Vinted offers

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I’m not hugely experienced with Vinted, have bought a few bits and bobs over about three years, sold a few, list infrequently but have recently listed about 50 items after DD had a clear out.

The first couple of days, early August, about half sold or were “favourited”. Now around 20 items are left, women’s and boys’ clothing, lots BNWT, and since Friday I’ve had umpteen offers of less than half the listed price! These are cheap items, ASOS, Next, Zara, but when a BNWT skirt is listed for an already low £3 and I’m offered £1.20, I’m declining. Is this usual for items that have been up for a few weeks? I’m not looking to make huge amounts, obviously, and of course the buyer’s premium and postage do add up, but do most sellers just accept the first offer or do you go back and forth (list at £3, they offer £1.20, I decline and suggest £2.50, they offer £2…)? It’s easier and probably more sensible to accept the first offer but I’ve never actually asked any seller to reduce the price and I don’t know if it’s a game some buyers expect to play! What’s your experience?

If I listed anything at £30 instead of £3, would the same % reduction be reasonable? Do you price high expecting to negotiate? I thought pricing low would shift loads but haggling over £1 seems too petty and I feel silly for fretting about it!

Lots of new and unworn baby clothes in the next bag to list, but it’s not feeling much fun any more.

It depends on the items for me. I got offered £1.80 for something up for £2 and Im not going to argue over 20p although I think the offer was a bit daft 🤣 I've declined offers on bundles sometimes and countered - I've thought were a bit cheeky but don't hold any bad feelings, it's worth a try, and I've also sometimes let things go very cheaply.
It really depends on if you want it gone.

The problem with Vinted is that it’s got more popular, so there’s more items for sale and it’s driving the cost down. I tend to decline offers unless I really want something gone, as I’m not in a hurry for sell things. I put a bundle % off anyway. But I think most people put a cheeky lower offer in. If they want it, they’ll pay for it.

I usually accept offers, so if I put a dress on for £30 I’ll take £20 or even £15 but I generally just want it all gone and anything that hasn’t gone in a week I delete and donate it.
i don’t generally make offers, if I want something I’ll pay the price if I consider it reasonable but I don’t mind accepting offers.

I tend to see it as if the item isn’t needed or is going to go to charity anyway, then you might as well let it go for a lower price. Though having said that, I do generally price things higher and then will accept offers if things have been listed for a while. If I’ve only just listed it and I get a cheeky offer I will tend to leave the offer and hold out for a few days to see if it sells for full price first. Some people are very cheeky indeed though and in these cases I tend to decline or ignore the offer just on a point of principle 😂.

I just want to get rid of things so I’d rather people made an offer.

Once cheap stuff has been hanging around a while I'm happy to chuck it in free in a bundle offer

Unless something is clearly a very good buy and likely to be snapped up I always make an offer. It’s kind of baked into the system of Vinted so assumed that everyone did the same. I also expect to accept offers on anything i sell.

Sometimes I make offers that would make it a round amount when the postage is added.

What i find weird on vinted is when sellers keep messaging you about something you've favourited, but not actually making a better offer.
I often favourite a few items I like the look of, and I consider that my 'maybe' list to go through and see if anyone sends me a discount, or if they have other stuff that would make a discount bundle.

I've had people repeatedly message saying are you interested then, and then a ????.

I'm pretty sure vinted doesn't allow offers for less than half price?

Even BNWT is second hand. I usually pay 20 percent of new costs if spotless, maybe 33 percent for a rare in demand item. Vinted fees + shipping on top

Second hand clothes/ baby stuff just arent worth much.

The things are only worth what people are willing to pay, regardless of what you bought it for.

I usually price a little higher and then accept any reasonable offers that come through, and I also have multi-item discounts activated. I do think that some people are just ridiculously cheeky - I had one woman send me a message asking for further photos, telling me I was much bigger than her and so she could only offer a very low price (so low that the offer system wouldn't process it) 🙄 I've also had offers from people for a bundle of items where the total value they're offering is less than half the price of just one of the items. I just ignore people like this though.

For me personally, when I'm selling items at a low price, I don't mind letting them go - because the postage makes them almost double in price sometimes and when I'm buying, that's a major factor for me. But for things that are in great condition/worth more, I'll only take offers that are reasonable. I do think it partly depends how much you want the stuff gone, and if you have a planned use for the money that you're making from it. I also try and consider the total price including the postage both as a buyer and seller.

Even BNWT shows it’s not desirable to wear. It’s probably outdated from a few seasons ago

just get it gone surely?

In terms of why they aren't selling even for e.g. £3, unfortunately ASOS, Zara etc are not known for quality or consistency in sizing so still a risk to buy when you can't return.

Next have such big sales and stock moves into the clearance category so quickly and with such dramatic markdowns that £3 may not be much above the current price for items that have ended in clearance. But again, without free delivery and return options.

So people are likely to buy items they already know will fit, because they have them, or brands that hold value. Fast fashion doesn't tend to be either category as it changes each season.

