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.

I think my issue is time. So I might put a few kids clothes up for £2 or £3 each. Happy for people to buy them or not. But I don't have time to be messaging back and forth. It's not that I begrudge them the 50p off or whatever, I just don't want to be constantly messaging on the app! Also if multiple people make offers you've got to respond to them all individually. I can't be arsed for the sake of £2.

I realise this goes against how a lot of people use Vinted though i.e. they like to feel they've got some money off.

I just don’t see the issue, if they dint want to sell it for the price you want to buy it. So? You don’t own vinted, it’s not doing you any harm it being in there, just move on.

Totally agree.

There is a dress I fancy online. It’s £70 in the sale- BNWT obviously. Vinted seller wants £80, it’s worn and has a rip.

LOLZ

Yabu. I've had stuff listed for sale for 6 months and then sell for the price I set. Some people aren't in a rush to sell

I've found that when I've accepted offers from buyers, 90% of them don't see it through and I never hear from them again. That has put me off accepting offers and most of the time I now don't I think a Vinted offer should be binding, like ebay.

I take offers on most things but some of the kids clothes I’m so attached to, I know they need to go but I can be odd about the price, probably lots of other people a bit over attached.

Yep! When I’ve made a fair offer (eg £17 for a £20 item) and they’ve rejected it but I can see there are plenty of others for sale and/or theirs has been listed forever I always roll my eyes. It’s easy to just press decline but if they send a pass-agg message such as “no way, it’s worth the money“ then I like to reply with an equally pass-agg but arguably polite “ok, good luck!“

I agree, this is like people moaning about the price of Taylor Swift tickets or concert T-Shirts, or Festival Catering - just don't buy things that are too expensive, problem solved.

Of course sellers are free to decline offers. But what gets me mad is when they get huffy that you’ve even made one. Vinted is a platform that allows offers of up to 40% off the asking price. You are under no obligation to accept said offers, but if you’re going to be annoyed by someone even making such offers, you’re on the wrong platform. Use one that allows you to say “asking price only” or similar.

I had a complete loon of a woman telling me she was “insulted” by my low offer. I told her she should rethink whether Vinted was for her. I got a stream of abuse; she dug out one of my listings and said “Would you sell this for two pounds, hmm?! It’s been listed for a year!!” Well no, I wouldn’t, because that was a third of the asking price - she couldn’t have made that offer even if I’d wanted to accept it. Would have I accepted 40% off? Maybe; maybe I’d have offered to split the difference. But I wouldn’t have sent deranged rants about how “insulted” I was.

I once wanted a school jumper for my child, just til the end of the term. I saw someone had listed one for about £15 (which would cost about £19 with fees and postage) but you could buy the same one brand new from John Lewis for £13. Messaged the seller to say this and got a reply that she was sticking to her price - mad!

Then list on eBay instead, or some other platform where buyers can’t make offers. You can’t get mad at people for making offers when you actively choose to list on a platform that promotes this option.

Yes especially on things that are really cheap. Asking for £1 off something that is only £3 to begin with just seems to silly.

I suppose they might be people who are living on a shoestring though and I am privileged to not relate to that.

Maybe they aren’t in a rush to sell the items and would rather wait until someone buys it at full price. I’ve bought things off vinted for full price that have been listed for almost a year. A lot of things will sell eventually.

This👆

It has no impact on your life if there is an item listed which is more than you want to pay. Just don't buy it. People can ask for whatever price they want.

You do know you can block rude people guys?

When people quibble over £1 it makes me laugh

It provides me endless amusement, so I'm not sure I hate it exactly! My favourite recently was a grubby pair of plimsolls (they were probably Veja but the main pic was basically dirty white plimsolls) and banged on about how they had priced them well below their "market value new" for quick sale. Months and months they'd been there. I mean....that's gold 😍

I put items in at a reasonable price that's the lowest I'm willing to sell for and rarely accept offers. I don't think I'm "stupid" or "have a bee in my bonnet" as other posters have said. It's just what works for me. Everything sells eventually, or I pass it on to a friend. I don't need to sell things so I'm not in a rush 🤷‍♀️

Yanbu, I also find this on FB marketplace with second hand items going for the same or a couple £ cheaper than buying it new.
As a seller I will always take into account the full price the buyer has to pay, if I put something on for £7 then they have to pay nearer £10 with postage etc, imo that would be worth it for a bundle but not a single kids item for instance. So when I'm pricing I consider the full price not just what I would get for it. If something doesn't sell in a few weeks I'll send a few offers dropping it a significant amount and it goes pretty quick. It's just going to gather dust in my cupboard or end up in a charity shop otherwise, but I do it to declutter and use the money to buy DD clothes in bigger sizes. I guess if people are doing it as a side hustle they might have a different take

Agree but they can sell at whatever price they want though, I like to make offers, sellers are free to decline them and hold out for what they deem acceptable, that’s not for me to judge.

I’ve got a dress for sale on there at the moment which is really pretty and will look lovely at a wedding/races/summer event etc.

i could sell it for £10 and be rid of if quickly. However I’m not desperate to sell it, I would probably wear again maybe once more so I’m not bothered about giving it away at a bargain price.

ive worn it twice, it’s practically brand new

Recently on ebay, there was an item that I'd been watching for a while that hadn't sold and had been relisted a few times. Buyers had the option to put a bid on, or send an offer. The bidding start price was £20. As it hadn't sold, I decided to send an offer, rather than waiting another week for the auction to end. I offered £25 and the seller declined, no counter offer or anything. It seems silly to me. I can bid for it closer to the time for £20, and will get it for that probably, as I can't see a bidding war happening if it's not sold in a long time. Not many are watching it either.

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

I’d reply to ask if you understand that the price at which I’ve listed the item is the price at which I’m willing to sell. My listing price is my ‘bid’ on my own item. It’s not worth it to me to sell it for less.

YABU for all the reasons above!

Exactly. If I am buying on vinted I do t even want to pay half price of original RRP, equally if I am selling something it's always for a tiny fraction of the RRP. I even have some party dresses at the moment BNWT for a quarter of RRP and still not sold, so I would just take offers.