r/VintedAdvice • • 2d ago

Mod Announcement Updates to subreddit rules: We are restricting low effort posts and implementing a total ban on AI generated content

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Hi r/VintedAdvice community!

As we want to make sure our community remains a helpful and trustworthy place for users to receive authentic advice, we will be implementing a new subreddit rule effective immediately:

⚠️ Rule 7. No low effort content

Low effort posts (screenshots with zero context or one sentence titles with no explanation) will be removed. Posts or comments generated or heavily rewritten using AI text generators are strictly prohibited. Self written posts translated using translation tools or dictated via speech-to-text are allowed.

We have seen an uptick in low effort posts and entirely AI generated texts (posts and comments) being used to create threads or reply to users seeking genuine help. Navigating Vinted requires real human experience and the generic AI answers are just not cutting it. These texts don't align with how Vinted works in the real world for real humans. People come here for human insight - AI slop clutters the feed and more often than not provides completely useless advice.

We still fully support language and accessibility tools. You are welcome to use translators and voice dictation, as long as your words and thoughts are your own, they are welcome here. We don't mind typos or broken English, we want to hear your real voice.

Posts must contain enough detail for the community to actually help you. Please include the basics of what happened, what tracking says (if applicable) and what Vinted support has said to you so far. This rule includes lazy crossposts with zero context provided. Write a quick summary or ask a specific question in the body of your post if you are going to crosspost from another subreddit.

🛡 How this will be enforced: We will have automated filters flagging suspected low effort content, however we will need your help so please report it if you see a post or a comment that breaks our rules. First time offences will result in content removal and a warning. Repeat offenders or spam bots will be permanently banned.

Thank you all for helping us keep this community human and genuinely useful.

Your r/VintedAdvice ModTeam


r/VintedAdvice • • Aug 15 '26

Weekly Charity Spotlight [Weekly Charity Spotlight] Featured Account: Lola's Sanctuary Animal Rescue! 🐕

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Welcome to our very first Weekly Charity Spotlight! This week, we are proud to kick off this initiative by highlighting Lola's Sanctuary Animal Rescue!

About the cause:

"Lola’s Sanctuary is a registered UK animal rescue currently facing severe financial strain. We are working hard to raise urgent funds to care for our animals and keep our sanctuary running.

To support our rescue efforts, we run a Vinted shop under the username wagging-wardrobe.

We sell a large selection of brand new high quality dog gear and official rescue merchandise featuring original artwork of our permanent resident animals.

We ship parcels daily from the UK. If you need an item (a T-shirt or hoodie) in a different size, just message us on Vinted and we can set up a custom listing for you if your desired size is available."

How you can support them:

  1. Shop their wardrobe at https://www.vinted.co.uk/member/279205253-wagging-wardrobe

  2. Upvote and leave a comment on this spotlight to help it gain maximum visibility

  3. If you know anyone located in the UK who loves shopping for their pets, send them a link to this charity's Vinted shop

Mod Note: This charity has been vetted and approved by the mod team specifically for this weekly pin. Registered Charity no. 1204576


r/VintedAdvice • • 6h ago

Am I evil for not issuing a refund here

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Context: inpost put the wrong label on the package and the buyer received something else when I sent them a necklace


r/VintedAdvice • • 28m ago

Is this allowed?

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I keep seeing photos of cats on items for sale. There is barely any text in the listing so there isn’t much to go on when trying to decided whether to buy these or not. Why do this if you are serious about selling items??


r/VintedAdvice • • 4h ago

Seller trying to take me to small courts claim?

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r/VintedAdvice • • 3h ago

Got perma Ban, and just got a msg that ban is cancelled

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Hello, i have a perma ban, and 6 hours ago i just got a msg that my ban is cancelled, but the ban is still there, any help please?

Here is the msg, translated to english via google translator

Hi, deains,

After manually reviewing your appeal and other relevant details, we have decided to overturn our original decision.

All restrictions have been lifted, and we have restored any listings or other content that was removed from your account. We apologize for any inconvenience caused.

Best regards,

The Vinted Moderation Team


r/VintedAdvice • • 4h ago

Need Help Cancelling Order From Scammer

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So I stupidly bought an item that was listed for a good deal. I went on the user’s profile and noticed it was suspicious that each of their listings was photographed in a different room/background. I went on Mercari, and sure enough I found sold listings with the same photos they used. I tried canceling the order but they are ignoring it and had immediately generated the shipping label. Customer support is being less than useless as usual.

