Why germans don’t trust vinted ?

8 comments

1. possibly just to avoid transaction fees / reports to tax authority…

2. Either scammers dont want to use it obviously but the same goes the other way, enough people use these systems and then report not delivered or broken goods and force a refund. Systems protecting the customers gets abused by customers to scam sellers….

3. this is a scammer and not “germans”

4. Everything I’ve ever bought from Vinted in Germany has been done outside the Vinted system, totally normal in my expeirence. I wouldn’t buy anything expensive outside of the system but for cheap stuff the risk isn’t really an issue for me.

5. You can avoid fees by just using paypal and most of the time it works. I have done this a dozen of times and I have not been scammed. In addition many people don’t always have the time to send shippings (maybe they are on vacation or smth). If someone just buys through the Vinted payment system, they are obliged to ship within a few days, otherwise their rating will drop. Hope that explains.

6. A lot of people came from Kleiderkreisel (German platform that then was merged into vinted) to vinted in German and are used to having just private interactions on Kleiderkreisel/Kleinanzeigen.

   So it was normal for us. On the other hand using the system often leads to problems, for example:

   – you are answering somebody’s questions about a product or are bargaining with them, when somebody just suddenly hits the “buy”-button without communicating with you in any way – under the old Kleiderkreisel-Etiquette you then have to inform them that somebody else was interested before them and cancel the transaction and get an automatic negative review

   – people chose packages with delivery methods that don’t fit you or postal package prices that in reality are undoable

   – when people ask about buying something, seller can explain that yes, but they can only send in a week for example – if bought over system there is often no interpersonal connection and structures deadlines

   – a lot of people just didn’t want these platforms to become commercial

   I think there are many more reasons, but buying outside the system or at least asking first, if it is okay to buy through the system is still very common in Germany

7. These are often not private individuals but people who sell second-hand clothes as a business. In any case, they are trying to avoid fees & taxes. Online equivalent of restaurants who only accept cash. I always refuse this because as a customer I explicitly want the “Käuferschutz” and am not willing to bear the risk. These sellers should be reported to Vinted in my opinion.

8. I do it like this seller. Too many scams by buyers. Received a return package with scrap metal once and was forced to reimburse. 

Comments are closed.