Sometimes there are days that start like this and today was my D-day, a compilation of annoyances, returns, no deposit confirmation, 2 packages lost in the wild, a crazy woman giving me a hard time, but giving me a hard time over a 5 euro leopard print playsuit! and in fact she didn’t understand that a playsuit includes shorts and sends me entire A4 pages. I stop her and tell her to declare a claim and I will refund immediately and she can keep the item… no no, Karen decided that today she would annoy the planet starting with me, she continues with the messages.
I lost it and ordered 4 items from her catalog, you can imagine the rest. I’m going to annoy her until June!!! I’m fed up with CRAZY WOMEN! but really fed up!!!
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sorry @AtelierV! I’m not laughing at you, just laughing!! 
Bad day for me yesterday too with the pervy classic who makes me an offer of €20 on an item for €26, I refuse, so she makes me an offer of €18 
Or the tester, the one who makes an offer that I accept and then makes an even lower offer just in case… a Vinted Go return that has been on its way for 3 weeks, knowing it took just as long to get to the buyer 
It happened to me that I made an offer of -40% on an item from a Vinted user who had just done the same to me… suddenly it doesn’t go over as well when it’s on their own closet lol
You have to stay zen 
but every day I have the same thought « people are really weird »
It’s the weekend! Happy selling everyone 
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when I’m the « player », I accept the offer and delete the item right behind it, just so they get the adrenaline rush of having made the deal of the day a few seconds ago
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I love the idea! thank you 
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Excellent! I’ll make a note of it 
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I’m not the only one who does this : , and when the person tells me: the item is no longer available? I looooove to drop this phrase 
it’s sold
It’s very rare for someone to buy without haggling the price in half, you have to stay really reeeeeeeally zen
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Hello, stay strong, it’s clear that on Vinted you often have to hang in there… politeness and respect are becoming rare (hello or thank you when you accept an offer, people who don’t bother to validate once the item is received, those who ask a thousand questions when the answer is in the item description (measurements, color, additional photos… and you think that would suit me???), and who don’t go to pick up their package, not to mention the ridiculous offers, who allow themselves unpleasant remarks if you refuse, and who have higher prices in their closet and there are the super top of the annoying ones…
I check the reviews of Vinties when I get a favorite notification, and if I see reviews that make me suspect a mentally ill person, I block them immediately. But we don’t always know how to avoid them unfortunately
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ahahaha I couldn’t help but laugh, so true!
or else questions like 5th dimension, careful there we enter the realm of the supernatural:
« Can you give me the width of the jogging pants at the knees because I am very tall »
Me trying to calculate the effect of the driving force x water retention / the hormonal cycle + the rotation of the moon during the reproduction of marmots: it’s good! the jogging pants will suit you wonderfully!
- Do you think they will shrink?
- … R.I.P
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I have been selling on platforms since 2004, I assure you, it has always been like this, it’s not specific to Vinted. Every professional activity has disadvantages. and it’s true that it’s really annoying!!!
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I know, thank you, I’ve been selling on eBay since 2003, first D2C site in 2000, first Amazon Seller account in 2006. Vinted is just a very small business for me
Okay. And you’ve never gotten used to it over time?
It has nothing to do with it. I’m human. You’re having a bad day, stock problems, accounting issues, and you get 3/4 messages of crap, and that’s it. But I move on very quickly now, it took me a moment to really detach myself from the meanness, dishonesty, and stupidity that surrounds us. And it’s accelerating tenfold, people are really, really becoming very stupid.
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And there is still a « little something extra » on Vinted
I also use platforms since 20 years (even if more recently professionally) and Vinted is still different, you can feel that it has really captured the flea market clientele. I’m not saying there’s nothing on other platforms, but it’s still less intense.
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I understand you, I also sometimes want to give up and tell them to f… off.
What’s different for me is instant messaging; before it was email, it took time to write, people looked at responses, which took 1 or even 2 days.
Now it’s live discussion.
The second difference is negotiation; it was almost non-existent before, now direct offers are sent, without a hello.
There are few people who do flea markets, especially people who rummage; I’ve been doing it for 25 years. 
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I agree with you! Negotiation was very fair, even on eBay people rarely asked for a « price ». The big problem was often shipping. In fact, today people have this culture of immediacy: everything, right away, cheaper, even free, with less politeness.
E-commerce was very different, I never thought I’d talk like an « old person » about e-commerce one day
There’s clearly a market saturation phenomenon too, people are bombarded with offers from everywhere. In clothing, it’s really obvious, the market is ultra-saturated. I see it a bit less in fashion accessories where there are still some niches.
well seen and very accurate yes
But the offers are crazy. Especially since with business accounts I still have trouble understanding some people’s optimism. The best ones are those who take me for a wholesaler to supply themselves and resell. The other day, one of them asked me for 60% off a new figurine when she was already selling it on her Vinted as used, and it was more expensive than me (even though mine was new). She killed me with that one.
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There have also been quite a few « bubbles » that have been well-publicized on social media: dropshipping, for example. At the time, it made me smile; my site had already been directly connected to Alibaba for a long time for certain items, and people made a phenomenon out of it. The result: zero added value in most cases, very low-margin products in the end, and rapid competition from large players. If you buy 50 or even 500 pieces, you can never compete with the big players who buy by the container.
Social media has become both the marketing lever and the primary source that has exploded competition. Guys/gals with their stained/worn-out/stretched Ralph Lauren sweaters sold for €49/€59, sometimes more… it’s a joke, it won’t last. Five years ago, yes, but now there are 5,000 selling the same stuff, so they’re burning their margins by lowering prices and constantly buying ads and boosts.
I admire the « truly » clever ones, though… it’s not pejorative. I have a Vinted account in mind (which I won’t share, of course) that resells « Aubervilliers » items, in short, stuff you normally sell at markets (sweaters for €4-€6, cardigans, etc.) resold for €29, very well photographed, labels hidden (it’s new) posted as « very good condition, » mention « never worn. » Some of them are a HIT. No need for Ralph Lauren or Carhartt, new product, almost no returns, very nice visual appeal, almost unlimited choice, decent quality. I have a very concrete example in mind and a site I recommend for those looking for an excellent supplier: it’s lonca. A very reliable Turkish site, medium to good quality products, fast shipping, etc. In short, they have several models of cable-knit sweaters, sweatshirts, hoodies with a teddy bear on them, which is very reminiscent of Ralph Lauren, but… but it’s NOT an imitation. Unsurprisingly, it’s a hit: bought at a price of around €6-€9 depending on the model, resold for €29 to €39. And you offer several colors, and it’s new. I ordered about a hundred « out of curiosity » last year; I regret not ordering more. I sold them in 3 weeks. (Okay, I realize I’ve completely gone off-topic here, haha)
The famous brand « Boutique Parisienne »
Dropshipping is a pain. I have a competitor who’s giving me a hard time on eBay. We have a common supplier (in fact, he only uses him), and he doesn’t even buy the stuff but lists everything the supplier has. He sells at rock-bottom prices, lists huge quantities (which even the supplier sometimes can’t keep up with), and claims it’s available in his European warehouses within 15 days. On the other hand, he gets a lot of bad reviews because the shipping is very slow.
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Ahahaha there it is! exactly that one