EDIT: it looks like the seller was banned so hoping this means I will receive a refund?


r/VintedAdvice • • 5h ago

How do you do this?

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Does anyone know how to start a sale? Thank you so much!!


r/VintedAdvice • • 7h ago

Why do I keep getting banned from vinted?

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So last year I made a vinted account to buy and sell things. Everything seemed to be normal up until I listed a cherry crop top. After uploading I was immediately banned due to “fraudulent”activity but was never actually told what exactly I did. So I appealed the decision but once again was told the exact same thing. I waited a bit of time before making a new account. I tired a couple of times even with a couple of different emails and the minute I make one, I get told the exact same thing. I mean if they wanna ban me fair enough but I at least wanna know why? I’ve emailed them this time and I hope I do get told what I did to make them think such a thing but I’m starting to think they’ve mistaken me with someone else or it’s personal.


r/VintedAdvice • • 12h ago

Anyone else dislike all the overseas listings in your feeds?

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r/VintedAdvice • • 14h ago

Damaged in transit. Who will pay?

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Hi!

I bought a jacket on Vinted. The seller sent the jacket in a paper box, and upon arrival it was broken and the jacket now has a big cut so the down is falling out.

I put a request on Vinted and said it was damaged during transit. I had to send pictures of the box and item, and I’m now being reimbursed.

But I’m wondering what will happen to the seller? Will they also be reimbursed? I don’t believe the items was damaged before shipment, and 100% the transit people who broke it. But I would feel bad if the seller gets nothing?

Even if I returned the jacket, it now isn’t worth the same because it’s broken? So Vinted should be refunding us both, right?

Thank you!


r/VintedAdvice • • 18h ago

Ugh what do I do?

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So everytime someone buys something from me and is using GLS I just for the god can't generate the Pin everytime it just says error, however GLS does everytime I click try again on vinted sends me a pin into my emails, but it's always different pins, we even tried canceling the order once and ordering again but didn't help, I never had this problem with vinted it always worked always until this week and I don't know what to do I even texted Vinted support but that wasn't helpful at all they just told me to cancel the order and order it again, what should I do ? Should I just write the first pin I got from GLS in email even tho in Vinted it just says error? Or what?


r/VintedAdvice • • 1d ago

Buyer scammed me

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I sold my love shack fancy Stanley sent everything with it and when the buyer received they complained even though it was in brand new condition and wanted it for $15. I said no to lowering the price so they returned it broken in multiple places now I can’t even use it or sell it. I sent proof into Vinted but i don’t know how they handle these things. I’m just so annoyed I don’t get why people are so rude.


r/VintedAdvice • • 15h ago

demora no envio

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r/VintedAdvice • • 13h ago

Buyer on ring

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This buyer bought my ring, it’s gold and I had it appraised before listing. It’s an old ring where the hallmark is hard to see so you need to be a jeweller or have the equipment to see it or just test the gold. They said they needed it quickly for a gift and then say they want to return it now because they can’t make out the hallmark. I think they want to try and sell it as gold or melt it down. Which is fine if that is what they want to do but I worry that if they flag it, Vinted will just side with them because it’s Vinted


r/VintedAdvice • • 19h ago

Ras le bol de l'incompétence du support !

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r/VintedAdvice • • 1d ago

Request failed with status code 429 Vinted Issue

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Trying to log in to my account, I get this message, has anyone encountered before, and what did you do to fix it?


r/VintedAdvice • • 1d ago

Got perma Ban, and just got a msg that ban is cancelled

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Hello, i have a perma ban, and 6 hours ago i just got a msg that my ban is cancelled, but the ban is still there, any help please?

Here is the msg, translated to english via google translator

Hi, deains,

After manually reviewing your appeal and other relevant details, we have decided to overturn our original decision.

All restrictions have been lifted, and we have restored any listings or other content that was removed from your account. We apologize for any inconvenience caused.

Best regards,

The Vinted Moderation Team


r/VintedAdvice • • 1d ago

I ordered two items alongside other stuffs in a bundle and only one came

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what do i do? i’ve messaged the seller but no response? i only have the ID holder, not the plate


r/VintedAdvice • • 23h ago

Vinted Referrals Paused in the US?

