To scroll past your Vinted listing if you’ve done this?

Another pet peeve - Listing says 'dress size 10', but would fit a 12/14 too!
Make your mind up you can't capture the whole market.

I bought something that looked royal purple on the picture, which turned out to be navy blue when it arrived. My fault for not checking, but that was some creative lighting!

So agree on the colours! I'm obsessed with colour analysis and am always looking for warm colours. An item being listed as "Burgundy" could be anything from quite a cool raspberry to a warm rust like shade which is what I'm actually after. Sometimes sellers don't seem to get what I'm on about when I try to ask for a more specific description of the exact colour and the photos can be very deceptive.

Me too!

Colours get me sometimes.
I bought a top last week that photographed as black and white but turned up as black and beige.
The seller had only listed it as black.

I think the photos of people wearing the items often just brings home to me how few of us can be models. Not because of fatness, but actually most of our bodies don’t show clothes off very well!

If someone's is wearing the item! Obviously I know it's second hand but it really puts me off

I scroll past screwed up clothing as if they can't be bothered to make it look presentable then why would I buy it

If you block someone on vinted will they know?

Yes and I think eBay are going the same way from 4th February - seller doesn’t get paid until item delivered I think 🤔

The buyer may have picked up the item on her lunch break and not even have had time to open the package yet. You get 2 days to confirm all ok. I'd be cheesed off if a seller messaged hassling me to confirm same day as collection! Especially as sellers get a whole week to post.

I'm waiting for someone now to confirm all OK. She received the parcel a few hours ago. Slightly annoying but i wouldn't message her asking her to hurry up!

I sell on vinted;I always ensure my items are

clean
*Well presented (eg ironed)
*Are the only items in the photo
*The photos are taken on a clean neutral background eg items photographed on a hanger on a white door
*The photo's have good lighting
*The items in the photo are clearly displayed
*Have an accurate description of

I've seen some terrible photos and some absolute rubbish posted on there that's clearly only fit for a bin

I was looking for some cheap and cheerful wooden beads to go with a dress I own. The number of dodgy cleavages I encountered was far too many for a sober afternoon. Massive props to the few sellers who put the length of the necklaces though.

I asked someone for dimensions of an item, she said - there's a photo of it beside my foot for perspective. Lady, I don't know what size your stupid foot is.

That's my understanding.
Can't remember how long they've got to say it's okay, but I've had a couple of buyers just let the wait period elapse and then I've got the money.
I'd say that's more rude than asking for prompt payment although I haven't done that myself.

Does this mean that as a seller you don't receive payment for the item until the buyer says it's ok?

I think sometimes they just sew the wrong label in

Good point.

I have a pair of jeans from M&S bought a couple of years ago. They are a size 14 but more like a 10. I think sometimes they just sew the wrong label in. Some helpful folk on Vinted point this out when the sizing is massively out. Last summer I bought an Oasis dress size 14 - it's huge and falls to the ground when I put it on, so i have had to relist it. What's the point of someone buying something when it's not going to fit? Waste of everyone's time.

sweetpickle2

Its definitely resulted in me buying stuff that turns up a totally different size to expected before.

I had that with a couple of my first buys.
Had searched for a size 12 jumper that I'd seen in a shop and was so pleased to find it that I snapped it up without noticing the label said "Large" not "12".
It was far too big for me.

A different sizing problem was a pair of M&S jeans that were a 10. Bought them and they felt like a 6 - could barely do them up.
Took them to a charity shop and the assistant - much cannier than I am - pointed out they were labelled "St Michael's" which apparently hasn't been used for ages.
(Does go to show that M&S sizing seems to have changed and vanity sizing is a thing)

Slightly off topic, but does anyone know why the Vinted app gets upset if you have too many capital letters in an item heading? I was always taught at school that the first letters of words in a heading should be capitalized so this causes me some vexation!

@SharpWriter yes that is vv annoying!

People asking for measurements annoys me, because I don't have a dressmakers tape measure! Yes if you were buying it new you'd be able to try it on in the shop/send it back, but you'd be paying 40 quid for the jeans in the first place- if I'm selling my old new look ones for a fiver I think you can weigh up for yourself if they'll fit and take your chances.

An annoyance about Vinted in general is how they categorise their sizes- as someone said upthread, a 14 is an XL and its hard to know sometimes how to categorise stuff you're selling. Its definitely resulted in me buying stuff that turns up a totally different size to expected before.

Or things that have no holes or marks so could be described as good condition, but are really old and faded having been washed 500 times and are clearly only fit for the recycling bucket.

I hate it when you buy an item of clothing listed as being in very good condition, which looks fine in the photos, but arrives having clearly not been cared for properly. For example, something which originally had a cream background but which has clearly been washed with dark colours so now looks like a dishcloth. The photos had clearly had a filter applied to hide it.