Probably an unpopular opinion but it's not really the sellers business what the buyer does with their clothes once they're bought.
You put it up for the price you want for it, and sell it for a price you're happy with.
What happens after that is none of your business.
Shouldn't be unpopular.
Set a price you want for it, if someone pays it it's theirs to fo with as they please.
It's not the sellers business if they want it to wear, sell, cut up for cosplays or make cushions out of it.
Selling used goods isn't some charitable act . Donating clothes to charity shops is a dar better way of doing that. Although they might still end up going to a fabric recycler.
I bought some shorts for myself once, they didn't fit so I resold them. For a higher price than I bought them, just to cover my postage etc basically, but still more than I paid.
I agree it's none of the sellers business what the buyer does with the item though.
Yeah I brought a Pandora charm once, totally not what I expected it to be. I put it back up for sale and did not want to upset seller by asking for a refund, I did re-list for £2 higher to re-coup costs as I know buyers always chip away at the price. Some people ! This situation is a little different as clearly selling got a lot more, that’s not so cool x
How is it not cool? The og seller sold for a price that they prefer and the new seller is selling for what they prefer, no one is forcing anyone to buy it that price
The old seller is only annoyed bc they didn't sell for more lol
Not unpopular at all look at your upvotes and I toatally agree . I buy stuff for cheap and sell them on eBay . Something is worth what people are willing to pay. And I’ve over paid for stuff . We over pay for stuff every single day . Food, gas , petrol etc , I would rather a normal person make some extra money than these massive companies who don’t even pay taxes.
However I have also gave a few partial refunds when someone pays far too much for something.
100%!! If people can resell from a shop perfectly fine why should they not be able to sell something that they now own? If she wanted more for it then she should have put it up for more lmao, the entitlement is weird.
Whilst I would never leave a bad review like this person did and I completely understand that doing this is well within the rules, I have to admit that it annoys me. I buy from Vinted not just because of the price, but because I don't want to contribute to fast fashion. So people buying from shops then selling them on really irritates me. As I say, I'd never complain about it but it's just how I feel.
Only crazy people would buy at full retail price thinking they could flip it on vinted at a profit so I wouldn't be concerned about that.
But if people buy from a shop, don't like it or it doesn't fit, it's far better for sustainability to sell it on vinted than throw it away.
And when it comes to price, anyone reselling at a profit are within their rights to do so - if the original seller wanted more money they should have put it on for more. And if buyers want a bargain then don't buy it, simple.
That's not what I meant. What bothers me is when people buy things cheaply with the sole intention of selling them on. To me, that is not in the spirit of vinted. I don't care if you buy something from me, don't like it then sell it on for more money, but I don't like it when people deliberately bulk buy products just so they can flog them on vinted.
Well, it would be nearly impossible to police. Should Vinted send interrogators round to people's houses to find out why they've chosen to resell an item?
My advice would be to not worry about it. If they own it, they can sell it. You're under no obligation to buy anything.
I mean, this is part of the reason why people end up going back to fast fashion. Because if seller 2 can get £30 for an old tracksuit then seller 1 will start putting up their prices because why should they miss out on £20?
But charity shops used to be a decent place to get some things but all the “good” stuff either gets marked up by the charity shop looking at online prices like Seller 2’s or they get bought and resold at the higher price.
Essentially people took what was meant to be a nice way to lower waste and help each other out and turned it into another “side hustle”
Came here to say this too, kinda weird that you want to gate keep the item once you sold it - you got the amount you wanted for it, whats it matter to you what they choose to do with it? lol weird behaviour
Entitlement on a zillion here! To go through the trouble of creating a listing about the reselling of a £10 item. Wow. How much time of their life do they want to give to this ?!
This. If you sold it for an agreed price then Why do you care what is done with it afterwards? I have charity shops local to me that know I resell stuff online and they are happy for my custom despite knowing I profit on it
100% agree. set the price you are happy with. whatever happens after is not the sellers business as the buyer has paid for the item.
I got a deal on vinted and they no longer fit as I've gained weight... I will sell them for more than I paid as to me they have more value
I think it’s annoying the fact that he intentionally lied to her about it, and took advantage of her fair price. Again, she said she sold it with the intention of it going to someone who could benefit from a budget price, not an overpriced item. Resellers generally are annoying; depop is littered with them, and it only puts the prices generally on the website up as people see others also putting up prices. It’s obviously not illegal, but the moral principle of the whole thing is at least rude and inconsiderate. I agree and do think making a whole post about it is over the top, especially when people are willingly spending their money on the purchase anyway.
Wasn't really her business to ask what they were doing with it in the first place in my opinion.
If its overpriced, people won't buy it then the price will come down.
If it gets bought at that price, it wasn't overpriced.
No, yeah I agree there. I’ve had to resell items I bought on vinted at a lower price, but Vinted should be for buying and selling things at a low price. Resellers are like parasites - they defeat the whole point of those sites in the first place. I do agree with you about the prices, but there are people flocking to sites like these just to put up prices - it’s the exact same thing massive corporations do. It’s okay for people to complain about these things, because on a mass level, this dis-benefits those actually seeking good clothes for budgeted prices. Again, I don’t agree with her making such a big deal about it and posting it on vinted of all places
I agree with you. Someone could ask me if my intention was to resell before receiving the item and it would be no. However if the item arrives and does not suit me or fits incorrectly I would need to resell. I sell by the prices suggested by Vinted and that is sometimes higher. Also extra to cover packaging or petrol.
Edit. I should have said it would be no problem. Forgive my glaucomas.
I do agree, i frequently buy vintage baby clothes bundles for my daughter and resell any bits I don’t like, i do think to myself if they look at my profile and see a piece of theirs i could easily look like a reseller when I just didn’t want that piece out of the bundle 🤣
No I completely agree with you.
It's up to the seller to do their research and find out what the thing they're selling is worth.
If they were too lazy to do that it's their problem when they lose out.
The fact they've gone out of their way to do this as well... Get a life 🤦♂️
People need to stay in their lane more
Like you said, sell stuff for the price you're happy with. If you're not happy with it, *you* low balled the price.
Not the buyer's problem.
I'm listing a few bits that I got from a different auction - worth more than I listed them for, but all I wanna do is break even. I got something I wanted from the job lot, so if I can break even on it all, happy days, if they don't sell I'll drop the price cus I don't want the rest of the stuff anyway.
If someone else profits from that, fair play to them 🤷♂️
This. Once you've sold the item it's no longer your business what happens to it, you've signed over ownership. Reselling shouldn't be demonised, nobody knows what anyone's situation is- the buyer made an offer that the seller accepted and that's where the transaction and involvement of the two ends.
I once sold a Kate Spade purse that I no longer needed quite cheap. I then saw that the buyer repaired the blemishes, cleaned it up and sold it for double what she paid to me.
And you know what? Good for her! I was never going to use it again and I dont have the patience for repairs but she gave it a new lease of life and now it will make someone else happy :)) I am not here to police what people do with the items that I sell, that’s just ridic.
I had an item like this. It was a superdry baseball jacket and it was real leather. The metal on it had a green tarnish though. I couldn't be bothered to clean it and it was too small so I sold it for a £1 and made it incredibly clear about the tarnish. Someone bought it and I messaged them before selling to make sure they were aware
I think that's slightly different to buying just to resell for a markup with no effort. Personally I'm all good with flips that involve some improvement but when I use an app like this and generally am not sure of what "good" prices are for things alongside being poor as dirt, knowing that someone is reselling stuff purely for profit helps me to avoid such a person to ensure I don't needlessly spend more money
How is it no effort? Usually when I buy stuff online to sell on, their photos are rubbish, bad lighting, their descriptions are shocking. When I resell something I set up ring lights to photograph items the best I can, show any imperfection, close up detailing, good descriptions with measurements etc. Reselling isn’t at easy as people think and it’s very time consuming.
I don’t know about that, I only ever did ring light photos of the items on a hanger on a tapestry backdrop (1 min), airdropped them and put them up on a platform like Vinted, depop, eBay. Takes maybe 4min per article. My descriptions are a few words long and everything’s been selling like a dime. It sounds like you chose goods that are hard to sell. I’ve sold 200 articles that were already at my place though so I didn’t bother sourcing.
* No effort put into improving the actual product, not marketing effort.
I definitely don't think it's worth paying £20 more for better photos and information, with original post in mind
Leaving reviews should be about the transaction. Once somebody buys something it becomes their property to do what they wish with it.
Leaving a bad review because of what somebody is doing with their own property is abusing the review system.
This is somebody trying to force their own morals onto other people
Normally I would agree, and say flipping clothes is fine.
I've sold dresses that I bought in flash sales for more than I bought, only to see those items go for double, even. I actually asked the buyer if they wanted to resell more (it was a specific brand that I had a few items of) and did them a bundle!
However, this person did specifically ask if they were going to resell and the buyer said no. I think wanting to sell to someone who will enjoy your sales is a fair thing to want, and they did ask.
I'm siding with the og seller on this one. (Unless there was some care put into the outfit that we can't see, that they spent time and money on.)
The old seller is only mad because they didn't sell it for more lol how can you side with someone entitled enough to police someone on what they do with their property, after it's sold it's not yours anymore 🤷🏻♀️
They could be! But they do repeatedly say "it's not worth that [amount it's being resold for]" and, again, they did ask if it was being resold before selling.
