I lost my favourite jacket on a night out so bought a replacement on Vinted – I was stunned when I looked in the pockets
A VINTED buyer has revealed she got more than she bargained for after snapping up a second-hand jacket.
Shopper Lou was gutted after losing her favourite coat on a night out.
Reluctant to cope without it, she decided to look on the marketplace app for a replacement.
And she was delighted to find a seller flogging the exact same one in her size.
But her 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 driving licence in the pocket!
“So I’d bought my own jacket. Honestly so nuts!”
She added: “She said she’d bought it in a charity shop but I lost it on a night out….Then she blocked me.”
Second-hand selling sites and apps have boomed in popularity as Brits look to make a bit of extra cash amid the cost of living crisis.
And it turns out Lou isn’t the only one to experience a chancer seller as a result.
After hearing about her experience, someone else exclaimed: “Oh my God! this literally happened to me in Edinburgh on my birthday!
“I bought it back off Ebay from someone in Germany who bought it off a girl in Edinburgh.. arrived back to me with the exact same tear on the back!
“I asked the seller the girls name who sold it and it was someone I worked with in the bar/club it went awol in.”
Other fashion fans have been left outraged on behalf of the duped buyers.
“Noooooo this blew my mind”, exclaimed one.
A second echoed: “This is absolutely wild.”
A third fumed: “Nah imagine trying to steal someone’s jacket seen it all now.”
“Nahhh I’m raging for you”, insisted a fourth.
Meanwhile, a fifth said: “The audacity of some people.”
But if this hasn’t put you off using Vinted – disclaimer, it shouldn’t -then a selling whizz has revealed the four fail safe hashtags that she uses to flog old clothes.
If you’re serious about making dough quick, just uploading an item and closing the app won’t always do the trick.
Do you need to pay tax on items sold on Vinted?
QUICK facts on tax from the team at Vinted...
- The only time that an item might be taxable is if it sells for more than £6,000 and there is profit (sells for more than you paid for it). Even then, you can use your capital gains tax-free allowance of £3,000 to offset it.
- Generally, only business sellers trading for profit (buying goods with the purpose of selling for more than they paid for them) might need to pay tax. Business sellers who trade for profit can use a tax-free allowance of £1,000, 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 last year.
And while hashtags aren’t an essential part of selling on Vinted, one second-hand fan thinks they’re key.
She shared her thoughts on Vinted’s official TikTok account.
“Making money on Vinted by selling my mum’s old clothes with #Y2K, #rare, #90s, #vintage in the caption so the girlies will buy it,” she penned over a video of herself.
The hashtags are all buzzwords in fashion trends right now.