To be annoyed with vinted sellers choice of condition

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I have been looking on vinted for some clothes for my lo and am so fed up with sellers marking items as 'good' or even more annoyingly as 'very good' condition when they have stains on them. In what world is that the right condition?! Surely 'satisfactory' is for anything marked, 'good' for faded or bobbled, very good for well very good condition I.e no marks or wash wear, and then new.
I don't want to buy something and have the faff of trying to get stains out, most likely not being able to and then being stuck with stained clothes. I understand some people don't mind stains and use them or messy play etc, I'm not debating if they should be sold, I just want to set the search to very good condition and not have my time wasted looking at items which are stained. Please tell me I'm not alone in this? Or explain to me if you mark stained items as good or very good condition why you do it?
Yabu stained clothing is OK as good or very good
Yanbu it should be satisfactory

I wouldn't buy anything stained, faded or bobbled and wouldn't expect any of these on a good item

I hate Vinted.

I bought three "good condition" items from one seller. One Item was covered in felt tip pen (I think) marks and another had holes. You can only return items at your own expense so it wasn't worth it.

The seller left a response to my feedback saying that I was trying to get a refund but keep her items. They went in the bin!

Vinted were fucking useless!

The platform is not what people make it out to be. It’s got the funky name to entice the aspirational sorts, the bargain hunters, but in reality 90% of sellers will post their stuff as “good” or better to obtain the best price!

Yep, I fully get that. I chuck anything stained, whilst I accept it from my cousin, I wouldn't give it away to someone else. Bobble stuff I give away and fully tell them. I always under mark my stuff so no one can complain

And the photos are always of crumpled clothes not even hung properly, if they can't even be bothered to iron the thing and hang it correctly I doubt it's even been cared for and washed properly. I'd rather pay more somewhere else.

Then why don’t people pay more. Somewhere else?

it’s because folk are lured by a nice label, for cheap.

This is why I can’t be bothered to buy anything from there. Too many people being dishonest in order to get a quick £££.

Like @Mummyboy1 I under mark stuff too. I've sold quite a bit on Vinted and ime, most people tend to only search for the very good option, so people just list those items to flog.

It's so frustrating as a buyer though! My husband bought a lift the flap potty training book for my toddler and it was listed as very good but half the flaps were missing. He complained and the seller's excuse was that she was a busy mum who worked in London full time. How that is relevant, I don't know! He simply responded that he's a busy dad who also works in London full time!

You can leave them poor feedback and say the item is not as described.

Stains ought to be visible in a photo - if they have concealed that and marked it as "good" then they are being sneaky. If it was visible in the photo, then they might just have a different idea of what constitutes "good" - I might let a small stain go under good, if the item was in otherwise excellent condition. They might save their totally crap worn out stuff for satisfactory!

You do have to expect a bit of subjectivity on these things. Personally the sizing drives me mad because they've labelled it wrongly on the system so literally everybody gets confused. You have to buy a couple of sizes ahead so it doesn't matter or look for a label.

I've been really disappointed with my first few forays into Vinted, don't think I'll bother again.

One was kids clothes that were in good condition but weren't the size they were listed at. 2 sizes smaller! Seller accepted them back but I'm out of pocket on the postage

Who irons baby clothes??

I've started reporting listings that are clearly flouting the 'condition' rules. No idea if it will make a difference but it makes me feel better.

Kids school shoes listed as 'new without tags' but listed with the photo showing some light wear to the sole, creases in the leather and "only worn a week" in the description.
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I do! I've often found things I'm looking for on there, then I think it isn't worth it. I buy elsewhere at an extra cost. I don't want something worn out and like a dish rag, Hence why I wouldn't touch it with a barge pole.

Good is around the 4th category down in terms of condition. New with tags, new without tags, very good, good. I don't expect good to be in excellent condition. I'd expect good condition items to probably only be suitable for messy play/tree climbing/nursery type days.

