A VINTED shopper has revealed she got more than she bargained for after purchasing a second-hand jacket.
Shopper Lou was left devastated after losing her favorite coat on a night out.
Reluctant to live without it, she decided to look for a replacement on the Marketplace app.
And she was delighted to find a seller flogging exactly her size.
But his happiness quickly turned to fury when the item arrived.
Writing on social media, Lou said: “I went on Vinted and bought another because I loved the jacket.
“When I received it, it had my driver’s license in its pocket!
“So I bought my own jacket. Honestly, that’s crazy!”
She added: “She said she bought it in a charity shop but I lost it on a night out… So she blocked me.”
Second-hand selling websites and apps have grown in popularity as Brits look to earn a little extra cash amid the cost of living crisis.
And it turns out Lou isn’t the only one to experience casual salesmanship as a result.
After hearing about her experience, another person exclaimed, “Oh my God! this literally happened to me in Edinburgh on my birthday!
“I bought it on Ebay from someone in Germany who bought it from a girl in Edinburgh.. came back to me with exactly the same tear on the back!
“I asked the seller the name of the girl who sold it and it was someone I worked with at the bar/club where it went wrong.”
Other fashion fans were outraged on behalf of the duped shoppers.
“Nooooo, that surprised me,” exclaimed one.
A second echoed: “This is absolutely wild.”
A third fumed: “No, imagine trying to steal someone’s jacket, I’ve seen it all now.”
“Nahhh, I’m mad for you,” insisted a fourth.
Meanwhile, a fifth said: “The audacity of some people.”
But if that hasn’t stopped you from using Vinted – disclaimer, it shouldn’t – then a sales genius has revealed the four fail-safe hashtags she uses to flog old clothes.
If you’re serious about making some quick cash, just sending an item and closing the app won’t always do the trick.
Do you need to pay taxes on items sold on Vinted?
QUICK tax facts from the Vinted team…
- The only time an item may be taxable is if it sells for more than £6,000 and makes a profit (sold for more than you paid for it). You can still use your £3,000 capital gains tax-free allowance to offset it.
- Generally, only commercial sellers who trade for profit (buy goods with the aim of selling them for more than they paid for them) may have to pay tax. Business sellers trading for profit can use a £1,000 tax break, which has been in place since 2017.
- More information here: vinted.co.uk/no-changes-to-taxes
In fact, coveted sellers have been deciphering the best ways to attract more buyers over the past year.
And while hashtags aren’t an essential part of sales on Vinted, one second-hand fan thinks they are key.
She shared her thoughts on Vinted’s official TikTok account.
“Making money on Vinted selling my mom’s old clothes with #Y2K, #rare, #90s, #vintage in the caption so girls can buy them,” she wrote in a video of herself.
Hashtags are buzzwords in fashion trends these days.
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