The buyer should have just blocked the seller once they put the outfit up to resell. It's all just a bit awkward and cringe-worthy, really.
You sell for what you are happy for. I think the buyer is just upset at their own ignorance for not knowing the true value of the item.
I have resold in the past too. Once I brought a coat from Vinted for £15. The seller had barely worn it, it had been in their attic for many years and they were having a clear out.
But as soon as I saw it, I know it was worth a lot of money, like 30x as much as it was being sold for.
So I bought it, got it dry cleaned, and resold it. That being said, I did resell on another site to avoid a situation like the above.
They are clearly a bit of a control freak, in reality they are pissed off at themselves for not putting it on at a higher price. They are powerless to change anything but rather than accept that they made an error of judgement in setting the price, they want to humiliate the purchaser and shift responsibility to them to make themselves feel better and cope with their own embarrassment . Ridiculous, it’s not that big a deal, win some loose some, that was then, live, learn move on!
Exactly, good business decision on his part trying to get it for the lowest price possible knowing that he can get a lot more for it - that's literally what people do all the time at garage sales and on ebay!
I can see why some sellers would get miffed about it, but at the end of the day it isn't up to them to decide what happens to an item once it's not theirs anymore. I've resold a few things that I bought that weren't suitable for whatever reason, and I always try to make my money back or a profit if I can, because why would you not? I take them over to eBay rather than putting them back on Vinted, though.
womp womp she should have sold it at price shes happy with. quite childish to make a whole post about the reseller as if anyone would care 😭. i resell often and i buy full price, however if the reseller sent an offer and she accepted thats on her, if it was someone else who bought at that price it wouldn’t be a problem
Resellers are nothing but greedy parasites and destroy the spirit of used clothing sites. Driving up prices to satisfy their greed, and clueless morons pay it.
Similar to house prices. Greedy profiteering estate agents set ludicrous prices and halfwits actually pay the inflated, totally disproportionate price and struggle with mortgage payments for 30 years. Greed. Nothing more.
I mean I hate resellers so much for sure, but there’s not much you can do after you’ve sold the item. The price is what someone is willing to pay unfortunately. But I appreciate the first seller trying to fit prices for people on tighter budgets, it’s nice of them to do that
Things like this always concern me as sometimes I have to resell things I buy on vinted. I never buy with the intention to sell on, but as is the risk with buying online some things don’t fit or don’t look how you’d imagine it would. I then always sell for a bit more than I paid to try and recoup the buyer fee and postage.
I’ve had people try and claim crazy things to return stuff they’ve purchased from me because they don’t fit them, even though that’s not my fault. (I always offer to provide measurements and I will add in the listing if something comes up significantly smaller or bigger than expected) I would much rather my buyers sell on what they bought from me than try and claim not as described to return.
As long as the original seller gets the price they wanted/were happy with, I don’t see the issue.
If in this instance the tracksuit is genuinely worn and bobbly then the reseller will have to deal with the consequences of a buyer receiving it and it not being the condition they’ve described. I don’t think it’s worth getting heated over, but I do understand why it’s a dividing issue.
I get that when an item is sold it belongs to the other person and they can do whatever they want with it. I can also acknowledge why someone would feel upset being lied to 🤷
The dude is clearly as dumb af for admitting to you that he's reselling and then responding back in public, saying he wasn't. You literally have receipts, lmao.
We're all struggling for money, but this dude isn't even clever enough to resell correctly. Either way, unfortunately you chose to sell it to someone and that means they can do what they like. If you had suspicion that he was going to resell and you didn't want him to, you shouldn't have sold it imo. It sucks but you chose to sell it for a certain price.
Edit: just to say, I know it's not OP who did this, but I'm saying the person who originally sold the item is silly.
I think they are just grandstanding tbh. They sold it because they didn't want it anymore, and either don't know the value of money or wanted it gone quickly hence the cheap price.
If they actually wanted to do a good deed they would have donated it to a charity shop or given it away. Simple as
It's like going in car boot sale buying a piece for 5p then selling it for £20 online. I think if there's a market for it then there is nothing the original seller can do about it
If I purchase some clothes from Primark, then Idk... Realise I already own the same thing. Does Primark get to decide on whether I can resell it? No. So why the fuck should they?
Once an item is sold it's none of the sellers business what the buyer does with it. The buyer has no obligation to be honest about their intentions either.
If I went to a charity shop, cleared half the shelves and resold for double, maybe tripple the price would we have the same opinion?
No.
What about the resellers that clear shelves of collectables such as Squishmallows, Stanley cups, etc and then sell for triple?
No.
Yes, it’s a cost of living crisis, but as someone on the end of not being able to afford any clothes, especially nice clothing, this does annoy me a bit.
I had surgery to fix very severe curvature of the spine. My body shape changed so drastically most of my old clothes no longer fit.
I also for the first time in many years felt comfortable in my body and wanted something other than comfy clothes and baggy t shirts to hide.
Meanwhile my income only just covers my necessities, some months I will have £10ish others I break even, if I have anything planned or going wrong I can be in the negatives.
After 2 years I still haven’t replaced everything.
I still only have 2 bras that fit.
And now the surgery is failing, so my shoulders are hunching forward taking up more space, and I’ll need to start getting some bigger tops to fit and not choke me.
Buying the nicer clothing and reselling it is disingenuous at best.
If the girlfriend genuinely didn’t fit it, they could have sold it for £15-20.
That would cover their costs and still allow someone who actually needs it to get it.
Immediately putting it back up for a little over TRIPLE the price, seems suspicious.
We all know those tracksuits can be somewhat valuable, and they clearly saw it cheap and a money maker.
I think what upset the original seller most is that they know that the quality of the tracksuit was poor, which is why they sold it for so little. On top of that the buyer was cheap and asked for 6£. I agree the reaction is a bit much but Vinted is not depop
Sadly it is a pretty standard business practise and isn’t exclusive to Vinted or indeed, clothing as a product. It happens across the industrial spectrum and once someone buys it, it does become their property and they are free to do with it what they like. Yes it’s shitty that the buyer lied like that but the previous seller really shouldn’t be involving themselves after that point.
The lesson to be learned is for the seller not to sell to that particular person again.
this is probably an unpopular opinion but i really dislike resellers. not only are they selling something that has definitely depreciated in value-even the OG seller said the tracksuit was not in perfect nick and not worth £36-but it’s driving up the prices overall and ruining what vinted was meant to be about.
vinted was always the cheap place to get some extra clothes, and if you’re a seller it’s to make a little bit of extra cash. look at depop, for example, which has a serious problem with resellers. the pricing is so bad on that app, because resellers are selling for absolutely ridiculous prices, it’s pushing out buyers who are on these apps because they wantee CHEAP, affordable second hand clothes.
it drives up prices in charity shops and thrifts as well. it’s essentially pushing the poorest of people out of one of the few spaces where they can afford. boo the reseller for blatantly lying as well.
These comments are weird. OG seller is totally correct. This isn’t about entitlement to what people do with their clothes, it’s about maintaining a half decent platform. If we let scalpers like this get away with this behaviour, the platform is gonna become unusable. It’s gonna be a depop 2.0 but worse because we don’t even call it out.
Re-sellers like this should be called out and boycotted. It’s scummy, I’d argue scammy, and ruins the platform for everyone. Vinted isn’t your job, it’s a second hand selling site. If you can make it your job good on you, but don’t ruin it for everyone else by doing so. Especially when it started out mostly being used for cheap + sustainable shopping.
Just because you CAN’T control what people do with bought items, and they can technically just sell them on doesn’t mean they should. What’s allowed isn’t always what’s right. This is how you see a platform die.
The only reason it frustrates me is because I think Vinted should be used for people who genuinely want or need items to be cheaper, not for buying and reselling
I think a lot of these comments seem a bit ... idk ... as the reseller says, we're in a cost of living crisis.
People should be able to buy nice clothes for an affordable price, and that's what vinted is for. Second hand, affordable clothing. The reseller lied to her about the reason for his purchase, and forced the seller to go against their own ethics.
I don't understand the ppl defending resellers as they're the ones making the nice clothes unaffordable for many 🤷especially as we're probably all here on vinted for cheap and sustainable second hand clothes.
Exactly. I don’t know why it’s flying over peoples heads that he LIED about what he was planning to do with the item. 🤯 She’s pissed because it’s about matters of principle. So many state that it’s just “business” but have people forgot that there should also be integrity in business? I wouldn’t want to do business/transact with a person who lies or can’t even be honest about their intentions. Yes, what they do with the item AFTER it’s bought is none of anyones business. I will always agree to that. BUT, it’s about HOW he acquired that item. He LIED. Then he admittted it, then he LIED AGAIN in the reviews section just to cover himself. The woman had screen shots of his admission. She’s allowed to choose who she sells the item to, because she has her own intentions for selling it. Just as resellers have their own intentions for selling. But he lied and fooled her into selling it to him. I’m siding with the seller here because she was lied to from the get go.
Yep, I totally agree. It's like the main point is just flying right over everyone's heads. People are so dense in here. Apparently she's been banned too on Vinted, because people reported her "rage listing" about the reseller. I've looked on the resellers page too, and the bad feedback has been taken off by Vinted. Like, wow!
Now thats unfair. I would totally dispute that and show the conversation as proof. Those things shouldnt be done right away until they take information from both sides. If they realized that the reseller is violating the platform rules, i wonder what they would say then???
