▲ 8 r/vinted
Vinted permanently banned my account over 3 Littlest Pet Shop figures
Hey everyone, I need to vent because what Vinted is doing right now is an absolute joke. Their moderation algorithms have gone completely rogue.
I got permanently banned on my personal account. My crime? Listing 3 used Littlest Pet Shop figures from my old childhood collection. No original packaging, no duplicates—just 3 loose toys. Their algorithm flagged it as "commercial trading."
I’ve appealed three times now.
Every single time, I hit a brick wall of automated bots—in the app, via support emails, and even when reaching out directly to their Data Protection Officer (DPO). Zero human interaction. Just the same copy-pasted boilerplate responses before the ticket gets instantly closed.
I refused to take this lying down, so I decided to hit them where it hurts using EU consumer laws and regulations:
Formal GDPR Complaint to the Lithuanian DPA (VDAI): Since Vinted is based in Lithuania, I filed an official complaint in English specifically calling them out on Article 22 (your right not to be subjected to purely automated decision-making without human review) and Article 15 (data access).
DSA Out-of-Court Dispute Settlement: Escalated the platform ban to a certified dispute resolution body under the new EU Digital Services Act (DSA).
European Consumer Centre (ECC): Opened a cross-border consumer dispute case against Vinted UAB.
I attached full documentation to everything: chat logs, ignored email threads, timestamped receipts, and proof that a human hasn't looked at my case once.
Has anyone here actually managed to beat their bots when dealing with an unfair ban? Is there any other legal angle, niche regulator, or consumer watchdog I should be dragging them to?
I’m absolutely not letting this go - being falsely accused of "unauthorized commercial trading" and stone-walled by scripts is absurd. I'm from Poland.
u/nekolevi98 — 25 days ago
Juicy Couture bag
Could you guys help me... she’s authentic or not?
u/nekolevi98 — 1 month ago
▲ 48 r/OlympusCamera
Absolute insanity today. Found this Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark II sitting in a local pawn shop for 1300 PLN (~300€).
The body looked suspiciously clean, like it never left the box, so I took a gamble and bought it.
Got home, did the secret menu "handshake" to check the shutter count and... 1,730 clicks. 1.7k! It’s basically a brand new camera from 2015. Nice shot.
P.S. In Poland, this was one of the lowest prices available, especially considering I wanted a mint unit with low shutter count. Ordering from eBay (especially from the US i UK) is a unprofitable here – once you add shipping, taxes, and customs fees, a "cheap" eBay find easily jumps to 450€ or more. In Poland, for some reason, these cameras are quite expensive.
u/nekolevi98 — 4 months ago