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Evaluating 129 reviews, most reviewers were unhappy with their experience overall. People frequently reported that customer service was completely non-existent, stating that multiple support requests and emails were consistently ignored by the team. Customers found it impossible to reach anyone for assistance since telephone numbers were either missing, disconnected, or entirely unavailable on the platform. Some reviewers were not happy with the website functionality, noting that paid subscriptions and new listings remained stuck in editorial review for weeks. Consumers also mentioned wasting money on membership renewals while experiencing ongoing technical glitches, login difficulties, and blank screens when trying to manage their accounts.

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Consumers find website to be deeply frustrating due to significant delays in advert approvals and poor... See more

Response time

Reviewers highlight deep frustration regarding response time, noting that emails to customer support are... See more

Customer service

Customers expressed deep frustration and disappointment with the customer service, frequently reporting that... See more

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Rated 2 out of 5 stars

It takes over a week for pending adverts to get approved, by which time you no longer have the thing you advertised lol website is way too slow. I have messaged 3 times via my account with them, no re... See more

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

IS PRELOVED UK STILL FUNCTIONING? I PREVIOUSLY GAVE A SIMILAR REVIEW, A RESPONSE WAS SENT TO ME , I REPLIED STILL NO ACTION? PRELOVED HAS NOT RESPONDED TO ALL THE EMAILS I HAVE SENT? ADVERTS HELD IN E... See more

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Having been a member of preloved for over eleven years, with no problem, all this changed this year! I renewed in June since then all my adverts are held in editorial review? .All emails ignored! I th... See more

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Terrible. Terrible lack of service. Adverts stuck in review nearly a week. No response to 3 emails querying why! Used to be such a good site. Also another moan about searching. When I put a radius of... See more

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Buying or selling second hand? Preloved is packed with nearly new and really old bargains in over 500 categories. It's free to advertise so why not start turning your clutter into cash today. We're always eager to make your Preloved experience a positive one, so you can buy and sell easily.

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

It's not working!!!!!!!!

I have used preloved a few times over the years and never had an issue until now. I have tried to add an advert now since the beginning of March with it being stuck on awaiting a review, I have deleted the advert multiple times and re submitted hoping for a different result but never get one. Even though I have not needed to pay in the passed for a good experience I paid for a subscription to see if that effected the result and the advert said it went live but we are not able to see the advert when we search for it. I have messaged for support multiple times and had no replies to any of them.
They have taken my money but not provided the service I paid for as I still do not have an advert showing when it is searched for.

7 April 2026
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Listing awaiting for approval more than a week

My listing stating awaiting for approval for a more than a week. What a waste of time. Never will use the site again

31 March 2026
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Reply from Preloved

Hello Stoyan,
 
Thank you for leaving your review. I am sorry to hear about this experience.
 
I cannot currently locate your Preloved account, however I have sent you a request via TrustPilot so you can provide some further details, and we can assist you further.
 
We look forward to resolving this matter for you.

Kind Regards,
Kayleigh

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Help with advert stuck in review

(Second review)
My advert has been stuck under review for weeks, is there a way to resolve this?
I have contacted preloved on the website multiple times but no reply
Thank you

30 March 2026
Unprompted review
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Reply from Preloved

Hello Mick,
 
Thank you for leaving your review. I am sorry to hear about this experience.
 
I cannot currently locate your account, however I have sent you a request via TrustPilot so you can provide some further details, and we can assist you further.
 
We look forward to resolving this matter for you.

Kind Regards,
Kayleigh

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

No reply to messages

Have placed a advert sent two messages regarding it awaiting editorial review days later no reply to messages all i wanted was the advert approved.

23 March 2026
Unprompted review
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Reply from Preloved

Hi,

Thank you for taking the time to leave a review.

We are sorry to hear of this issue and do want to get this resolved. Can you please respond to the message that has now been sent to you via your Trustpilot account?

We look forward to getting this resolved.

