To hate unrealisic Vinted sellers?

@TinyGingerCat what you want to find as a buyer is middle aged mums selling their teens clothes as we always list honestly, post immediately, and accept sensible offers. Your DS is spot on!

@Rookangaroo4 Vast majority of things I have bought (from the oforementioned middle class mums) have been fresh and clean and nicely wrapped in tissue paper. The odd one stands out that smelled bad, I also had one where a pair of walking boots were advertised as muddy! I bought them because they were cheap and they were in fact like new, can't have been worn more than once, but why wouldn't anyone just wipe off the mud? . It reminded me of those skanky FB marketplace posts where they say "needs a wash".

My Biggest bugbear is what some people deem “very good” condition when in fact it turns up looking like shit. I couldn’t send anything, no matter how old, that wasn’t clean and ironed. I had a pair of joggers turn up last week that stank of cigarettes. I didn’t say anything as the package smelt as well so could well have been the courier.

I only sell on Vinted as a way to clear out the family's wardrobe. I have a box that i put things in after I've washed and photographed and listed them and then i forget about it unless someone makes an offer or purchases them. I could go on about how i hate people who take shit photos or buyers that make ludicrous offers or call me Hun (i won't sell anything to anyone who starts a message off with Hi Hun - it gives me the ick). Or the one buyer who kept hounding me with messages about how i should sell her the coat I had listed for £50 for £15 because her son really loved it and she had no money. Life is too short - I just ignore. As my teenage son says what you want to find as a buyer is middle aged mums selling their teens clothes as we always list honestly, post immediately, and accept sensible offers. There's so many people selling on Vinted just scroll by the stuff/pieces you don't like.

It’s up to the individual selling the item, they might have different reasons for not wanting to sell it at a lower price. Maybe they don’t need the money, so would rather wait until it sells at the price they want for it.

It seems mad to get annoyed at someone for this, you either want it or you don’t. Either pay what they want, or keep walking…

@Treaclescourer But surely it’s just as much time to take clothes to a charity shop as it is to bung them in a in post locker?

Our local supermarket has charity clothes bins or I can leave them in charity bags outside my front door. I'm getting sick of my in post lockers being full and having to drive to other areas trying to find one that's got a space.

No, because the stuff that goes to the charity shop just gets put in a bag together and the bag handed over in the shop. I drop it off when I'm driving past.

Items to be sold have to be packaged individually.

But surely it’s just as much time to take clothes to a charity shop as it is to bung them in a in post locker?

So ask them to keep it and you pay at a later date?

Another annoying one from a sellers perspective ... requests to split bundles

Say I've a bundle of 5 face masks all say individually is value at £1 but together £4. So I take lots of lovely pictures including close ups of ingredients for allergy info and use by dates in some cases. Upload.

I then get a stroppy member sending me an offer for £2 "just for the Space masks please don't want the others ".

Er, nope. Coz that means I'm left with items I still need to sell and I need to take a new photo and edit my listing considerably. Happy to knock a quid off especially as they are valued easily at £30 and even with postage your still getting a bargain.

Also just thought - another good way to offload stuff you can't be bothered with the headache of selling is the Olio app? I often put my unsold beauty items on there after a while and they are snapped up before the end of the day. Aware others may then sell them on but good luck to them.

I have a few things on like this on behalf of teen son. Reality is I just CBA to pack up and post them (it will inevitably fall to me) so I just leave them hanging around. It's no odds to me if they don't sell.

On the item, select the three dots at the top right corner. Mark as reserved, and it asks you to select which buyer to reserve it for. The one that asks is right at the top.

I must admit, i hate offers and rately accept. I just decline and go about my day though, not a huge deal.

I could not be bothered packing and sending for a few quid, and i tend to sell quite good stuff. People are welcome not to buy, of course, but if i cant get the price i want I'd rather keep it or give to a friend. It does mean some things hang around a while, but they just stay in my wardrobe. I sold an item a few weeks ago after four months, for the full £120. I am glad i held on rather than take £80 when i put it up

@MrsPelligrinoPetrichor you can ask a seller to reserve something for you.

Quite!

Reserve? I didn't know that was an option, how does that work?

Waaaaahhhh why won't people give me their belongings at my price?

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I love this.

I agree about some sellers. It hasn't sold but you won't reduce the price? Madness

I asked a seller to reserve a dress for me. They refused saying they wanted to sell it as soon as possible. This response put me right off and I didn't want to have a transaction with the seller after that. The dress still hasn't sold 3 days after I asked for it to be reserved 'til.

Yes, I am that petty.

I don't sell a huge amount on Vinted but to be honest there's a bottom line at which I can be arsed packaging up and posting the item. A pound or two is absolutely not worth my time - I'd rather it sits in my wardrobe or gets bundled up in the charity bag with everything else.

Well, yes I suppose. My spare time is valuable.

I've done that and messaged but given everything is pieced to sell it's or always possible. I wish people offered more but I've had some ask for 2/3 off which is mad.

What I find weird is people who are selling new items with tags which I can only guess as to where they are getting them from - maybe they work for the retailer etc but anyway one woman has a load of m&d bras. But with postage they’d be more than just going in the shop or online?! They’re priced so high. And you can even see the original price on the tags

I regularly sell BNWT things on Vinted - I buy huge quantities of retail returns at auctions, and often put clothes and toys on Vinted. It's not all theft!

Yeah these sellers I’ve seen will have like 20 items of a similar style. Like the person selling the bras.
A couple of things fair enough!

So for example, I have a dress that I really wanted and saved up for. It was a fancy breastfeeding compatible dress and I payed around £100 for it. I am not going to have any more children and won’t use it, but it’s a beautiful dress with sentimentality to it and I have looked after it.

I’ve put it on for what I feel is a good price. If someone loves it and will pay that, fine. I’ll let it go and be a bit sad but get over it. I am not however going to chuck it in a charity shop or let it go for £1.50.

probably not logical but that’s how I feel! I would like to hang on to it forever but I don’t need to and I’m trying to get better at getting rid of things.

obviously the VERY sentimental stuff is packed away/treasured/used and you will have to kill me before I let it go. And even then I might haunt you about it 😂

… basically it’s not black and white!

You can't get annoyed because someone doesn't want to sell you something for your offer.

I often list things that I am not desperate to sell. I don't really mind if they sell or not but I'm also not going to necessarily drop the price or accept offers. In the end, they usually sell anyway.

It's also possible that this person rejected your offer because after 17 months, they can't remember where they've put it(!)

and I have a few things that are high-ish prices because of the sentimental value/quality would only sell them for the right price.

I don’t want to single you out as several people have said similar, but why would you list something that has sentimental value at all? Is something a dearly loved item of sentimental value if you’re only offered 40 quid for it, but worthless tat you’re happy to bung in a Jiffy bag if someone offers 60?