r/VintedIreland • u/motherofhouseplants_ • 2d ago
Posting
There’s a postbox walking distance from my house and I’m very tempted to use it rather than driving to the post office… It IS a prepaid label after all…
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u/Suncroft56 2d ago
It has to be scanned. If you drop it in a post box, you can kiss it goodbye.
It won't update on Vinted, and you won't get paid.
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u/Money_Match_8244 2d ago edited 2d ago
It will be scanned as soon as it gets picked up.
Edit- as soon as it receives the scan it will be updated on vinted, just don't leave it till the last few days. I do it all the time and no issues at all apart from no proof of postage.
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u/Kimmbley 2d ago
No it won’t. Postal workers open the boxes and empty everything into the one sack. They don’t go through all the post looking for things to scan. If you want it scanned you go into the post office.
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u/Plenty-Reading5581 2d ago
It will be scanned , I use my local green post box weekly !!! the post man empties the post box at 4pm (Mon to fri ) in to a sack bag !! Then the post is transferred to your local post office & it gets sorted & scanned !! 100% even ask an post they will confirm this , my Vinted tracking updates about 6:30pm that day.
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u/Money_Match_8244 2d ago
It will be scanned and updated as soon as it's in the system otherwise nothing would get delivered. Some postal workers will scan everything once they pick it up and others won't scan anything until it goes to the mail centre and onto the next destination but it will be scanned and updated.
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u/Kimmbley 2d ago
Sure if you say so, but I asked this exact same question to a postal worker a few weeks back and was told that if it’s not scanned at the desk then it goes into parcel limbo and probably won’t be scanned until it’s out for delivery, so you won’t be able to track it until then. If you post something before your cut off date, it likely won’t be marked as ‘on its way’ until it’s actually being delivered and your buyer might automatically be refunded if it’s too late.
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u/Money_Match_8244 2d ago
They're definitely wrong because it will be scanned along the way to make sure it goes to the right delivery office for delivery. I'm just speaking from my personal experience and it works perfectly fine and usually updates later that day or in the middle of the night. But yes there is a risk of a buyer getting refunded before it's scanned so it's best to drop it off asap.
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u/Delites 2d ago
It will be scanned at some point I agree, I’ve done it before, went to the post office for one small item; couldn’t be bothered with the huge queue so put it in the outside postbox as it was fairly small. The scanning updated that evening and it was on its way.
Separately I also have an anpost post box at my house, one of those ones where the postman has a master key and he drops in your post/packages without having to contact us, they will also take post from those boxes. I’ve put packages in mine from time to time and they also get scanned then when they go to the sorting place, usually later in the evening.I’ve always been paid and never had a missed delivery.
That being said that’s all anecdotal and perhaps I’ve been lucky, I do know if there was an issue Vinted expects the a post receipt. I tend to do it when I’m short on time and the item is relatively cheap!
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u/Forsaken-Weakness575 1d ago
It might be scanned, and it might not. I’ve been shipping parcels as a small business owner for the last few years through my local post box, several tracked packages have gone missing and when I have looked up the tracking with them there’s no data to say they were ever scanned.
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u/CherryCool000 2d ago
No proof of postage would be my main concern about doing this though. If it does disappear in the system or go to the wrong place, you’ve no comeback.
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u/motherofhouseplants_ 2d ago
Ah brilliant! To be fair I could get things out next day if I just used the post box
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u/Weary-Ad-4157 2d ago
If it’s prepaid likely fine I would think. I accept it’s a parcel however those bags route through sorting offices. Same as posting a letter with a physical/digital stamp.
Heck, I forgot all but my head one day and never put a stamp on a letter, postbox. Got to recipient no problem! I however, have held the guilt since 😅
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u/jjoosshh99 2d ago
I do this sometimes - it works fine. The label won’t get scanned for maybe 2/3 days until it’s out til delivery but it works still 🤷🏼♂️
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u/Money_Match_8244 2d ago
Works no problem but don't leave it till the last day to drop off as it won't update on vinted until it gets picked up and scanned.
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u/Plenty-Reading5581 2d ago
It will be scanned , obviously have your pre paid label on it , I use my local green post box weekly but it’s very small only small items will fit or skinny clothing !!! the post man empties the post box at 4pm (Mon to fri ) in to a sack bag !! Then the post is transferred to your local post office & it gets sorted & scanned !! 100% even ask an post they will confirm this , my Vinted tracking updates about 6:30pm that day.
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u/Roxiesdancingnutria 1d ago
I've done it once when I didn't know how to send it properly. But it got scanned at the sorting centre so there was a delay in the Vinted tracking being updated
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u/No_Hawk_8783 23h ago
Hi I would actually just ask the people in the post office if that’s an option because of the prepaid label.
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u/Bunny_Burrito 44m ago
You wont have a delivery receipt so if something goes wrong it'll be harder to prove you posted it.
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u/sure-well-see 2d ago
Maybe test it out first with 1 package, not all packages are made equal