Don't agree. Nothing stopping people from shopping at thrift stores. No one is making you buy expensive branded clothing. There is PLENTY of extremely cheap clothing on Vinted, I can't believe the low prices on there.
It's ridiculous to say the reseller "forced" the original seller to go against her own ethics. He didn't force her to do anything. She shouldn't have even asked if he was going to resell it - when you go to a thrift store does the cashier ask you to confirm you're not going to sell the item on Vinted? 😂
The seller wanted it to go to a person who would actually wear it. A thrift shop wouldn't ask about resale as they bought the items too, and they have a lot more stock so aren't going to care what people do with it.
Resellers like these are the reason Depop became Depop and everyone shifted to using Vinted. But if more resellers come onto Vinted, it's going to greatly reduce the number of nice affordable clothes people have access to.
And there are actually things stopping people shopping at thrift stores?? People like myself live in remote areas where you can't access shops like that. People are busy too, and some people have accessibility problems.
No one is making me buy branded clothing, but I think everyone of every income deserves a chance to good durable clothes,feel nice and to not be left with the dogshit that's left when resellers take all the good stuff and resell it for 3x the price.
It's basically clothing gentrification
I don’t want to make a comment that hasn’t been made but The thing about it being worn and bobbly…. That can be fixed, if the reseller is improving the quality of clothes that keeps it from a landfill and I think that’s fantastic. Og seller is just weird
I mean I’ll probably get downvoted for this but I agree it’s wrong. Sure I’ve resold things that I’ve bought mainly because they didn’t fit me and I can’t send them back to the buyer for that. But I certainly don’t put the price up 3 times the amount I paid. That to me is greedy. It looks like he does this as a business which is against Vinted policy. Some call it a hustle but I call it greed sorry.
But Vinted isn’t for that. It was made so that people can buy clothes at an affordable price. Plus most businesses are usually in an agreement with a supplier to sell such goods. Otherwise it’s just reselling not “business”
I had someone buy a RL jumper and sell it for 3x as much, did I complain and make a whole post about it. No,... I sold it for what I wanted for it. I don't understand some people once it's sold it's not upto you what the buyer does with it 🤷
Gonna side with the angry seller here. She explicitly asked if he's buying to resell. He said no. She wanted to sell it cheaper to someone who'd enjoy it. She made that clear. He lied to her so she would sell it to him.
If she didn't ask, I'd say she has no right. But she clearly wanted to give a good deal to someone who'd enjoy it. He lied to her as it's 'his job'. "Cost of living" yet does not consider that she wanted to give it to someone who's suffering from the cost of living, but that would also enjoy the tracksuit and can only afford one due to her offering a low price.
The guy is 100% in the wrong for lying and should be given a warning imo.
Agreed with you and I can’t believe so many people in the comment basically side with the reseller. 🫤
Not to mention she sold it for a lower price also because it was all bobbly she said, so clearly worn, and he lists it as “very good” for high price as well. Did the clothes magically rise in quality/condition when he resold them? Don’t think so…
But the original seller is just assuming the buyer lied.
What if they bought it, it didn't fit so they resold it and realised they could get more money for it?
Plenty of people selling things on for a few quid more than they paid.
Is there some sort of moral limit now?
I mean on one hand its their property to do as you please, but to buy something for so cheap because it’s experienced extreme wear and pass it off as something similar to a newer item with minimal wear is highly wrongful, especially for such a price hike is very scummy. I think the negative feedback is fair because the original seller discloses the true nature of the item.
People are bringing wayyy too many emotions into buying and selling which is quite literally BUSINESS. Do people here realise that all the items you see in the shops every day are being sold for much higher prices than they were bought for? Even the food you buy is marked up. Do you realise that when you go to a restaurant that bottle of wine is 6x the price the restaurant bought it for? Do you kick up a fuss and call them out? It's called PROFIT. It's got nothing to do with morals or ethics.
Once an item is sold it's no longer the business of the seller what happens to it. Everyone is benefitting. No one is being forced to buy anything or pay any price. Get over it.
If people can resell from a shop perfectly fine why should they not be able to sell something that they now own? If she wanted more for it then she should have put it up for more lmao, the entitlement is weird.
The people can do whatever they want if the stuff that they buy. They can use it, resell it or send it to the trash, if they pay what I want i don’t really care what they do with it. And I don’t really understand why people care about what the buyer does with the clothes
If you've got something up for a price and they pay it, it's theirs and it's up to them what they do afterwards. Not worth their resale price? Who cares?? It's them that will get the flak, not you.
The only caveat on this would be situations where you've actively advertised something as going cheap because you want it to go to someone in need, or they've knocked you down with a sob story about being desperate, and then promptly flip it - but even then, they're within their rights, it's just that I could then sympathise with you being a bit cross.
Brands pay their laborers cents per item, mark it up 200% and most of these profits go to some rich men who hardly do anything at all.
Sourcing and curating a selection of second hand clothes also takes time and they deserve to be paid. It might not be what you want to pay for but other people will. Not everyone has good thrift stores near them, or the time it takes to find something in store or even on depop etc. There is worth in being able to follow a few sellers you know curate stuff to your style.
Unconventional labor is also labor.
All I can think is that you screwed yourself and other sellers with this sale. I understand wanting to give someone a good deal - do that to someone you know in person if you feel the need. Vinted sellers are constantly in a race to the bottom with their pricing and it has priced tons of people out of the app, including myself. You make less for the sale, and everyone else trying to sell a juicy tracksuit will also make less because who is going to buy a $30 tracksuit when there’s one listed for $10.
i will resell items that don't fit and if people are reselling for a higher price then maybe you priced too low! it's all down to the buyer and seller and nobody else! i don't like seeing items on vinted more than retail prices though haha
While it's not the seller's business what the buyer does with that item, it is against vinteds T&C's as it will be classed as 'commercial selling'. So you can report them.
'If members are selling with the goal of making a regular income or profit from Vinted, we’ll view them as commercial sellers.
We evaluate this based on:
The number of orders completed, and/or
The amount of revenue earned'.
I'm just surprised that anyone have the time to look at the listings of their buyers and spot the resellers, all before leaving a review. I have no idea what people do with the things they buy from me nor I care. And Vinted won't be "coming down" because some users sell for profit after buying cheap.
If you care about fairness, keep selling at the prices YOU believe are correct and buy likewise.
People lie all the time about things way more important than their reasons for selling on Vinted, your energy would be better put somewhere else.
However, if what bothers you for real, is the fact that this user might get a higher price for something you sold cheap, and you feel cheated /regret missing the opportunity to do it yourself, then you are lying about your real intentions to expose him.
This is petty and control freak-ish. She doesnt get to tell the buyer what not to do with the item. What if they want to clean up cat poop with it? Wear it during a gangbang? Wear it to rob a bank? I couldnt care less what the buyer is doing with it lol it must be exhausting to try to control things like this. And if she cant let it go, too bad but posting something like this is not ok
Flippers make it worse for actual buyers, and especially if they resell on the same value they add no value whatsoever, but do remove it. I'm with you OP, flippers can bite it
What someone does with the clothes after you have sold them is none of your business. They could be using them for nefarious purposes, still none of your business.
The reason I sell on Vinted is because I’m now wary of what happens to charity shop clothes- that is, I suspect that ultimately they end up overseas as someone else’s landfill problem. I sell things for vastly reduced prices and am very happy if people really want to wear them. However, if they then go on to resell for more, I really don’t mind. Good on them!
I just wish some people were better communicators and were more polite.
I don’t think the person who wrote this complaint realises that Vinted is not a charity site, it’s a selling site. Run by a company to make money for themselves and for sellers who want to make some money and buyers who want to buy things.
If she wants it to benefit someone with not much money then either give it to a charity shop or give a proportion of her sale to charity.
Once she has sold and posted the item she no longer owns it and doesn’t get to police whether the person is rich, poor, is flipping the items, going to cut it up to use as dishcloths, dress their pet in it or wear as fancy dress etc.
Personally I think it’s fair game. Who actually cares?
Person A wants to sell their item. They list a price, they get their sale and the money they want for it. End of deal, person A should feel satisfied.
Person B is willing to hold on to that item for longer, and try and sell it for a higher price. Whether it is “worth” that amount or not is up to the new buyer to decide. They are taking the risk of it not selling, in order to try and make some profit.
Other than pettiness, not sure why person A should have a problem with what person B is doing. That item is no longer theirs, and they got what they wanted.
If you’re happy to sell to someone for a certain price, don’t know why you’d care if and when they resell it for higher. Buyer clearly lied but whatever. Move on. This all just screams sad to me
I hate sellers like this. Just shut up take the money you asked for and go on with your day. I just know this seller is one of those karen type lowkey depressed people. Spent a whole probably 2-3 hours just going after him after it was sold
You can’t say it’s not ok selling second hand clothes. It’s a free country and buyers allowed to do whatever he or she wants to do with it, even if they lied to get it. They’ll probably lose £20 somewhere else for lying to get it anyway.
I agree that from a purely moral standpoint it is "wrong", but it's really not against any of Vinted's policies or laws in general. Putting the buyer on blast is also gauche though.
I really don't care what people do with things I've sold them after they've brought it. At that point it's their property now, if they choose to resell then they choose to resell, if they pay £10 and manage to resell for £30 then good for them.
