December 5, 2024

🎄 In 2024, I thought a lot about selling parts of myself on Vinted

Vinted – the online marketplace for second-hand clothing – is a strange space. Some buyers are an absolute joy. Others think I am both a chat facility and an Evri delivery coordinator. Others are just rude. One haggler hassled me with ridiculous offers, and followed them with homophobic abuse. He either had an aversion to my profile picture (mid-century sculpture) or my banal username. Or maybe it was my correct use of grammar pissed him off. Regardless, blocked. Then there are messages from those who haven’t bothered to read my crafted sales copy, and send one-word questions about my wares that remind me of my time on dating apps: “Length?” “Size?”

Read: In 2024, I thought a lot about selling parts of myself on Vinted

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