Thinking Vinted will see Charity Shops out of business?

Not sure Vinted specifically are that significant.

My guess is it's probably a mixture of two things. One, COL issues may mean more people feel they need to get money for their old items, rather than valuing the more convenient option of dropping them off and forgetting about them.

And two, new clothes are getting steadily worse quality overall. So an item from a bog standard high street place bought in 2024 and washed say 20 times probably looks worse than the equivalent item bought in 2014 and washed 20 times. So people will pay less for it now.

"Chazza" no.

Charity shops will be fine. They satisfy the "right now", and being able to inspect the item which you dont get with vinted.

You aren’t. It isn’t financially viable to return £3/£5 items that aren’t as described so I re-sell or send to charity. I usually have a pile of stuff for both. I often can’t be bothered to take photos and write a description although I watched a programme about earning an extra £10K a year yesterday and the presenter was using AI descriptions to save time.

I sold pretty much everything I owned following massive weight loss and found that very big sizes sell very quickly. Size 12/14 doesn’t fly, probably because it’s a more common size? I have multiple items hanging over a wardrobe door currently. I might attempt to sell them.

The trouble with Vinted for me is that I see something or I think I need it in every colour and it’s so easy to just buy it very cheaply. I’ve bought a dress for a wedding but now need a matching slip/jacket/bag. 🤦🏼‍♀️ Charity shops are just too expensive to do this, although I went back to one recently because something in the window caught my eye.

I never go into charity shops for clothing as don't have the time and if I did probably would leave empty-handed as have never previously found suitable clothing there. Vinted, however turns up loads of the brands and sizes I want in seconds. Never heard the term 'chazza' to describe charity shops .

Where in the UK are you hearing this?

Charity shops also sell more valuable items on eBay.

I have a favourite charity shop to visit in person, but donate to various ones.

It's a bit of a paradox, buying from Vinted and Facebook marketplace is a way more positive experience than selling via them, IME anyway.

Nor me.

I never used charity shops for clothes. I’m there for the books, vintage glassware and useful pots to put things in. In my area the charity shops are doing great.

I could not be bothered to sell on Vinted. I take kids stuff to the second-hand and my own stuff goes to the charity shop.

No, Vinted is too much hassle for anyone working full time and with a busy life. All that storing, listing, posting, just too much bother.

I drop my ds' grown out of clothes at Cancer Research, they make a little money, I feel good. Job done 😊

No I use Vinted a lot to buy and sell but as a mum to a 4 year old who is constantly growing out of stuff, there's no way i'd have the time to sell everything on vinted.

I dont think most of it is worth selling on vinted either and/ or probably wouldnt sell ie a plain basic jersey top

I cherry pick items i know will sell on vinted- branded things or zara dresses and the rest i send to charity.

I feel like this is a good balance. Definitely still a place for charity shops

I love charity shops and buy most of my clothes from them. I sell on Vinted but rarely buy clothes on there unless I'm very sure it will fit due to the postage costs etc.
You get to know which Charity shops charge too much...Oxfam!!!
Its so ridiculous when you see Primark, Shein etc for crazy prices.

Vinted is so corrupt. I personally would never buy or sell on there again. Charity shops have my support

Literally never heard the term "chazza" before this thread.

And there are fewer SAHMs to staff them.

It's never been stay at home mums staffing our chazzas, it's always retired folk. Still volunteers though, I'm guessing.

Not true local to me. I volunteered in charity shops for about a decade and only gave up just before Christmas. Last year was the busiest we'd ever had.

People on these threads always go on about clothes as if it's all charity shops sell. We used to take more money on bricabrac or toys/games as women's clothing.

Vinted is great, I buy on there too, but there is space for both models in the market. There is hardly a shortage of second hand clothing.

It's been a thing for ages. Everyone says chazza 😆

Nah if I can't sell something for less than maybe ten pounds it goes to the charity shop
Not worth the time of photographing, listing, having it sat round the house for who knows how long until someone buys it and then having to package and send.

I've got bags of charity shop stuff post clear out though do buy and sell on vinted too

I’m in SE and never heard expression “chazza” before.

I can see the corner shop from my window so it’s no trouble to get there. I don’t do home delivery for Vinted. I think the amount of new clothes bought directly from retailers being delivered to peoples homes far exceeds Vinted.

I also really value my corner shop and hope the business they get from Vinted helps keep them going.

Nope. Never use Vinted, rarely buy second-hand stuff online, go to charity shops several times a week. Different experience.

And there are fewer SAHMs to staff them. It's an issue here that less people volunteer than ever..

They are mostly staffed by retired/pensioners round here.

I agree about our home home delivery love just filling the roads with delivery vans

I use charity shops because I can’t be bothered spending the time needed to sell and post things on vented or eBay

I do worry quite a lot about the environmental impact of so many packages of £1 Vinted items moving around the country. And it seems to perpetuate the gig delivery economy too. Tbh our addiction to home delivery of everything feels wrong, somehow. I hate how normalised it has become to use Deliveroo.

I give all of my Vinted fails to a Chazza shop and I’m sure I can’t be the only one