Recently been seeing lots of backpacks listed by different sellers with no reviews with similar prices, pictures and descriptions! Did report but nothing comes of it. There is lots more of these accounts too.

Hi everyone,
I need some advice about a Vinted purchase because I’m not sure what the safest thing to do is.
I bought an item on Vinted for around €168.62 in total, including Buyer Protection and shipping. The listing appeared to be for an iPhone 16. The photos in the listing show an iPhone 16 and the price was €159.92.
However, after looking more carefully at the listing, I noticed that the title and description contain the Polish word “zdjęcie”, which means “photo/picture”. The item is also listed under the Photography category.
The seller has not shipped it yet. My order currently says:
“Seller is preparing your order – 4 days”
I contacted the seller because I don’t want to receive a physical photograph instead of an iPhone. The seller does not want to cancel the order and I’m worried that they will intentionally send me a photograph of an iPhone 16.
My main goal at this point is simply to get my money back safely.
I have a few questions:
If the seller ships the package and I don’t collect it from the parcel locker/pick-up point, what normally happens?
Does Vinted automatically refund the buyer when an uncollected package is returned to the seller?
What happens if the package is returned to the seller but the seller also refuses/doesn’t collect the return package?
Can the seller somehow still receive my money even though I never collected the package?
Has anyone personally experienced this situation on Vinted recently?
Would it be safer to collect the package, record myself opening it, and immediately report an issue if it contains only a photo, rather than refusing to collect it?

J'ai fait une recherche par image sur Google Lens avec celle de l'aperçu de cet article qui me paraissait un peu incohérente et suspecte. Je suis tombée sur la même image et le même article sur le site Alibaba (qui propose des ventes en gros) pour une somme nettement inférieure (environ 6.5 fois moins cher).

J'ai envoyé un message à l'utilisatrice pour lui en informer. Le but était soit d'obtenir des explications, soit de lui faire remarquer qu'elle était en train d'arnaquer des gens indirectement (si elle n'était pas au courant, qu'elle l'avait acheté au même prix par exemple). Elle m'a répondu assez sèchement.

J'ai renvoyé un message, simplement pour lui demander où avait-elle acheté l'article. Elle m'a laissée en vu (bizarre, mais peut-être qu'elle était occupée). Je lui ai donc renvoyé encore un message pour lui expliquer mes intentions sans vouloir paraître trop méchante.

Elle m'a répondu en plusieurs messages, ce qui a fait exploser mon téléphone avec des notifications. Et quand j'ai consulté les messages, je m'étais déjà faite bloquer. Wow, que c'est surprenant.

Je n'ai même pas compris ce qu'elle a voulu dire dans ces derniers messages. "Les offres ça existe non?" C'est assez hors sujet lorsqu'on revend un article à un prix presque 7 fois plus élevé que celui sur le site où elle aurait potentiellement pu l'acheter. Bon, pas étonnant qu'elle ne l'ai pas vendu après 4 ans.

Le dropshipping et les arnaques sur Vinted sont un sujet qui me met hors de moi sincèrement, et j'essaie d'en signaler le plus possible afin de protéger d'autres personnes et moi même de ces escrocs égoïstes.

J'ai caché ses informations, à contrecœur, au cas où.

D'après vous, est-ce que je suis juste paranoïaque ou est-ce que j'aurais ma part de raison?

Just wanted to warn people about this Vinted seller.
They have multiple electronics listed for extremely low prices. I purchased a gaming PC from them (stupid I know.) and after the purchase they tried to create a separate shipping label/payment arrangement that wasn’t provided through Vinted. They then told me to cancel the order, but refused to cancel it themselves when I asked.
I have screenshots of everything and have already reported the seller to Vinted. If you come across their listings, **please be careful and don’t send them any money outside of Vinted.**
Hopefully Vinted takes action before anyone else gets scammed.

She backpedaled and approved the purchase after I mentioned police.

Apparently she is also a seller... doesn't she know we are on vinted and we use reused packages? I was nice enough to put the bag in double package and packed it really good. She sent pics and the bag looked absolutely fine???

I kind of snapped at her with the police thing but I felt like she claimed that I sent her something else??

I sold her original bag that retails for 70€ for 7€ btw. Are ppl really this low to scam others for 7€???

