Vinted

I put in offers very near asking price on things that have been on for ages, as I assume they could have gone to the charity shop and I don’t want my £ tied up with a buy it now. But I have been told since you can offer asking so I sometimes do that now if I think it’s already very fairly priced.

I don’t mind offers. I just decline if I don’t want to accept it. Sometimes I’m just happy to sell another thing and make space so then I accept.

I love to make a cheeky offer but only in items that have been listed for a few days.

i offered on a bundle of 3 items the other day. They came to £14 and I offered £12, which was immediately declined. That’s fine. Until an hour later when she reduced each individual item and the bundle then came in at less than £12?! I didn’t buy anything but how weird?

🤣🤣 I’ve had someone do that to me on eBay. I didn’t even have offers enabled! They just sent me an unsolicited message with an offer, and then I got ‘???’ when I didn’t reply! These are the times when a middle finger emoji is needed.

I listed some jewellery, i weighed it and costed the scrap price and stated clearly that i would not accept low offers below scrap price....and of course i received lots...i did reply to a few and stated that if i wanted scrap price, i would just offload it at local jewellers and not faff about posting it off...now i just delete low offers and dont respond.

There are so many items on Vinted. Honestly I don’t care whose second hand “very good condition” Hollister size 6 shorts I buy. There are dozens of pairs. So I’ll find someone who is selling several nice items, and make an offer on the bundle. And who is to say it “should” cost £7 or £10 or £5?

You can easily ignore or reject offers, no need to be miffed.

I hate it when the sale price + fees + postage = more than buying new from a retail outlet.

I don’t know if people don’t know or don’t care how badly they can come across. One sent me a £5 offer on a £12.50 item that I had only just uploaded and when I hadn’t responded to her within half an hour, sent ‘???’ to me 😂

Nah, it’s bloody annoying getting moronic offers! I don’t mind reasonable ones!!

I think Vinted need to allow sellers to set their own limits.

Same here

Reasonable offers, I consider.
Pisstake offers I block immediately so they don't waste my time ever again.

Truly doesn't bother me, any of it. Send offers, lowball, send an offer then don't buy, whatever. I might price something at £20 and then someone offers £10 after it's been up a while and I think yeah sure, better to have £10 now than maybe £20 later. Can't be doing with Vinted sellers that get shirty about people using the functionality baked into the website.

Having just done a massive upload, it is absolutely bonkers on there 🤯 one of my (designer, new with tags) item is listed for £10 and I’m getting offers of £6; ditto a brand new dress with tags bought for £120 and listed at £20 is getting offers of £10. I’m very up for offers, but I can’t bear the moronic ones and have just started blocking them. Life’s too short and I suspect they would be exactly the buyers who would try and find issues with the items if they bought them.

I make low offers and 50% of the time they are accepted. I agree you should be able to turn offers off if you don't want them

I have to say though that as a seller I put the listing price up to accommodate offers and don't really understand why other people don't do this? People prefer to think they have got a bargain! I'm sure how much you can do that will vary with what you're selling though

What really annoys me is when you decline a really low offer and offer your own, then they re-do the same low price they originally offered! I generally message politely at that point to let them know I'm in no hurry to sell and that I'll consider lower if it hasn't gone in six months

I put in my listings that I will post within 24 hours and do 99% of the time. I always contact to apologise if I'm going to post even 25 hours later

Firstly it's not just £2.50, with postage and fees it's more likely £6-7.

I almost never pay full price unless I absolutely love an item. To me Vinted is basically an online car boot sale, it's not in the spirit of it to just pay the asking price! And I also assume everyone slightly overprices in the expectation of being bargained down. It's part and parcel of the platform, sell elsewhere of you don't like it.

well, that’s reasonable. The buyer today said she didn’t ask before buying it yesterday because she found out after she bought it that she’s going away and needs it by next Monday! How is that my issue?!
maybe go buy something in a store or take something else. My husband has kindly gone out on his lunch break just now to post it.

Well, quite.

That is exactly how I feel too @MidnightMeltdown (love the username btw, lol). If it was agreed prior to sale, that’s fine. That’s an agreement. If after, it comes across as demanding. If they worded it something like I understand it you can’t, but I’d really appreciate if you could send it asap that would be great but don’t worry otherwise, that would be much more respectful.

it’s just buyers not recognising that we are people, not a business…

@MidnightMeltdown I don't badger, I ask politely, once. If I need something really quickly I don't buy from Vinted.

Because they’ve looked at how much it will cost them, once they’ve paid the extra fee and postage, and it’s 70p above the budget they allowed themself. If they can get it in budget they’ll go ahead. If it pushes the budget, they’ll move on.
if you buy a lot of things for a family on Vinted, and everything is 70p above budget…. It is no longer viable.

I don’t mind at all if someone asks BEFORE buying, however, I think they are being a bit of a CF if they ask AFTER buying.

I post about 90% of parcels same or next day, but there are some weeks when I’m busy it might take 3 or 4 days. In these cases, I really don’t appreciate being badgered by buyers. Obviously I have seen that the item has sold, and I will post it as soon as I am able to.

@GimmieABreakOr3 respectfully - I did not say that I want to receive things the same week. I just ask that they should be sent as soon as possible if, and only if, I need them for something. I allow 2 weeks for them to arrive. Deliveries can take so long that things need to be sent promptly if they are to get here within that time.

But Vinted give you up to 5 days to post. As long as you post within that time frame I think it’s fine. I’m a seasoned seller (ex ebayer) and the entitlement on Vinted is next level.

I do generally post very quickly (2-3 days) sometimes same day as gave a inpost locker right up my road but Evri and DPD are a while away and a right pain in the arse to get to so it takes longer! Esp when you’re busy working etc. DPD is post office and the queues are ridiculous.

You should never rely on buying anything on Vinted or eBay second hand for a flipping event in the same week! Go to Selfridges!

Offers don't bother me to be honest. And I always pop an offer in at £1 - 50p less than asking price. That £1 - 50p each time can add up to alot over a year.

@GimmieABreakOr3 I do sometimes ask sellers to post things as soon as they can, if I need them for something specific. I don't demand- I request.

And - as a seller - I ensure that I post next day even if I don't manage it until the evening. Evri and Inpost both have lockers you can access 24 hours a day so parcels can be dropped off before/after work, before/after school - it's really not that difficult.

Before anyone jumps down my throat - I do understand that if you don't live in a town or city it can be more difficult - but not impossible to send within a reasonable amount of time I would have thought?