Do you think Vinted sellers are bonkers when they do this?

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So, an item I bid on has been on for two months and I put in an (admittedly cheeky) offer and they still declined it. I just alway think that when it’s still sat in their wardrobe it’s worth precisely £0 so it’s best to get something isn’t it? Am I completely deluded here, please tell me? I’ve even had people sheepishly come back to me a couple of weeks later offering me a counter offer when their item still hasn’t sold. Sometimes I say yes, although it’s usually a no as I’ve gone on and bought something else once they said no.

The times I’ve sold on Vinted, I’ve taken whatever I’ve been offered because otherwise it would have gone to the charity shop so it’s a bonus 🤷‍♀️

This is why I hate selling clothes. 95% of the time I just donate to the charity shop as it is less hassle than cheeky f3ck3rs annoying me with ridiculously low offers. I have a job and a life, I don’t have time to deal with your cr@p.

Also the charity shop will sell it for more than I would get and I’m not desperate for the money. I sell/donate to stop things going to landfill.

I agree with you OP

I offered £13.50 on an item listed at £15, which has been on for 4 weeks. It was declined. Fair enough but she’s now got it bumped, which presumably cost £1? I don’t get what she’s up to.

I recently blocked a potential buyer because he or she kept making very low offers on different items I repeatedly declined.
Found it very annoying. I felt just wasting my time with ridiculously low offers. Pretty much everything has sold now… at asking or close to asking price.

Varies I suppose. I’ve made offers, but I’m always considerate of the asking price when I make them so I’m not being cheeky. I also sell a lot of things on there and don’t really bother with clothes for that exact reason, people want things for around £1-3 and it’s not worth the hassle, time and packaging at that price. I’d rather just chuck them in a charity.
kids bundles tend to be all I will do when it comes to clothes so it’s more worth it, but even with toys and collectibles people make ridiculously cheeky offers sometimes.

It depends. I’ve rejected offers that were so low I thought I’d rather just keep it. I also suspect often people are still wearing what they post and they’ll get rid only if they sell.

Others are just attached to what they originally paid. I put a cheeky offer once to something with a stain that I was going to gamble on being able to remove and she still declined it lol. You’re selling it stained 😭

I had someone the other day offer the lowest 40% which is always an automatic decline from me , no counter offer , piss taker that I don’t want to deal with .. then came up in 50p increments , I counter offered 10% off and she continued with her 50ps… blocked . Can’t be arsed , not that desperate for the cash.
I price what I think stuff is worth and take into account the fees Vinted add & postage .

Depends what it is I’m selling. I had a worn once £160 this seasons dress up for sale for £80, no I did not accept ridiculous offers 🤣 sold it for what I wanted after a month

I wish Vinted would give the option to turn off offers !

The price of the item is what I would like for it, and if they don't want to pay then scroll on.I don't care if it sits in the wardrobe, but if I've really had enough of it I will put it in the charity bag rather than sell to a CF.

I tend to have a minimum threshold I consider worthwhile to package and post the item for..,

Agree OP People want too much for their second hand shite. They forget its a bootsale app. Very few items are worth near to retail prices once purchased. The whole point of the site is to barter and make money for old rope. Some people take it too seriously.

I price my items reasonably and hate it when people take the piss! If I'm selling e.g. a suit that cost £200 and I'm asking £20 for it, I find it insulting when someone offers a fiver. I would consider a small reduction but people are so cheeky, wanting everything for nothing.
For all the hassle of packing it up, posting etc, I'd sooner give it to charity and, even if I get nothing myself, at least the charity will make something!

This - some people are trying it on (you said it was a cheeky offer). AND I know that if I didn't sell something I was asking £2 for and I take to the charity shop they will ask at least £3 so I would rather the charity get £3 then I waste time and energy wrapping it for £1 a CF offered because it had been for sale for a couple of months ....... People offer 20p for £1 items at car boot sales that would sell for £5 in charity shops. It's unbelievable.

I sell things for the price I can be bothered to go to the post office for! Once had a jumper on sale for £50 (brand new) that had cost £80 originally. Someone offered £40 and I declined.. so they messaged to say it was on sale on the website for £40. I checked this out and they were right… except it had sold out so that price was completely irrelevant!! Someone bought it for £50 within a week

No. I price everything low already, just pay the listing price if you want it. It costs time and money for me to package it and drive to whatever courier option you’ve asked for.

it takes very little effort for me to fire iron the free bag that was stuck in my letterbox and leave it on my front step for the next charity collection.

How cheeky, OP?

If a dress isn't worth £5, why on Earth would you want to wear it?

If the offer is too low, I will decline it. If its just a bit below, I will accept or counter offer. Once the offer goes below a certain amount (£3 in my case), it's easier to take it to a charity shop.
I've taken Royal Mail off my posting options, because of the time it takes to post. To make it worth my while, I'd have to be selling for £10+ and most of my stuff is wardrobe clear out priced to sell.

I agree, as a seller I accept or counter offer most items after a few days if they haven’t sold quickly. I want to declutter and need items gone fast, and I like the idea of the items getting a second life. But I keep all packaging from items I have ordered online so I don’t purchase packaging and I live 2 mins walk from a shop with all the posting options. So it’s actually easier for me to sell than leave a pile collecting for a charity shop that I have to make a special trip into town for.

As a buyer I find some people have ridiculous expectations for prices they will achieve. So many items I’ve offered on that get declined are up for just as much as you can buy brand new! I always tell them, ‘just fyi you can buy this brand new for £x at blah blah shop’. Happened recently with a buggy board that was on sale at Argos and seller’s counter offer price was still more expensive than if I nipped to Argos, so I obviously I did.

For the effort of packing and posting (which I have to drive to, there's no easy drop-off points near me), I would take £2 and up but it's not worth less than that for my time

I'm an occasional Vinted seller (and buyer). I'm not doing it constantly. I definitely have a floor for what I sell things for because I just can't be bothered to package things up, put a label on it and go out of my way to drop it off for next to nothing. If it doesn't sell it doesn't sell.

I agree with you. I have had messages back saying 'I've had other offers on this' but there it still for sale at a really high price.

This!

It depends what you mean by cheeky offer. I always think around 20% discount is ok, so if something is £20 I might offer £16 so it’s roughly £20 with postage and fees.
I do think a lot of people on Vinted don’t seem to understand how it works. I’ve seen so many items recently in particular brand new items selling at the same price as retailers or maybe £1/£2 less. With the price of postage and fees it would cost the buyer more! If I want to pay full price I would go to the shop where I have my return rights.

But how much did you lose compared to the purchase price?