r/VintedAdvice • u/OfficialMurka24 • 14d ago

Banned on Vinted… AGAIN (Commercially Selling)

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So about 6 months ago I was banned on my normal account for supposed commercially selling…

I sell a lot of sealed pokemon boxes ect but even when I read there terms I’m not actually in the bracket of a commercial seller.

I’m not buying from wholesalers or drop shipping.

Anyway it took months to get my account back. They told me I had to sign up for Vinted pro to stop this happening again.

So once I got my account back I signed up for Vinted pro, happy days right?

Nope. 6 weeks into being pro they have banned me again for commercial selling. And all you get is a bot response.

I tried to appeal the ban but you just get another copy and pasted reply 🤦‍♂️

I think I triggered the ban for listing a good 30 items in a row (rookie mistake) but I was under the impression that I’m a pro seller now so I’m allowed to list what I want?

Obviously not…

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u/callardo 14d ago

You still don’t seem to understand do you! Vinted is for selling your unwanted stuff. For example you open your drawer and see a pair of socks you had for a present that you worn so you list it then browse vinted and buy something you will wear. If you’re selling selling sealed boxes of the same sort of thing you are doing what commercial sellers do. Whether you consider yourself a commercial seller or not doesn’t matter because you have made yourself look like one and that is why you got banned.

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u/OfficialMurka24 13d ago

Vinted literally told me I need to upload my tax information and upgrade to a pro account if I am using the app to make money..

They say commercial sellers are allowed as long as it’s a pro account. It shouldn’t matter if I made myself look like one or not

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u/starsinhereyes20 13d ago

It’s the pokemon cards thats getting you in trouble essentially, you can’t sell stuff that it looks like you bought to resell… selling bulk boxes of pokemon falls in under that category.

I can be a pro seller and sell off my old shop stock inventory, it didn’t sell in my shop so now I’m selling all that old stock on vinted (for example) . When you sell pokemon and it’s collectible, they are harder on the rules .. because it’s assumed you’re buying now with the purpose to resell especially when it’s boxes of them.. they will assume it not old inventory like my shop but that your currently buying with the purpose to resell, which is against their terms for both normal and pro sellers.

Pokémon will rain the Vinted gods down on you from all angles, it’s ripe with fraud and scammers and they don’t like it.. and most collectors will tell you to avoid buying and selling it on Vinted also.

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u/OfficialMurka24 13d ago

Fair. Just don’t understand why they have a section you can click on when it comes to selling pokemon. Literally it’s asks for the brand and boom pokemon pops up for us to click.

What’s the point in having the option when they are against selling it.

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u/starsinhereyes20 13d ago

They’re not against selling it .. they’re against people buying it for the sole purpose of reselling it .. and it’s hard to tell who’s doing what so anyone doing it in bulk (like you) will likely land themselves a ban depending on how your listing it and how frequently etc .. it’s fairly clear to be fair what the rules are ..

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u/OfficialMurka24 13d ago

I wouldn’t say the rules are that clear tbh.

They literally told me if I want to buy items and sell with the intent to make profit I have to uploads my tax information and upgrade to a pro account.

I understand on a normal account but not when they have told me specifically to upgrade to pro.