Kind Regards,

Sam

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Rip off site, won’t reply if you have a problem but will take your money for no service

New to this site, paid for membership,.
I keep trying to get an email to verify my email but nothing.
I’ve tried contacting them but nothing!
This site is a con!! Steer clear!!

24 March 2026
Unprompted review
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Reply from Preloved

Hello
Thank you for leaving your review.
I am sorry to hear that there has been an issue with your order. We cannot currently locate your account, however if you could please update your review with your order number, we can certainly assist with this.
Kind Regards,
Preloved Team

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Extremely frustrating!

Extremely frustrating!
Created an ad for a snake nearly 2 months ago! After a couple of weeks it got rejected for pictures not being recent... THEY WERE! So edited the ad to add more RECENT pictures... and still in pending (reached out and got nothing back) so deleted the ad today and instantly got the same rejection (even with picture I had taken today!) Reached out AGAIN but won't hold my breath for a response

I just log in with my email which I'm not aloud to put on this!
Name: Ben.
Location: Harrogate.

23 March 2026
Unprompted review
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Reply from Preloved

Hello Ben,
 
Thank you for leaving your review. I am sorry to hear about this experience.
 
I cannot currently locate your Preloved account, however I have sent you a request via TrustPilot so you can provide some further details, and we can assist you further.
 
We look forward to resolving this matter for you.

Kind Regards,
Kayleigh

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I didn’t even want to give this site

I didn’t even want to give this site 1 star but unfortunately you cannot put none which is what it deserves! I added my daughters prom dress to this site last year, I searched for a while for a good site to put it on and come across prom preloved uk. Everything looked great over 9 thousand users and legit photos of dresses wanting to be sold. I received an email saying someone wanted to purchase my dress and had put a deposit down, I clicked the link on the email and it sent me to a page asking for my card details & saying I needed atleast £300 on my card to verify. Straight away that’s a red flag I am the seller not the buyer. Then the amount changed to £250, I sent them a message to have a full understanding of this and got no reply. There’s no proper way of contacting whoever’s behind the shit show of a site, Therefore I asked for the pictures of the dress to be removed off the site and was told if that was to happen my account would be locked and I would be given a penalty of £150?! I was given no information on who wanted to purchase the dress, how much deposit they put down, absolutely nothing! For me that’s too many red flags. I am now going to have to cancel my card in case they kept my details and try to take money from it. Also seen a lot of reviews saying it’s a scam. You try do a nice thing and people have nothing better to do than try scam people. Absolutely appalling!!!

19 March 2026
Unprompted review
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Reply from Preloved

Hi Jade,

Thank you for taking the time to leave a review.

We are sorry to hear of this issue and do want to get this resolved. Can you please respond to the request sent to you via your TrustPilot account?

We look forward to getting this resolved.

Kind Regards,

Stephen

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Very bad service

Very bad service! Paid for membership and still waiting for my adverts to be approved.
Contacted a couple of times and still no answer.Waste of money!My account name is Antonio91

4 February 2026
Unprompted review
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Reply from Preloved

Hi,

Thank you for taking the time to leave your review.

We are sorry to hear your recent experience with us hasn't been positive.

Your details have been passed on to the relevant team who will look into this issue for you and will look to contact you as soon as possible with further information.

Kind Regards,

Sam

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

What is wrong with Preloved??

What is wrong with Preloved??? All the messages both to and from my account are garbled! So I sent them a message about it. Did I get a response? No. So I tried to find another way to contact them. Is there a way? Not as far as I can tell. All I want is to find out why this is happening, but there seems to be no way! If they cannot be bothered to answer enquiries, they might at least make the site work properly!

9 March 2026
Unprompted review
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Reply from Preloved

Hello,

Thank you for taking time to leave your review.

I apologise about the issues you have faced, I am unable to locate your account could you please contact through your account regarding this.

Thanks,

Sam

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Holly was very helpful

Holly was very helpful when I was seeking help when trying to find my advert after it had become live.

