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To be perplexed by some of the photos on Vinted?

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Champagneforeveryone · 03/11/2022 08:37

Admittedly I'm Very Old. I therefore expect a certain amount of modern ideas to pass me by, but even so.

My new obsession hobby is Vinted. I have nothing to sell because I am old and unfashionable, and I wear my clothes until they wear out. I have however spent some time recently replenishing my wardrobe from its hallowed portals.

I now find myself looking for some new jeans (my current ones having all mysteriously shrunk) so naturally toddled off for a browse, thrilled with the idea that I might pick up a couple pairs for a bargain price. I have however found myself somewhat intimidated by the photos of them being worn, as the wearers are invariably toned and pretty. That aside, the shenanigans they've got up to in order to sell their loot is amazing. One photo shows a girl in the woods with her jeans half unbuttoned and in her bra. Another is a girl thrown backwards over the kitchen sink. Most of them have the jeans at half mast (as my grandmother would have said) All sultry eyes and pouting lips.

Ive thoroughly enjoyed the experience and admire their dedication to get a sale, but I simply cannot buy a pair of jeans from a woman cavorting in the woods in her underwear (though admittedly I may not actually be the target demographic) I fear I may have to slink back to eBay where jeans are photographed much more mundanely on mannequins, coat hangers, or even at a push on beds <sad face>

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twocatsandtwokids · 03/11/2022 22:50

JudgeRindersMinder · 03/11/2022 10:10

I buy and sell a fair bit on Vinted and photos of the owner wearing the item puts me right off!

This!!!

As soon as I see the seller modelling their clothes, I’m off to the next listing 😂

GingerFoxInAT0phat · 03/11/2022 22:53

They’ll be pulling photos from their Instagram to upload for Vinted. Especially people who are influencers and will get sent stuff, take a decent photo and then sell on for a few £.

MistyRock · 04/11/2022 07:22

twocatsandtwokids · 03/11/2022 22:50

This!!!

As soon as I see the seller modelling their clothes, I’m off to the next listing 😂

Me too.

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