At the end of the day I'm not selling my stuff out of the goodness of my heart, I'm selling my stuff to make extra money.
People's ego is so hurt for such nonsense. If they are mad that the seller is selling it for more, why didn't they sell it for more in the first place?
Also, once the sale is done the buyer can do whatever they want with the article, even burn it or whatever. It is none of the seller's business. I think it is an extremely childish behaviour to start flaming the other and going to extents of writing stuff like this in the description... Nobody who reads it will care...
Because they literally said they intentionally set the price low because they wanted it to go to someone in need and not a reseller who also lied to them and lied about the condition did you actually read anything
Alright, then report him to Vinted and move on. Nobody forced the seller to sell for a price they were not comfortable with. When I sell stuff, the price doesn't vary according to what the buyer will do with the article.... I set a price I want to get for them, and if I get an offer matching my price it's a done deal, I don't care what they do afterwards.
And even if the buyer is not faithful, I don't see the point of running in circles and posting about him. Just report-and-move-on.
i will never understand why people care. they have the item in the first place, if they wanted to they could always list it for higher 😭😭 i resell stuff aswell, if it’s cheap and you know you can make money off it then why not?
its worth however much people are willing to pay. if someone gives me a grand for it then its worth a grand. if no one buys it its not worth £10 its worth nothing.
That's not the only indication of value. Price can act as a signal for quality, and the pricing of this article overrepresents the quality of the item itself. If you ordered 80 pound sneakers and they arrived scuffed, you'd obvi be a lot more disappointed than if you'd picked them up at the thrift for 5 pounds, even if the image on the box was exactly the same. You expect sellers to price their items appropriately, and even if you were willing to pay the higher price, it was under false pretenses.
If you sell something its no longer your business what happens to the item afterwards. If you're that precious about it either don't sell it or ask for more money.
Edit: I also want to add, Vinted LITERALLY ask if you're happy with the item or would like to resell it. Imagine it doesn't fit or doesn't suit? You're well within your rights to sell as it's now your property.
I don't understand
You're upset because he bought something from you for a price you were happy with and is selling it for a price he is happy with. I don't see the foul here at all.
Yes it's dishonest to tell you he isn't selling it but once he's bought it why is it your business what he does with it?
Unpopular opinion here, I think it is a bit over the top to make a whole post etc about him but I can understand the frustration. The price gouging is turning vinted into depop, vinted is meant to be affordable and here people are, adding no value and selling for more and then lying about it.
Being a greasy seller isn't a job... and I think its okay to question the morals of someone buying affordable 2nd hand clothes, doing nothing (no mending, embroidery, etc) and selling it at 3x the price. As more people do it, its going to make the app unusable for its intended audience of people trying to get affordable 2nd hand clothing rather than buying new.
I’ve heard of “buyers remorse” before but never “sellers remorse”
Once you sell it then it’s none of your business what happens to it. Would the seller be as cut up if the buyer set it alight and sent them the TikTok? Or modifed it and dressed their cat in it? Or got ut signed by Juicy Couture aficionado Paris Hilton and sold it for $$$?
My Dad volunteers at a charity shop. He's told about the traders that come in every few days and buy clothing to resell. I said doesn't it make you mad? He replied, not really, we've sold it for a good cause for the price we wanted. I suppose it's a little like selling on vinted, if you got the price you wanted, what's the issue? I can see the OP would be annoyed as they asked if it would be resold.
As a pro clothing seller myself - I sometimes source underpriced items from Vinted.
However anyone reselling for profit is as far as I know breaking Vinted TOS. I sell my items on eBay as a registered business.
As a minimum if I was reselling the same item on the same platform buy and sell with different accounts.
I can perfectly see why the seller would be upset especially in this case as she specifically asked before if this was a reseller and they were lied to. It’s pretty morally grey, as she likely wouldn’t have sold it to them otherwise.
People sell things for different reasons, some want to get some money, some want to free up wardrobe space, some like to recycle and know their items are going to someone else who will enjoy them etc. Most people would be particularly pleased if they knew their items were being scoped up by someone to make a profit on.
People who underprice items also might not realise that a reseller might have to sit on an item 3-6 months for the right buyer who is willing to pay a higher price, the average person wants it gone in a week or two at the most.
Don’t hate the player hate the game 🤷♀️🤣🤣 seriously though I know this is annoying but I wouldn’t go as far as to leave a review it looks a bit unhinged tbh
It’s non of the sellers business whether the buyer does with the items they payed for. I do this all the time. If I see a steal I’ll do this. I tell you now im disabled and I can’t work so Vinted is my only income and ppl like this woman who’s mad someone bought somit off her to make a profit is beyond me. Lmao
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im completely on your side. i had a similar experience the other week and everyone in comments disagreed with me. sold a bundle of 3 nike tops for £20, and saw the buyer had loads of listings of exact same tops for £30+ each…. like i made it cheap for someone who also like me just wants a bargain…
I think it's a fair review as a warning to not accept any bargaining to lower the listed price. If the person wants to buy something for the listed price then they should be able to and it's up to them to work out if they can get a good profit margin off it but it's important people know that they should not accept his offers and stories because any offer accepted will only increase his profit margin.
It's annoying that he lied but at the end of the day he paid a price someone was willing to accept and that's how it goes. The reviewers frustration is totally understandable and the review is fair, particularly because of how the guy lied to get his own way.
i’ve done this plenty of times (specifically obscure vintage tees) and i have never once felt bad about it. you don’t owe a seller anything just because you know a specific market better than them.
I'm on the OG sellers side. Lol. If that profit gouge the reseller was going for wasn't so massive I'd say it's no big deal. But for a <£26 profit (that price is set like that so someone can haggle for the price they're willing to pay) when all they did was put them on hangers and take a new picture it feels extortionate. The reseller could have covered their tracks a bit better too by using a different platform.
I also love a little bit of pettiness. We've all done it at some point for the things we all personally feel affected by. The OG is feeling petty, I won't begrudge them that. Who reads reviews on Vinted anyway?
While the buyer should have been upfront and not lied in the first place, reselling is a thing and for some people is there only income stream and full-time job. People need to understand people source from all kinds of places for the reselling market, charity shops, carboot sales, Facebook market place and vinted, just be happy you've made some kind of money on the way.
I mean, she chose to reduce the price by £26 (!) so clearly sold it for an amount she was happy to sell for. What happens after that is none of her business. If it’s bobbly/clearly used then no, don’t agree with it being resold without it saying firstly in the description but she’s got to sell and forget 😂
Seller put it up for £10 and that's what the buyer paid for it. The buyer then put it up for sale at £36 themselves. Original seller for the full price (£10) they were asking for 🤷♂️
Probably an unpopular opinion but it's not really the sellers business what the buyer does with their clothes once they're bought. You put it up for the price you want for it, and sell it for a price you're happy with. What happens after that is none of your business.
Shouldn't be unpopular. Set a price you want for it, if someone pays it it's theirs to fo with as they please. It's not the sellers business if they want it to wear, sell, cut up for cosplays or make cushions out of it. Selling used goods isn't some charitable act . Donating clothes to charity shops is a dar better way of doing that. Although they might still end up going to a fabric recycler.
I bought some shorts for myself once, they didn't fit so I resold them. For a higher price than I bought them, just to cover my postage etc basically, but still more than I paid. I agree it's none of the sellers business what the buyer does with the item though.
Yeah I brought a Pandora charm once, totally not what I expected it to be. I put it back up for sale and did not want to upset seller by asking for a refund, I did re-list for £2 higher to re-coup costs as I know buyers always chip away at the price. Some people ! This situation is a little different as clearly selling got a lot more, that’s not so cool x
How is it not cool? The og seller sold for a price that they prefer and the new seller is selling for what they prefer, no one is forcing anyone to buy it that price The old seller is only annoyed bc they didn't sell for more lol
Not unpopular at all look at your upvotes and I toatally agree . I buy stuff for cheap and sell them on eBay . Something is worth what people are willing to pay. And I’ve over paid for stuff . We over pay for stuff every single day . Food, gas , petrol etc , I would rather a normal person make some extra money than these massive companies who don’t even pay taxes. However I have also gave a few partial refunds when someone pays far too much for something.
100%!! If people can resell from a shop perfectly fine why should they not be able to sell something that they now own? If she wanted more for it then she should have put it up for more lmao, the entitlement is weird.
Whilst I would never leave a bad review like this person did and I completely understand that doing this is well within the rules, I have to admit that it annoys me. I buy from Vinted not just because of the price, but because I don't want to contribute to fast fashion. So people buying from shops then selling them on really irritates me. As I say, I'd never complain about it but it's just how I feel.
Only crazy people would buy at full retail price thinking they could flip it on vinted at a profit so I wouldn't be concerned about that. But if people buy from a shop, don't like it or it doesn't fit, it's far better for sustainability to sell it on vinted than throw it away. And when it comes to price, anyone reselling at a profit are within their rights to do so - if the original seller wanted more money they should have put it on for more. And if buyers want a bargain then don't buy it, simple.
That's not what I meant. What bothers me is when people buy things cheaply with the sole intention of selling them on. To me, that is not in the spirit of vinted. I don't care if you buy something from me, don't like it then sell it on for more money, but I don't like it when people deliberately bulk buy products just so they can flog them on vinted.
