To hate unrealisic Vinted sellers?

Yeah I get the impression some people would rather set things on fire than sell it for what someone is willing to pay.

I can understand if it's hardly worth anything, but if it's listed for £50 and someone will give you £45, and the other option is that it may never sell at all, why not take the £45?

And more to the point, why get offended that someone offered you £45?

It does seem wrong to chuck perfect wearable clothes in the bin. I think I rarely throw any clothes away - old socks get reused to clean Venetian blinds and I use old (washed obv!) knickers to clean bathrooms. Pretty much anything else I'd normally throw away goes into a rag bag popped into a charity bag.

Selling however I value my time far too much to sell something for a £1

Tbf sometimes I just throw clothes in the bin if I cnba to list them. Charity shop is a good 35 minute walk away and I’m not waiting and saving up stuff to fill a whole bag as then I might as well list it for sale even if it was only for £2.

Someone has said that on this thread too. That they've thrown things away rather than accept an offer that they don't want. It's a real shame. I get that some people would rather donate to charity, to avoid the faff of parcelling something up etc, if there's little financial gain... But to throw something in the bin, when there is a person who would be glad to have that item? No wonder our planet is in crisis with that attitude!

I use Ebay rather than Vinted, but am curious .

Some items on Vinted are so screwed up and tatty looking in photos. Do people actually buy them?

Well I don't mind it if people stick to their selling price.. but some people get ridiculous about it. I offered a fiver less for something quite highly priced once.. it had been up over a year... and the seller sent an arsey message back saying it was insulting as the item was worth so much more.
It did make me laugh... I mean just decline the offer if you don't want to accept it..no need to be a dick about it
And the item ie still listed and hasn't sold yet! Another 5 months later lmao
Some people don't get that things are only worth what people will pay for them.
There was a thread on mumsnet once where a woman was saying she would rather throw items in the bin than sell them for less than she thought they were worth.
Some people are nuts!
I sell on vinted and honestly I'm just glad to be rid of clutter and get a little something back for it... who cares if I paid a lot more when I bought it and am now selling it for a pound.. someone's got bargain and I got some space in my house.. win win!

You can write it in the description, generally people will not send you offers or do they? I never do if it says no offers.

Exactly. If I am buying on vinted I do t even want to pay half price of original RRP, equally if I am selling something it's always for a tiny fraction of the RRP. I even have some party dresses at the moment BNWT for a quarter of RRP and still not sold, so I would just take offers.

YABU for all the reasons above!

I am always tempted to message them asking if they understand the concept of an item only being worth what someone is willing to pay

I’d reply to ask if you understand that the price at which I’ve listed the item is the price at which I’m willing to sell. My listing price is my ‘bid’ on my own item. It’s not worth it to me to sell it for less.

Recently on ebay, there was an item that I'd been watching for a while that hadn't sold and had been relisted a few times. Buyers had the option to put a bid on, or send an offer. The bidding start price was £20. As it hadn't sold, I decided to send an offer, rather than waiting another week for the auction to end. I offered £25 and the seller declined, no counter offer or anything. It seems silly to me. I can bid for it closer to the time for £20, and will get it for that probably, as I can't see a bidding war happening if it's not sold in a long time. Not many are watching it either.

I’ve got a dress for sale on there at the moment which is really pretty and will look lovely at a wedding/races/summer event etc.

i could sell it for £10 and be rid of if quickly. However I’m not desperate to sell it, I would probably wear again maybe once more so I’m not bothered about giving it away at a bargain price.

ive worn it twice, it’s practically brand new

Agree but they can sell at whatever price they want though, I like to make offers, sellers are free to decline them and hold out for what they deem acceptable, that’s not for me to judge.

Yanbu, I also find this on FB marketplace with second hand items going for the same or a couple £ cheaper than buying it new.
As a seller I will always take into account the full price the buyer has to pay, if I put something on for £7 then they have to pay nearer £10 with postage etc, imo that would be worth it for a bundle but not a single kids item for instance. So when I'm pricing I consider the full price not just what I would get for it. If something doesn't sell in a few weeks I'll send a few offers dropping it a significant amount and it goes pretty quick. It's just going to gather dust in my cupboard or end up in a charity shop otherwise, but I do it to declutter and use the money to buy DD clothes in bigger sizes. I guess if people are doing it as a side hustle they might have a different take

I put items in at a reasonable price that's the lowest I'm willing to sell for and rarely accept offers. I don't think I'm "stupid" or "have a bee in my bonnet" as other posters have said. It's just what works for me. Everything sells eventually, or I pass it on to a friend. I don't need to sell things so I'm not in a rush 🤷‍♀️

It provides me endless amusement, so I'm not sure I hate it exactly! My favourite recently was a grubby pair of plimsolls (they were probably Veja but the main pic was basically dirty white plimsolls) and banged on about how they had priced them well below their "market value new" for quick sale. Months and months they'd been there. I mean....that's gold 😍

When people quibble over £1 it makes me laugh

You do know you can block rude people guys?

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It has no impact on your life if there is an item listed which is more than you want to pay. Just don't buy it. People can ask for whatever price they want.

Maybe they aren’t in a rush to sell the items and would rather wait until someone buys it at full price. I’ve bought things off vinted for full price that have been listed for almost a year. A lot of things will sell eventually.

Yes especially on things that are really cheap. Asking for £1 off something that is only £3 to begin with just seems to silly.

I suppose they might be people who are living on a shoestring though and I am privileged to not relate to that.

Then list on eBay instead, or some other platform where buyers can’t make offers. You can’t get mad at people for making offers when you actively choose to list on a platform that promotes this option.

I once wanted a school jumper for my child, just til the end of the term. I saw someone had listed one for about £15 (which would cost about £19 with fees and postage) but you could buy the same one brand new from John Lewis for £13. Messaged the seller to say this and got a reply that she was sticking to her price - mad!

Of course sellers are free to decline offers. But what gets me mad is when they get huffy that you’ve even made one. Vinted is a platform that allows offers of up to 40% off the asking price. You are under no obligation to accept said offers, but if you’re going to be annoyed by someone even making such offers, you’re on the wrong platform. Use one that allows you to say “asking price only” or similar.

I had a complete loon of a woman telling me she was “insulted” by my low offer. I told her she should rethink whether Vinted was for her. I got a stream of abuse; she dug out one of my listings and said “Would you sell this for two pounds, hmm?! It’s been listed for a year!!” Well no, I wouldn’t, because that was a third of the asking price - she couldn’t have made that offer even if I’d wanted to accept it. Would have I accepted 40% off? Maybe; maybe I’d have offered to split the difference. But I wouldn’t have sent deranged rants about how “insulted” I was.

I agree, this is like people moaning about the price of Taylor Swift tickets or concert T-Shirts, or Festival Catering - just don't buy things that are too expensive, problem solved.