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To despair of Vinted/eBay/charity shops?

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madeinmanc · 12/10/2023 17:31

This is just a moan really, I'm so upset today all sparked by the fact that I bought a hand-knitted cardigan on Vinted which I was really looking forward to opening. I thought It would be a dainty crochet look; it was listed as a 10, but even when I got the parcel I realised that couldn't be right just from the size of the bag. Anyway it's more like a size 16 and doesn't look right on me even worn as loose, but it turns out even if I can return it I'll have to pay postage so I'll be about 10 pounds down for nothing. I can't afford that.

Plus so many things arrive smelly, sprayed with Febreeze or stinking of fabric conditioner that won't even wash out 😞 I left a skirt like that on a pile of new clothes and the smell has "infected" the other stuff! With Vinted it's more likely something will smell than not, even if listed as new 😕

I replied to someone's thread about spending 1000 on clothes and was thinking how amazing it would be to pick out clothes that didn't smell!

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DaphneduM · 16/10/2023 11:40

I've had some amazing bargains on Vinted. But had a coat which stank of fabreze. I tried everything - out on the line for a good airing, sprayed with vodka (apparently theatre costumiers use this method), and then white vinegar spray- all over a period of several weeks. It got christened 'the coat of doom' by my husband, as he saw it hanging around at various times for so long!!!! A dismal fail - none of those methods made the slightest difference - so I recycled it. However have bought a beautiful black wool and alpaca coat, a wool herringbone tweed coat and several beautiful wool jackets no problem. It's always a calculated risk with Vinted.

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