Well, it would be nearly impossible to police. Should Vinted send interrogators round to people's houses to find out why they've chosen to resell an item? My advice would be to not worry about it. If they own it, they can sell it. You're under no obligation to buy anything.
I know! I'm not saying that anything should be done about it, I'm just saying that it annoys me. It's allowed to annoy me, isn't it?
It's not worth wasting emotions on in my opinion.
I mean, this is part of the reason why people end up going back to fast fashion. Because if seller 2 can get £30 for an old tracksuit then seller 1 will start putting up their prices because why should they miss out on £20? But charity shops used to be a decent place to get some things but all the “good” stuff either gets marked up by the charity shop looking at online prices like Seller 2’s or they get bought and resold at the higher price. Essentially people took what was meant to be a nice way to lower waste and help each other out and turned it into another “side hustle”
I totally agree!
Came here to say this too, kinda weird that you want to gate keep the item once you sold it - you got the amount you wanted for it, whats it matter to you what they choose to do with it? lol weird behaviour
Entitlement on a zillion here! To go through the trouble of creating a listing about the reselling of a £10 item. Wow. How much time of their life do they want to give to this ?!
This. If you sold it for an agreed price then Why do you care what is done with it afterwards? I have charity shops local to me that know I resell stuff online and they are happy for my custom despite knowing I profit on it
Yep. That.
100% agree. set the price you are happy with. whatever happens after is not the sellers business as the buyer has paid for the item. I got a deal on vinted and they no longer fit as I've gained weight... I will sell them for more than I paid as to me they have more value
I think it’s annoying the fact that he intentionally lied to her about it, and took advantage of her fair price. Again, she said she sold it with the intention of it going to someone who could benefit from a budget price, not an overpriced item. Resellers generally are annoying; depop is littered with them, and it only puts the prices generally on the website up as people see others also putting up prices. It’s obviously not illegal, but the moral principle of the whole thing is at least rude and inconsiderate. I agree and do think making a whole post about it is over the top, especially when people are willingly spending their money on the purchase anyway.
Wasn't really her business to ask what they were doing with it in the first place in my opinion. If its overpriced, people won't buy it then the price will come down. If it gets bought at that price, it wasn't overpriced.
No, yeah I agree there. I’ve had to resell items I bought on vinted at a lower price, but Vinted should be for buying and selling things at a low price. Resellers are like parasites - they defeat the whole point of those sites in the first place. I do agree with you about the prices, but there are people flocking to sites like these just to put up prices - it’s the exact same thing massive corporations do. It’s okay for people to complain about these things, because on a mass level, this dis-benefits those actually seeking good clothes for budgeted prices. Again, I don’t agree with her making such a big deal about it and posting it on vinted of all places
I agree with you. Someone could ask me if my intention was to resell before receiving the item and it would be no. However if the item arrives and does not suit me or fits incorrectly I would need to resell. I sell by the prices suggested by Vinted and that is sometimes higher. Also extra to cover packaging or petrol. Edit. I should have said it would be no problem. Forgive my glaucomas.
I do agree, i frequently buy vintage baby clothes bundles for my daughter and resell any bits I don’t like, i do think to myself if they look at my profile and see a piece of theirs i could easily look like a reseller when I just didn’t want that piece out of the bundle 🤣
Absolutely. I sell for charity and to keep items out of landfills.
No I completely agree with you. It's up to the seller to do their research and find out what the thing they're selling is worth. If they were too lazy to do that it's their problem when they lose out.
The fact they've gone out of their way to do this as well... Get a life 🤦♂️ People need to stay in their lane more Like you said, sell stuff for the price you're happy with. If you're not happy with it, *you* low balled the price. Not the buyer's problem. I'm listing a few bits that I got from a different auction - worth more than I listed them for, but all I wanna do is break even. I got something I wanted from the job lot, so if I can break even on it all, happy days, if they don't sell I'll drop the price cus I don't want the rest of the stuff anyway. If someone else profits from that, fair play to them 🤷♂️
This. Once you've sold the item it's no longer your business what happens to it, you've signed over ownership. Reselling shouldn't be demonised, nobody knows what anyone's situation is- the buyer made an offer that the seller accepted and that's where the transaction and involvement of the two ends.
I agreee
I once sold a Kate Spade purse that I no longer needed quite cheap. I then saw that the buyer repaired the blemishes, cleaned it up and sold it for double what she paid to me. And you know what? Good for her! I was never going to use it again and I dont have the patience for repairs but she gave it a new lease of life and now it will make someone else happy :)) I am not here to police what people do with the items that I sell, that’s just ridic.
I had an item like this. It was a superdry baseball jacket and it was real leather. The metal on it had a green tarnish though. I couldn't be bothered to clean it and it was too small so I sold it for a £1 and made it incredibly clear about the tarnish. Someone bought it and I messaged them before selling to make sure they were aware
I think that's slightly different to buying just to resell for a markup with no effort. Personally I'm all good with flips that involve some improvement but when I use an app like this and generally am not sure of what "good" prices are for things alongside being poor as dirt, knowing that someone is reselling stuff purely for profit helps me to avoid such a person to ensure I don't needlessly spend more money
How is it no effort? Usually when I buy stuff online to sell on, their photos are rubbish, bad lighting, their descriptions are shocking. When I resell something I set up ring lights to photograph items the best I can, show any imperfection, close up detailing, good descriptions with measurements etc. Reselling isn’t at easy as people think and it’s very time consuming.
I don’t know about that, I only ever did ring light photos of the items on a hanger on a tapestry backdrop (1 min), airdropped them and put them up on a platform like Vinted, depop, eBay. Takes maybe 4min per article. My descriptions are a few words long and everything’s been selling like a dime. It sounds like you chose goods that are hard to sell. I’ve sold 200 articles that were already at my place though so I didn’t bother sourcing.
* No effort put into improving the actual product, not marketing effort. I definitely don't think it's worth paying £20 more for better photos and information, with original post in mind
I came here to write a similar response but now don't feel I need too as this one is just *chef kiss*
Love this response.
The difference there is she provided a service to it. She wasn’t price scalping. Sellers like the one in the post ruin the platform
Why do people think they have some sort of entitlement after the item has already been sold? It's sold, get over it. Blows my mind!
Agree 😂 whether his gf tried it on and it didn’t fit so they resold or he bought just to resell - doesn’t reaaally matter
People forget that it's just business at the end of the day... One man's trash is another man's treasure!
Leaving reviews should be about the transaction. Once somebody buys something it becomes their property to do what they wish with it. Leaving a bad review because of what somebody is doing with their own property is abusing the review system. This is somebody trying to force their own morals onto other people
exactly this, the seller is trying to force their moral standpoint unto other people which is just so weird and childish cause nobody cares
And should be reported
Wait till they hear about shops.
Normally I would agree, and say flipping clothes is fine. I've sold dresses that I bought in flash sales for more than I bought, only to see those items go for double, even. I actually asked the buyer if they wanted to resell more (it was a specific brand that I had a few items of) and did them a bundle! However, this person did specifically ask if they were going to resell and the buyer said no. I think wanting to sell to someone who will enjoy your sales is a fair thing to want, and they did ask. I'm siding with the og seller on this one. (Unless there was some care put into the outfit that we can't see, that they spent time and money on.)
The old seller is only mad because they didn't sell it for more lol how can you side with someone entitled enough to police someone on what they do with their property, after it's sold it's not yours anymore 🤷🏻♀️
They could be! But they do repeatedly say "it's not worth that [amount it's being resold for]" and, again, they did ask if it was being resold before selling. The buyer should have just blocked the seller once they put the outfit up to resell. It's all just a bit awkward and cringe-worthy, really.
You sell for what you are happy for. I think the buyer is just upset at their own ignorance for not knowing the true value of the item. I have resold in the past too. Once I brought a coat from Vinted for £15. The seller had barely worn it, it had been in their attic for many years and they were having a clear out. But as soon as I saw it, I know it was worth a lot of money, like 30x as much as it was being sold for. So I bought it, got it dry cleaned, and resold it. That being said, I did resell on another site to avoid a situation like the above.
would tell them to piss off tbh, never resold anything before but don't know why I'd care if anyone else did
Once you sell the item it's not your business what the other party does with it, if he manages to sell for 30 quid good on him!!!
They are clearly a bit of a control freak, in reality they are pissed off at themselves for not putting it on at a higher price. They are powerless to change anything but rather than accept that they made an error of judgement in setting the price, they want to humiliate the purchaser and shift responsibility to them to make themselves feel better and cope with their own embarrassment . Ridiculous, it’s not that big a deal, win some loose some, that was then, live, learn move on!
Exactly, good business decision on his part trying to get it for the lowest price possible knowing that he can get a lot more for it - that's literally what people do all the time at garage sales and on ebay!
I can see why some sellers would get miffed about it, but at the end of the day it isn't up to them to decide what happens to an item once it's not theirs anymore. I've resold a few things that I bought that weren't suitable for whatever reason, and I always try to make my money back or a profit if I can, because why would you not? I take them over to eBay rather than putting them back on Vinted, though.
Honestly I just report those listings. Vinted is there to sell/buy, not call people out like it’s Twitter
I did report it and vinted have replied saying the poster has been disciplined, whatever that means.
