This year, the author achieved a Christmas miracle by raising enough money to cover their holiday expenses through selling second-hand items on Vinted. The article highlights the popularity and affordability of the Vinted platform while acknowledging the low prices sellers sometimes receive.
I’ve achieved something of a Christmas miracle (Picture: Rosy Edwards) ‘And a Paw Patrol car, and a Spiderman toy, and a dinosaur thing…’ My three-year-old pointed indiscriminately as we passed the supermarket toys. Usually, I’d be shallow breathing by this point. Whether you’re gift-buying for hordes of relatives or just shelling out for festive drinks, Christmas can get expensive. Yet this year, I’ve achieved something of a Christmas miracle: I’ve paid for it, already, by selling on Vinted.
I’ve so far raised £484 (thank you, Kind Lady, who paid £4 for my unused ironing board cover) and as a family, we’ll hit our target of £500 well before Christmas Eve. For the uninitiated: Vinted is a second-hand buying and selling platform. It launched in the UK in 2014 but its popularity exploded after the app sponsored Hollyoaks in 2021. In 2023, it was downloaded 8.9m times in the UK alone. I’ve parted with the wardrobe of my twenties (Picture: Rosy Edwards) Users take photos of their unwanted item(s), upload to the app, add some details about size and condition then wait for someone to buy it. And someone usually does. Clothes, toys, small electronics… if you can wrap it in a Sainsbury’s bag and pop it in an automated post-box, you can sell it on Vinted. The app’s premise of ‘reduce, recycle and reuse’ has been a boon for the green economy, and Vinted’s ubiquity has removed any remaining stigma from buying second-hand. For sellers, the downside is that prices can be really low – it’s not unusual to list items for £1, £5, £7. It can be demoralising tripping along to an Evri outpost in the dark with an armful of parcels for a total of £11. For buyers, however, the upside is that prices can be really low. My husband was initially sniffy (Picture: Rosy Edwards) I started using Vinted in earnest this year to buy my three-year-old clothes. My husband was initially sniff
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