Vinted hagglers

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selling something for £3 and someone has put an offer of £2.80? Who’s quibbling over 20p? I have had a few like this now and it’s driving me crazy! More so than the ridiculous ones of an item listed for £20 and they offer 5.

Its not possible to offer £5 on a £20 item. Vinted has a limit of offering 40% of the listed price.

I agree with you but also, if 20p doesn't matter then why do you care?!

I think it’s the same old thing, Vinted is just the newest platform for it 😄 I used to do boot sales and people would haggle 20-30p then too. Really go for it! Some people just like to feel like they’ve got themselves a deal even if it’s a tiny discount.

I think a lot of Vinted users do set their prices a bit higher expecting haggling/offers so it’s quite common for some bartering but you can always decline it. Their fees have gone up recently too. I have offered a few pound off before because taking into account fees/postage it all adds up, so helps if the item is a bit cheaper. As a seller I’ve had some proper piss taking offers too though!

I suppose if you said ‘it’s only 20p’ they’d reply exactly, so why not just accept 😁

It's not just vinted. On eBay if I sell something fixed price on buy it now and don't have a button for offers, people just private message instead asking if I'd consider £2 less. When I explain that I already included the cost of postage, packaging, and eBay listing fees in the price so am not actually getting the amount on the listing, they just don't reply.

Just do what I do and put 50p to a £1 higher than you'd reasonably want.
People just like a bargain and to buy it for cheaper than its going for..

I was just plucking an random figure out of the air - but you know what I mean a significant reduction

I do usually accept for the sake of 20p but it drives me up the wall.

perhaps I will just put my prices up a little in anticipation of haggling

I know what you mean but by the time you’ve added p&p and the buyer protection a £2 item is maybe £6 so I guess every penny counts sometimes.

Exactly,I posted something for £5, they offered me £4. It's an item I have no use for, hence why I put it on vinted, so really £4 is better than hoarding an item for which I have no use that will ultimately be donated or binned ..

I have done it a couple of times to try include buyer fee. So if item is £3 I might try £2.50 so then once the item and buyer fee included I end up paying around £3 (obviously random numbers but you get the idea)

I wanted £15 for an item I just sold. I listed it for £18 so there was a bit of leeway for a person to knock it down and sure enough someone offered £15 for it within an hour.