Vinted purchase AIBU?

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I purchased a pair of trainers on vinted for £50. Worth £100 full price. Seller listed as new with no tags. The item arrived and I found a receipt for sports shoes inside one of the trainers from a charity shop for £20 last month! AIBU to dispute this? I'm not sure what the rules are but surely you can't list an item as new if you've bought it second hand and therefore no idea if it has been worn or not?! They are in fair condition but the insoles do feel like they have been worn and lost cushioning.

If you had t found that receipt would you feel the same way?

You're miffed because she's made a thirty quid profit.

You'll be able to tell from the soles whether they've been worn before.

I think you can tell with shoes if they’ve been worn beyond trying on. If they’re definitely worn then YANBU, but if they’re basically new YABU- you still got them for half the retail price so see it as a bargain.

Just because they're from a charity shop doesn't mean they've been worn and they could still have a retail price of £100

Vinted now requires sellers to accept a return if an item isn’t as described so if you aren’t happy start a return request, you will have to pay the cost of the return though.

Surely you can tell from the soles if they have been worn? If they haven't, I can't see the problem - they are new, unworn shoes.

If they are worn I'd return them otherwise enjoy your new shoes

I think the only question is whether the item is as described. There's nothing to stop someone spotting a bargain in a charity shop and thinking that they can sell it on for more than they paid.
If you had bought something from an antiques dealer for £££ and afterwards found a charity shop label on it for £, would you feel the same as you do now or just accept it as part of the way the world works?
There are a few things I have given away or sold very cheaply over the years on local selling sites and I have subsequently seen what I strongly suspect is the same item but looking much nicer than they did when I got rid of them. If you want to spend your time scrubbing a pair of trainers and freshening them up, you go for it. I didn't want to and it wasn't worth my while to do so,

Of course you can buy things in charity shops to sell on. My local one stocks Zara and Boux Avenue past seasons with tags on, it's too expensive generally to sell on, but when they do a £1 rail I buy a few bits to sell on. As long as they have the tags on, and don't appear worn they are as described.