Vinted seller Chrissy shared a video of her packing up a top she had sold, but viewers were ‘disgusted’ when they saw her unusual packing method and called her out for being ‘stingy’
Vinted is a great way if you’re looking to buy something second-hand or if you have something you’d like to sell. But how far can you go just to save money?
A woman has been called out after deciding to ship off a top she sold on Vinted in an unusual yet effective way, but some are calling it disgusting and weird.
In a video posted on TikTok, Vinted seller Chrissy is seen preparing to send off a top someone had bought from her on the platform. She films herself getting it out from her wardrobe before going to grab an empty toilet roll from the bathroom.
She rolls up the top up neatly before stuffing it into the toilet roll. But as it was slightly too big for just one toilet roll, she went to grab two more rolls from other bathrooms. She then put them all together to fit the rest of the item inside.
Next she put the long roll into an orange plastic bag, which was the end of her packaging process.
She wrote on top of the video: “To the person who just order my top on Vinted… I’m sorry,” before adding in the caption: “Better than nothing though, right?”
While her video racked up a whopping 1.9million views on TikTok, viewers were not impressed by her innovative choice of packaging.
One person wrote: “The amount of germs on that and now on the top,” while another user said: “Why are people too stingy to bulk buy parcel bags from Amazon?”
“And this is why I don’t buy stuff off Vinted… Definitely send it back if it arrived like that,” a third user said.
However others weren’t as bothered, as one person said: “Am I the only one who doesn’t care about the packaging as long as the item is fine? I’d rather people recycled stuff, it’s better for the environment.”
When approached for comment, Vinted referred to its guidelines, which states all orders must be packed with ‘appropriate material’.
This includes bubble wrap, foam, paper, newspaper or corrugated material, and ideally with a cardboard box which fits the item’s size and weight.