22 January 2026
Unprompted review
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Reply from Preloved

Hello,
Thank you for taking the time to leave your review, we value and appreciate your comments.
We are always striving to improve and better your shopping experience and we wouldn't be able to do this without your valuable feedback.
Please don't hesitate to contact us should you have any further questions or queries, as we would be more than happy to assist.
Kind regards, Natalia

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Very helpful staff

Very helpful staff (Holly) and great site

22 January 2026
Unprompted review
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Reply from Preloved

Hello,
Thank you for taking the time to leave your review, we value and appreciate your comments.
We are always striving to improve and better your shopping experience and we wouldn't be able to do this without your valuable feedback.
Please don't hesitate to contact us should you have any further questions or queries, as we would be more than happy to assist.
Kind regards, Natalia

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Verification email repeatedly not sent…

Verification email repeatedly not sent despite multiple attempts.
I contacted customer services and they (Holly)said they will confirm my email address.this took over a week to do.

It still doesn't work. I give up now, I'll look elsewhere.

14 January 2026
Unprompted review
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Reply from Preloved

Hello Mr Lievesley,
 
Thank you for leaving your review. I am sorry to hear about this experience.
 
I cannot currently locate your Preloved account, however I have sent you a request via TrustPilot so you can provide some further details, and we can assist you further.
 
We look forward to resolving this matter for you.

Kind Regards,
Kayleigh

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I have spent almost 2 days awaiting editorial review

I have spent almost 2 days, waiting for my ad to go live. I am told that it is down to an editorial review. One thing to point out. When writing the ad, I was informed that it wouldn't go live as I didn't say how buyers could contact me. In the terms of this site, they ask you NOT to put any contact details in your ad. I noticed many reviews on trust pilot talk about preloved telling members that they couldn't find their account. Now wait a minute! We get an email telling us that the money we have paid for membership has been received & that we can start responding to ads straight away. Now either we are hallucinating or someone has their facts wrong. Which is it? I am waiting to get started & would appreciate someone reacting to my situation.

Newsflash!
The item I am trying to sell has a model number but in addition to that, it has a code that relates to that model. There are 2 sizes of this item and I wanted people to know which one I was selling. The website who's name is a river, sells this item and I used the model number they stated. If you didn't know better, you could say that it looked like a telephone number. If you remember, I said something about not stating contact details in your ad.

Well, I created a new ad but this time, I didn't use the model number I'd previously used. I used the code instead. This doesn't look like a telephone number. Guess what?  "Thank you! Success. Your advert will appear online, within the next 10 minutes"

So let me be the 1st one to say I might have jumped to the wrong conclusion, by going straight into ANGRY mode. It may be something to do with how the site recognises model numbers. Whatever the cause, I want to retract my criticism of Preloved and hope that will be a faithful customer of the site. Every day is a school day.

16 January 2026
Unprompted review
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Reply from Preloved

Hi Ben,

Thank you for leaving your review.
I am sorry to hear that there has been an issue with your order. We cannot currently locate your account, however if you could please update your review with your order number, we can certainly assist with this.
Kind Regards,
Natalia

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Problems listing and messages ignored

I tried Preloved some years ago and didn't have much success, but as my account is still active, I thought I'd give it another try with a view to membership if it works well.

I submitted 7 ads on 16/12/25. However, only 3 got listed quickly; the remainder showed as 'Awaiting Review' and remained like this for more than three weeks.

I submitted a query via their 'Contact Preloved' webform, but didn't get a response or even an automated acknowledgement.

I tried again the first week of January '26, but the same thing happened. …and again, I got no response when reaching out for help.

What's the point of having a 'Contact Preloved' page and inviting users to "...please contact us" if you're just going to ignore messages?

...and, before you post a template response saying you don't know who I am and can't find any messages, my account name is Vangleton, so take a look and contact me directly first.