Set your search terms to item marked new or very good only. Then you won't see any only marked as good. I only search for and buy thing marked new or very good and not had any issues.

The Vinted description of 'good' for sellers means it has wear and tear but that won't necessarily be clear to buyers if you've never sold anything yourself. There should be photos of any defects so you can make an informed choice though. I'd only buy 'very good' or better because I expect 'good' to be well-worn.

I'm talking about Vinted in general not just baby clothes. Sorry I thought this was a discussion about Vinted, not just Vinted baby clothes. I didn't think it was that confusing, obviously I am wrong.

My DD bought some baby clothes from Vinted and every item had a stained neckline obviously never used a feeding bib.A went in the bin she has found much better when searching Charity shops locally.

I've done a serious wardrobe destash on Vinted and it's taken me 2 days to iron, hang, photograph and list it all. But I've already sold £156 worth of stuff that was just in the loft. My feedback is 100% and I only buy from people with good feedback. I've had some incredible bargains, recently a current H&M boucle blazer, £40 in store, £3.50 immaculate on Vinted!

Im surprised to hear this. I’ve bought and sold on vinted a lot over the last year and I’ve had nothing but good experiences. I’ve got some beautiful new outfits for me and the kids. I do always buy from people who have 5 star ratings and quite a few of them ( I also go to the comments to check the reviews are for selling not buying). I also look for things that will re-sell easily if they don’t fit well.

Some of the stuff on Vinted wouldn’t be sold at my local charity shop.

I must be really lucky never any issues with what I've bought.

I try to go for sellers with plenty of photos and mention of any wear shown. Anything shoddily hung or poor presented gets a swerve.

I’ll probably get burnt soon but I’ve been really pleased with some items that you can’t buy in shops anymore (old brands) and good prices.

Ah see I can explain the 2 sizes smaller thing. Half Vinted's fault, half the clothing industry's fault.

You get two ways to list a size - a single number (e.g. 6 years, 116cm) or a range (5-6 years, 110-116)

In the UK, a range of age is standard (5-6 years) But after 24 months, Vinted for some inexplicable reason, possibly because they are incorrectly following US sizing norms for the UK, use single years as their category. Therefore, if you have something that is 5-6 years, should you list it as 5 years, or 6 years? It could be a 50-50 guess, but most people if they had to pick one would pick 5 because that feels the most logical.

In most European countries, a single height measurement is standard (116). However, vinted use a range as their category. So if you have an item that is size 116, should you list it as 110-116, or 116-122? Again, 50/50, but most people assume that 116-122 is correct, because it feels like size 116 should mean "from 116cm".

Then comes the real stupid thing - the clothing industry at some point in time when figuring out standardised sizes has decided to do the exact opposite of what would be logical. 5-6 years is the same size as 116cm, which means 110-116cm, which means a single number is the larger in the range and means "up to" not "from".

So 80% of people on Vinted naturally aren't familiar with the discrepancy between EU and UK clothing sizes and tend to pick the wrong option when uploading/searching because it feels logical to them. Therefore when you search for "6 years/110-116" clothing, you end up with everything from size 110 (4-5) all the way up to 6-7, even though nobody has deliberately listed wrong.

Always photograph or mention the actual size from the label in the listing. If it fits big/small for the size, choose the smallest to list as and write this in the listing. Only buy a size or two ahead so it doesn't matter if it's smaller than stated and/or look for a photo of the label and/or a stated size in the description or message the person and ask "Is this 4-5 or 5-6?"

Oh sorry, TBF I didn't really know people used vinted for adult clothing, I've only ever used it for baby/kids stuff.

I sell all the kids old clothes on there but I only sell stuff that I would be happy to buy. I have sold things that are otherwise perfect but might have a small pen mark or something on, but I always mention it and take a photo of the mark. The sizing thing is annoying but often due to the way Vinted gives you the options, I'm currently selling lots of 3-4 stuff but you can only select age 3 or age 4. I always put the right size in the title in the hope it will come up when people search.