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OfferUp Buy & Sell Marketplace: what 54 low-star reviews complain about

We read 54 one-to-three-star reviews written between 2026-08-28 and 2026-09-11 and kept the ones that describe a specific unmet need. Grouped with reviews of other apps that say the same thing, they land in 3 repeated complaints. Store listing.

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What reviewers complain about

  • Withholds message notifications to drive engagement
  • Widespread bait-and-switch listings falsely marked as free
  • Videos are too short to demonstrate products
  • Very expensive
  • Updates don't fix issues
  • Untrusted external payment methods like venmo and zelle
  • Unresponsive app
  • Too many ads thrown in your face
  • Too many ads
  • Suspected shadowbanning with no transparency

The opportunities these reviews point to

  1. 0152Simplified marketplace selling app for small sellers2 of 3
  2. 0252Locked — subscribe to read this opportunity1 of 3
  3. 0347Locked — subscribe to read this opportunity1 of 2

Score out of 100, then how many of the cluster's reviews are about this app out of its total. Category: Marketplace.

Every opportunity with the quotes, the apps named, a build memo and the score breakdown.

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