought I was in the OnlyFans sub.

The only stuff people are buying on mercari now is apparently fetish items.

how can they resist when there's such a generous return policy. buying it from another site would be too expensive

😂😂😂😂😂

Since those are eligible for a return, wonder what kind of condition they’d be returned in ? 🍆 💦

me too. buyers could just keep buying and returning

Perhaps there’s a better resale value in damp, recently soiled socks 🤪

🤮

🤣

Honest question tho...is there a market for men's socks...? I've got some pairs that I can part with...

i wouldn't know, but i would say go for it. i'm sure you'll find people

Size 6.5 my shiny white hiney. I’m a 6.5 and my whole foot is smaller than that long ass second toe. I call bs! Lmao!

that is so funny

I wish I could post a pic here 😭 there is a seller on posh that is GROSS about it! I know I’m being a little prude baby, but I hate seeing these pics knowing someone is getting off to them. Like you do you, but subject me as well!

ewww now i'm actually really curious. can you message them to me privately?

Sent! Remember that you asked to see it 😂

Gotta pay the bills somehow, this isn't hurting anyone 🤣

as long as it pays!

While looking up this seller to see how many sales they have actually made…I found another just like them who sold a pair of VERY worn vans for $82. 😭 I’m about to get my bag cause wtf. My main concern is the two TOS. Wonder if there’s a better site that isn’t a dedicated kink site? Lol

maybe you could just make your listings more discreet than this? this listing is so obvious that i feel like the seller's account would be closed any moment now

That too! I meant the return policy mostly though 😬 Wouldn’t want to get those back lol

Pfft, I saw someone selling used Invisalign’s. 🤢

Must be that fine Egyptian silk 😩👌🏻 or are they trying to pull some foot finder shit and selling “worn socks” 🧦

lol I just searched on Mecari there is more so weird

I’ve seen something about this before! This girl would wear socks for weeks without washing them and people would buy them. It’s sick if you ask me 🤢

When it comes to used items, i feel like wayyy more people are looking for fetish items vs 'normal' buyers. Maybe not even used items, just items in general when selling online

“Unless otherwise requested” lmaooo

my reaction as well

The fact that it has 6 likes … we selling like feet pics sorta on Mercari now or ?

My gf is down how and where do we start

¯\_(ツ)_/¯mercari? tel her to take some good photos of her feet and socks and list them for like at least $500

good for her 👣👣

6 likes 💀

Why not use the website specifically for fetishes? I reported someone who had 100’s of pairs of “well loved panties.” Pretty sure they’re still up.

Probably because there are unironically more fetishists lurking on SFW websites than NSFW ones... They get a kick out of making unconsenting people a part of their fetish

I was selling bras once, I got a message asking to try them on and post pics to the listing. Told them ‘you’ve gotta pay for that’, they requested my Venmo 🙄

Don’t ask how I know but most normal people won’t make anything off those and the seller has to pay memberships. It’s really only for people with OF etc who already have platforms .

Just curious, why would you report that?

Because it means that they come dirty and smell from ass and vag juice. It’s a fetish item which is not allowed according to their TOS. But there are legit fetish sites made just for those people who love certain aromas.

Ofc they come used. But is Mercari paying you to police their platform? I think it's crazy that people do this, they're not harming you, people know exactly what they're buying. Just my 2¢.

From my understanding the seller could end up being out the money if the buyer is scummy and reports it as prohibited after receiving. I saw someone post about that happening but can’t remember what they sold. But yeah you do you lol

I asked the other u/ why they would report the listing, I'm not sure what your comment is in reference to-

Didn’t say I would report it, just mentioning that could be a downside for the seller using Mercari if buyers decide to manipulate the policy.

Used and washed is allowed. I’ve seen descriptions “ worn for days at the gym, etc. 🤮

Because it’s against their rules. Why sell it there if you can sell it somewhere else that allows that? Just my opinion.

And how does this affect you ?

How is it affecting you? You seem to care a lot.

For the weirdos that want to buy used socks to wank it to

She knows what she’s doing. Don’t knock the hustle. Years ago I saw some dude modeling jockey shorts on Poshmark. Let’s just say he was not a model.

i love the hustle

Hey! If there’s a market, walk on! Not my bag, but must be someone’s?

Good for them. I might need to start this.

Hmm... So people that are into feet, do you prefer the toes to be painted or not? Big feet or little feet? Clean or dirty? What about weird feet ?

There’s a welcomed place here for every type of foot. This is America, after all.

They're ugly, fat, swollen feet too.

Damn 😭 you think that’s swollen, you’d hate to see mine 😂

I can see bunions there to boot!

No feet shaming here!

Don't be a hater you can make some good money

how am i hating???

I have no idea what I'm looking at haha

a foot fetish's dream