AIBU or is this just Vinted?

[Dreamyblooms]

Lots of clothes to get rid of - all in very good condition. Barely worn or new with and without tags. I uploaded a few Vero Moda tops. Priced them at £3. Lots of people favourited. One person messaged to ask if I’d sell one for £2.

Seems a bit ridiculous! So I needed to iron the top, take nice photos, upload them and write the description, making sure size is correct etc, buy packaging to send it to buyer in and take the time to go to post office/ drop off point and then buyers aren’t even happy with £3 but I’m expected to waste my time messaging people who want to negotiate down by a measly £!

Then the other items no-one is interested in buying them, just favouriting. Am I supposed to be doing something to attract attention? I’ve switched on bundles too with reductions for buying more items together.

is this just what Vinted is like? Tempted to chuck them all as is into a bin bag and drop off at charity shop. It seems like a lot of work for minimal return. I’m time poor at the minute with a newborn and toddler but thought this could be a way to get a bit more money while on mat leave. Is it worth persevering with?

Someone had a dress on I liked for £5 and when I looked it was uploaded 16 months ago so I offered £3 and she’s counter offered at £4. If someone wanted to buy something of mine I’d been stuck with for that long I would bite their arm off 🤣

I dont mind if someone asks before, it is those who buy it without checking. Sometimes when I have rushed out to send something at the buyers request, some of them leave it to be collected for days ! You need a lot of patience for vinted haha.

Def price higher than you want so offers are acceptable

Having done that when someone favourites an item I make them an offer if £1 less than listed. This makes them feel they are getting a bargain and often translates to a sale.

If things have not gone within a month I go in and amend the listings to drop the price. Anyone who has the item in the favourites will be notified of that.

Then after a couple more weeks it goes to charity. But I’m selling stuff to prevent it going to landfill not to raise money- I always spend the money on buying stuff on Vinted!

My stuff has been favourited but nobody who has done it has ever bought anything.

Also, people negotiate there. I just asnwer "full price" if someone tries sometimes ridiculous. I don't iron anything and if it is less than £5 im gonna donate. Otherwise not worth the hassle.

You'll find it will go in waves, I get 10-15 sales over a couple of days then nothing for a week or so until I upload something else. I put most things on for £1 or £2, then a few higher priced stuff and my money builds up quite quickly. I don't do it to make money just to get something for some old kids clothes to use to buy the next age of clothes basically

That’s a strange attitude. If sellers merely want stuff taking off their hands, they’d just take it to a charity shop without all the hassle of ironing, listing and posting.

It has to be in the sellers’ interest to sell it. I wouldn’t be arsed to take a £2 top all the way to the post office just to get it off my hands.

If it's really nice stuff selling through a second hand dress agency shop might be a better shout. I buy vinted stuff but after doing a bit of selling during lockdown decided it wasn't worth the hassle.

I’ve just sol my first item in there and cannot believe the offers!! Do we need to put them on for?

It’s a bit ridiculous.. I just favourited a few bits and pieces that were newly listed today. Immediately seller messaged me offering them at a lower price. It’s daft.

Another tip is thinking about what you are selling and when. If it's a kids Christmas top from Boden for example. It won't sell or for a good price in march. Put it up at the start of November and it will sell easily for a good price. Same for t-shirts, jumpers. Most people don't want to buy woolly jumpers in June. I sell and buy. I've made over £1000 on vinted and I've spent it all on vinted 🙈

I don't spend time ironing and I don't buy envelopes... I get enough bags and boxes of deliveries of my own, I just reuse those as well. It's better for the environment

The offer function is there so people can make an offer. Don't like it? Ignore.

Liking/favouriting has different uses - watching an item for when you have the money, following an item to see if it sells, following an item to see if they reduce it later, hoping they offer a discount as some sellers do....

List the stuff for higher because people do like to make offers.

I have a minimum of £8 that I sell things for - nicer brand names or new with tags stuff. Anything not worth that I’ll just pop in a charity bag as, like you said, just not worth the effort. Bundles are another way to do it.

But also from a buyers point of view - some things end up quite pricey still, so even a £2 top will add on a buyer protection fee and postage and work out around £5. And if it doesn’t fit you can’t then return for a refund. Sometimes you can buy it new with the protection of being able to return it for about the same price. So likewise now, I only buy something that would originally be pricey, so I actually make a saving.

Tbh I think it's just vinted, you might need to lower your expectations a bit. You don't get more than a few quid for most high street stuff. Even higher end stuff goes very cheap (which is why it's good to buy on there!).

I offer bundle discount which helps to get rid of a few items at once. I'll put a load of stuff on at £2 and most of it will go as people will grab a few other bits to make the postage worth it. Recycling packaging from other online purchases is absolutely the norm and a better for the environment.

I look at it as a way to clear my wardrobe and buy myself or the kids something with the bits of money I get from that. I don't expect it to make much though.

Vinted has been amazing for maternity/ nursing and baby clothes. I don’t haggle, but I wouldn’t buy one item for <£5 as it’s not worth the postage, but love a bundle!

It's not just Vinted, it happens on eBay too. I sell a specific type of item (music related). I take my time checking the item, checking it plays through, writing an entire track listing, packaging everything up really well etc. My feedback is excellent - 100% on over 4,000 sales and still you'll get some idiot trying to knock £2 off a £4 item. I know my stuff is worth what I originally ask, I go way over and beyond what most sellers of the type of thing I sell do.
Some people think you should give your stuff away. Weirdly, I find, the higher I put an item on for, the less likely somebody is to try to get money off. I don't know why - maybe they perceive an item to be better if you ask more for it.
Some people are just cheeky and think it's all part of the 'game' of buying online.

I always come back with a counter offer that is probably only 50p less and explain that I won't take less - normally they'll buy it anyway. It's very tedious though.

I always list a bit higher so I can accept offers! I like to make offers and see if I can get better deal when buying. If someone buys without making an offer I feel like I must have underpriced!

So yes I will see if I can get £3 down to £2.50 or £2, so that it’s less than £5 after postage and protection fees!

People definitely just like to feel they’ve had a bargain. Even if you had it on for £1 they’d want it for 50p.

I wouldn't iron them, and sell them in a bundle. Just because you think £3 is cheap enough, don't judge others for trying to get it cheaper.

You put stuff on Vinted at a price higher than you’d accept, so that when you get offers you can agree a discount. I don’t bother listing anything less than £20 though - like you say, the process isn’t worth it for the time and money involved.