u/Inside-Apartment-712

I sold a pair of £50 designer sunglasses a month ago in pristine condition. Packaged really well and no way any damage in transit could’ve happened. I thought the buyer was unusual from the moment they ordered the item - it was a male account and their listings were of £500+ tech items and they bought a women’s pair of sunglasses.

When the item arrived the buyer claimed they had an issue and uploaded photos of the sunglasses with smudges on the lenses. This was not there pre-shipping, I even had photos to prove it. Vinted took a month to withhold my money and review the case and my photos before finally deciding to side with the buyer.

They want me to initiate a return and refund me when I receive the item. I’m worried that the item I receive will be damaged due to the buyer or maybe won’t even be the same pair of sunglasses. And I’m worried if I open a case Vinted won’t side with me and I’ll lose my money.

What do I do?

Hi everyone, I’m looking for some insight from anyone who has been in a similar situation or dealt with early treatment cessation.

Background and skin history: suffered from moderate/pustular acne from 14-20 (mostly forehead, later spread to cheeks with minor shallow scarring) - Started Accutane via NHS Nov 2025. Was on 20mg first month and 40mg second. On month 2 I experienced bad eye dryness (gritty feeling and hard to keep eyes open) despite preventative warm compresses, eye drops and omega 3.

I decided to stop treatment at the end of the second month due to my eye symptoms which I was really upset about.

Current situation: My skin cleared up shortly after stopping and has stayed surprisingly clear for the past 8 months and still doing really good. I get the occasional pimple but no minor breakouts. My oiliness and blackheads have returned a bit but my acne is pretty much gone.

As for my eyes they are still definitely a bit dry but so much better than when on treatment and I’m not really needing to use drops anymore. They still feel somewhat sensitive and light-sensitive but I can live with that.

The problem is because I only did a short course, I know my acne could return. My NHS derm left my file open for a year incase I wanted to restart but my slot expires at the end of this year. If I don’t restart soon, I’ll be discharged back to my GP and have to go through the long waiting list again if my acne returns.

My concerns are - if I don’t restart, I’m terrified my acne will return bad because I didn’t reach my target dose and I’ll regret losing my chance. But if I do restart I’m scared of re-triggering severe long-term dry eye issues and other side effects even if my slim is doing good. My confidence has been so high lately because my skin has been clear and I don’t want my acne to return and take this away again.

Has anyone else stopped Accutane very early and stayed clear long term? Or has anyone restarted after stopping for dry eye, and did your eyes tolerate it?

Thank you.

Every time I do a lesson on Duolingo daily, a couple hours or minutes later it will say I haven’t and that I need to do another lesson to maintain my streak? I have no idea why as my streak goes up then goes back to saying I haven’t done a lesson and idk how to fix this. My streak is over 4 years so would hate to lose it because of this.

Hi everyone, sorry for the multiple posts about this but I’m really struggling with what to do about heating for my ball python’s enclosure and any advice would be much appreciated!

He currently has a single ceramic heat bulb and a thermostat (it’s an on and off one which I know isn’t ideal and I will be replacing it as it isn’t giving him a proper heat gradient on each side). I was thinking of just replacing his ceramic heat bulb for an Arcadia DHP 80W heat bulb and then just replacing my thermostat for a better one (a dimming one).

I’ve seen a lot of people saying that if you have a DHP or any ceramic heater, you should also get a halogen bulb and put it next to it and use it for daytime heating and then the DHP just for night time heating. It’s confusing me quite a bit because everyone recommends different levels of halogen and I’m just not sure if it’s necessary since a DHP bulb would still be efficient.

Do I need a halogen bulb if I’m upgrading to a 80W DHP and better dimming thermostat? I will also mention I plan on getting a ubv light strip and putting that on the hot side near his heat source too.

So do I still need a halogen bulb or not? I know if I had a halogen and DPH I would need a dual thermostat and those are very pricey so I am hesitant. Thank you, I would really appreciate any help right now as I need to upgrade his equipment asap!