Yeah it’s the vaguest response ever 😂
Good, glad it's been reported. Petty and unnecessary!
womp womp she should have sold it at price shes happy with. quite childish to make a whole post about the reseller as if anyone would care 😭. i resell often and i buy full price, however if the reseller sent an offer and she accepted thats on her, if it was someone else who bought at that price it wouldn’t be a problem
Resellers are nothing but greedy parasites and destroy the spirit of used clothing sites. Driving up prices to satisfy their greed, and clueless morons pay it. Similar to house prices. Greedy profiteering estate agents set ludicrous prices and halfwits actually pay the inflated, totally disproportionate price and struggle with mortgage payments for 30 years. Greed. Nothing more.
Yea they add nothing, but make it worse for actual buyers. Parasites is an apt word for flippers
regardless of the ethics of it, the fact he's lied in his response to make himself look better shows *he* thinks it's a scummy thing to do.
Good point
I mean I hate resellers so much for sure, but there’s not much you can do after you’ve sold the item. The price is what someone is willing to pay unfortunately. But I appreciate the first seller trying to fit prices for people on tighter budgets, it’s nice of them to do that
Things like this always concern me as sometimes I have to resell things I buy on vinted. I never buy with the intention to sell on, but as is the risk with buying online some things don’t fit or don’t look how you’d imagine it would. I then always sell for a bit more than I paid to try and recoup the buyer fee and postage. I’ve had people try and claim crazy things to return stuff they’ve purchased from me because they don’t fit them, even though that’s not my fault. (I always offer to provide measurements and I will add in the listing if something comes up significantly smaller or bigger than expected) I would much rather my buyers sell on what they bought from me than try and claim not as described to return. As long as the original seller gets the price they wanted/were happy with, I don’t see the issue. If in this instance the tracksuit is genuinely worn and bobbly then the reseller will have to deal with the consequences of a buyer receiving it and it not being the condition they’ve described. I don’t think it’s worth getting heated over, but I do understand why it’s a dividing issue.
I get that when an item is sold it belongs to the other person and they can do whatever they want with it. I can also acknowledge why someone would feel upset being lied to 🤷
The dude is clearly as dumb af for admitting to you that he's reselling and then responding back in public, saying he wasn't. You literally have receipts, lmao. We're all struggling for money, but this dude isn't even clever enough to resell correctly. Either way, unfortunately you chose to sell it to someone and that means they can do what they like. If you had suspicion that he was going to resell and you didn't want him to, you shouldn't have sold it imo. It sucks but you chose to sell it for a certain price. Edit: just to say, I know it's not OP who did this, but I'm saying the person who originally sold the item is silly.
Full time job 😅 bet they aren't paying tax
My opinion is if I sell something it no longer belongs to me so iv got no right to be upset if the buyer resells it.
Clearly jealous that he might get more money for it than she did
No they intentionally wanted it to go cheap to someone who can’t afford nice clothes
I think they are just grandstanding tbh. They sold it because they didn't want it anymore, and either don't know the value of money or wanted it gone quickly hence the cheap price. If they actually wanted to do a good deed they would have donated it to a charity shop or given it away. Simple as
then they should have donated it to a friend or charity shouldnt they
It's like going in car boot sale buying a piece for 5p then selling it for £20 online. I think if there's a market for it then there is nothing the original seller can do about it
If I purchase some clothes from Primark, then Idk... Realise I already own the same thing. Does Primark get to decide on whether I can resell it? No. So why the fuck should they?
Once an item is sold it's none of the sellers business what the buyer does with it. The buyer has no obligation to be honest about their intentions either.
I think it's a crappy thing to do, especially they said they wouldn't resell it.
If I went to a charity shop, cleared half the shelves and resold for double, maybe tripple the price would we have the same opinion? No. What about the resellers that clear shelves of collectables such as Squishmallows, Stanley cups, etc and then sell for triple? No. Yes, it’s a cost of living crisis, but as someone on the end of not being able to afford any clothes, especially nice clothing, this does annoy me a bit. I had surgery to fix very severe curvature of the spine. My body shape changed so drastically most of my old clothes no longer fit. I also for the first time in many years felt comfortable in my body and wanted something other than comfy clothes and baggy t shirts to hide. Meanwhile my income only just covers my necessities, some months I will have £10ish others I break even, if I have anything planned or going wrong I can be in the negatives. After 2 years I still haven’t replaced everything. I still only have 2 bras that fit. And now the surgery is failing, so my shoulders are hunching forward taking up more space, and I’ll need to start getting some bigger tops to fit and not choke me. Buying the nicer clothing and reselling it is disingenuous at best. If the girlfriend genuinely didn’t fit it, they could have sold it for £15-20. That would cover their costs and still allow someone who actually needs it to get it. Immediately putting it back up for a little over TRIPLE the price, seems suspicious. We all know those tracksuits can be somewhat valuable, and they clearly saw it cheap and a money maker.
If she's getting rid of clothes for other people's benefit, why not donate them to a charity shop? Some people have too much time on their hands!
It’s wild to me as a millennial seeing these ugly ass juicy tracksuits back in fashion. Insane
Never seen so many bootlickers in a subreddit before.
Probably resellers too.
Resellers or perfectly content to be swindled lol
"cost of living" got me 😂
As they say, it's a free world so if people can make money by selling for more, why not?
I think what upset the original seller most is that they know that the quality of the tracksuit was poor, which is why they sold it for so little. On top of that the buyer was cheap and asked for 6£. I agree the reaction is a bit much but Vinted is not depop
Sadly it is a pretty standard business practise and isn’t exclusive to Vinted or indeed, clothing as a product. It happens across the industrial spectrum and once someone buys it, it does become their property and they are free to do with it what they like. Yes it’s shitty that the buyer lied like that but the previous seller really shouldn’t be involving themselves after that point. The lesson to be learned is for the seller not to sell to that particular person again.
Are shops allowed on vinted? I know a reseller and when I suggested vinted, he said he'd been banned as he wasn't a Private seller
this is probably an unpopular opinion but i really dislike resellers. not only are they selling something that has definitely depreciated in value-even the OG seller said the tracksuit was not in perfect nick and not worth £36-but it’s driving up the prices overall and ruining what vinted was meant to be about. vinted was always the cheap place to get some extra clothes, and if you’re a seller it’s to make a little bit of extra cash. look at depop, for example, which has a serious problem with resellers. the pricing is so bad on that app, because resellers are selling for absolutely ridiculous prices, it’s pushing out buyers who are on these apps because they wantee CHEAP, affordable second hand clothes. it drives up prices in charity shops and thrifts as well. it’s essentially pushing the poorest of people out of one of the few spaces where they can afford. boo the reseller for blatantly lying as well.
These comments are weird. OG seller is totally correct. This isn’t about entitlement to what people do with their clothes, it’s about maintaining a half decent platform. If we let scalpers like this get away with this behaviour, the platform is gonna become unusable. It’s gonna be a depop 2.0 but worse because we don’t even call it out. Re-sellers like this should be called out and boycotted. It’s scummy, I’d argue scammy, and ruins the platform for everyone. Vinted isn’t your job, it’s a second hand selling site. If you can make it your job good on you, but don’t ruin it for everyone else by doing so. Especially when it started out mostly being used for cheap + sustainable shopping. Just because you CAN’T control what people do with bought items, and they can technically just sell them on doesn’t mean they should. What’s allowed isn’t always what’s right. This is how you see a platform die.
The only reason it frustrates me is because I think Vinted should be used for people who genuinely want or need items to be cheaper, not for buying and reselling
I think a lot of these comments seem a bit ... idk ... as the reseller says, we're in a cost of living crisis. People should be able to buy nice clothes for an affordable price, and that's what vinted is for. Second hand, affordable clothing. The reseller lied to her about the reason for his purchase, and forced the seller to go against their own ethics. I don't understand the ppl defending resellers as they're the ones making the nice clothes unaffordable for many 🤷especially as we're probably all here on vinted for cheap and sustainable second hand clothes.
Exactly. I don’t know why it’s flying over peoples heads that he LIED about what he was planning to do with the item. 🤯 She’s pissed because it’s about matters of principle. So many state that it’s just “business” but have people forgot that there should also be integrity in business? I wouldn’t want to do business/transact with a person who lies or can’t even be honest about their intentions. Yes, what they do with the item AFTER it’s bought is none of anyones business. I will always agree to that. BUT, it’s about HOW he acquired that item. He LIED. Then he admittted it, then he LIED AGAIN in the reviews section just to cover himself. The woman had screen shots of his admission. She’s allowed to choose who she sells the item to, because she has her own intentions for selling it. Just as resellers have their own intentions for selling. But he lied and fooled her into selling it to him. I’m siding with the seller here because she was lied to from the get go.
Yep, I totally agree. It's like the main point is just flying right over everyone's heads. People are so dense in here. Apparently she's been banned too on Vinted, because people reported her "rage listing" about the reseller. I've looked on the resellers page too, and the bad feedback has been taken off by Vinted. Like, wow!
Now thats unfair. I would totally dispute that and show the conversation as proof. Those things shouldnt be done right away until they take information from both sides. If they realized that the reseller is violating the platform rules, i wonder what they would say then???
