People who leave less than 5 star reviews on Vinted

[Sallywallywoowoo]

So until the last couple of days everything I've sold has been given 5 stars. Then the last 2 days I've got 4 out of 5 twice and it's really annoyed me! 1 gave me 4 because "dont believe it's new without tags" fair, except I didn't say it was. I listed it as "very good condition". The other one says "item as described" and gave me 4 out of 5. Now I realise it really doesn't actually matter but I'd always leave 5 stars personally unless there's a problem (which there wasn't - both were marked as OK and I've been paid out) so what I'm wondering is whether I'm too generous with my reviews. Would you always leave a 5 star if everything is ok? Or would you downgrade without stating a reason?

I don't get the 'not posted quickly enough' thing as a reason to not give a good rating. Vinted gives you five working days to post the item. Unless you specifically agreed with the seller beforehand that they would post the item within another, shorter, timeframe, posting it within those five working days is totally fine. I think buyers forget that sellers aren't like ASOS or something, I'm just a person who can't get to the drop off point every single day just so someone gets a £3 top on a Tuesday rather than a Wednesday.

Yeah, fair enough. TBF like I said I still give the 5 star rating on vinted because I know that's how most people use it there.

I don't think I've ever looked at anyone's star rating when considering what to buy.

Good, yes, exceptional, no. It comes back down to the grading system. On a 1-5 scale, 4 should be good, 5 should be exceptional. Otherwise, if 5 is good, what are 3 & 4 for?

“Otherwise, if 5 is good, what are 3 & 4 for?”

well yes, as most people have said on this thread, the way that the vast majority use Vinted ratings make 3&4 redundant. But for this kind of thing I can’t be arsed to go against the grain, I just don’t care enough. By all means make your own stand though.

Exactly. Its all BS. I dont trust 5/5 because when sellers and buyers can see each other’s reviews they five 5/5. I think it was Harvard Business Review that did a study revealing that Airbnb ratings are 100% unreliable because people are scared tongive anything less than 5/5

I would only give less than 5 stars if the item was described badly or packaging horrendously bad, and even then I’d message first to try and resolve the issue- had my first 4 star today and even though it doesn’t matter as I have tens of other 5 star reviews it did frustrate me as item was as described, posted same day as they bought it, packaged really nicely in tissue and a proper mailer and stupid cheap too 😅 Not sure what more I could have done really! Think some people maybe see 4 star as default and 5 as something super excellent?