The second hand clothes market is dead.

There’s a huge oversupply of clothes, from the cheapest ultra fast fashion stuff to luxury brands. The fast fashion model has been conceived in 1980s so it’s been around for about 40 years and this is the result. It’s unrealistic to expect getting close to retail price for your things in this kind of market conditions.

I love vinted and I am very picky about what I buy. I agree it’s got worse in the last few years, there’s a lot of single-use crap from Shein and Temu, people don’t take enough photos, don’t disclose issues and don’t measure things they list. It’s harder to find real gems, but still possible. It’s like everything else that comes in large numbers, things follow a normal distribution - there will be some amazing and terrible things at the tails and just lots of average things in the middle and unfortunately the current average in fashion is poor quality, poor construction and poor materials.

I do buy new packaging just because I am v time poor and it is easier. I think I got most of my mailing bags super cheap from amazon haul. Or amazon generally.

I do similar. I can’t see the point in buying new packaging unless you have to. We just save what comes with anything we buy new.

I used Vinted for buying and selling. I sold the kids stuff and bought with the money I made so no additional new clothes.
Also, as a parent of a neurodiverse child, finding their favourite pair of shorts in the next size up and the one after that is an absolute GODSEND.

Based on some of the parcels I’ve received, a small piece of carrier bag taped so tightly around the clothes that it’s hard to snip it open without cutting them 🙈

I never used eBay as found it too difficult to use. Vinted is just so incredibly easy.

it is true that a lot of clothes get unsold but the reason is that 95% of clothes now are polyester rubbish that has no value or appeal second hand. But the other 5% is great.

That’s a bit unfair. I have a Superdry jumper on Vinted, think I’ve worn it twice. It’s priced at £4, someone offered my £2.80 the other day. I think I paid £30-£40 if memory serves.

Some sellers may do this but not all. I think the problem with Vinted is the buyer has to pay postage so it can work out near double what the item is selling for, depending on parcel size

Next stuff sells well on Vinted. You could bundle things of you're not making enough, that way the buyer is saving on postage.

I keep old delivery bags, sharpie the address/QR code, flip it inside out and reuse it for vinted sales

That’s interesting re HMRC thanks @stillavid . Personally I find Vinted confusing as a buyer, hard to work out the size, plus the search engine quickly takes you to items you’re not looking for. On eBay I look at specific buyers and there are great bargains on clothes. As a seller it’s a lot less vibrant than it used to be. Re charity shops, I hope they get a reality check soon because the prices are ridiculous and these days they are full of fast fashion and items I wouldn’t even buy 1st hand at the price.

I buy lots from eBay and have just started Vinted. I sold a few eBay disasters on Vinted but only got half what I paid for them - paid £20 ish usually which I think is a good price but couldn't get that back.

I got a gorgeous new with tags Jigsaw dress last week for £25 from Vinted.

I actually bought my wedding dress last year on eBay. It was £50, £198 new. Possibly overpriced but I wanted it.

If you've got the space I'd hang on a bit - unless they are very lightweight/summer things. As the season is changing I'm suddenly shifting things that have sat on Vinted all summer as people are now looking for different items.

What’s wrong with that? You tried selling, nobody wants your stuff, and now a charity is going to get the benefit.

It sounds like you’re more annoyed that you’re not making as much money as you used to!

I’ve sold loads of stuff on Vinted, I think it’s brilliant. It’s so easy, no waiting around for auctions, etc. I have also never bought as many secondhand clothes as I have before. So, from my perspective the secondhand market is thriving!!

I think the filters make vinted much easier to search than ebay. The way the content displays is easier to navigate too, and I like you can filter by condition.
Ebay (last time I used it) seemed clunky by comparison. Also, the item you want may be on auction whereas with Vinted you can always buy immediately.
Which filters do you like on ebay? I admit it has been a while for me!

EBAY was good when you could just list your auction at 99p and wait to see what you got but there has been too much stock on there for that to work in years.

eBay have only themselves to blame. Always siding with the buyer and too high fees which were also applied to the postage. They left themselves wide open to someone nicking their business and Vinted have done a pretty good job of it.

HMRC are fine provided it is stuff you have bought for personal use and you aren't running a business or at least that is what I was told by my accountant who was happy to if necessary take HMRC though my bank statements ;)

I sell loads on vinted but price competitively and if it doesn't sell in a few weeks I just give to charity. Also ensure you are selling clothes for the right season and despatch quickly.

I just buy pink plastic bags from amazon as makes it super easy to send.

I still buy the majority of my stuff on ebay. I don't like the Vinted app, it's too cluttered and confusing. The prices have gone up for sure, but I can usually find what I'm looking for. I can't be arsed to sell which is awful really (my bf makes £££ trading her things on Vinted) but I'm finding it harder and harder to find charity shops that actually welcome donations. Where I live they're overwhelmed and quite often turn you away. On the strength of this thread, I'll probably book an Anglo pick up soon. They're pretty good.

Just don’t tell HMRC.

Save a few bags etc from online shopping and use those.

I use both to buy and sell.

On Ebay, this week, sold three pairs of men’s shorts (Ted Baker, Tommy Hilfiger) at great prices(£11.00 - £35.00) and on Vinted, five work dresses and a Zara ‘holiday’ dress all at less than £10.00 each.

I take care with presenting the clothes well, clean, ironed, and photos of all labels.

I am looking for jeans, on Vinted, at the minute, wishing that more sellers would photograph the label and add leg length measurements.

Anything left over, or anything that I think a buyer would be better to see/try on, I take to our local charity shop.

If it's knitwear, tops or light stuff, I always wrap in tissue paper and then brown parcel paper with lots of heavy duty parcel tape! Shoes or jackets I try to find a box to put them in, but still wrap in tissue and parcel paper.

I can't be arsed to sell clothes (carpark recycling bin for everything regardless of brand)...but my teen DD buys all her stuff on vinted, as do her friends.

I’ve never used Vinted or EBay but charity shops are a great place to buy second hand clothes. You can try them on before you buy them too.

I sell on Vinted but I’ve not bought anything yet. Nothing looks that good on the photos and I don’t have a very good vision