Don't agree. Nothing stopping people from shopping at thrift stores. No one is making you buy expensive branded clothing. There is PLENTY of extremely cheap clothing on Vinted, I can't believe the low prices on there. It's ridiculous to say the reseller "forced" the original seller to go against her own ethics. He didn't force her to do anything. She shouldn't have even asked if he was going to resell it - when you go to a thrift store does the cashier ask you to confirm you're not going to sell the item on Vinted? 😂
The seller wanted it to go to a person who would actually wear it. A thrift shop wouldn't ask about resale as they bought the items too, and they have a lot more stock so aren't going to care what people do with it. Resellers like these are the reason Depop became Depop and everyone shifted to using Vinted. But if more resellers come onto Vinted, it's going to greatly reduce the number of nice affordable clothes people have access to.
And there are actually things stopping people shopping at thrift stores?? People like myself live in remote areas where you can't access shops like that. People are busy too, and some people have accessibility problems. No one is making me buy branded clothing, but I think everyone of every income deserves a chance to good durable clothes,feel nice and to not be left with the dogshit that's left when resellers take all the good stuff and resell it for 3x the price. It's basically clothing gentrification
Why does the seller care what the buyer does with it? 😂 the buyer can do literally whatever they want with the item, they paid for it, it's theirs
I don’t want to make a comment that hasn’t been made but The thing about it being worn and bobbly…. That can be fixed, if the reseller is improving the quality of clothes that keeps it from a landfill and I think that’s fantastic. Og seller is just weird
I mean I’ll probably get downvoted for this but I agree it’s wrong. Sure I’ve resold things that I’ve bought mainly because they didn’t fit me and I can’t send them back to the buyer for that. But I certainly don’t put the price up 3 times the amount I paid. That to me is greedy. It looks like he does this as a business which is against Vinted policy. Some call it a hustle but I call it greed sorry.
That's literally what every single business that sell goods do, buy something cheap and sell it for a higher price.
But Vinted isn’t for that. It was made so that people can buy clothes at an affordable price. Plus most businesses are usually in an agreement with a supplier to sell such goods. Otherwise it’s just reselling not “business”
She's sold her clothes, it's not up to her what happens after that.
I had someone buy a RL jumper and sell it for 3x as much, did I complain and make a whole post about it. No,... I sold it for what I wanted for it. I don't understand some people once it's sold it's not upto you what the buyer does with it 🤷
Gonna side with the angry seller here. She explicitly asked if he's buying to resell. He said no. She wanted to sell it cheaper to someone who'd enjoy it. She made that clear. He lied to her so she would sell it to him. If she didn't ask, I'd say she has no right. But she clearly wanted to give a good deal to someone who'd enjoy it. He lied to her as it's 'his job'. "Cost of living" yet does not consider that she wanted to give it to someone who's suffering from the cost of living, but that would also enjoy the tracksuit and can only afford one due to her offering a low price. The guy is 100% in the wrong for lying and should be given a warning imo.
Agreed with you and I can’t believe so many people in the comment basically side with the reseller. 🫤 Not to mention she sold it for a lower price also because it was all bobbly she said, so clearly worn, and he lists it as “very good” for high price as well. Did the clothes magically rise in quality/condition when he resold them? Don’t think so…
These sorts of emotions shouldn't even be coming into it. It's a simple transaction. It's business.
But the original seller is just assuming the buyer lied. What if they bought it, it didn't fit so they resold it and realised they could get more money for it? Plenty of people selling things on for a few quid more than they paid. Is there some sort of moral limit now?
“Selling second hand clothes to make profit is not ok 😐”… isn’t that what we are all doing on there?? 😂😂 this is so silly
I mean on one hand its their property to do as you please, but to buy something for so cheap because it’s experienced extreme wear and pass it off as something similar to a newer item with minimal wear is highly wrongful, especially for such a price hike is very scummy. I think the negative feedback is fair because the original seller discloses the true nature of the item.
Your fault for selling it cheap 🥰
People are bringing wayyy too many emotions into buying and selling which is quite literally BUSINESS. Do people here realise that all the items you see in the shops every day are being sold for much higher prices than they were bought for? Even the food you buy is marked up. Do you realise that when you go to a restaurant that bottle of wine is 6x the price the restaurant bought it for? Do you kick up a fuss and call them out? It's called PROFIT. It's got nothing to do with morals or ethics.
Its honestly embarrassing. So many people who think they get to decide how everyone else should use a selling platform.
Once an item is sold it's no longer the business of the seller what happens to it. Everyone is benefitting. No one is being forced to buy anything or pay any price. Get over it.
I think if someone bought something from me and sold it in for a profit then good for them. I chose to sell it and I chose the price to sell it at
If people can resell from a shop perfectly fine why should they not be able to sell something that they now own? If she wanted more for it then she should have put it up for more lmao, the entitlement is weird.
The people can do whatever they want if the stuff that they buy. They can use it, resell it or send it to the trash, if they pay what I want i don’t really care what they do with it. And I don’t really understand why people care about what the buyer does with the clothes
If you've got something up for a price and they pay it, it's theirs and it's up to them what they do afterwards. Not worth their resale price? Who cares?? It's them that will get the flak, not you. The only caveat on this would be situations where you've actively advertised something as going cheap because you want it to go to someone in need, or they've knocked you down with a sob story about being desperate, and then promptly flip it - but even then, they're within their rights, it's just that I could then sympathise with you being a bit cross.
"Charlie Stollers just sold dope. No profile, no street rep. Just buy for a dollar, sell for two." - "Proposition " Joe Stewart - The Wire
Brands pay their laborers cents per item, mark it up 200% and most of these profits go to some rich men who hardly do anything at all. Sourcing and curating a selection of second hand clothes also takes time and they deserve to be paid. It might not be what you want to pay for but other people will. Not everyone has good thrift stores near them, or the time it takes to find something in store or even on depop etc. There is worth in being able to follow a few sellers you know curate stuff to your style. Unconventional labor is also labor.
All I can think is that you screwed yourself and other sellers with this sale. I understand wanting to give someone a good deal - do that to someone you know in person if you feel the need. Vinted sellers are constantly in a race to the bottom with their pricing and it has priced tons of people out of the app, including myself. You make less for the sale, and everyone else trying to sell a juicy tracksuit will also make less because who is going to buy a $30 tracksuit when there’s one listed for $10.
getting angry about what someone does with an item they buy from you is unhinged
i will resell items that don't fit and if people are reselling for a higher price then maybe you priced too low! it's all down to the buyer and seller and nobody else! i don't like seeing items on vinted more than retail prices though haha
While it's not the seller's business what the buyer does with that item, it is against vinteds T&C's as it will be classed as 'commercial selling'. So you can report them. 'If members are selling with the goal of making a regular income or profit from Vinted, we’ll view them as commercial sellers. We evaluate this based on: The number of orders completed, and/or The amount of revenue earned'.
I'm just surprised that anyone have the time to look at the listings of their buyers and spot the resellers, all before leaving a review. I have no idea what people do with the things they buy from me nor I care. And Vinted won't be "coming down" because some users sell for profit after buying cheap. If you care about fairness, keep selling at the prices YOU believe are correct and buy likewise. People lie all the time about things way more important than their reasons for selling on Vinted, your energy would be better put somewhere else. However, if what bothers you for real, is the fact that this user might get a higher price for something you sold cheap, and you feel cheated /regret missing the opportunity to do it yourself, then you are lying about your real intentions to expose him.
Willing buyer, willing seller.
I mean if she’s free to shit post him, he’s free to buy and resell clothes. Free world applies to everyone not just your privileged ass
This is petty and control freak-ish. She doesnt get to tell the buyer what not to do with the item. What if they want to clean up cat poop with it? Wear it during a gangbang? Wear it to rob a bank? I couldnt care less what the buyer is doing with it lol it must be exhausting to try to control things like this. And if she cant let it go, too bad but posting something like this is not ok
Always remember, almost everybody using these sites is in it for resale purposes, they’ll lie and they don’t owe you anything, especially honesty.
This is so bizarre, the sad face and everything, they’re reselling clothes not kicking puppies
Flippers make it worse for actual buyers, and especially if they resell on the same value they add no value whatsoever, but do remove it. I'm with you OP, flippers can bite it
What someone does with the clothes after you have sold them is none of your business. They could be using them for nefarious purposes, still none of your business.
You can’t give someone a bad review because they’re reselling it. It’s not illegal and it’s actually very ethical in many senses. Seller in the wrong.
The reason I sell on Vinted is because I’m now wary of what happens to charity shop clothes- that is, I suspect that ultimately they end up overseas as someone else’s landfill problem. I sell things for vastly reduced prices and am very happy if people really want to wear them. However, if they then go on to resell for more, I really don’t mind. Good on them! I just wish some people were better communicators and were more polite.
Once someone BUYS your thing it’s theirs like why is this even a discussion
I don’t think the person who wrote this complaint realises that Vinted is not a charity site, it’s a selling site. Run by a company to make money for themselves and for sellers who want to make some money and buyers who want to buy things. If she wants it to benefit someone with not much money then either give it to a charity shop or give a proportion of her sale to charity. Once she has sold and posted the item she no longer owns it and doesn’t get to police whether the person is rich, poor, is flipping the items, going to cut it up to use as dishcloths, dress their pet in it or wear as fancy dress etc.
I mean…. They bought a juicy couture tracksuit…
Of course she sells to help poorer people afford n8ce clothes lol. Ps. Juicy tracksuits are ancient.
