AIBU to shove this paper plate up the Vinted seller’s arse?

[VintedShminted]

Ordered some Nike Air Jordan’s for my DD’s birthday from Vinted.

The package arrived today, except what I actually received was a folded up paper plate in a tiny mailing bag.

Please reassure me that I haven’t lost all my money because I can’t afford to get her anything else. Have just reported to Vinted. I know on eBay it’s easy enough for sellers to scam people by sending an empty box or whatever so I’m hoping this isn’t the same.

FFS what a mean spirited post!

Nothing drawn on it, just a plain old paper plate!

@saltwaterandsuncream did someone else receive a paper plate? I only had mine delivered a couple of hours ago!

You can prove to vinted how little postage they paid for a supposed pair of trainers.

Just read another poster had the same thing happen but in her case she had bought Bose headphones.

Bloody rotten stinking con merchants

They send something out so there is a record of something being sent and received.

Smarter scammers will send a larger box that could fit the goods inside and then if you open it and take a pic of an empty box or a box of packing peanuts, they'll argue (if they bother) that you're the scammer, you took the item out and claimed it wasn't there - which is also a known scam from the buyer side of things!

They're absolutely bloody everywhere - I bought a spare part for an aquarium filter... after six weeks, what turned up was two pairs of fake Ray Bans and of course when i went to look at the website... there was no way of contacting anyone, there was no where to direct anyone to report them either and I'd used a debit card and my bank will not, not after that time frame.

All those products you see on fb, and now also vinted, etsy, etc that look AMAZING and incredibly cheap, for example, fantasy felted hats, OOAK soft toys, incredible coats etc - part of the same family of scams, selling things that don't actually exist, using stolen product images and then sending out rubbish or a horrible parody of what you thought you were buying so that you have received something and if you try to argue the toss... they claim you stole the item/subbed it or have just disappeared before you can get to them.

Always use a payment system that will fight for your money back if necessary.
Always check there is a way of contacting the person/company you're buying from (and not just a webform that turns out not to actually send!).
If its too good to be true - it is.

If it was bought with Evri home delivery, the label they printed should have been the one you purchased that was automatically sent to them. Was that not the case?

I had an empty envelope turn up too.

Vinted tbf dealt with It very quickly and I got a full refund.

Given your packaging very clearly could not have contained trainers I expect it'll be sorted really quickly.

@Gatekeeper do you have a link to the headphones thread please?

@updownleftrightstart as far as I know they used the label Vinted provided that I paid for. I didn’t think there was any other way of sending things if you sell on Vinted, although I’m no expert as I’ve never sold anything on there.

@Hereforthedramaz thats reassuring, thanks 😊

Me!! Same packaging same paper plate and also a few hours ago.

There are a lot of Air Jordan scams on Vinted. If the seller only has one thing for sale and has no reviews it's definitely a scam.

Vinted tend to be quite good, click "there is a problem" and the money won't be released to the scammer.

This happened to me a few years ago on ebay. I threatened the seller with video footage from a ring door bell ( which we did not have) and told them to expect a visit from the police. My money was reimbursed by them very quickly. Good luck.

I contacted vinted as got suspicious as delivery date kept changing so they stopped transaction. Should get money back by 1st August and contacted them yesterday.

@MichelleScarn what the hell!!! Solidarity to you, paper plate sister 🤗. This has got to be the same person, probably using different accounts as I ordered the trainers a week ago and they only had one other item for sale which is still listed. Are you the headphones person?

@VintedShminted

www.mumsnet.com/talk/thirty_days_only/4597289-has-anyone-else-been-scammed-on-vinted?reply=118791704

This exact thing happened to my dad recently - bought trainers (not Jordan's) and was posted a tiny, empty postage bag through the letterbox! As soon as he reported the issue and uploaded the images, Vinted agreed it was a scam and refunded him. I'm sure he had his money back in a day or two x

@MichelleScarn ahh so you contacted them before you even got your paper plate?

@Gatekeeper thats not Michelle, so that’s 3 of us with paper plates then!

Gotta say I don’t think I’ll ever use Vinted again!

I have literally just been through this.

i purchased a supposedly brand new pair of Nike trainers, what I received was a battered old pair of shoes, not even the same make.

Getting a refund is very easy as Vinted hold the money until you say everything is ok.
you have two days to say everything is not ok, which is hopefully what you’ve done.
it takes you to a page where you can upload a photo and explain the situation.
this puts the sale on hold.
and kind of opens a case,
the buyer has two days to respond, if they don’t or it is not resolved you can ask Vinted to step in, although in some situations you can ask them immediately to step in.
they will start a new chat with you and ask for further info, they will contact the buyer and give them two days give you a return address to return the item as soon as you send it they will issue a refund.
if they don’t respond you will automatically get a refund without having to return it.

@MagneticRubberDucks god Vinted seems to be full of arseholes! Sorry about your experience and thanks for sharing. I’m happy to send the paper plate back to them if they’d like it back 😁

Yep, I was checking the tracking and it kept saying 'delay to this item' then changed to a delivery address in Birmingham (I'm scotland) so contacted vinted to say thought was strange and then got message back from vinted saying they were suspicious too and had cancelled transaction.

@VintedShminted if you haven’t I’d also send vinted a direct message via their help centre, they are usually really quick at sorting this stuff, whenever I’ve been given a refund I’ve received it pretty much instantly so hopefully they’ll get it sorted asap for you!
I use vinted all the time and I’ve never had any major problems but I’ve just done a search and I’m shocked at the amount of sellers with no reviews selling one pair of Jordan’s and they all have really weird usernames! Hopefully vinted can crack down on this issue!

Well, maybe the reason I am ‘mean-spirited’ is that I am tired of autism being used as a virtual signal to get sympathy when the situation would likely be the same regardless of neurotype. I understand that It must be annoying to listen about (the already frustrating) paper plate for two hours, and I aware that sometimes when autistic people get hyperfixed on something it can become tiring listening to them talk about it for long periods. I am sure your daughter was very disappointed, but fine me any 12-year-old who wouldn’t be.

@VintedShminted I am sorry if my post seemed insensitive. Ultimately, I think it’s terrible that this has happened to you and I hope you get a refund so you can buy your daughter a nice
birthday present