To ask if you've gone back to Ebay?

I've stuck with eBay and have periods when I sell a lot then don't go near it for a few months. It's generally more reliable than Vinted I've found. Lately it's felt like I'm giving eBay a huge chunk of the sale so it will be good if that improves.

One thing I've found since EBay has been doing auto-renewing on unsold items; when the item automatically renews the postage label you have carefully selected to be the right weight etc when you uploaded the item, quietly defaults to a letter rate on the new listing (it does for me at any rate). I didn't notice this the first couple of times until I was in the PO being told I didn't have adequate postage. I then had to get a refund and pay again for my postage and it was a pain. Another package I didn't notice and nor did the PO so that got lost in the post and is sitting in some depot marked "inadequate postage" and I've had to refund the buyer.

The woman at the PO said she's turning lots of people away with eBay generated postage labels that aren't enough to cover the cost. I've found you have to mark the item as dispatched then go in to "manage postage" and change the weight and dimension so it generates the appropriate label.

Boring but worth knowing!

Long term eBay user. It has been generally good for me, both for buying & selling. It has its weak points, but these can be avoided.
First & only time I used Vinted, I was scammed. It was eventually resolved, but left a bad taste, so I am sticking with eBay

I think it’s only secondhand clothing that’s free

I love Vinted, don't like eBay

Agree

I'm going back to eBay. Vinted has been fine for me, I've bought and sold there for a couple of years or so, but 2 weeks ago I had an eyebrow pencil I bought delivered, except it was just an empty box. The seller clearly hadn't put any other packaging in the box which had then got a bit squashed so the pencil must have fallen out a hole (of which there were a few). I'm still waiting for a resolution despite sending the same photo evidence through twice and I don't expect to hear back any time soon as I've heard nothing for over a week.

Vinted is great until it goes wrong and then it's useless. I'm just glad I found that out on something relatively inexpensive.

Vinted takes minutes to put an item online. EBay drives me nuts, all those photos , looong description, postage aaaagh

I only buy and sell on Vinted now
Used to use EBay a lot , as in sell hundreds of pounds worth of stuff on there .
Then the listing process became too long and detailed and fees too high so that’s why I switched to Vinted and I love it.
Been on Vinted since the start when it launched in the UK years and years ago.
So easy to list and complete bargains to be had and I love the Vinted “ balance “ where everything I sell goes in there and I have that separate “ pot “ to buy me and the DC new stuff.

Yabu.

I gave up selling second hand clothes on eBay when they made it too difficult and expensive.

I find Vinted okay, both as buyer and seller but I never pay large amounts for anything - the risk is too high, and I’d never buy electronics from Vinted. I stick to clothes and small low value items. I did get some good value GCSE revision guides recently though!

I have contemplated returning to eBay, as I feel Vinted is getting too “big” and sellers are playing games more than they used to. I only EVER buy from sellers with a good track record - i also look at their whole collection before I buy, as the quality and price of other items often gives you a clue what kind of seller they are.

There are still bargains to be had on Vinted!

Isn't Ebay going to be completely free for private sellers soon (no insertion or final value fees)? I got an email about it a few days ago. Hope it's true!

I don't understand what eBay gets out of letting us list all our things for free now and not taking any final value fee. Where are they making their money from us then?

I've started using fb marketplace but would go back to ebay as less timewasters.

I use both but I have to say, things that used to fly on eBay now just sit there without views so I put most of my stuff on Vinted. It's much easier to use and postage is organised by buyer.

Has the buyers fee on Vinted gone up? Bought an item a few years ago which l was pleased with, and thought back then that if an item was only £1 the fee was less than 50p. Had a look again and it seems to vary, but some £1 items had a fee of about 75p which is a huge percentage to charge. lt was less on some items though.
l have always bought & sold on ebay. l have considered selling some low value items on Vinted but can only use royal mail at the moment which l think would make my listings less attractive, and don't want to potentially wait weeks for payment.

No ... I bought two desk legs off Vinted and the other two of marketplace !

Ive always stayed on ebay, used vinted a few times but i find it harder to navigate and it doesnt give you the option to auto decline mad offers.

Use Vinted almost exclusively now as their shipping process is so much simpler than eBay and eBay just seems like any other marketplace with all the new plastic tat listed, it’s hard to find things I actually want/need or trust it’s been shipped/when it’s shipped etc. But I mostly use Vinted to buy/sell clothes at low value so it’s fairly low risk personally.

I much prefer Vinted. I only use eBay now for things not permitted on Vinted

+1

Vinted is getting worse with its no protection for anyone. Buyers pay protection but don't get help when there's issues and sellers are left high and dry if there's an issue. I've heard about three items just this last week that went missing for different sellers/buyers during the posting as it got lost by couriers and only the buyer got a refund, the sellers got ignored when messaged and then all that "I'm sorry you're not happy with our resolution." messages repeatedly with no help or refund so they lost their item, the money and the postage to send it.

I had an item never leave the lockers as the buyer. Evri admitted it was lost 2 weeks in (mid August) and to get in touch with vinted. Vinted said it would be come to an end by the 6th Sept and I could tell them it wouldn't arrive and they'd take it from there by the 8th Sept they still hadn't updated the sale to allow that to happen. It took 7 weeks in total (with me having to prompt them to update the sale) for them to accept it hadn't arrived and refund me. Hopefully the seller got a refund too.

As an rm user it can take 6 weeks post sale for you to get your payment too if you buyer doesn't play fair and mark as received which is really shitty when I send out same day so they get it within 2 or 3 says of purchase but I have to wait a month and half for the money when tracking shows it's delivered but vinted to accept that as its not integrated.

Ebay things have gone missing but there's a lot better service as both a seller and a buyer imo and the buyers mess around less (ie offers are paid for when accepted, you can auto set an offer amount so low offers don't come through, scheduled listing times etc etc.

I do only send via trackable means though after being burnt several times way back when people would claim it hadn't arrived only to relist it themselves when they got the refund through.

I don’t use eBay for selling anymore because it’s all for buyers and no seller protection, and buying wise it’s full of Chinese junk and misleading pricing. I used to like it back in the day when it was mainly private sellers and auctions, with a few business shops.

I am still with Vinted, for buying and selling (just clothes). I find the site better to use, cheaper to buy (especially bundles) and easier for posting.

I've used vinted a bit but increasingly feeling scammed as a buyer and little by way of support or protection so won't be using it anymore.