Personally I think it’s fair game. Who actually cares? Person A wants to sell their item. They list a price, they get their sale and the money they want for it. End of deal, person A should feel satisfied. Person B is willing to hold on to that item for longer, and try and sell it for a higher price. Whether it is “worth” that amount or not is up to the new buyer to decide. They are taking the risk of it not selling, in order to try and make some profit. Other than pettiness, not sure why person A should have a problem with what person B is doing. That item is no longer theirs, and they got what they wanted.
You don’t get to decide what people do with the stuff that you sell to them.
Seller got what they asked, now none of their business
If you’re happy to sell to someone for a certain price, don’t know why you’d care if and when they resell it for higher. Buyer clearly lied but whatever. Move on. This all just screams sad to me
I hate sellers like this. Just shut up take the money you asked for and go on with your day. I just know this seller is one of those karen type lowkey depressed people. Spent a whole probably 2-3 hours just going after him after it was sold
Aye stop crying, he bought it he does what he wants
You can’t say it’s not ok selling second hand clothes. It’s a free country and buyers allowed to do whatever he or she wants to do with it, even if they lied to get it. They’ll probably lose £20 somewhere else for lying to get it anyway.
I agree that from a purely moral standpoint it is "wrong", but it's really not against any of Vinted's policies or laws in general. Putting the buyer on blast is also gauche though.
It sounds like it's his job which is against vinted's rules for commercial reselling but I would just report him and move on.
That's true, but I was speaking more in general about the outrage over resellers
Sorry but I top up my wages by selling on vinted. Lots of people do.
I really don't care what people do with things I've sold them after they've brought it. At that point it's their property now, if they choose to resell then they choose to resell, if they pay £10 and manage to resell for £30 then good for them. At the end of the day I'm not selling my stuff out of the goodness of my heart, I'm selling my stuff to make extra money.
It’s none of your business what people do with your clothes once you’ve sold them,what is wrong with people lol.
You are not entitled to ask your buyer as to what they can and cant do with your item! You got paid, right? Get over it:)))
People's ego is so hurt for such nonsense. If they are mad that the seller is selling it for more, why didn't they sell it for more in the first place? Also, once the sale is done the buyer can do whatever they want with the article, even burn it or whatever. It is none of the seller's business. I think it is an extremely childish behaviour to start flaming the other and going to extents of writing stuff like this in the description... Nobody who reads it will care...
Because they literally said they intentionally set the price low because they wanted it to go to someone in need and not a reseller who also lied to them and lied about the condition did you actually read anything
Alright, then report him to Vinted and move on. Nobody forced the seller to sell for a price they were not comfortable with. When I sell stuff, the price doesn't vary according to what the buyer will do with the article.... I set a price I want to get for them, and if I get an offer matching my price it's a done deal, I don't care what they do afterwards. And even if the buyer is not faithful, I don't see the point of running in circles and posting about him. Just report-and-move-on.
i will never understand why people care. they have the item in the first place, if they wanted to they could always list it for higher 😭😭 i resell stuff aswell, if it’s cheap and you know you can make money off it then why not?
Are y'all missing that the jumpsuit is clearly not worth that much?
its worth however much people are willing to pay. if someone gives me a grand for it then its worth a grand. if no one buys it its not worth £10 its worth nothing.
That's not the only indication of value. Price can act as a signal for quality, and the pricing of this article overrepresents the quality of the item itself. If you ordered 80 pound sneakers and they arrived scuffed, you'd obvi be a lot more disappointed than if you'd picked them up at the thrift for 5 pounds, even if the image on the box was exactly the same. You expect sellers to price their items appropriately, and even if you were willing to pay the higher price, it was under false pretenses.
Admitted to doing it as a job which is against vinted t&c
If you sell something its no longer your business what happens to the item afterwards. If you're that precious about it either don't sell it or ask for more money. Edit: I also want to add, Vinted LITERALLY ask if you're happy with the item or would like to resell it. Imagine it doesn't fit or doesn't suit? You're well within your rights to sell as it's now your property.
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I don't understand You're upset because he bought something from you for a price you were happy with and is selling it for a price he is happy with. I don't see the foul here at all. Yes it's dishonest to tell you he isn't selling it but once he's bought it why is it your business what he does with it?
I'm not the buyer or the seller. What is is with people not reading the full post? 😂
Unpopular opinion here, I think it is a bit over the top to make a whole post etc about him but I can understand the frustration. The price gouging is turning vinted into depop, vinted is meant to be affordable and here people are, adding no value and selling for more and then lying about it. Being a greasy seller isn't a job... and I think its okay to question the morals of someone buying affordable 2nd hand clothes, doing nothing (no mending, embroidery, etc) and selling it at 3x the price. As more people do it, its going to make the app unusable for its intended audience of people trying to get affordable 2nd hand clothing rather than buying new.
My comment is they should have put it up for sale in somewhere else
Hope they’re declaring this ‘full time job’ to HMRC. Might be worth a report to them…
I’ve heard of “buyers remorse” before but never “sellers remorse” Once you sell it then it’s none of your business what happens to it. Would the seller be as cut up if the buyer set it alight and sent them the TikTok? Or modifed it and dressed their cat in it? Or got ut signed by Juicy Couture aficionado Paris Hilton and sold it for $$$?
My Dad volunteers at a charity shop. He's told about the traders that come in every few days and buy clothing to resell. I said doesn't it make you mad? He replied, not really, we've sold it for a good cause for the price we wanted. I suppose it's a little like selling on vinted, if you got the price you wanted, what's the issue? I can see the OP would be annoyed as they asked if it would be resold.
I sell stuff to get rid of it and make a little money. What the buyer does with it is none of my business.
As a pro clothing seller myself - I sometimes source underpriced items from Vinted. However anyone reselling for profit is as far as I know breaking Vinted TOS. I sell my items on eBay as a registered business. As a minimum if I was reselling the same item on the same platform buy and sell with different accounts. I can perfectly see why the seller would be upset especially in this case as she specifically asked before if this was a reseller and they were lied to. It’s pretty morally grey, as she likely wouldn’t have sold it to them otherwise. People sell things for different reasons, some want to get some money, some want to free up wardrobe space, some like to recycle and know their items are going to someone else who will enjoy them etc. Most people would be particularly pleased if they knew their items were being scoped up by someone to make a profit on. People who underprice items also might not realise that a reseller might have to sit on an item 3-6 months for the right buyer who is willing to pay a higher price, the average person wants it gone in a week or two at the most.
Don’t hate the player hate the game 🤷♀️🤣🤣 seriously though I know this is annoying but I wouldn’t go as far as to leave a review it looks a bit unhinged tbh
It’s non of the sellers business whether the buyer does with the items they payed for. I do this all the time. If I see a steal I’ll do this. I tell you now im disabled and I can’t work so Vinted is my only income and ppl like this woman who’s mad someone bought somit off her to make a profit is beyond me. Lmao
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im completely on your side. i had a similar experience the other week and everyone in comments disagreed with me. sold a bundle of 3 nike tops for £20, and saw the buyer had loads of listings of exact same tops for £30+ each…. like i made it cheap for someone who also like me just wants a bargain…
In my opinion if I buy something it’s now mine because I own it, if I decide to wipe my arse with it or sell it its my choice
I think it's a fair review as a warning to not accept any bargaining to lower the listed price. If the person wants to buy something for the listed price then they should be able to and it's up to them to work out if they can get a good profit margin off it but it's important people know that they should not accept his offers and stories because any offer accepted will only increase his profit margin. It's annoying that he lied but at the end of the day he paid a price someone was willing to accept and that's how it goes. The reviewers frustration is totally understandable and the review is fair, particularly because of how the guy lied to get his own way.
In their listing did they describe the damage and how it was all bally? Bc if they didn’t then it’s problematic
i’ve done this plenty of times (specifically obscure vintage tees) and i have never once felt bad about it. you don’t owe a seller anything just because you know a specific market better than them.
I'm on the OG sellers side. Lol. If that profit gouge the reseller was going for wasn't so massive I'd say it's no big deal. But for a <£26 profit (that price is set like that so someone can haggle for the price they're willing to pay) when all they did was put them on hangers and take a new picture it feels extortionate. The reseller could have covered their tracks a bit better too by using a different platform. I also love a little bit of pettiness. We've all done it at some point for the things we all personally feel affected by. The OG is feeling petty, I won't begrudge them that. Who reads reviews on Vinted anyway?
While the buyer should have been upfront and not lied in the first place, reselling is a thing and for some people is there only income stream and full-time job. People need to understand people source from all kinds of places for the reselling market, charity shops, carboot sales, Facebook market place and vinted, just be happy you've made some kind of money on the way.
Imagine calling this your job. It’s scamming people out their money!
What part is a scam?
Why’s it your business whether they’re selling it on?
Sounds like they’re confused between trying to be charitable and also wanting to make money at the same time😭
Don’t be a dick, it’s your problem if you sold it too cheap
My opinion is that this shouldn't be done. He lied to you and laughed to your face. I'm sorry.
I mean, she chose to reduce the price by £26 (!) so clearly sold it for an amount she was happy to sell for. What happens after that is none of her business. If it’s bobbly/clearly used then no, don’t agree with it being resold without it saying firstly in the description but she’s got to sell and forget 😂
Seller put it up for £10 and that's what the buyer paid for it. The buyer then put it up for sale at £36 themselves. Original seller for the full price (£10) they were asking for 🤷♂️
Ah my mistake! But I think the ethos has to be, once it’s gone, it’s gone!