Vinted - do people just want something for free?

[Maddie05]

Bit of a rant but I'm genuinely curious. I put things up on vinted at a discounted price sometimes with the labels still on them and the original price still on them and people still look for a discount.

Example: I currently have a designer hat for sale. Retail price £45.00. The item has the tags still on with the retail price attached. I have it up for a fiver and people are offering a £1.50 for it ... Like it would cost me more to buy an envelope.

Has anyone else found this?

Fair enough. Personally I feel it's not worth the effort to sell cheap so I tend to just give things to charity if I can't get a decent price for them.

Yes a lot of it resembles a jumble sale, partly because so many sellers show cheap, crumpled clothes in poor quality photos.

However, in a search for BNWT dresses by brands like Reiss, Whistles, LK Bennett etc, there are usually good photos of ironed dresses on hangers, mannikins or people.

Yes. They are chancing their arm. Doesn’t bother me, I just refuse them.

I've never seem an option on Vinted to disable offers? As far as I'm aware it's mandatory (unlike eBay)

Except people message sellers offers directly, rather than through the "make an offer" bit...

Well ignore them like any other spam? I don't get too worked up about the Nigerian princes that email me either or the people who want to talk about the car accident that wasn't my fault.
Just use a copy and paste response "please make your offer through the vinted offer system, thanks" and move on with your day.

You can make an offer of any amount. Vinted suggests amounts at different percentages but you can type in your own offer. This is all via Vinted.

It’s really not a jumble sale!! You have to be clever with your filters. You can filter for brands, bnwt, size etc. I’ve got loads of stuff in new or as new condition and saved a fortune. I also love a good charity shop.

I do ask questions of the seller. So many don’t k ow the fabric . I was interested in some sandals that were new in the box. It didn’t say if leather or not so I asked. The seller said ‘no idea’ , I mean come on, get your act together and k ow what you’re selling, it affects the price and the purchase.

Yes put them on for a bit more say £2 than i expect then they feel happy when they've haggled a bit off like others have said .

Yes but what else would you do with it? Charity shop for nothing?

Digital labels only here! No ink or paper needed.

You can’t offer less than 40%, at seller’s request
it’s very rare to be able to offer less

No you can't. If you type a price that's more than 40% off it puts a red message and greys out the submit button.

I use Vinted a lot. Yanbu but I find whenever I sell things dirt cheap I just end up dealing with nonsense. It's as if the lower the price, the more of a five star customer service experience the buyer expects!

I used to accept lowball offers thinking "well I just want to free up the space and people are strapped for cash" but no longer... If I can't get at least a tenner for something, I'd rather give it to charity because it's not worth the hassle! Above that price point buyers seem to be mostly fine, for some reason.

i only buy on Vinted, have never sold.

The first time I made an offer, I was surprised that the Vendor’s acceptance didn’t commit me to buying it.

I think it does on eBay?

I find it’s mostly people wanting too much for the just ok items by the time buyer protection and postage is added.

Buyer protection is a bit of a joke really anyway the one time I did have an issue it took weeks to resolve and only did when the seller relisted the item they claimed to not of received back (reusing the same old photos not the true filthy stained ones) yet I still had wasted postage.

I’m going to be honest, I find selling things like this to be gross. Both for the buyer and the seller.

I would not go to the effort of selling anything for £5, that’s not worth my time or energy. It feels desperate. My energy would be better spent elsewhere.

On the flip side, I wouldn’t want to own something from someone else’s home either. I never trust that clothing is new or worn once, or that the other person hygienic ie smoke free. Again buying from randoms/second hand just reeks of desperation. So of course you are going to get the virtual equivalent of beggars/chancers/scammers.

I’m not saying that I’m well off, but there’s so many retailers at different price points where you don’t have to engage in this.

@657904I it's a lot better for the planet than us all buying new disposable fashion and it's not hard to chuck a new top in the wash. I've got some great bargains from Vinted

Why put £5 for something that is £45 NWT?

I mean, it might be undesirable/unfashionable/outdated/ugly etc? Just because it retailed for £45, doesn’t mean people are willing to pay that.

Plus not every brand is going to retain value when sold by private sellers like this - many people can afford to buy something that’s £45 direct from the retailer. Some people would feel it’s worth it to spend the extra money to get a fresh version as opposed to taking a chance with vinted

Genuinely, why wouldn't you measure? I've had to ask this so often of sellers. How hard is it to include measurements? Im 5'2" and going to be swamped by a lot of clothes.

Gross? You are foolish.

I sold a pair of brand new Nike Air trainers on there for £30 but just before they sold I received an offer for £4 - I just ignored it.

As pp have said, inflate what you want for it a bit so that you receive offers for what you are prepared to sell for. However, for anything pricey I stick to eBay because Vinted are shocking for buyer/seller protection.

Because it's £5. It's not worth my time.

@657904I

people try clothes on in store too, and if you shop from online retailers, you may well receive a return that’s been in someone’s house for a while then repackaged.

living life comes with other people’s detritus!