I have a ceramic bulb right now but it’s not the best and looking to upgrade. I don’t have 2 lamps (as in one for basking and another heat lamp), I just use one which is all I can afford at the moment but I will look into getting 2 in future.

Which heat lamp do I get? Is the Arcadia deep heat projector 50W good or do I need a more powerful one? I’m also planning on getting the HabiStat Digital Dimming Thermostat (Day/Night + Timer) but wanted to hear people’s opinions before doing so. Thank you

I’ve had a few people from Australia liking my items and sending me offers. I’m not sure what the shipping process is like or if it is a lot of hassle as I’ve never shipped internationally so should I avoid selling to people from Australia? Or would most people from UK still do it? I’m worried if they buy I’ll have to cancel the order and don’t want any negative automated reviews. Help please!

My dad is building my pvc viperia enclosure for me. He’s already screwing stuff in and I told him we need to seal it before as I just watched a video on it. He is refusing to do this and says it’s fine without it. Is it okay if I don’t seal it and just screw together?

In the UK there is another heatwave at the moment, and on Friday it will be around 35 degrees. My friend texted me earlier wanting me to go to a day party with her the same day from 4-8pm. I hate the heat and the last thing I wanna be doing in a bad heatwave is going out and dancing and drinking. The day party has music which I don’t really listen to or enjoy so I wouldn’t have much fun anyways.

I told her no and that I don’t want to go out in the heatwave. She is not taking no for an answer and keeps saying things like “nooo you’re coming” and “you will be fine”. She does this every time I refuse to hang out and it’s exhausting. If I say no even over three times she makes me feel guilty and spams my phone telling me that I’m coming with her.

She does this all the time and the truth is sometimes I just don’t enjoy hanging out with her or enjoy doing the things she wants to do. We are different people and although she’s nice she just doesn’t get that and always begs me to hang out with her. I feel guilty for saying no sometimes because I feel like it makes me a bad friend and a lot of people would say yes.

My ex of almost 3 years broke up with me over a year ago. It’s been so weird without him and I’ve gotten a bit better but I’m still not over him, I don’t think I ever will be or want to either. Over the past year, I’ve not really been certain about his dating life. I’d go through his social media and his following and was sure I found a girl who could be his new gf based on specific things but I think I got it all wrong and was just making up scenarios in my head.

I also found peace in not knowing for sure what he was doing or who he was talking to. I never asked about him to his friends and it was nice hoping there was the possibility he was still single after all this time and would eventually come back to me.

Actually, a year ago today (6 months after the breakup) he reached out to me with a breadcrumb. I was beyond happy he reached out and replied the next day. He left me on delivered for a month. And then the next month he replied with another breadcrumb and I made the hard decision to leave it on delivered. He never reached out again but up until now I had hope he would again with something more meaningful.

A month ago, I noticed a girl who didn’t follow me in my story viewers. I viewed her profile and saw she had mutual friends with my exes friends and followed my ex. I didn’t think too much of it since my ex follows lots of girls. But today I think I’ve confirmed that this is his new girlfriend and I feel awful about it. His sister also recently followed her which probably means he’s introduced her to his family, and she also recently followed his band account.

Her account is private and I don’t know what she looks like but I’m still spiralling. I wonder if he’s had girlfriends previous to her (since he seemed eager to move on after the breakup) or if this is the first one. It makes me ill thinking about it and I keep wondering why he never came back to me after everything we went through. I haven’t seen anyone at all since the breakup and don’t really have any strong desire to. Now that I’ve confirmed that this is likely his new girlfriend I’m going to spiral and try and find out everything about her I can and I hate it. I liked not knowing who he was dating and if he was single and still secretly wanting me back. I really thought there was hope he’d reach out again and now I feel stupid. I keep wondering what his intentions were reaching out like that and why he couldn’t have said more.