Finally, I sadly don't trust BNWT on Vinted anymore as it is clearly the case that some tags are threaded back on after one wear. So I will only pay what I think I'd get back if I needed to sell it on as 'used'.

eBay can be a better shout, things move more slowly but you an get a better price.

Some really helpful comments here, thank you!

I’ve never listed more than one or two items and this was the first time I’d spent an afternoon going through (six!) bags of clothes DD had cleared out. I went with Vinted’s suggestion of price based on what similar items had sold for, there were a couple of new items that were £8 and sold the same day at that price, almost everything else between £1 and £3, I was just surprised that this weekend, after 20 cheap items had been up for three weeks, to suddenly have 10 offers all about half the listed price - we’re talking pence, really, it seems like a slightly silly dance to decline and offer it for 50p more. I hadn’t experienced getting offers at that low level and was a bit baffled! I can quite understand offering £8 for a £10 item, I’ve only ever sold one item, a new pair of shoes, for more than £10, so I don’t think I’m heading to be a Vinted millionaire!

How do I actually offer watchers a lower price? I’ve edited items to reduce from £2 to £1 but does that mean watchers get a message?

I've got a lot of items up at the minute and make an offer (usually 10% off) on every item that's favourited and has been up for longer than a week. I'm doing them every morning as there can be 10-20 a day but usually once or twice a week is enough.

I'm often surprised how many people buy when you offer 20-30p off. When you get a message that someone has favourited an item, you can make an offer.

I generally price at a .little more than I expect to get and accept reasonable offers. Make a silly offer and I'll ignore you. Most of mine though is in the £10- £150 bracket. I can't be bothered with listing items for a pound or two. Anything like that goes to the charity shop

I will also make offers myself if an item has been listed for a couple of months. I just asked for (and got ) £10 off a £70 dress.

Thank you, I’ve always just deleted the emails saying an item has been favourited, stupidly missing that key feature that I could offer specific watchers a lower price. Every day’s a school day!

The charity shop has already had four big bags and there will be more when I sort through baby clothes, I might try listing them in bundles.

I'm not an experienced Vinted seller, but recently put around 20 items on, baby clothes, all £1, some with tags, some hardly worn (once) and decent descriptions. Did not do any discounts (other than postage). About 6 sold immediately, some the people had more than one thing in basket, so at least saved some postage fees, I actually felt quite bad for one person who bought a lovely NEXT christmas sleep suit for a £1 (worn once on xmas day) but paid the postage (and did love it when it arrived). I have not had loads of offers (maybe because the stuff was on for £1, they cannot offer for less maybe, but not sure. I think if you have loads on (of similar stuff) this can help, and you keep adding day by day, then your items get to the top continually, then people look at what else you have on, and this makes it better if they can justify the postage for a few items, rather than just one. In the past, I have sold my son's work uniform, and his chef whites (for very cheap), and I did get offers then, but I just ignored them, and someone came along shortly after and bought them at full price. My main rule of thumb is ignore buying offers, and I don't offer, and if I get an offer at reduced price (based on me favouriting things) I tend to ignore that too. I tend to favourite things if there are at least two things that they have on offer that I might buy. I think Vinted is great btw, not only have I found my favourite fitting dress in two different colours (both bought full price, which was a fraction of the real price) I have had some marvellous bargains, where I have bought an additional thing or two from the same seller, and found that it really suited me. But I think you have to ignore some of the noise. I will probably just take the other baby clothes to the charity shop and clear down my account. good for them, good for me, good for the person who gets them, BUT, because this is mumsnet, there is bound to be someone who says "maybe you should have done this in the first place" but actually not everyone lives within 3 miles of a charity shop, and having a parcel of baby clothes delivered when you are in the throes of new motherhood for very little money can brighten your day. God, sorry OP, I think I have gone off topic a bit, but I hope it helps xx

Exactly.
Alot of ppl are giving away stuff free today.
There's an increase I people leaving ing stuff outside their homes for people to take away.

My daughter actual states on her listing that she will accept offers and she accepts almost all offers. She just wants things gone and rather someone who wants it gets it rather than it going to charity. Making some money is a bonus. She generally is selling run of the mill things.

i just make a low ball offer on items that are a few weeks or more old to test the waters .It does not hurt to try ,either they accept or barter

I'm fairly new to selling on Vinted too. I block people who make low offers; I can't be bothered with that nonsense. If I'm heading out to post over the next couple of days, I'll generally accept a sensible offer (e.g. 10% off) to save me a future trip to the PO. Similarly I'm happy to accept a sensible offer on a bundle as it saves me time.

The postage is what really puts me off buying from Vinted. If there’s a £2 item and it costs £3.50 to post I am tempted to just leave it. If I really want it I put in a cheeky offer. Rather than declining can you put in a high counter offer. It would make me feel a bit better even if it’s 20p off.

Depends if you can be bothered to print the label or go into the shop to get it printed and wrap it up/go to the posting place for a cheap item that you then accept offers on. I think my lowest price would be £3 and I have 2 Inposts to/from work so I’m not going out of my way.

It’s interesting to see pp saying because Vinted is more popular, prices are dropping. My standard for jeans was £3 two years ago but now it’s hard to find that low a price.