A Vinted seller was left utterly bewildered after a prospective buyer attempted one of the cheekiest negotiation stunts ever seen on the online marketplace. The bizarre exchange, which has since gone viral, began when a user expressed interest in a small clothing item listed for a mere £4.50.
The potential buyer messaged the seller with a seemingly straightforward question: "Hi, is this available?" Upon confirmation, the haggling began in earnest. The user revealed her tight budget was £4.49, just a single penny below the asking price.
Instead of simply asking for a tiny discount, the buyer made an audacious request. She asked the seller to absorb the entire cost of postage—which is always paid by the buyer on Vinted—effectively making the item free for her while the seller would have to pay to send it.
The seller, completely stunned by the logic, shared a screenshot of the conversation with the caption: "The absolute cheek of some people on Vinted. Her budget is £4.49... my item is £4.50... so she wants me to... pay for postage so it's free for her? Make it make sense."
The post quickly ignited a firestorm of reactions from other users. Many were left in stitches at the sheer brazenness of the request, while others lamented the decline of basic haggling manners. The incident has sparked a wider debate about the strange and often frustrating world of online marketplace negotiations, where some buyers feel increasingly entitled to demand more for less.