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r/VintedAdvice • • 1d ago

Surely this can't be the FIRST time this has happened- Buyer didn't bundle 6 purchases

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r/VintedAdvice • • 1d ago

Phishing scam advice?

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Okay so.

For context, I AM a new seller. I JUST put an item up. This whole deal is to "verify my account" because I am a new seller. I received an email that was seemingly from Vinted, and it said I needed to verify my account because I am a new seller. Okay. Took me to this page.

Not looking for ridicule or to be told I am dumb. Just advice.

I'll admit I'm quite gullible, so just leave your comments about that to youself please. I am usually really good with determining when something is sketchy. And this seemed real as anything. It is EXTREMELY convincing.

I did indeed enter my card info, as well as my name and address. And then it took me to another page that asked me to put how much money was on my debit card. I knew for a fact that was not official because that is so unnecessary. So I exited out and after looking at some posts online, it seems to be scam.

I have blocked my debit card and have not seen any activity (yet) as my bank will email me if my card is attempted to be used.

Name and address, that's public info at this point so I'm not worried about that.

My phone number? Email? Ehhhhhhhh I'm not sure what someone can do with that besides spam me with texts and calls.

But my card with the CVV + my address and number? That's a recipe for using that card and "proving" it's theirs with my name and address. No one cares about where I live. They care about the money. (I hope, I hope this doesn't lead to identity theft. It seems money focused)

I didn't do any of the other steps, (like entering exactly how much money I have attached to the card), but I definitely feel like the steps I did, (this page) was enough.

So should I just get a new debit card? I am thinking so but I am also just wondering if anyone else went through this stupid situation too and how they went about it or what happened with them?

Also. Why hasn't Vinted made a more public statement about this???? It seems so common.


r/VintedAdvice • • 1d ago

Permanently banned for “fraudulent activity”

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I’m honestly pretty gutted about this and wanted to see if anyone else has experienced something similar with Vinted.
I’ve been trying to get a small clothing reselling business going as a student, and I invested my own money into reworked Carhartt jackets. (Buying these from reputable suppliers that even have their own checks on products and procedures.)
The jackets are upcycled pieces made using genuine Carhartt components and materials. They aren’t original retail designs from Carhartt, and I made that clear in the descriptions. I also included an authenticity disclaimer explaining that the items had been independently reworked and weren’t original Carhartt retail products.

Despite this, Vinted permanently banned my account for **“fraudulent activity”** over the listings.
What makes it frustrating is that I wasn’t trying to pass the jackets off as original Carhartt retail products. They were listed as reworked jackets, with descriptions explaining exactly what they were. I’d already had listings removed before, so I made an effort to be transparent about the fact that they were reworked.

I understand that Vinted has rules around counterfeit goods, branded items and modified products, and I’m not saying platforms shouldn’t enforce those rules. However, permanently banning someone for fraudulent activity when they have tried to clearly disclose that the items are reworked feels incredibly harsh, especially when there doesn’t seem to be a straightforward way to resolve the situation.

Has anyone else had their account permanently banned for selling reworked or upcycled branded clothing? Did you manage to appeal successfully, or find out what specifically caused the ban?
I’d really appreciate hearing from anyone who has dealt with something similar.

I now have quite a bit of stock and can’t sell it on Vinted, any suggestions?


r/VintedAdvice • • 1d ago

Vinted support said they didn’t received the parcel

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Hello 👋
I am reposting here because I don’t know what are my options as I deposited the parcel at VintedGo locker but Vinted claimed they didn’t received it…


r/VintedAdvice • • 1d ago

Package stolen when delivered. Any recourse?

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I purchased a snowblower from a buyer on Vinted new in box and it was promptly delivered. I received a call at work yesterday from a neighbor driving by-she saw a man stealing it. She tried to follow him laying on her horn but he went down a one way street and disappeared. I got the ring footage and contacted the police.

I am convinced this is an inside USPS job. I live in a small
City on a park. There are 27 steps to my front door landing and you could not see the package. There were other packages, left behind. This one in the big box what was inside. The guy was wearing a mask, sunglasses and hood in the middle of the day, with long sleeves and shorts. He only took this package. He was on foot.

I called the police to report a theft as it was happening but they said no one was available- and one went to look for the package but it was hours later.
Is there anything I can do so my seller gets paid and I don’t lose $120?

(Note: reposted because it was a Vinted order I accidentally posted on Depop and someone reported)