Vinted v eBay

[Slow.Patrol]

Now I no longer work, I have a wardrobe full of work clothes and other stuff that I won't be needing ever again.

It is years since I sold on eBay, but I am wondering if anyone knows if Vinted is a better option? I am out of the loop and noticed that eBay now have a buyers fee or something added to the price.

Any experts out there that can explain the way they both work?

[theguvernor15]

I give my son any old/unused clothes that I'm not interested in, he sells them on Vinted for pocket money. I cannot be bothered with the hassle of listing/photographing it all.

He finds it fun & it also means he earns some pocket money!

[Spare tyre]

As an experiment put your used leather pants on vinted and eBay for the same cost and see what happens


My wife flogs all the kids decent old clothes on vinted, gets decent ish money

The trick is to list it all and box it away and wait a FULL season before you start dropping the price

We find it will always sell for decent money if you sit tight


For us the vinted postage is great as we have the no label lockers near us

[Slow.Patrol]

Spare tyre said:

For us the vinted postage is great as we have the no label lockers near us

How does this work

[Alorotom]

Slow.Patrol said:

How does this work

Courier labels up the packages as they remove them from each individual locker - works well in practice until one courier opens all the lockers together and then mixes up the parcels - thats happened twice for me.

[Spare tyre]

Alorotom said:

Slow.Patrol said:

How does this work

Courier labels up the packages as they remove them from each individual locker - works well in practice until one courier opens all the lockers together and then mixes up the parcels - thats happened twice for me.

We saw the courier arriving and observed

He scans the qr code on the screen, handheld machine prints a label, door pops open and he pops the label on the package, slings it in his bag, shuts door

With all of these things, it’s great until it’s not at which point you just have to suck it up



I don’t really understand it, but I believe the buyer chooses the postage option (or has it chosen for them)

It’s not the seller who decides

So if you didn’t have lockers and suitable shops nearby, vinted might not be great

We are only doing it to shift the piles of old clothes, so can take a hit once in a while.

That said I don’t think we’ve had a vinted issue yet

[smokey mow]

Alorotom said:

Slow.Patrol said:

How does this work

Courier labels up the packages as they remove them from each individual locker - works well in practice until one courier opens all the lockers together and then mixes up the parcels - thats happened twice for me.

We had this too about a year ago. To be fair to Vinted, they refunded the buyer in full and still credited us as the seller for the sale as they could see it was the couriers error.

[cheesejunkie]

Slow.Patrol said:

Now I no longer work, I have a wardrobe full of work clothes and other stuff that I won't be needing ever again.

It is years since I sold on eBay, but I am wondering if anyone knows if Vinted is a better option? I am out of the loop and noticed that eBay now have a buyers fee or something added to the price.

Any experts out there that can explain the way they both work?

I'm in the same situation. I don't need a work wardrobe as much as I used to (still do a bit but not often) and have been selling stuff on Vinted. I sell very cheaply and it goes very quickly but I've noticed brand labels sell faster. My tailored jacket didn't go quickly but every Ralph Lauren thing did and one person even offered to buy the job lot.

I think Vinted is fine if you don't expect much money. If you want to get higher value for an item eBay might be better. I wouldn't try and sell my RRL on Vinted as it would annoy me how low it goes for. That reminds me, add 20% to anything you want to sell it for as nobody on there seems to want to pay the asking price.

[SwissJonese]

I have found Vinted seems better for the buyer than the seller, but it is the best for clothes.

You can change which postage method to buyer can use in the settings. I prefer to use Royal Mail as wifey works right next to a post office, so easier for her to post in the lunch break.

It all goes a bit wrong when I had a person confirmed big for an item, but realised they lived close so picked up the item in person, happy with the item. However Vinted wanted me to still post the item, there is no option for picked-up in person. So I had to cancel the order and refund, vinted automatically gave me a 1 star rating, nice.