To ask would you be bothered to sell things for £1 or £2 on Vinted

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Personally I live within walking distance of lockers so I am

No because I’m not sorting, listing and packing for anything less than a fiver. However my friend does as she says the frequent sales keeps her profile high and she sells other stuff at higher prices.

Definitely not. With the cost of a new mailing bag, tissue paper, and thank you card, it wouldn’t be worth it, not to mention my time spent ironing the item it it’s clothing, packing it nicely, printing the label, and driving to the drop off point. I mostly sell new items that I’ve never worn, or things that have only been worn a couple of times, and anything that I would sell for less than £10 goes in the charity shop bag.

I’m very interested in this as I’m hoping to sell some things on Vinted.
I just can’t make sense of it!
AIBU to ask if anyone can point me towards an idiot’s guide to Vinted please?
For example, I don’t have a printer; can I hand write a label or does it need QR code.
OP sorry for derailing this thread.

Anything that id sell for less than £5 I give to s charity shop instead

Yes I do. It takes 30 seconds to photograph and post a kids top. I bought a huge amount of plastic bags of Amazon for about £3 or reuse what I can. I already have a label printer, which makes it a lot easier. I drop them off at lockers when I’m food shopping or on the school run.

Every now and then something will sell for a little more, £5 or £10. Womensware sells quickly and for slightly more I find. Kids toys too. It soon adds up. I’m putting all Vinted and cashback money into a separate savings pot this year and I made around £90 in January.

I don’t as am time poor, but am very grateful to those that do as I buy a lot on Vinted. I particularly buy larger sizes of the kids favourite clothes that have been outgrown or worn out, fantastic when they do t have to grow out of their favourite jumper.

I do but pass the kicker on my way to the train station for work. I wouldn’t if I had to drive stuff to post

No chance

@Jjjjsajj i do because I hate waste so see it as recycling.

I’ve also given stuff away for “free” by listing for minimum price (£1) if it’s something that’s say, got a tiny stain but otherwise good/popular item (eg Autograph top, good quality jacket) - I make it clear this is the case and if someone is happy to pay the £1 and postage, they can have it. Charity shops where I live (naice area) were refusing donations as too full, and homeless charities only seem to want donations of cash/toileteries hence my recycling via Vinted.

edited to add - also reuse Amazon packaging and there are two good drop offs within walking distance.

Yes, I have. I have cleared a big bundle of baby socks for £1. I'm happy that someone is getting use of them! I also have Inpost lockers a couple of minutes walk away.

It depends, I wouldn’t sell one item for a pound but if I listed a few more expensive items at the same time, I would. It all adds up and I have a locker nearby.

I do it all the time as I live next to InPost locker and corner shop which accepts Evri and DPD.
It's not about a price, package and labels cost too. As I'm buying a lot from Vinted myself I always reusing package and choose digital labels.
It all adds up. I got £17 last week from selling kids clothes £1-£2.

I do, because I often find it easier to drop off a parcel than get to the charity shop within their hours. I also find it more convenient than waiting for people from our free group to come around.

Yes because, for me, it's about the sustainability angle not the money. I've lost a lot of weight over the last 19 months and I've had to reinvent my wardrobe a number of times. I've bought a lot on Vinted as a result and much of it has only been worn for a few months before I have dropped out of that size. I'd rather my lightly worn clothes go on to have another life with someone else. Charity shops are known to dump stuff in landfill or overseas so Vinted feels more sustainable to me.

Lol. I don't iron stuff unless it's selling for over £10. Only reuse packaging from stiff we've ordered, literally haven't bought packaging ever. You can even use cereal boxes taped up. Nobody needs a thank you card with a piece of second hand clothing.
I sell stuff even for a few quid it adds up.

I find things of this value sell in bundles - people don't want to pay £3 postage for a £1 item. So it's worth having them listed to bump up the value of parcels.

I put some stuff up in a bout of productiveness a few months ago, and in the last week I’ve had 2 sales…. And made £5.50.

Very disappointed they needed dropping off. Very.

I wouldn’t, but my husband said he would sell all the bits I was going to donate or bin and he made over £500 in 18 months so I do think it’s worth it if you can be bothered

I don’t sell but I do buy. I always flick through the cheaper pieces to add to my basket for a bundle, as a buyer, I like it.

I offer everything to my teens - if they can be bothered to list then they can have the money if it sells.

I am strict on not leaving listings for too long though. Every half term and holidays we have a big clear out and take to charity what hasn't sold.

I buy plenty for £1 though, especially books, so am glad people do list at that price.

You can get a digital label- choose that option when you're at the "download label" stage of selling, and then when you get to the locker just scan the code they'll send to your phone.
Parcel goes into the locker, doesn't need a physical label. Very easy!

The most I've ever got on Vinted was £5. The vast majority goes for £1 or £2, and they're excellent condition items too.

I used to but it was so time consuming now I create my own bundles of afew items of the same size and sell them “as a bundle “
i tend to do 8-10 items for £12 and then expecting someone to offer £8-10.

Last year I made about £500 from stuff that would otherwise have been given away for free so I think it’s worth it if you can be bothered with it but I found bundling the same size makes more sense and is less packages and less trips to the parcel shop!

It takes me about a minute to upload an item, vinted is so quick. Posting is on the way home from work (garage so can drive up, be in and out in less than a minute and pick up any shopping aswell). If it was more effort than that, I probably wouldn’t but it does all add up if a regular seller. Will only post from that one location.

It’s actually quicker for me to do that than go to the charity shop all the time with clothes the kids have grown out of.

As PP have said, choose the digital label option. When you start, go to settings and postage and de select any postage options that aren’t near you and require a label to be printed (it tells you which these are).
I sell a lot on Vinted and it’s very easy - make sure you take clear photos, show the sizing label (care label is also helpful). Good luck!

As others have said, I don’t sell anything under £10 and donate any items that I don’t list, or haven’t sold after a few weeks to charity.