r/VestiaireCollective

Hi all,

I never bought there, but I was just looking at some items, and I am a bit confused about some of the profiles that I found.

They have 5000 Items, a few sold, always a picture that looks stolen from Instagram... A bit strange.

https://de.vestiairecollective.com/profile/30190027/?sortBy=relevance&tab=items-for-sale

https://de.vestiairecollective.com/profile/32471588/?\_gl=1\*19m3ptf\*\_up\*MQ..\*\_gs\*MQ..&sortBy=relevance&tab=items-for-sale

Other strange thing, aren't this exactly the same pictures, but different sellers behind it.

https://preview.redd.it/74a6cjvaq1uh1.png?width=724&format=png&auto=webp&s=62a7681e359b9e70605582e594f3627aa5e401eb

Can I be sure that these are scams? Or are they normal accounts?

So this seller sold me these 2009 Prada shoes listed at £300 something and I offered £285 then she accepted. Then she cancelled my order citing that she can’t find them. So I dmed her to ask what happened. She said the sole was coming unglued and one of the heels is broken and that she cancelled it and deleted the listing because she didn’t include the defects in the description. I let her know that I’m still interested but I wanted to know more about the issues ( very polite). She said it isn’t stable enough for her so I offered £125 (considering I didn’t even know if it would be fixable) (I was really polite and thanked for her honesty and explained that because of the risk I offered for a lower price. (I was happy to negotiate as well). She told me to have a good day (so no).

I was alright with that, but then she relisted at an even higher price and did not disclose any of the defects she discussed with me in the description. I just found out I’ve been blocked when I was going to offer higher than £125 for the new listing. Did I do something wrong (maybe she was offended at my offer??). This experience is leaving a bad taste in my mouth. I really like the shoes and I’m ok with the risk but I blocked now so idk if it’s worth using second account to buy it or is the seller too dodgy? What do you guys think? Please let me know if I did something wrong I’m new to shopping like this?

Also this isn’t a professional seller they’ve sold like 5 things so this is not their job. And I got blocked after I liked the new listing not after the discussion so kind of weird.

Thanks😊!!!