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**UPDATE 18/01/26**

As you can see, despite the note in my review quoting my account name, 'Natalia' has posted the expected canned response claiming "...we can't find your account".

Worse than that, she's asking for an 'order number'! What is she talking about? No such parameter exists in the Preloved ad listing procedure or is mentioned anywhere on the site.

...and my ads are still stuck in 'Awaiting Review' a week later!

Accordingly, I've dropped my rating down to 1 star.

12 January 2026
Unprompted review
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Reply from Preloved

Hi,

Thank you for leaving your review.
I am sorry to hear that there has been an issue with your order. We cannot currently locate your account, however if you could please update your review with your order number, we can certainly assist with this.
Kind Regards,
Natalia

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I have full membership and have…

I have full membership and have submitted 2 adverts during the last month. They are STILL subject to editorial review, so repeatedly I have asked Preloved via their complaints "system" why the delay. I have no yet received an answer or even an acknowledgement.
Preloved sent me confirmation of full membership on Dec 17th., so why is it they say they are unable to locate my account?

1 January 2026
Unprompted review
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Reply from Preloved

Hello James,
 
Thank you for leaving your review. I am sorry to hear about this experience.
 
I cannot currently locate your PreLoved account, however I have sent you a request via TrustPilot so you can provide some further details, and we can assist you further.
 
We look forward to resolving this matter for you.

Kind Regards,
Kayleigh

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Been trying to list adverts for over a…

Been trying to list adverts for over a week still not listed I've sent loads of messages but no reply from them I decided to list my birds on a different website

16 December 2025
Unprompted review
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Reply from Preloved

Hello John,
 
Thank you for leaving your review. I am sorry to hear about this experience.
 
I cannot currently locate your account, however I have sent you a request via TrustPilot so you can provide some further details, and we can assist you further.
 
We look forward to resolving this matter for you.

Kind Regards,
Kayleigh

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Massive frustration and Dangerous

Massive frustration and Dangerous
I created an account on Preloved UK. Apparently my identity needs to be verified by Yoti. I had to submit my passport scan but that was not enough, I had to scan my face, only to be notified that my verification has failed. I am extremely upset that this system has collected so much personal data only to tell me they have failed the identity verification. And guess what, there is no contact point - their help page takes you round and round to nowhere. Avoid if you can.

19 December 2025
Unprompted review
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Reply from Preloved

Hello,

Thank you for taking time to leave your review.

Could you please update your review with the email address linked to the account?

Thanks,

Sam

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

AVOID AVOID AVOID this company is useless!

AVOID AVOID AVOID! Almost 2 weeks and my ads are still showing as "pending" in spite of emails to the company. A bad review on here 4 days ago resulted in a request for more information which I have given, adverts still not placed. Appalling customer service.

16 December 2025
Unprompted review
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Reply from Preloved

Hello Fiona.

Thank you for leaving your review.

I am very sorry to hear that you have had an issue with Preloved,

I am unable to locate your Preloved account with the details you have provided, and I would like to get this resolved for you.

Can you please respond to the message that has now been sent to you via your TrustPilot account?


Kind Regards,
Kay

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Cannot be legitimate…

I cannot see how this is a legitimate company. I have submitted 3 adverts, and have now stopped adding my items due to the pointlessness of this website and how they operate. 31 hours later and no response to messages, no adverts have been added to the website, they just take your money and dont allow you to list anything. I dont believe for one second there are any genuine sellers on this site that would put up with such things if they were serious about their business. I am dumbfounded that anyone uses this site. Absolutely bizarre.

11 December 2025
Unprompted review
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Reply from Preloved

Hi Amanda,

Thank you for taking the time to leave your review.

We are sorry to hear your recent experience with us hasn't been positive.

At present I cannot locate your account. Can you please contact us via one of the contact options on site or by updating your review to include your order number so we can look to reach out to you?

We look forward to getting this resolved.

Kind Regards,

Stephen

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