Why do Vinted buyers make offers and then not complete purchase?

[PistachioTiramisu]

Why do people make an offer on Vinted, and then when you accept it, they don't bother to come back to you? It seems such a waste of time for both parties, and annoying when you package something up and it's then hanging around.

If I'm looking for something specific, and find a few that are the same/similar but different prices I will often make an offer on them all and see which seller is willing to give me the best deal.
Making an offer and replying to an offer isn't a lot of effort. I wouldn't package anything until it is actually sold.

They probably made offers on other stuff too. Don't pack it until it's sold 🤔

I think when I am sent an offer, less than 50% results in a sale. It is not like eBay, where if you make an offer if accepted, they complete the sale for you automatically.

Why would you pack an item until it is sold?

Lots of people make offers and don’t proceed to buy.

Happens to me as a seller and I have done so as a buyer.

It is just whittling down choices by finding out how much is the lowest price.

Plus some sellers are so slow to respond that by the time they answer I have already bought the same item from another seller who did respond promptly.

Oh I didn’t know that happened, I don’t sell. If I offer I intend to buy it.

as a buyer though, I have some sellers ignoring my offer, i find that irritating, I don’t low ball, I’d expect them to decline or even better tell me what they will accept, if my offer isn’t ok, but a few times I just get ignored and I can see it’s seen, and then the item is left unsold.

I then am petty, I don’t unlike it, and see if it gets bumped, and then the price drop and I don’t buy it. Fuck them if they can’t be polite, then I’m out.

there was a jacket I liked on there it was up for 100, which was too high, I offered 85, she saw it and ignored me, didn’t even decline, or say hey I will accept 90 or whatever. She then bumped it, it dropped to 90 and now it’s up for 75 and no takers. It’s been in 2 months or so now.

id have bought it if she’d accepted 85, I’d likely also have bought it if she said 90, and now here she is, unable to sell it for less. It’s just a waste of everyone’s time.

I often do this and it’s for a few reasons:

1. I’ve offered to several people for similar things. When you accept I’ve already bought one of the alternatives.

2. I went to buy but changed my mind because of something in the listing.

3. I spent my money on an alternative thing and I have a budget to stick to.

4. Your postage settings are wrong and it’s bumped the price above what I want to pay. This happens a lot - people choose a larger or custom size when they could say small and it adds £2 to the shipping.

I make offers on multiple listings often of the same type of thing to see who accepts. I only buy one/might chnage my mind etc. Its not a bindimg agreement making an offer lol.

OK - interesting responses. I hadn't really looked at it from the buyer's point of view. Will take on board. I do actually always respond to an offer, whether it is to accept or decline - agree it's rude not to.

They've changed their minds, you've taken too long to reply and it won't arrive in time, they've found something better, they're flaky, who knows. Don't pack it to until it's sold.