Why do people try to sell such complete tat on Vinted?!

Yes but too often list condition as “very good”!

Also don’t understand people selling half used candles and cosmetics .

I will now only buy where I can see amazing photos; track record of strong sales, decent description. If the price is high I will often ask a question or ask for a better photo of the cuffs or labels or whatever

I always look at what else for sale - if there’s lot of old tat even if the thing I want to buy looks fine, I steer clear

Don't you know? Desperation.

I am totally guilty of that . BNWT in my wardrobe but here I am sat in clothes I've had for ages and when I go out in an hour I'll bypass my new shoes and put on my usuals .

I don't get any pleasure in wearing new stuff . I don't however buy from eBay or Vinted nor do I sell stuff .

Yes but SHEIN has so many ethics problems that it’s better to buy it from
vinted to keep it out of landfill a bit longer it’s more sustainable and no human cost either, and you get to help out a uk based poor or eco conscious perosn

Did that make you feel better? ☺️

Why are the charities distributing this stuff that’s so unsuitable? I know most charities are corrupt but they could at least only send things that won’t offend the service users,

I think if people are kind enough to donate stuff then the charity should go through it beforehand. If they are and people are still complaining, I’m not sure what needs to be done. I have clothes that are in decent condition but not great quality - I wouldn’t like to donate them now in case they burn them.!

Nobody is advocating for rotten food FFS. But when things are donated, then you get what you get.

Anyway this thread has been quite eye opening. I shan’t be donating to these charities again.

🤣🤣🤣 for a toddler! I can’t even be trusted to wear a white t-shirt in my 30s.

And so much more practical and less stressful than the £60 white Paul Smith t-shirt that a child wore to my nursery class a few years ago…🤣

I did warn the parents that I could not be held responsible!

Can I ask why any of you go onto Vinted so much if you are just judging other people’s stuff?

is there a rule on Vinted forcing the sale of every listed item?

I can sort of understand someone is trying to sell such things because of povery.

What I'm really puzzled about is many listings of some very short / deep cut cloths which leave little to imagination and sellers don't even try to hide their faces, it's pretty much holiday or bedroom photos, almost everything on display. What is this?

If you are size 12, then what do you mean I’m looking in the wrong place? Do you think i mean over size 10?

All charity shops have that smell about them - hardly convinces you to buy an item of clothing! Of course I would wash it before wearing but I am always paranoid that I can still smell it.

I don’t wash brand new clothes when I buy them and don’t know anyone who does - what a waste of water. And ‘skanky’? Nice. Still I don’t call factory workers ‘the great unwashed’ so I guess we are all different.

A charity shop by me is always moaning about what absolute shit she gets given because people are scared to throw anything away. You see it on posts now here and fb if anyone mentions having a clear out they are told you should donate that here or there. I saw an influencer on FB the other day putting pics of his empty kitchen cupboards after a clear out and someone asked did you throw it away or donate it!? Who wants half a bag of flour, a few out of date sauce packets, and the dregs of a few bottles of sauce!!
There's no in between nowadays youve got the throwaway society who literally wear something once and it goes in the bin and then the other end of the scale the ones who wear use stuff to death and then try and pass it on to someone else when it's knackered.

I always notice this with shoes for sale on vinted... Some people's definition of brand new 🤣🤣 you see trainers that I walk my dog in better nick trainers and yet someone lists them as worn once brand new 🤣🤣 and very good condition even worse!! People are oblivious ... They can't see that sometimes you just need to chuck stuff away!

I'm a size 12, you are looking in the wrong places which are best avoided if your local charity shops are crap with stinky clothles.😄 I wash my stuff with detergent and laundry disinfectant, doesn't everyone, even if you bought it brand new? It's a bit skanky to buy and wear anything without washing it, god knows who has handled it in the making, packing process and being on the shop floor handed by the great unwashed.

You're not wrong, op. I was thinking something similar yesterday when I was trying to trawl through pages of absolute junk or massively overpriced supposed new without tags.

I think vinted should take down listings after so many months unsold, just to clear it and make searching easier.

I wonder if people just don’t see the wear on their own clothes. There’s often an attitude of they paid good money for this thing so SOMEONE must want it.

i used to help out in sorting second hand uniform at our last school. It was astounding how often people would donate summer dresses (say) covered in black marker pen and with nearly all the buttons missing. It was my job to be ruthless and bag up all the stuff that we couldn’t sell on.

Bobbly clothes aren’t bad for sending little ones to nursery! I don’t send my DS to his childminder in anything nice as he’ll get paint/mud/other fun stuff all over himself, so I have been getting him some ‘used’ looking stuff from Vinted just so if they get stained, it doesn’t matter!

May also be those clothing retailers who put clothes recycling bins in shops, pretending that they are environmentally friendly.

I don’t know, but I suspect that a large proportion of it is those ‘charities’ who put clothing bags through people’s doors. Some of them sell these clothes, in bulk, to business people/market stall holders in Africa, who then sell them on to local people.

Do they sell them on Vinted or is there a specific site?.Asking for a friend 🤔

Presumably it’s the charities dumping them? Why are they giving them clothes and then they are burning them FFS?

Anyway I would hate to add to the waste. Sounds like the charities aren’t actually doing their jobs so I won’t send clothes or money.

Unfortunately Africa has become huge a dumping ground for the world’s clothing waste:

Some dirty old bastard will be wanking over them next week.

Same with the old knickers section!

I just never look at anything on there that isn't either new with tags, new without tags or very good - or that don't have lots of photos.

Easy to filter out the crap on there, IMO.