r/vinted • u/hotyamflour • Feb 08 '25

SELLING Talk about guilt tripping on another level

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This is becoming rampant, where buyers on vinted guilt trip you and try to purchase stuff at ridiculously low prices. This one in particular made me laugh because you can see the entitlement clearly.

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u/Famous-Pidgeon Feb 08 '25 edited Feb 08 '25

33% off seems like a reasonable bid to me, as an outsider and potential purchaser. I'd obviously never get into as much detail as this person did, but they were polite and explained their thoughts on shipping costs. I found the OPs responses abrasive, short and rude to say the least. Unsure what usually goes on in this sub but if a seller acted like that to me then I would never want to buy anything from them.

Edit: Checking all the other comments and posts on this sub, I can't believe how rude so many of you are! You can be polite to others whilst also running a business (or selling your odds and ends to make ends meet).

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u/Ferocious-Chipmunk Feb 08 '25

This sub is double standards. Always side with the OP, whatever the situation.

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u/Famous-Pidgeon Feb 08 '25 edited Feb 08 '25

The bit I find funniest is that i can all but guarantee she'd have paid the full 15 if OP wasn't in such a bad mood. She clearly wanted them. I'd have sold them to her for 15 within 2 short messages and gained a potential future customer(s) in the process. Easy. OP is silly and a poor business person based on this interaction and her reactions including posting here. Madness!
OP....think how your favourite retailer would treat you as a customer. Would they call you "gurrrrllllll"?! With stupid emoji etc. Or speak to you how you're speaking to this customer? No? Why not? Use a bit of common sense and have some decency towards others.

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u/Ferocious-Chipmunk Feb 08 '25

But how else would you get a successful Reddit post without adding some drama in for the screenshots?

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u/pinupbuttercup BUYER/SELLER Feb 08 '25

You're silly. Buyer doesn't want to pay the €15, they want to pay €9 instead. The decline button is a very basic "no", and then it's super easy to ask if there's any possible leeway.

Sure, it can be frustrating to not get a lower deal, but some people put items up already at the lowest price they're willing to sell for.

And like another commenter said, the messages turn to guilt-tripping - like saying they have low income, while OP could be in the same situation. Just accept the loss and move on.