Shoppers baffled as Vinted is flooded with more than 120 identical Zara skirts in perfect condition

Daily Mail​

5 days ago

Second-hand shoppers are scratching their heads after noticing dozens of units of the same Zara skirt are being listed on Vinted.
The yellow sequin skirt, designed by the Spanish-owned retailer, has been listed more than 120 times on the platform for second hand purchases, according to one shopper.
The bizarre phenomenon has led to speculation that the item may have been reduced instore, prompting a flurry of business-minded thrifters to pick it up for a cheap rate and resell it on Vinted at a profit.
Yuliya Kyrpo had been researching ways to build her own reselling app by 'monitoring and observing' what is happening on Vinted when she spotted this trend with the skirt as well as other Zara clothes.
The reseller posted several screen recordings of skirts to her TikTok, @haip.ai, where some were selling the clothing for more than £60 and writing over it 'how many yellow sequin Zara skirts can you spot?'
She added: 'Is it me or has Vinted turned into Refund Centre?'
She then went on to comment: 'Can someone please explain why did 124 people bought this skirt and selling it on Vinted full price and brand new?
'Surely it can't be that everyone missed their return deadline? I'm seeing more and more of this, this shopping phenomenon needs to be studied!'
Ms Kyrpo told Femail: 'I started to notice that the algorithm is pushing similar things to me and then I saw there several of the same item.
'It made me think "what's wrong with it, why do so many people want to resell it"
'Sometimes people wear it once and it doesn't fit quite perfectly, or there's something else that's wrong with it, or people miss the deadline to return it.
'So there are multiple, different reasons that people sell it on.
The small business owner added: 'But the more it looked, it seemed like people were just buying a piece of clothing and selling it straight away.
'I'm starting to see people then selling these clothes at full price, which just takes away from the whole idea of from second-hand.
'I mean, I don't mind paying for something full price if I really really want something like, but there's so many of these that it actually becomes comical.'
She joked: 'It may be sold out in Zara, but it's certainly not sold out on Vinted.'
People online were just as shocked as Ms Kyrpo, with one user saying: 'Drives me insane it's from the sale and people are doing it for profit! See it so much.'
Prices from the skirt varied from around £30 to more than double that at £60
Another wrote: 'This skirt had 70% off the original price in my Zara the other day, probably why!!'
One person added: 'People did the same with kids clothes in the next sale bought them and sold them for double the price. joke'
While another said: 'Resellers. Buy in the sale then re-sell on vinted for more £'
However, some others thought there might be so many of the same skirt because people kept missing their returns date, with Ms Kyrpo herself writing in her comment 'surely it can't be that everyone missed their return deadline?'
But one user chimed in explaining that 'I have adhd and forget to return them in time all the time'.
Others made more of a dig at people who would have bought the item to only wear once and wanted to make up for the loss.
The excessive posts of the clothing led to some people speculating online that the skirt was reduced in store and savvy thrifters wanted to sell it on Vinted for an increased price or had worn it once and wanted to make up some of their money
One user joked: 'All the people who wore to Ibiza & now need to recoup some ££!'
But then another woman agreed, adding 'I wore this skirt to Calvin Harris at Ushuaïa in Ibiza on Tuesday there were 5 of us wearing it in just our little area no wonder there's so many for sale!!'
However, some people said the sizing was an issue and that may be why so many were being resold.
'I got this skirt and love it, but I didn't realise when I tried it on, how massive it is!! I'm an L and I could have easily got in an S,' one woman wrote.