Vinted

[Screwballs]

I love it, I have bought SO much for the pending arrival, but the offers are ridiculous. I have a mental minimum of £5 that I wont make a reduced offer on, bearing in mind peoples time to package and take parcel to wherever it needs to go, but I seem to be a minority. I have shoes with labels still on up for £4 and someone will offer me £3. Its £1 whole pound, pay it or don't.

Honestly, I'm at a point where even if its 50p request I'm rejecting it now. It really irritates the living poop out of me how desperate people are to get money off when the items are already so cheap.

Not always that cheap when you add on the extra fees though is it ? The option is there to make an offer, so why would people not ?

Obviously people are going to offer lower.. why not.. that's how it works.
If you're that annoyed why not put an extra £1 on your items so that when people offer a £1 lower.. they think they're getting a bargain and you won't be so miffed.

I think 90p app fee that the buyer doesnt get isnt breaking the bank. If you cant afford it, dont buy it.

So potentially over charge someone that isnt a cheap skate to avoid the cheap skates? 😂

@Screwballs er yeah - that’s how it works! I’ve sold loads of things recently and I always list for the top price I’d sell for and then accept reasonable offers. If someone wants it enough to pay the top price, fine - fair exchange is no robbery, as they say. I’ll reject stupid offers though.

I also routinely offer a pound or so less on things I’m buying. They either accept or they don’t - it’s not personal and the moneys better in my pocket than theirs! It’s a business transaction at the end of the day. No emotions needed.

I dont need to put a ridiculous figure on items that arent worth it, an individual is quite capable of noting that a £4 pair of shoes is a reasonable price without haggling for a further quid. Its embarrassing to be honest.

When you have a couple of hundred items up and getting these ridiculous requests in every few minutes, it is irritating. I reiterate, buy it or dont. Stop wasting my time with tight arse requests.

Can't blame them for trying, I do it myself sometimes if I don't think it's something that is going to be instantly snapped up.

When people put in cheeky offers on good, fairly priced items I thank them for their offer and tell them that I've had a lot of interest in the item and will consider said offer in a couple of days should the item not sell. 9/10 times they or someone else ends up paying the asking price. If the item does not sell then it is probably overpriced and I'll either lower the price or accept offers.

Yeah im not wasting my time reply to everyone wanting a 50p discount on a pair of Next shoes.

If I put something up for £50, fair play, I'm up for a discussion on that. But come on, there has to be a limit to the stinginess.

My policy on items £5 and under is that they want it or they dont.

YANBU, OP.

I don't put offers on such small items, since I myself would not accept them. I'm not going to waste my time printing the label and packaging it up and taking it to be sent for 1-2 pounds. I don't buy expensive things on Vinted either, since there's no return option so it's a lot of money risked. In the middle ground, I might ask to shave a little off. Lots of sellers indicate that they're open to offers either in the listing or in their profiles. There's no need to bother the ones that don't, especially at the low end of the scale.

My last experience with Vinted I bought something, I never offered lower as I’m not a haggler, when it arrived it stank musty and had a sale sticker on that was £3 less than it was on Vinted for!
I’ve gone back to ebay, I’ve never had any disappointments there.

When I first started using Vinted I listed things for the price I wanted to get. Quickly realised that’s not how it works! I agree some of the offers seem pointless - had something on for £30 and someone offered £29, what is the point! But that is what people do, so I upped the price to £35 and almost immediately someone offered £30 😂.

Precisely, just because the option is there, doesnt mean it needs using recklessly. You've surely got to be able to use your own judgement on an items value.

Im glad they at least limit how many times a day you can make an offer.

Just put a note on the bottom of your item to say that you're not taking offers on this item as it's already well priced.
(I do - I rarely take offers).

I don’t mind getting offers on certain things, just sold some boots for £11 that I’d asked £15 for.

But I have a wooden childrens toy on sale for £2 and just been offered £1.60!!! I declined, for the sake of 40p 🤣

Your target market on vented is people who want to feel like they got a bargain. The bidding is part of that feeling as they controlled getting the pound removed. You have to cater to the audience if you want to sell.

I think sellers also need to be aware that by the time postage and the buyer protection fee is added they're potentially not offering a great deal for the buyer. Sometimes, not always.
If you're selling a pair of Primark shoes for £4, including the postage and fees the buyer is paying almost £10. When you compare that to a pair of new shoes in Primark it's not quite a good deal anymore.

I sell a lot on Vinted, don't buy that much though. If you're annoyed that someone is trying to get £1 off because £1 is nothing, by that logic what does it matter if you took £1 less?

Only playing devil's advocate to show the other side.

I always ask for a couple ££ more than I'm after to factor in offers 🤷🏽‍♀️

It really is exactly this that I'm talking about, it almost feels like it because the blooming principle of it! 😂

Like I say, mentally I have a £5 for stuff I buy that I just wouldnt put an offer in for a lower price because I think "fair enough", but if I saw something for £20, I might go back for £15 and then meet in the middle?

I always pay what’s asked because I figure that’s the price (I’m autistic so black and white, if I wouldn’t ask for cheaper in a regular shop I won’t online) my friend who is very rich will always try and get money off, even if it’s just 10p. So I suppose it’s just an individual thing, you don’t have to accept any offers though.

Also, 40p is worth a lot more to people on £100 a week than those on £1000 a week.

I get what you are saying, but given the stuff I sell if 9/10 label still on, I dont feel the need to take a further hit on something I've already lost money on but that I know the buyer is getting a great price on. I dont bother reselling Primark, like you say by the time you've added postage alone its not worth it to whoever is buying, unless it was a particularly sort after/out of stock item. Im talking Next/Joules/Barbour/Superdry level really.

Thats great, but thats not for me to compensate for, if they cant afford it, they cant afford it.

Depends
On one hand can see why its annoying
but on the other you're being unreasonable to moan about a function that vinted offer- if you don't like it sell on ebay where you can choose to not allow offers. If you choose to sell on vinted then you're agreeing to the way the site is run and offers are part of it. You can turn off notifications and just check it once a day to see if anyone's bought anything if it annoys you that much!

eBay is dead for clothing these days, some outlet stores but generally is pretty crap. I like Vinted as a buyer. Its pretty annoying as a seller. However, needs must, child will need a room that doesnt act as my walk in wardrobe because I have buying/hoarding issues.

I do it if the seller is listing something for a price not in-keeping with what other similar items are listed for. Example would be a Next coat - if everyone is listing a similar coat for £5 for a 10 year old but the one in the colour I want (navy rather than red as an example) is listed as £10 then yes I will make a cheaper offer. Assuming that's the only navy coat there otherwise I'd buy a cheaper one.