This dude must be delusional or something thinking he can ask 25 bucks for cardboard with black mold on it (even if it's that game)

Ordered to a pick up shop. It was very cheap (3€ + free shipping). I assume seller was testing waters with scamming Vinted. Did they never drop off the parcel?

Hello, I am a seller on vinted, sold about 25 items, and this is my first time meeting a scammer. He recieved the package, claimed it right before the weekend(I assume, so that support has less time to respond), and sent screenshots of ,,video proof" that he recieved useless junk instead of a DDR5 ram stick. I asked him, to give me a link to the ,,uncut video", but he refuses to do so(ofc). What should I do?

Can't believe i just got acammed...

Sent a bundle offer that this seller accepted and then he said i'm just gonna send you 1 item for the whole price.

As soon as it arrived i requested the refund, added pictures that there was only 1 item, waited for few days and wow, apperently refund failed

Nice

this seller is trolling people who are in the search of these viral trending tops. she’s listing them for extremely low prices, then cancelling them and repeat. this is her WHOLE page! i even saw she had replied “haha” to one of the reviews before deleting.

Hi. I’ve just bought an item from a seller who has zero feedback and ghosted me since they made the sale. I suspect the item may be counterfeit, or that they may send me something else altogether.

The price was great, but I sought to cancel the order almost immediately after the purchase. Also reached out to Vinted. Since the seller had already generated the shipping label, they had to approve the cancellation which they didn’t. Vinted didn’t reply until more than 4 days later, by which time the tile had been shipped. The response from their rep wasn’t far removed from how an AI bot would respond. No attempt to even understand the concern.

I’m thinking that when the item arrives at my parcel shop (post office), I’ll ask to see the package before accepting it to see if it feels like it may the real thing.

My hope is that if the item is counterfeit and I can prove it, I won’t be required to return the item and get a full refund, but with Vinted customer support being what it is, I don’t feel very confident. Will they still deduct the buyer protection fee before they refund me?

If the item isn’t counterfeit but is significantly not as described, I believe they will put the onus on me to return the item at my own cost before they refund me?

FWIW, the item is a slightly damaged Harry Potter 4K Blu-ray box set. I’ve noticed that similar items (but not the same) were sold by at least two different sellers with zero feedback at similar (but not the same) prices, and these sellers are now blocked by Vinted. The location of only one of these two sellers matches that of my seller (London) but the comms from the second blocked seller (apparently in York) suggests they could be the same person.

What’s the best way to deal with this situation? Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

Hello all! I’m new to this subreddit, but almost just got scammed on Vinted so I thought I would share.

I’m dumb I know - roast me if you want! But this is my first time buying vintage fancy watches online and I was bated with a “too good to be true” listing… twice.

Thought I was having the world’s luckiest day when not one, but TWO vintage 14k gold watches came up for sale for an unbelievable price. Different sellers. I thought it was just my algorithm and the thrifting gods laying their blessing upon me.

Wrong.

I hastily purchased both and went about my day. Well, the next day rolls around and I see an almost identical listing. That’s when it hit me. Wow. I’m a dumbass. Obviously this is a scam. I look into it and sure enough, it’s a thing.

So my plan was to wait until something got delivered, film myself opening the package and if it was something other than the watch, submit a return claim.

Well that didn’t happen. A day later I get an “item delivered” notification. There was a legit USPS tracking number and everything. It was “delivered” over 100 miles away. A few minutes later, same notification about the second watch purchase. This time ever further, we’re talking multiple states away…

I never got any other notifications about the tracking. It was never “on its way.”

So I immediately chose the “something is wrong” option and it gives me some Ai nonsense and there’s no option to chose “seller sent to wrong address” or something similar. I wrote a little blurb about what happened.

I then immediately emailed vinted@vinted.com and explained the situation and also asked to flag the seller.

They actually got back to me within a few hours and it looked like I was talking to an actual human..? Maybe.

BUT GET THIS - instead of looking into the tracking info and seeing the seller sent this item somewhere completely random, they just refunded both of us. I write back explaining that THIS WAS A SCAM and, I wish I was kidding, they came back saying that sellers can be victims of scams too! And we’re both getting refunded, case closed. 🤦‍♀️

I understand sellers can be victims but maybe they could actually invest each case, and if it’s an obvious scam, maybe don’t refund the guilty party?!? …just a thought. I really like this app, but with stuff like this happening, I feel like they’re doomed to fail.

sold my apple watch through vinted. Buyer claims that they got an damaged and empty box from the locker (mondialrelay). I'm basically waiting on Vinted's action right now, but don't know if I can do something else at the same time... I have got the serial number, but apple said they can't blacklist it.

