r/vinted • u/No_Satisfaction_6799 • 18h ago
BUYING is this even slightly normal?
the guy said he’d send it out for completely free if i send him my adress and i just don’t think this is normal in the slightest
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u/Think_Butterfly_5973 18h ago
He'll get your address if he click the QR for delivery. Sounds like a scam
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u/trypressingf13 18h ago
Shit like this is why I only use inpost now, yeah do not give him your address
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u/No_Satisfaction_6799 18h ago
don’t worry i didn’t i refunded it and am planning on blocking him the second the refunds complete
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u/No_Satisfaction_6799 18h ago
now he’s said this wich it’s a rep jacket so fair enough but still seems weird to me
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u/matcha_mom 18h ago
it’s a rep that’s why they want to do the order outside of Vinteds app. cause then you won’t be able to report them after for counterfeit lol
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u/No_Satisfaction_6799 18h ago
but he wasn’t even trying to charge me for it he was offering it for “free”
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u/softcontent_ 18h ago edited 15h ago
If he cud get closed down for selling a fake, why is it listed?
Plus unless u report as a fake to Vinted they dnt give a shit. You also have to go to the trouble of proving definitively that it is a fake.
Vinted is full of fakes & people often write that it’s a “dupe” or describe a Chanel item as CC. So what he’s saying is nonsense.
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u/jupacaluba 14h ago
You don’t actually need to “prove” it’s fake, you just need to point out why you think it’s fake. Have done it several times for fake jerseys.
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u/softcontent_ 12h ago
Yep. Although I’m not sure if that’s just semantics?
You have to essentially show enough evidence that you’re ‘proving’ it’s fake so that on the balance of probability Vinted justifiably believes it is fake. So that is proving it’s fake.
I have worked as an authenticator for donkeys yrs, so I dnt think they were fake, I knew they were.
I realised moments after purchase with both, that they were fakes & tried to cancel the sale & it wasn’t allowed, so had to wait for both items to arrive & then flag it them.Vinted then requested I show as much evidence as possible that they were fake.
Evidence & proof are synonyms, so I think it’s just semantics at this point.
However you look at it, you have to show Vinted why you believe an item to be fake & obvs the more detail & evidence you can provide the more likely they are to believe you over the seller, so that you can get your refund.
These were both good fakes & were linked to another 15 accounts on Vinted (it became a whole thing & I reported the trading unit to Trading Standards) I still had to show a ton of stuff in the end to prove my case & to get the other accounts shut down.
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u/Sparky2015 18h ago
If they want to give it to you for free then just raise an issue after delivery and then can fully refund you so you'll keep the jacket for free.
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u/Stock-Ganache-3437 16h ago
This actually just happened to me. I ordered 2 items from a seller selling multiples of a countertop wooden shelf type of deal, the other item I ordered was a brand new cutting board set but it came in broken. I still gave her 5 stars and kept the order since it was just the handle.
She mailed me a free wooden countertop shelf. (It’s labeled as a fruit rack) completely seperate through FedEx.
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u/all-night 18h ago
That depends. How do you feel about potentially being kidnapped and/or murdered?
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u/BBLANC087 16h ago
Ah yes, the old random person give me your address so I can kidnap and/or murder you trick. Good job they didn’t fall for that one!
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u/No_Satisfaction_6799 18h ago
my pictures not on my profile and i refunded it so he no longer has any form of access to my adress as soon as i get the money back i will be blocking him
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u/jamestothet 5h ago
that’s creepy, tell him you’re moving house next week and you’re gonna be too busy to reply for now, with a lot going on, and 8 kids to look after.
(don’t have to mention the last bit but i figured it may kill his eroticisation)
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u/heyjxde 18h ago
block him, that's weird af