To hate unrealisic Vinted sellers?

[Dealornoheel]

Ok hate is a strong word but still

I am quite active on Vinted, with a toddler I am used to buying and selling a lot of items fairly frequently, I always price to sell, usually pitching items £1 or so less than the cheapest other listing of the same or similar item, I’ve never had an item listed for more than 48 hours.

Now DD is getting older and her size isn’t changing as much I’m now looking at nicer items to buy on the platform, and I’m just so surprised about how unrealistic some sellers are.

Example, I had a Ralph Lauren summer dress favourited for a while, it’s been listed for 17 months, I offered £3 less than asking and it’s been rejected. I am always tempted to message them asking if they understand the concept of an item only being worth what someone is willing to pay. Imagine having an item for sale for nearly a year and a half and not thinking to yourself ‘maybe it’s priced too high’

Then you have the people charging more than the item is even selling for new! And it’s not an antique or rare item, a pair of leggings etc.

Me too, I have a couple of storage bags of items, neatly folded away, awaiting sale.

I wouldn’t bother making the trip to post it for less than a £10 item so if the offer is lower than that it’s not because I think it’s unreasonable that I’ve declined it. I just don’t need the money that badly and the stuff that doesn’t sell within a few weeks goes to charity.

ive had abuse from someone who offered me £35 for a jumper which was brand new (unworn gift) and had cost £100 new. They sent me a screenshot of the item in the sale for £40 and said ‘I’ll take it for 35 seeing as it’s in the sale’. But it was sold out in that size!! So buying it for £40 wasn’t an option anyway. I didn’t bother replying! I wanted £50 for it and it was snapped up hours after her offer.

But it’s not actually £3 is it? Today I bought something for £1, that was the asking price. I didn’t offer. But it actually cost me nearly £5 with fees and postage. For someone on a low income paying £8 for something might be out of their price range or if it’s something like a kids T-shirt might not even be worth £8 second hand

Nobody is obliged to sell you anything. And some sellers get fed up with tight wankers trying to beat them down on an already low price. I gave up selling on Vinted for precisely that reason. It simply wasn't worth the time, effort and annoyance.

Well from the sellers point of view - to get that £1 they have to pack it up, sort out a label and traipse down to the PO or whatever.

It's simply not worth it to me. I don't take less than £15 for anything.

I'm currently offloading my vast collection of "designer" vintage shoes which were £200 and up when I bought them in the 1990s. They've been in boxes for years and they can stay there until they sell. I'm in no particular hurry. They are gradually reducing and I have many mixed feelings about selling them in the first place although I am unlikely to wear any of them again myself. Some I never wore at all....

OP you are the type of buyer that irritates me . i price the item that i want for it if i was happy with lower id list it at lower . Stop being such a beg and pay the £3.

The seller probably does not think anything, they list and forget. If something sells they get it out and ship it.

This is so funny. Last week I found some items on Vinted that I needed. I messaged the seller with an offer. It got rejected.

I then found the items on Decathlon for half the price, exactly the same and brand new!

The seller messaged me about why won’t I just pay full price so I said “Sorry, I bought for new on Decathlon. Much cheaper!”

😂 and the items are still on Vinted, looking shabby and worn - while much cheaper brand new from their original shop

I agree about online selling platforms working both ways. A lot of the time it's the people who watch Blaze TV and think they can scrounge things for cheap then sell them for top dollar! The prats who think they can make a side hustle out of flipping. Then get pissy people won't buy from them 🤣

But you’re paying the postage and fees anyway? £3 off the selling price is like 30p off the fee so it’s not a huge difference.

I totally agree that some things are overpriced for what they are once fees and postage are added though. I prefer eBay in that respect. Or I just succumb to buying new from a supermarket/Primark/etc.

I think people love to feel they've got a bargain. I'm selling kids clothes and would rather charity shop or recycle then quibble over 50p on £2 top so I've decided not to take offers but happy for bundles. It's too much of a faff for me.

Exactly, once you've paid the insurance and postage it bumps it right up and it's a risk buying on line, some people's idea of 'perfect condition' is definitely not the same as mine!

Why are you annoyed at it though? It’s their problem if it doesn’t sell, not yours, and they don’t have to sell at all if they can’t get the price they want for it. I’m sure if they were desperate they’d be dropping the price. Same as when people get angry with house sellers for pricing too high and not dropping, no one has to sell for less if they don’t want to.

Offers are part of vinted and buyers are given 25 offers a day to use.

It is a feature on vinted and buyers are just making use of it which is their perogative, as it is the sellers to decide if they are willing to sell at that price.

They can offer up to 40% off and most probably do.

A seller can either accept, decline or counter offer.

There is no reason to get upset or angry - use the similar items function and you may find it being sold by another seller who is more receptive to an offer.

There are some sellers who block buyers who make an offer which I think is a bit silly as that buyer may decide to buy at full price and they have then missed a sale.

I usually don't make an offer on cheap items but the more expensive I usually offer less what the postage and buyers protection would cost me.

I rarely buy £1 items unless I can make a bundle as I don't like the postage and buyers protection costs which bump a £1 to around £5.

I don't like that sellers do not check their account is set up correctly and they have the bundle discount on and you take time making a bundle and buy it and they then cancel the transaction saying they did not know the bundle discount was on - not my problem, check you have set your account up properly.

It definitely cuts both ways, and that's the nature of selling online to individuals. People buy and sell things for what they're willing to accept/pay. The problem is when people are rude or pushy. If someone offers below what you want to accept, just say no thank you, and if a seller rejects your offer don't badger them as to why. Some people are so rude, you'd think it was a golden nugget, not a bundle of kids' clothes!

Vinted isn’t a charity though, if someone doesn’t want to sell for £3 less then they don’t have to. People can offer less but the seller doesn’t have to accept and they’re not stupid or annoying for not accepting.

Yep. I think some people are just quite thick and/or greedy. Selling a used item, that you can still buy in the shops, with next day delivery and a right to return, and they list the same item for three quid less, which takes a week to get sent and then I have no real recourse and a whole load of bother if I dont like it? I pointed this out a few times out of annoyance.

How long since you sent the message?

It's not really your concern how much a seller lists for though? If you don't want to pay what they are asking choose something else.

I probably price my items on the higher side. This allows wiggle room for buyers to offer but also recognises the fact that by the time I've ironed an item, packaged it extremely well and walked to the parcel shop I'm not doing it for £1

I'm surprised they haven't blocked you

I am always tempted to message them asking if they understand the concept of an item only being worth what someone is willing to pay.

But that’s only half of the story of a free market. The price that you are willing to pay needs to meet the price at which the supplier is willing to sell, otherwise a transaction simply does not happen. It is demand and supply.

I could set up a shop in my local high street selling the most random items at high prices. It doesn’t matter if people come in and complain that my goods are not what they want or that they are only willing to pay half price, there is nothing they can do to compel me to reduce my prices. I might not even care! I might just enjoy sitting in my shop, looking at my goods, drinking tea and waiting for that one willing customer to come along, which they probably will do eventually. That’s the nature of a market, whether it’s a shop, Ebay or Vinted.

And in some cases I'd rather not sell an item than accept a piss take offer

I just list stuff factoring in that people will make an offer on it, every now and then someone will buy at the listed price which is a nice bonus.

Same here ... I've a flat plastic box under my bed and my rule is on can't put any items up if I can't fit them in the box. Once it's full I either slash prices > the horror < or give to charity thus making more room

Over a month - left a week or so between the offer and the follow up