I recently bought a used cell phone on Merucari. After a very brief text discussion with the seller (in my broken Japanese), I got a notice from Merucari that she wanted to cancel, the reason being, “外国人の方なので、怖いのでキャンセルを行いたい” I am a “foreigner and she is scared”. I denied the request, and got my Japanese coworker to translate and send messages on my behalf and the seller admitted that she was worried about the data on her phone not being erased completely (although I’m not sure how that has anything to do with me being a foreigner). My coworker kept trying to convince me she was probably a good person, and eventually she agreed to send the phone, so I left it at that.
Fast forward, I still had a lingering distaste from the encounter, but figured everything was settled so I gave her a good review on Merucari , and that ***** had the nerve to give me a bad review (my second ever). Now, I’m mad because IMO this lady was obviously racist, and I’m a bit perturbed that my coworker kept trying to downplay it.
Rant over.