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Can someone in Ireland set up a Vinted account selling books in English please?

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Smorgs · 14/11/2024 11:10

Ireland joined the European Vinted group today meaning all Irish items can now be bought/sold to France, Spain, Germany, Italy etc.
Us english-speakers in the EU find it hard to find reasonably priced books in english. The ones currently being sold on Vinted in the EU are mainly way overpriced - I miss being able to go to my local charity shop and buy a paperback for £1.
So can someone in Ireland please start selling second hand english books to us in the EU for a reasonable price please? Amazon has increased its postage costs by so much it doesn't make much sense buying there anymore and I can't fill my suitcase with books each time I come over.
Thank you!
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MumChp · 14/11/2024 11:11

Trouble is postages I think. Expensive.

MothToAnInferno · 14/11/2024 11:12

MumChp · 14/11/2024 11:11

Trouble is postages I think. Expensive.

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I saw on some Facebook group that vinted are covering postage until January. Don't take that as gospel though. But yeah postage to the EU is pretty expensive normally, especially for something heavy like books.

loropianalover · 14/11/2024 11:13

I’m Irish but when I lived abroad I bought from Kenny’s.ie a few times and it was only €1/€2 postage for regular sized books. You could try them, but this was a couple of years ago so shipping prices may have changed!

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MothToAnInferno · 14/11/2024 11:23

loropianalover · 14/11/2024 11:13

I’m Irish but when I lived abroad I bought from Kenny’s.ie a few times and it was only €1/€2 postage for regular sized books. You could try them, but this was a couple of years ago so shipping prices may have changed!

That's a good shout. I just checked and postage to France is €3 per book, everywhere else is €2. Kennys is my go to these days, I bought a big thick hardback reference book there last week for €4 with free delivery. It was €25 on amazon.

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