u/tripleavocadotoast

So someone from Australia really wants a pair of shoes I’ve listed. It’s one of those listings that has so many likes, but no one’s bought it. It’s a pretty pricy listing, but I do want to sell it asap as I’m decluttering.

Theres a little disclaimer (‘price may change slightly based on the exchange rate’) so I’m not sure whether that means I’ll potentially get paid differently than what the buyer is offering in GBP. Is there any other thing I should consider when selling to someone outside of the uk?

Thanks a ton! I’m not used to this

This has been in my mind for so long.
Owners have to STOP saying that their dog is perfect / so chill when they have specific triggers. It dosent matter if it’s not or small… just PLEASE mention it!! This happens so much, some including: hates men, hates x type of dogs, will try to run off if it smells food, hates children (this was bad).

My latest one: had a meet and greet with a small dog and owner, and he seemed sweet- only warning she gave was that he stays on the leash, but loves people and other dogs! I always make sure to ask about the dog’s behaviour towards different surroundings etc.

Anyway during the day care… he got barky / snarling at random people. We’re talking lunging and gurgling. Honestly I was so taken back. I messaged the owner about this at the beginning of our walk and she didn’t reply for hours. I decide to stay clear of people just incase, but this dog tried to lunge at a dude like 5m away. And then towards the end- we were sitting in the park and he got extra gurgly when another dude is just walking on the path where we were sat. I acted out of reaction and tried to hold him back by his chest (although he was leashed), and he nipped at me- there’s was abit of blood but nothing major. At this point Im bamboozled by his behaviour and took him home, where he was actually sweet for the most of it. Except he started to resource guard a shoe that my flatmate needed to wear out. I think he would’ve bit one of us if we tried to get it back.

The owner only replies when she’s on her way to pick him up, and said ‘he doesn’t really do that, that’s very strange’. I explained in every detail when she came, and her stance changed- she was like ahh he gets ‘protective’ (her words) when ‘some people’ who: walk at a certain distance, walk by when we’re seated, or come around the corner. She’s kind of being vague about ‘some people’ and then she giggles (??) and asks me: oh were they black? And actually- most of them were, since we live in an area with large black population. She drops a further bombshell by saying he often gets angry towards men especially 😭

I am so annoyed that the owner didn’t mention these at all during the meet and greet, this is wild to me!! And the fact that she messaged obliviously confuses me so much. This isn’t fair for the sake of both the dog AND the sitter’s safety!! I don’t know what to do because the owner was really sweet other than this, but the way she handled this and kind of laughed about it is getting on my nerves. This was her first time having a dog sitter and she said she was so pleased with how it went, and messaged me to enquire about further dates. I don’t know what to do!

But yeah- this is a rant… that also turned into a question at the end. Any advice / similar stories welcome! This seems to happen so much.

Hey-

So I have a couple of owners who still insist on walks at hot weathers (30+). I’ve tried to politely ask them to swap to a check in / cancel, but they always say something along the lines of: oh he’s fine, just stay in the shade. I did carried on normally last year and remember getting really upset when one told me that their dog should be walked at 34 degrees.

This year I really want to put my foot down. There’s one dog I walk everyday, and he’s super high energy. He’s already panting so much at 27 degrees- I mentioned it to the owners and they told me to wet his hair and take a slow walk in the shade. But in all honesty- prolonged amount of time in the sun isn’t fun for me either.

My worry is that the owners might think: are you telling me how to take care of MY dog? Kind of my vibe.

I would really love some advice. I think there’s a lot of US based users here, and I just wanted to point out that 30 degrees in London is very unpleasant, and generally it’s discouraged to take your dog out. I’ve met so many owners recently who were talking about their hot weather logistics (early hour/ evening walks).

Any insight would be great. Thank you!

Hey all!

Usually I give a seller / buyer five stars for most occasions. I’ve only even given less than that, when a new condition jumper came in a less than satisfactory condition.

