Vinted seller urges people to sell with caution to some buyers
One woman has shared how she refuses to sell to certain red-flag Vinted customers anymore, because she's been burned by people with bad intentions too many times
A prolific Vinted seller has shared the one red flag that means she won't sell to someone on the platform. Chloe Chandler, who is well known for having made over £6,000 on the platform, says that she understands people may find her " weird" and "strange" for "missing out on sales" because of this rule she's self-imposed, but she explained her reasoning.
So, who won't Chloe sell her items to? It's people who do not have any reviews on the platform. And it's clear to see why you wouldn't buy from someone with no reviews as you can't see their track record, but she said she's had nothing but trouble from these review-less buyers too.
Chloe said that she "understands" that people "start their Vinted accounts and don't have reviews" but she claimed that she'd had "so many problems" with people who have purchased from her with no reviews in the past.
She did say she'd had some nice experiences with no review buyers in the past, but the "vast majority" of buyers had been bad.
Chloe explained: "Either something goes wrong, they claim it's not been delivered, they claim it's the wrong item, or they don't pick it up. The amount of people who don't pick up their parcels is crazy".
She said that recently she'd had an experience where someone had "deliberately made a new Vinted account" and bought something from her "with the intention of leaving a bad review," which Chloe was less than impressed with.
Chloe noted that "after they left the bad review, they deactivated their account" and "relisted the item on a different Vinted account".
Because of this, she said she wanted to "be more careful moving forward" because she puts in so much "effort" when it comes to her page that she doesn't want people taking advantage of her in this way.
Chloe said she understands some may "miss out on an item they really want," and some people may label her "selfish" for not wanting to sell to those with no reviews, but she was protecting her peace.
In the comments, one woman wrote: "The not picking up the parcels is driving me crazy, I've had 9 not collected in the last month".
Another asked: "Just a quick question, what do we do if the buyer (who happens to have no reviews) makes a quick payment of our item without messaging beforehand?"
Chloe responded: "You can cancel the order and click 'agreed with buyer' and you don't get a bad review".
A harsh Vinted seller wrote: "I don't sell to people who ask too many questions, or haggle the price, they get blocked".
Someone else shared: "Sellers need to leave reviews for buyers, though. I click everything OK and leave a lovely review, and quite often, sellers just like my review and don't leave one back".
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