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Ways to be scammed on Vinted?

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GreyBlackBay · 04/09/2023 09:36

I'm pretty new to Vinted, only order new with tags stuff and relatively inexpensive. Nothing bad so far.

However last night I was browsing and saw a NWT item from the current stock, £250 selling £35. He had literally just listed it and I bought it before someone else snapped it up. The guy has no selling history.

I was sort of expecting a cancelled transaction, I thought probably an accident with the price but this morning he sends me a pic of the label with tracking code.

Reasons I'm concerned :
If I try to view the item I get 'item no loner exists' message
He charged £2 for postage but the label is royal mail 48hrs and says 1kg so not cheap
The pic he sent didn't show my address on the parcel
It was far too cheap!

Hopefully it'll appear on the tracking today. Hopefully if it doesn't cone here he has to actually prove it was sent to this address.

Dont suppose this is a well known scam?

Eta it's a House of Bruar tweed jacket.

OP posts:
dewclaw · 05/09/2023 14:57

I believe they give you two days to reply and assume complete unless you say otherwise, which I would if it were the case.

AlwaysGinPlease · 05/09/2023 18:43

I have seen sellers using photos that are not theirs, photos that belong to other sellers but portraying the items as their own. I got scammed with fake earrings. I have mostly had a very good experience but there are scammers everywhere sadly.

Malbecmoron · 08/09/2023 19:53

Think I've just been scammed- sent a scabby old mans t-shirt instead of a cardigan. Vinted is asking for a lot of information I don't have ie inner labels and packaging etc-there isn't any!

dewclaw · 09/09/2023 06:53

Malbecmoron · 08/09/2023 19:53

Think I've just been scammed- sent a scabby old mans t-shirt instead of a cardigan. Vinted is asking for a lot of information I don't have ie inner labels and packaging etc-there isn't any!

I once accidentally sent the wrong thing to a buyer who contacted me- luckily she lived locally so I just dropped the correct item off. Maybe that's what has happened here?
Scammers are everywhere but surely they would pretty soon run out of road selling such small value items?

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