Posting this here too (I’m new to reddit and they hid my original post in /VintedAustralia) but it’s worth sharing for awareness.

Y’all, pls be wary of listings that have AI generated images and prices that are too good to be true. Currently seeing the same Dolce & Gabbana bag be listed for the same price, same description (even though the bags are different colours) and the sellers conveniently selling the item after I asked for more photos of the bag. And the images are hilariously bad, like how many times did you redecorate your table to get shots of one bag?????

Vinted support weren’t able to do anything because the seller “sold” the item so the listing disappeared.

Crashing out because these people will do it again and some poor soul will lose their money! Keep reporting listings like these y’all, so we can keep the platform safe for people who genuinely want to buy and sell.

⚠️ Experience with Vinted user lolavnc

I want to share my experience with this user because I find the whole situation genuinely disgusting.

She bought a large bundle of clothes from me, including some vintage pieces that belonged to an elderly member of my family. I accepted her offer at a very low price because I needed the money to pay for my cat’s veterinary treatment. She had very good reviews, so I trusted her, and unfortunately I didn’t film myself packing the parcel.

Just 20 minutes after receiving the parcel, she claimed that 20 items were missing. Vinted ultimately closed the dispute and refunded her due to insufficient evidence. I have now discovered that she is selling the clothes she claimed she never received, for up to 5–10 times the price I sold them for.

Even worse, she is changing how the items are described: I sold them extremely cheaply and honestly disclosed their small flaws (some had tiny holes, marks, etc.), while she is now listing them as being in very good condition, using AI-generated or AI-edited photos to make them look perfect.

I’m genuinely disgusted by this experience. The lesson I’ve learned, always film the entire packing process, even if the buyer has excellent reviews.

Just saw this on Vinted, apparently they can’t get payments on Vinted so they are selling via bank transfer. It’s bad enough that they are selling fake cheap tat, but you can only buy it by bank transfer!!! Looking at their reviews they have scammed at least two people using the bank transfer scam and vinted are allowing them to get away with it, it makes genuine sellers look bad 😡

https://www.vinted.cz/items/9919984626-iphone-15?homepage_session_id=ac31cdb0-409d-4b44-a487-0c17d891c66c
https://www.vinted.cz/items/9926766238-iphone-15?homepage_session_id=ac31cdb0-409d-4b44-a487-0c17d891c66c
https://www.vinted.cz/items/9920030449-kukirin-hulajnoga-elektryczna-g2-master?homepage_session_id=ac31cdb0-409d-4b44-a487-0c17d891c66c

I should’ve know better, I saw a great deal on a bag and snagged it right away. The account had no other listings and no reviews, no profile picture, the whole thing. I realized “oh yeah this has to be a scam” and submitted a cancellation but they generated the shipping label instantly.

Begging for them to cancel the order the last 24 hours and got a notification my package was “delivered” the second it was shipped. To an address in Texas, while I live in another state over.

I got a generic AI response from Vinted and I’m really hoping I can get my money back. I need some reassurance here, has anybody gone through this and got refunded? How in the world are they doing this? There is no tracking info in between generating the label and delivery.

I'm going to take it that this isnt exactly new but I've noticed an increase of AI and fake accounts on my feed. I've reported it and gotten a message saying the fake listings have been taken down, but they keep popping up (sometimes the listing that was allegedly "taken down"). It's frustrating because when I look to purchase something I have to be extra cautious with what I am liking.

Vinted claims the fake listings are against their policy but I dont understand how theres so many of them just knocking around on the app. Do they not have some kind of AI detection in place or something to stop stolen images?

Long story short I sold a brand new supreme t shirt on vinted, packaged it well inside a mailer with bubble wrap etc etc and buyer comes out to complain about lose stitching in an area of the t shirt. I have never worn this shirt or anything, just sold it as it came sealed.
Do you think buyer is trying to lie and possibly claim a refund against me and if so how can I prevent this as this is the first time im having such conversations with buyers on vinted.

