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Vinted scam?

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Macblondie · 01/11/2024 18:30

I listed a coat last week on Vinted for £100. It’s the highest price I’ve ever listed anything at. Someone has apparently bought it today, except I didn’t get a notification saying it was sold, just an email saying:

‘Hi,

Funds under 'pending balance' are temporarily stored by our payment service provider until the order is completed.’

The buyer has no reviews, and when I go to the conversation it just says ‘buyer’s payment is processing’. I haven’t been sent a shipping label.

Is this anything to be concerned about? Just worried as the coat is worth quite a lot of money.

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Summerhillsquare · 01/11/2024 18:33

I think this means the user has been deleted, I got my item relisted quickly IIRC.

Shadesofscarlett · 01/11/2024 18:49

ask Vinted on live chat

Macblondie · 01/11/2024 20:09

They have now messaged me in a separate chat asking me to send it as soon as possible, as they are going away. Obviously I can’t as I haven’t got a shipping label…

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Kangarude · 01/11/2024 20:15

Don’t send it by any other method than Vinted. Make sure they generate a shipping label. If you arrange the sale off the platform, you have no protection. It sounds like a scam to me.

Macblondie · 01/11/2024 20:20

Kangarude · 01/11/2024 20:15

Don’t send it by any other method than Vinted. Make sure they generate a shipping label. If you arrange the sale off the platform, you have no protection. It sounds like a scam to me.

Yeah, I think so too! I won’t- I’ve just replied saying that I’ll send the coat as soon as the payment has cleared and when Vinted have sent me a shipping label.

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