I recently sold a top. It was already £7 but I took a maximum discount offer from a buyer as I just wanted it gone. She then tried to further discount by £1, I declined.
Right after purchase (10.30pm) she asked if the item could be posted asap- she messaged again next day noon saying she’d like it before her holiday. Our local post office wasn’t working (I tired to post morning after)so I said realistically I can only post in about 3 days, maybe 2 but I have a late shift that day. She asked if it could be posted in two days is possible.
It took me three days and I apologies for it- honestly with the work trip, I had no time. She left me on read which is fine? But maybe she was pissed off as she’d reply within minutes before.

I was wondering how honest you guys are with reviews when it comes to buyers. To be honest she was polite through it, but I despise it when people ask multiple times to be posted by x date after purchase- let alone trying to discount further a heavily discounted, already cheap item.
Thanks!

Hey all,

Ive been walking this dog week everyday for the last 1/2 year.
He’s a cockapoo. He’s really intense in many sense and pretty untrained despite being smart. He can be super vocal, and will scream / shrill and bark frantically when theres a ball involved… he really overworks himself and almost starts hyperventilating. It’s really strange and we get a lot of stares from people. For this reason I just strictly do walks with him now, and he’s actually mostly fine without an object of obsession.

The owners keep asking me to pick him up from the groomers and walk to theirs- our walks are 30 mins, and on google maps the walk should take 26 mins. However- this dog absolutely LOSES it after getting groomed. I can always hear he’s been crying from the moment I walk in (the groomer today was literally like: yeah he’s very vocal…every time), and it’s almost like a scream? He sounds like he’s shouting and whining at you at the same time. On our way home, he is really restless and exhibits intensified behaviours (trying to jump on other dogs and myself restless steps / eyes and high alert). The main thing is that he continuously tries to rub himself against me, whilst crying loudly. He also cries manically whenever we stop, like waiting for the light to change and me picking his poo up. The groomers give him a snood thing to protect his ears after they’ve been cleaned, and he hates it. It needs to be adjusted multiple times during our walk and again- he cries intensely when I do it and thrashes around. Often he’ll pull really hard at a certain direction to rub his body on whatever and have occasionally thrash around on his leash. All in all this takes us to 40 minutes by the time we reached the house. Oh also- there’s usually some wait at the groomers to pick him up.

After my second time doing this, I wanted to let the owners know what I would prefer not to do pickups. However today they messaged me few hours before the walk to say he will need to be picked up at the groomers. I couldn’t say no as they would have no time to arrange anything else and this wasn’t discussed in prior. And the walk home was super stressful again- my schedule and bookings are regimented and we barely made it home just past 30 minutes with INTENSE power walking, which made things even more stressful.

Honestly I’ve been dog walking for some time but have not seen a dog act out this much and I find it too stressful. He can be fine on walks with certain rules but after groomers is a whole different story. I get that dogs can behave differently post grooming but I don’t want to be responsible for *this* dog and I feel like it’s more than I signed up for. I’ve been asked every time on the streets whether he’s ok, because he is so vocal and I feel like people are judging me. I’m really unfussy with walks and never cancel, rain or shine, unless I’m severely ill. But I feel this pushed my limit.

I really want to tell them that I won’t be able to do this route in the future as the dog is too agitate after the walk.

Is this fair? Do I tell them now or next time (although I worry they’ll leave it super last min again). The clients and I have a courteous but professional relationship but I’m worried they’d be pissed off.

Thanks guys.

Edit: I know I can say no, and I’m getting some hate for this. However ,up until today they were under the impression that this is just another walk and had NO other means of getting this dog home as they both work. Should we have already established this and they pushed it- I would’ve had more ground to turn this request down

Mine is a cockapoo named Bella. Followed closely by Luna and Coco.

This was a running joke until I had a booking from… a cockapoo called Bella. Long story short- the dude who owned it threw a tantrum when I wouldn’t give him a discount & also said the dog was super easy / friendly- she pulled like crazy and turns out she’d go berserk if a guy walked too close to us 😃

Pls share your irrational fears!

Hey all,

I swear some months ago I disabled all my printable postage options on vinted (since I do not own one).

Someone just bought via Royal Mail and it’s come with a printable label! Someone else had bought an item a couple of days ago but that was RM QR code.

I’ve just checked my postage option and I swear the way sellers select postage options have changed, as I no longer see mentions of printer/ no printer.

Not sure what to do!😞