Vinted seller has pissed me off

Was it a Monsoon jumpsuit by any chance OP?! As the day this thread was posted, I sent a very polite message on vinted to my buyer asking if they were happy with it as they'd had it delivered several days before Monday but even though in post marked it as delivered, vinted's system hadn't updated and marked it as delivered. Meaning until the buyer marks it as received, it wouldn't ever release the money!

I sent a message just like that the other day. Because if you as the buyer don't click 'Everything is ok' then Vinted makes me wait an extra 2 days for the money! Then a further day for it to transfer to bank!

But the buyer hasn't gone anywhere ober night and even if they did, that would be the exception not the rule. I think I can count on one hand the number of times I've had a parcel and then left it a day to be opened. Thats the rule.

I often get messages from sellers asking me to confirm which I'm grateful for as I often forget.

I think it's quite usual practice x x

I ordered an item via Vinted and I waited 4 days for the item to be sent .. that’s ok I can’t do anything about it

You say it wasn't about how long it took the seller to send the item, so why mention it, or in this way, in your OP.

Nothing cheeky about it. She must have needed the money quickly. I'd have taken it as a request to confirm receipt as soon as possible, not be put out, then start an irate thread, because I hadn't yet opened the parcel.

So you think people should open their parcel in the post office or outside the delivery boxes to check the item? I might pick it up at 9.30, not be home until I pick the kids up and then can't check it until they've gone to bed. I might pick it up, drop it home and then be away overnight and need to check it myself.

@TheCheekyKoala

No it’s not. You pick it up, shove it in a bag and then go to the post office/corner shop.
It’s hardly a big effort.
When I sell clothes on Vinted, I don't just pick them up and shove them in a bag - I iron them if needed, fold them carefully, write a thank you card, and wrap them in tissue paper before I put them in a bag. I always try to post the day I sell something but often end up having to visit several banks of lockers to find an empty one or make another trip later once they've been emptied. I don't find the Inpost availability checker is very reliable.

I also always try to confirm that I'm happy with my purchases within a couple of hours of receiving them.

It's frustrating as a seller waiting on the money but it's not something I'd hound somebody over. I'd imagine she's waiting on it to use it for something, some people are really struggling so side hustling can help to pay the bills.

I'd have just confirmed and moved on, I don't get the need for a war about it 🤷🏼‍♀️ it's annoying someone chasing you but just press confirm and she will go away....

Life must be hard for you.

A sender (seller) sends a parcel......

I hope this is a fabrication of the truth, as if is this is really what causes someone to get this upset, I fear for the generation going forward. Its ridiculous.

So I am going with that it is a fabrication as I don't want to believe that entitlement has stretched this far.

Imagine being offended by a note 😂

Some people need money quite badly at the moment due to the cost of living crisis. I always open and confirm as soon as I receive a Vinted purchase.

You could have released the money in the time it’s taken you to be so angry about it.

I get it....
They posted in their own time, which was day 4 of the 5 allowed... so all fine.... they wanted confirmation within minutes of getting the delivery confirmation when OP may not even have seen the item etc as may not have been home when delivered.... they could have waited 24 hours etc.... or a little closer to the 2 days allowed, so not fine

Have you confirmed receipt yet op?

I don't get which bit of the Vinted seller's behaviour pissed you off. Is it just that she's sent you a reminder at all to check the item and click confirm?

It seems like a very small thing to get pissed off about.

You could have done it about 1000 times in the time you've spent on this ridiculous thread. Just do it.

Sounds like theyre skint and need the money. Just release it

It's important to remember that Vinted is not a shop, it's ordinary people often with busy lives getting rid of their spare stuff for a little bit of extra cash.

And it's not like they can choose when you buy stuff so that it fits in with their lives. The stuff is listed, the listings stay up there and, days, weeks or months later, someone might buy something when you're not really expecting it.

I've had things not sent before and sellers apologising because they're away or they lost something or they just couldn't get to the shops. I've also had buyers who have been unable to pick things up and so they've come back to me. And it's all fine. I get a bit of spare cash and my DC's clothes second-hand and much cheaper than if I bought them new, but I neither expect nor provide a commercial service.

However they most likely took 4 of the 5 days to dispatch the item as they have a life outside of vinted, and you are just using your full 2 days to teach the seller some sort of arbitrary lesson. You've clearly been on your phone/internet, in which time you could have marked the sale as ok. But you haven't, you're the one out of order, petty and cringe. Get a life.

Poor soul, they might be desperate for the money. Times are hard and food is really expensive now.

Gosh, don't you sound lovely.

Really hope you're never going to buy a thing from me...

I kinda get it, my Evri delivery driver pops my parcels at the back door if I don’t answer the ring, I’m in a meeting, or if I’m not home.

I once had a message from the seller within 10 minutes of it being delivered asking for me to confirm it’s ok!

I was in my office working…I wasn’t about to leave my meeting run downstairs and check, it was about 2pm in the afternoon!

Most of the time I click confirm within a couple of hours. I once forgot as I was on holiday when something was delivered and I did apologise to the seller.

This is bonkers petty.

I expect they got a notification you had collected it and it prompted them to ask for the money. No biggie.