Beauty chat - freebies/gifts with purchase/offers THREAD EIGHTEEN

[OvaHere]

New thread for everyone. Welcome back and hello to newbies and lurkers.

Advent season has now officially kicked off despite the heatwaves. There's a dedicated thread for advent calendar discussion with spoilers here
https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/style_and_beauty/5549187-beauty-fragrance-advent-calendars-infochat-2026-spoilers?page=1

@JoRaRaRa I have a mix on mine. I’ve sold loads of beauty/fragrance over the past year or so, but there’s always a few second hand clothes on there too as I go through phases of having a mini clear out.
I’ve also sold 2 of the same beauty/fragrance items, but spaced them out by a 2-3 months and taken new photos

I think I’ve been lucky not to get a warning then as I routinely sell the same item multiple times over with the same photos. I didn’t realise it could be an issue!

What a fabulous find! I love it when that happens 😃 I got a similar great deal last year on Escentuals, I managed to bag my step mums favourite perfume for less than half price.
I’ve just had a look at Lloyds and there’s a couple of my staple perfumes on there, as well as one I had my eye on a while ago, but I absolutely don’t need any more at the moment. let’s see how long my willpower lasts throughout the day

I was told to remove my Christmas listings (about 10/12) or go Pro. They were mainly handmade textile picures and driftwood pieces. I've no idea what triggered it as I'd already sold the same number before they spotted it.

Thanks all, some of the clothes I'll be listing do still have tags on 🙈 but I'll be listing them for a lot less then what I paid. I've sold enough in the last few days to pay for my Harrods calendars so I'm not too fussed if they banned me now if it was only for a few days, but I wouldn't want to lose all my reviews.

I'm not too fussed if I get banned from selling but woukd mourn a total ban that meant I could no longer buy. Even with second hand clothes it's nice to have the option to sell it again if it doesn't fit.

Vinted does seem to have got very draconian lately with sellers and i am wary of selling on there, but often the stuff i can't shift on ebay will go on there.

I know we're not quite on page 40 yet but I'm going to set up a new thread now. I'm babysitting through the weekend and doubt I'll get much time to myself until later tomorrow.

Please fill this one up first. 😍

I’ve been selling on eBay for over 20 years and Vinted only for a few months, stuff goes so much faster on Vinted in my experience. I’m not sure I’m going to bother with eBay anymore.

I’ve sold clothes with tags on, and shoes I’ve never worn. I think if it’s just the odd item mixed with second hand then it’s okay, or at least it has been for me.
Lucky you making the money for your calendars. I’ve made a lot but that was just covering some of the cost of my spending. I need to update my spreadsheet so I can see where I’m up to 😅

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/style_and_beauty/5558600-beauty-chat-freebiesgifts-with-purchaseoffers-thread-nineteen

I sold a load of clothes and shoes last year with tags on. But I know they're getting tougher on sellers.

@IDontHateRainbows I'm getting so fed up of the people taking the p*ss with their offers. I tend to match the cheapest price, yet people still send an offer for half the price.

@Thelifeofawife also, I love a spreadsheet, do you use it to track your beauty products and sales?

I tend to pitch in the middle with the expectation people will offer. I usually have a price in my I head I won't go lower than for the first week or so. Once something has hung around for 10 days plus then generally I'll take whatever I can get.

Seems to me around 10% of people will buy something they want at the price asked - which always takes me by surprise. 😄The other 90% will make offers.

Generally speaking I think most offers I get are people calculating what the fee and postage will be and deducting that, which is fine and that's why I list for a bit more than I'm expecting to get.

Less often, but still with some frequency, are the people who offer 40% less on a very newly listed item, most of which will then sell at asking or only slightly less in the same timeframe. I assume the strategy works occasionally for them and that's why they do it.

@OvaHere I think that's a good idea. I had someone yesterday trying to haggle with me. I'm not about that 🤣

It's clothes I find a bit soul destroying sometimes. Beauty edit and advent stuff I've already mentally written off as stuff I got at a cheaper price anyway and surplus to requirement.

I recently sold a good chunk of my pre weight loss clothes and some were expensive pieces new and barely worn. I find it's very rare outside of a few specific brands to get more than a tenner, even for stuff that was in the £80 + range new. If you want to get rid of a lot and quickly it has to go cheap. Putting a positive slant on it, it does all add up and you can end up with £200 you didn't have before when it was sat around in bags.

If I have something competitively priced then I will add a note to my listing saying not accepting offers and decline any that come through.

They'll be clamping down on business sellers because of the relatively new requirement to report high sales to HMRC. It's probably partly protecting us as non-business sellers tbh, you don't want to end up with an accidental tax bill.

Hi, a quick question for those of you selling loads of stuff on Vinted: Have you had to pass your NI numbers over and then fill in self-assessment forms?

I really don’t want to hand over my NI number and fill in a self-assessment form, (haven’t had to do one for years and have no intention of starting now), so have withdrawn almost all my eBay listings.

It’s annoying because my pitiful sales of things I have already paid a fortune for bring me in only a couple of hundred pounds a year, (if I am lucky!)

Re: Vinted. I price competitively expecting to knock a few quid off. Over the past few days, I have had people offering at 40% off. When declined they come back with ‘well what’s your best price then?’I don’t respond and I don’t want to sell to them. It irks me. I think it’s the buyers responsibility to put in an offer they are happy to pay. If you’ve offered so low, my best price is nowhere near what you want to pay so jog on.

If it makes you feel better I do the same, anyone who offers with 40% discount I think will be a chancer and not worth my time as will just cause issues.
I just decline their offers and do not count
@IlovePondyes I passed over my NI number but not had to do a self assessment

I think I did have to hand over my NI number last year when I reached 30 sales-but I didn’t make anywhere near enough to worry about tax returns and my selling window is pretty much the summer holidays. If you’re selling your own stuff (generally at a loss) you can make a few thousand I think. My last years return was only a few hundred. This year is probably going to be more. I think the HMRC thing is still an unknown entity because they work a year behind. Time will tell.

I’ve also had a bit of this recently, and also bundles (already discounted further) with 40% off requests, along with not even making an offer just sending a note that says something like “cheapest price?”, which I find quite rude. I tend to reply saying I think the item is well priced, but feel free to make me an offer. So far, not heard back from any of them!

Edited to add: I have to do a tax return anyway, so the challenge is more about remembering to include this for next year, as it’s always a year behind.

Has anyone tried the Kylie Cosmetics lip liners? Not a brand I’d usually buy but I saw a shade I liked on Insta. I don’t have a good track history with lip liners. I have a few from VB which aren’t great (don’t seem very easy to use/ smooth), so wondering what people make of the Kylie Cosmetics ones?

Some Vinted buyers take the proverbial. I've sold a few of my granny's old Liberty silk scarves that weren't in my colour palette. Immaculate condition, priced reasonably albeit not cheaply. Within minutes - literally - I had offers that were 40% off. I've even blocked people who did it a few times. I mean, if I wanted to accept £30 I wouldn't have listed it at £50, would I?

Whether or not you have to pay tax on any profit isn’t about how much you make or how many items you sell, but whether you would be deemed to be ‘trading’. Obviously the more you sell and the more profit you make, the more it looks to HMRC that you are trading, but there’s no real straight answer to it. If you’re genuinely selling some left over items that you don’t want, then that’s not trading. If you’re buying edits/calendars with the aim of selling a large proportion of it and/or with the aim of making profit, then you are probably trading.

Re the low vinted offers, I don’t even respond to them anymore, not even to reject. They’re the type of people who will order, receive the parcel and then start with ‘so how do I know this is genuine?’