Disgusting sellers on vinted

I once bought a wool coat (it was either vinted or ebay)

It arrived,all good until I wore it

I put my hand in the pocket and pulled out a snotty tissue,a broken hair clip and a used sanpro

I think this is why I’m such a vinted cheapskate, max £10 for any item. It’s like gambling I’ve had lots of good buys so the odd dud balances out.

They do need to do something about the returns for when it's I have an issue. If the seller asks for a return it's kind of a way of forcing the hand of the buyer to keep it, because of the cost to do this.

I bought jeans described as 'long' - I'm only 5' 10" (so hardly on the big side of tall) and they came to halfway up my shins; they had clearly shrunk. The trouble is that having some kind of Vinted ombudsman would cost money... but you should be able to reclaim the cost of postage from sellers who falsely advertise.

It annoys me as I sell and take huge pains to point out flaws. I often email buyers before sending if there's a flaw, to check they know.

I had one item like that, described as very good but it stunk of smoke. I thought I could rescue it so clicked everything was ok. It was not ok and I couldn't rescue. I chalked that spend up to experience. I think it was in the region of £13 all in. I partly wondered if the seller who was obviously a smoker didn't realise it was that bad, but as a non-smoker it hit me like wall!

It can be a nightmare dealing with bad sellers.

Vinted is run by bots and if you leave honest feedback unscrupulous sellers often retaliate by leaving lies about you.

Sellers aren’t forced to pay return postage for the most obviously “not as described items” so unless it is a reasonably costly item it isn’t worth the buyer’s time and money returning it so the seller still profits.

Vinted needs an overhaul.

I would have clicked the ‘I have an issue’ button rather than try to fix it myself.

I’ve bought loads of stuff in Vinted and the worst problem has been that the colour didn’t look like the picture (which can easily happen with people taking photos at home with less than perfect lighting) so it didn’t suit me. You need to report this.

I had similar this week. A jumper for a couple of quid. Deacribed in good condition and photos look OK. Arrived covered in stains-Looked like it had been splashed in various places at different times. I applied a few stain removal techniques and got most of them out but emailed the lady. The lady was insistent that it was fine when it was posted and the photos (close ups of specific areas and one whole jumper from quite a distance. Insisted she had checked it before posting. It wasn't worth me sending back for a refund as its more to post than I'd receive back. I also think it's not worth getting a shit score / embroiled in an argument for the sake of £2
I do think it's awful.bejaviour though and was really cross she had described in good condition and not mentioned any stains

They are getting away with it because people are doing like you have and not immediately easing an issue. You must have accepted them as being ok?

I am really surprised that quite a lot of seller describe ‘very good’ condition and item is clearly worn out ‘good’ or ‘functional’ at a push. I honestly can’t believe some of it.

There are definitely some unscrupulous sellers on Vinted. Your purchases sound horrendous.

I bought some revision aids on there the other day, described as New with Tags and even the description said it was NEW in capital letters.

When it arrived, it certainly wasn't brand new, because a couple of non essential components were missing, which I can live with, but what got me was that one of the cards was badly creased and folded a couple of times and had pencil marks over it, indicating that it was a well used card!

They're not in Very Good condition so I’d have pressed the I Have An Issue button and returned them for a refund. Items should be clean and not have body odour smells. Presumably the sellers hadn’t bothered to get the items dry cleaned, if they weren’t machine washable.

I’m not keen on Vinted, and this is why. You never know where these clothes are coming from.

Oh man that’s grim.
I’m looking for woollen trousers for work and the last two that I thought of buying were, up close, in a disgusting state.

One pair had about 2 clumps of hair (the kind you pull off your hairbrush) and on the other, when zooming in, I’m convinced I saw grey pubes.

I kid you not.

It's the minority, lots of great sellers on there, I've bought a few things and haven't had any issues.
It's the luck of the draw I think as well, some people just don't care, but others like me who sell on there do. I go out of my way to take lots of pics of 1 item, and what you see is definitely what you get.

Rank - but why did you tick that everything was okay?

If something is clean, but still smells, an ozone generator can really help. Hotels use them when guests have smoked in non-smoking rooms.