The second hand clothes market is dead.

IMO people expect clothes for peanuts on Vinted. Jumble sale prices.
I buy higher end stuff for myself- Boden, Hush, Mint Velvet- and some Coach handbags. I took my bag off Vinted as the offers were so low and the bag was almost new.

There is more clothing being produced and sold every year - the amounts have doubled in the last 20 years. Consumption is not decreasing as Vinted grows, it is increasing.

HMRC are only interested in profit. I doubt Frumpitydoo's old chap cost her less than £2k when bought new.

Selling a top you bought for £30 for a fiver means you've lost £25, not made £5.

I buy a lot on Vinted and eBay and I agree with you, finding stuff and the sizing system on ebay is vastly superior.

I sell on ebay and I’ve noticed things sticking more and I have to sell for less than, say, a couple of years ago which seems to tie in with the boom in Vinted. Having said that, means that my purchases are cheaper too.

I agree great for the planet I think nowadays I only really buy underwear brand new. Bit addictive though!

I have lost a significant amount of weight and my clothes didn’t fit and I have pretty much bought a whole new wardrobe from Vinted. I’ve now started selling on there and it’s great fun. I’d say the second hand market is thriving.

I had Coach bag- a popular style. I'd gone off the colour as I'd bought it mainly to wear with one outfit. New it would have cost £250.
I started at £100, dropped to £80 and had messages offering me £60 for a bag used twice.

You would be better off giving to charity.
Anglo are not a charity they are a commercial company who donate a tiny, tiny amount to charity but their marketing implies that your preloved goods are going to a needy recipient. In fact they are sold in bulk and often shipped out to Africa where much ends up in landfill

How do people deal with sizing though (as buyers)? I would like to buy more from Vinted but I find that when online shopping I have to send back at least half because it doesn't fit, so I feel like I would just end up with a lot of stuff I can't use

I only buy what I know will fit. If I know a size 12 monsoon fits or a white stuff size 10. So really only things similar to what I already own.

I’ve started doing this, they wear the same clothes more often and then I’m trying to be better at getting rid of them once they’ve outgrown them. I how bag up the clothes, give them to a family I know or the charity shop. I’d been meaning to sell some nice children’s coats and just got the lot of them and took them to the charity shop. Make money for charity and hopefully someone gets a good bargain.

I think many secondhand sellers expect far too much money for things.

I buy all my children's clothes on Vinted - I hunt for sellers with multiple items I like to keep the delivery charges reasonable. I am happy to resell on there too, yes its only £1 per item and barely worth my time but I want the clothes to have a second life.

Sorry that typo really made me laugh! My old chap certainly cost me less than £2,000 😄

Thanks for the sensible answer, so sick of people pretending the government are trying to tax everyone on second hand item sales 🫠

Home bargains mailing bags. Cheap as chips.

I sold all of our outgrown school uniform on Vinted in August for £1 per item eg five shirt bundle for £5. I saw it as doing someone a good deed. I then managed to get some items in larger sizes for £1 each. So as far as uniform goes, Vinted is more of a community service than a profit maker.

Not always, but I suspect sometimes. I have to say, if I look at a buyer bd suspect they’re selling stolen goods, I block them and move on. I have no wish to support that, no matter the savings!

Good way of describing it!

If Vinted is also selling second-hand clothing, and is thriving, then the market isn’t dead, is it?

I think weight loss jabs have accelerated use of Vinted - I have sold most of my size 24s and replaced them like for like with 22s, 20s, 18s and 16s - I could not have afforded to replace everything new with all my spare money going on Mounjaro !

Yes I think the same, you can't zoom in on any photos, which is useless, no description of any sort other than it's a "'size 12 top from Next" well yes that's obvious!

If they have been on Vinted for weeks then they are priced too high.

I like Vinted as a seller and buyer. At the right price and with decent photos, things will sell.

EBay "buy it now" bundles sell well. No one wants an auction any more for clothes. People shop for NOW.

EBay caused its own demise by letting itself become overrun with Chinese/temu esque cheap rubbish

I worked in Paris and there are quite a few discreet dress agencies. People buy a new item twice a year and that's it. It still keeps the designers in business but clothes get a new life. I'm not sure about Italy as I don't speak Italian and go there for leisure not work.

I sold a Max Mara coat today and had a Jaegar one delivered. Happy as Larry.

oh I wonder if that's why my BNWT items don't sell? They are not stolen (I don't think so anyway) but gifts from MIL. She tends to buy things she thinks we will like when she sees them so when we get them months later we can't take them back (or they are from a niche shop that is not near us) so if they don't fit/we don't like them, they just go on Vinted.

That’s what I do. Just take my address label off.

Oh, I sell BNWT too, and buy it. It’s when you see buyers who have multiples of the same item etc., rather than a general wardrobe of stuff.

I wouldn't buy from charity shops because I generally know what I want, eg replace something that's worn out with the exact same item or something that's still in the shops that's sold out in my size.

I've no chance of finding that in a charity shop but a good chance of finding with a keyword search on Vinted or eBay.

I have no interest in randomly trawling shops on the off chance they have something I need in my size that I like.