A little rant, which is recurrent for many here, about the dubious ways of potential buyers and the aggressiveness, in addition to dishonesty, which are the current combos.
Many people who come to me to make indecent negotiations are rude, thieves, and truly dishonest. I find that it has become quite strong lately, coming now from Germany or Ireland, among others.
I had seen a lot of bad attitudes, but this is the peak in recent days, people are aggressive and really a purge. Am I the only one seeing a change in recent weeks?
I find this platform fun most of the time, but it’s becoming burdensome, in addition to the delivery problems with Vinted Go and other unserious platforms. It is becoming increasingly difficult to feel confident and reassured here.
Thank you for your attention, happy to discuss it or not.
Hello - indecent negotiations have become the norm on Vinted. I don’t think anyone wants to buy at the asking price, and even for a €3 book, I’m offered €2 or €1. This might be okay in a bundle, but am I going to go out of my way for €1 after taking the trouble to print a label, carefully pack the item, and use a new envelope? No thanks.
I agree indeed that people don’t want to buy at the indicated price, they become pushy and particularly quick to insult when we don’t grant their request. This is what has happened to me several times in recent weeks. Of course, this is not new, what gets on my nerves is the fact that it is more manipulative than before. Good luck!
I have plenty of concrete examples, from negotiations at 70% below the indicated price and lack of manners, to manipulation and insults, and I can say it’s a recurring issue. Hence my message and my fed up feeling!
I feel the same way, but beyond that, it’s especially the « I’m a buyer, I have all the rights » that annoys me…
Examples:
I changed my mind, I went on vacation, … and I’m not going to pick up the package: no problem, I’ll be refunded and there won’t even be a negative review possible! And the seller who, in total, has to go twice, waste time printing a label, pack the item well, … well, we don’t care.
I’m being harassed by a potential buyer who doesn’t understand when I politely ask them to stop making offers because I won’t go that low… (well, you’ll tell me to block them, but to be reported to Vinted for a silly reason, no, it’s just the person who needs to change their behavior)
I offer a discount on bundles, but no, that’s not enough either, I’m asked for an additional discount…
Can you lower the shipping costs, it’s too expensive… well no, it’s already set as low as possible and small (size) and it’s not up to me to decide!
I try to stay calm, but when you accumulate several of these in the same day, week, … it’s tough!!
Thank you Caroline for this feedback, I also have a harasser who constantly makes me offers to get me to give in. We have the same ones, indeed it’s quite heavy to say that we block people for bad manners and blatant lack of education. Thank you for sharing.
I have no hesitation in blocking a profile, right from the first misstep: when in doubt, there is no doubt
People who deliberately refuse to collect their package take a huge risk. It has happened several times that the system considered the package delivered (go figure why). In this case, I get paid, and the package is returned to me. Absolutely no recourse possible for the buyer.
Being asked for an additional discount beyond the one on bundles is commonplace. I politely point out that it’s excessive, and about half of the buyers are understanding. The other half realize a few days later that one of the items has been sold elsewhere (but never point out this risk: buyers feel like you’re forcing the sale). Building a bundle on this app takes a lot of time. The buyer doesn’t want to have done all that for nothing.
I’ve been doing a little test for the past two weeks: every time someone makes me a super low offer on an item I’ve had for a while (it has to go eventually), I systematically accept, just to see. And you know what? None of those people actually bought it afterwards
I think some people just like to negotiate for fun, without really intending to buy afterwards ^^
Or maybe they think: « if she’s willing to lower the price that much, it’s probably not worth it… so I won’t buy it. » Human nature in all its complexity
Yes, yes indeed, it’s grandiose! I had a case this weekend that was just disrespectful. With a rather dirty manipulation, I find it increasingly exhausting to respond to these people!
Yes, there are also those like that, that’s the problem. Negotiation for negotiation’s sake, increasingly difficult and hard to follow. Negotiation doesn’t bother me in principle, but it’s disrespectful to the seller with indecent prices. As a result, this platform favors dishonest, thieving, and disrespectful people.
Hello - the problem is that now everyone knows that the seller inflates their prices to be able to respond to negotiations, so the buyer asks for a discount, so given the fact that when you do a search you are presented with thousands of results, for the seller it’s either accept or don’t sell. But yes, some dare everything. No self-respect.
@Magdalouise: wouldn’t you want to describe to us what this « rather dirty manipulation » consisted of? It would be interesting, if only so that we are aware of the methods you observe.
Again today: a tough negotiation, I accept, she asks for a back photo, I send it to her, she asks if there’s a lining and asks me for a photo. I block her.
I’ve probably become bitter from hanging around on Vinted a bit too much, but from experience, when it starts like this, it doesn’t lead to anything positive and my mental health being a priority…
Hello, there is a technique I noticed: make a correct offer which is therefore accepted. Based on this, the buyer makes another lower offer which exceeds the allowed minimum by % which was not possible on the first offer.
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and my mental health being a priority…