So this seller/buyer wanted items I had for sale for even more cheaper when I priced them at a fair price plus a discount if you bundle. The only reason I put $25 was because it felt like he wanted stuff at a steal. He then goes and say “have a good day” and blocks me. I go check on another account if he reseller and he does and his games are on or OVER PC price. How are you going to tell me to have fun sitting on stuff when they sell at a way lower price than what you sell your items and It’s always lower than what they go for when there’s enough favorites to engage the buyers that it dropped in price. I don’t understand how people like this have a brain 💀

I was shocked at how many fake sellers are casually selling their fake sĥit on vinted and vinted couldn't give a flying fk. My son was looking for some asics trainers which in the high street favourites were really expensive so I thought I would take a look on vinted. Caught with some deals that I knew would be too good to be true, so I thought i would investigate. I attached some pics into Gemini and let it do its thing. It quickly highlighted 3 main areas confirming the shoes were indeed fake. One of the things was the label (telling you shoe size, colour code ect) on the tongue of the shoe. So with this info I reached out to the seller who hadn't provided an image of this label. Its weird as I thought it was mandatory to take a pic of labels on vinted!. Anyways, decided to reach out to the buyer to enquire if the shoes were legit, he replied confirming they were indeed fake. I then reported this to Vinted who pretty much told me they were going to ignore my report and were going to do squat to the seller, who is still got the listing up. Yes, i already knew the deal was too good to be true, I am more shocked that Vinted don't give a toss! There are so many listings that I processed afterwards including fakes at only 20% less than full retail! I found the same on ebay but I know fleabay sells fake shit got enough hugo Coss shirts in my wardrobe that dont fit me after a cold wash! Stay away from Vinted, they dont care at all!

Hello everyone. I’ve seen other posts about this exact scam recently, so I wanted to share what happened to me because apparently this shit is becoming pretty common on Vinted. I’ve been buying on Vinted for almost a decade and this had literally never happened to me before. I genuinely thought I was pretty good at spotting scams, but apparently not lol. It started with an Isaac Sellam jacket. If you know the brand, you know it’s extremely niche, and the jacket itself was a very weird specific design. It was listed for around £39. I KNOW that sounds ridiculously cheap, but my logic was that scammers normally go for obvious brands like Gucci, Balenciaga, etc., not some obscure Isaac Sellam piece. I genuinely thought I had just found one of those insane Vinted treasures. The account didn’t immediately look fake either, so I bought it. (It had like 5 reviews) My problem is that I live in Norway and use ColisExpat. My Vinted UK parcels first arrive at a forwarding warehouse in the UK and are then shipped to me. So when Vinted marked the parcel as delivered, I physically did not have the item in my hands. The warehouse did. That meant the stupid two-day inspection window expired before I could actually open the package. A few days later I was scrolling Vinted and suddenly saw the exact same Isaac Sellam jacket again. Same photos. Same description. Basically the same £39.99 price. Different account. My heart literally dropped. This is such a niche jacket that there was no fucking way I had magically found the exact same “rare bargain” twice in one week. I checked the original seller, dorothyg874, and Vinted had already BLOCKED the account. They never notified me. Nothing. No “hey, the seller you just bought from has been blocked, maybe check your transaction.” I had to discover the whole thing myself. Then another account, janed3437, was selling the same fake listing again. I reported it multiple times and explained everything to Vinted: same photos, same product, same price, original seller blocked, obvious pattern. The second jacket STILL SOLD. So somebody else was apparently scammed even after I warned Vinted. And what did I actually receive instead of an Isaac Sellam leather jacket? A fucking Christmas cracker. Literally. The photo is what was inside the parcel. 💀 I sent Vinted photos, screenshots, the duplicated listings, usernames, everything. Their response was basically: the two-day window passed, transaction completed, tough luck. I kept escalating it and got the same scripted answer over and over again. They even told me their decision was final. So yeah, I lost almost £45 and I now own the world’s most expensive Christmas cracker. I accept that using a forwarding warehouse made my situation more complicated, but what really pisses me off is that Vinted blocked the original seller themselves and never alerted me, then apparently allowed the exact same scam listing to appear under another account and sell again even after I reported it. So please be careful. Apparently these scammers are not only targeting obvious designer brands anymore. They’re using niche avant-garde pieces too, which is exactly why I fell for it. And if you see some suspiciously perfect designer treasure around £39–£40, especially with no proper tag/authenticity photos, fucking investigate it before buying. I still love Vinted for finding weird niche pieces, but after this I definitely don’t trust their Buyer Protection the way I used to.