To ask what you think of Vinted

[Whatthe777]

Personally I love buying and selling on it

I ask questions. So many sellers don’t list the fabric and that makes a big difference as to whether the item is worth the price.

Is it ok to ask sellers questions about length, material etc?

Rejected some items earlier today because there was only one photo.

Yes, you can ask anything.

Yes I get asked and I ask too.

@Holluschickie yes, sellers should be happy to answer reasonable questions. I’ve been asked about measurements etc and answer promptly. I want to sell the thing, so if someone is interested enough to ask then I will try to help them out.

I think it’s over complicated

Great, thank you. I will ask in future.

I used to love Vinted. But now there are either people selling tat for far too much, or people offering for too little money for decent/good quality items. I made just over £1k in the last few years but can’t be bothered with it now. People demanding you post things instantly or repeatedly offering ridiculous offers for things that are already priced low at £3-5. It’s not worth my time selling things £1. I had someone leave bad feedback about a, brand new with tags, jumper from Monsoon because the embroidery was gold and copper and they wanted gold and silver. Wild. I do still buy the odd thing but gave up on the selling, far too many entitled idiots.

I am only going to buy. Selling seems too much trouble.

I’ve bought and sold loads of items and never had an issue. I’ll only sell stuff for a couple of quid and buy the same, so if something does go wrong I’ve only lost £2/£3.

I use it for my retail therapy and only buy if I’ve got funds in the bank of Vinted, so if I want to buy, I have to sell something.

I've sold a few things on there but would never list anything of any value. Too many scammers spoiling it now, and there's no protections for sellers. Prefer eBay.

It’s ok .

personally I have bought maybe 20 low value items and not had a problem.

however I bought one higher value item, for £80 and had no end of problems. Nearly impossible to talk to a person not ai, currently in the process of doing a charge back through my bank , and just keep receiving threats from Vinted about closing my account if I don’t cancel it 🙄

so from now on low value items only ie up to £10 - money that it won’t be the end of the world if I lose.

also worth noting that they are having ongoing issues paying out at the moment- it’s been going on for about a week…… I wonder if there is more to it?

anyway , I would recommend the Vinted for idiots on fb group if you have it .

lots of advice and updates

You probably don't want to shout about that too much. I believe earnings over £1,000 PA from these platforms are now of interest to HMRC.

Ĺove it but and sell loads on there. The trick os just to only buy or sell from people with good reviews.

I love Vinted!

But, I only sell things for a max of £35 and buy for a max of £50 - although often it's much much less.

Love it, I only buy, I don't sell anything.
My limit is £20 and I've got some great bargains.

They can be of intrest but you are allowed to sell your old clothes. You could make £10,000 if you wanted as long as you aren’t selling for profit on what you paid for the items. But how would they prove it regardless?

Love it. I've made around £480 since September.

I’ve sold thousands of pounds of my kids old Boden and kids branded clothes over the last couple of years whilst clearing out. No problems at all.

I have noticed recently people are making absolutely ridiculous offers though. It never used to be like that.

I started selling clothes and using my balance to buy smaller as id lost 3 stone then I took the plunge and put some of my handmade cards on there. Have sold a few so fingers crossed!!!

Yes, you are allowed to sell your old clothes... however, if you earn over a grand a year whilst doing so, you are now supposed to declare it to the tax man. How would they prove it? Obviously, they might not. Chance you take, I guess... 🤷‍♀️

I moved over to Vinted after selling on eBay for years. It’s been a real eye opener for me and I don’t know why I resisted for so long. I prefer almost everything about it apart from the sizing catergories and in just over 2 months I’ve made £375 and had no issues at all.
I‘ve restricted my posting options to Royal Mail and Evri - just for my convenience as I have a post office close by that prints labels for both. Despite the criticism it gets on here all but a handful of buyers have chosen the Evri option and every item has arrived on time and without problem.
I only ever list items in a condition that I would be happy to buy myself and always look to see what similar items are selling for before I set my usually slightly lower price. I ignore anyone who asks if I’d sell for less. Some of the offers I’ve received have almost been an insult
Ebay served me well for a long time but when they introduced simple delivery, presumably to copy Vinted, what had previously been a straightforward process no longer was. I did dip my toe in the water again just before I moved to Vinted but when my listings received hardly any views I jumped ship and haven’t looked back.

How would they prove it? Vinted are legally obliged to tell HMRC about all sellers who make over £1k. It’s been in process since January. And if in the unlikely event someone is making £10k per tax year on Vinted they will absolutely be getting a hefty tax bill, because that not just casually selling off your old bits.

There's a clear explanation here about the rules around this here:

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/information-for-online-sellers