Vinted and Depop can not mess with eBay. Right or wrong, for good or bad, eBay is still the top dog. eBay is still the one. It’s just facts. Don’t shoot the messenger 🙏✌️🖤
I like ebay as have used for ages but always found it annoying that they have had the monopoly for so long. Good for them to have some healthy competition. Hopefully, they'll make more changes in response to vinted that may benefit business sellers.
Wouldn't be listing anything until my account was approved. If they keep knocking you back or decide you are too much hassle and perma ban you then all those sales are lost. I think I will leave it until early next year to see if I even bother with Vinted Pro as they don't seem to have a clue how to run the UK operation.
Where’s all the haters when I said ebay knows what they’re doing and it’s a no contest 😅 I’ll repeat for those (with half a brain cell) in the back : If Vinted was an actual genuine threat to eBay, eBay would buy them out. 😂
It is absolutely shocking. The lack of ugency was beyond acceptable. Especially when they just got a massive fine in Lithuania for violating GDPR. Then they ask for more of your personal information 😂😂.
I signed up and after two listings I was permanently banned. I appealed and had to send a photo of the pair of shoes with a piece of paper next to them saying my username, my email address and the date. I was then reinstated. I listed a few more things and one was removed for copyright violation as the photo appeared on another website...yes, my ebay shop. I appealed this and received a scripted reply; there was no option to ask any further questions. Diabolical so far.
@@liamsellsretro It amended the request for sole traders to NINO. I used it, then found yes, my details were public and just closed the account. Not a happy bunny
I'm sure they are holding your money this long so they make their money from the interest of the pot of everyone s money together. They need to make money somehow. Maybe that is also why eBay is going back to this. I obviously don't know if this is why, but it's what I personally think and what makes sense for them to be able to trade with profit still.
If you dont see your money for 2-4 weeks it means Vinted are investing your money and getting interests and than they pay you! No wonder Vinted is free! Ebay will start doing the same! 🙂
Yikes!! What a mess 🙈 I’m selling on eBay, Etsy and WhatNot as well as in retail shops so not sure I can handle an extra one just yet, but looks potentially 🤑🤑 looking forward to seeing how it pans out!
Looks like they rushed out a badly flawed Pro platform to combat eBays launch of free selling & even with the good will from excited sellers they dropped the ball. Vinted appear to be a good platform run by cowboys. I do not know what the future holds but a good idea badly executed just opens the door to someone else copying the idea but doing it well. I guess that's what eBay are planning in the new year, taking the best of Vinted but doing it with out the amateur support.
Hasn't anybody thought that maybe the people buying off of Vinted are exactly the same people that buy off of ebay? Why would the selling platform be any different when you're selling the same items across all platforms ? I don't understand it at all .
I have had my account in Holiday mode waiting to clear it as per the instructions and are you saying that it isn't accepting new registrations anyway at the moment? Of so, I will stick it back on for now!
Even if people hadn't used their NI number and vinted took the UTR then vinted would have shared their UTR publicly right ? Pretty sure that is a HUGE security risk too. And if somebody buys from you do they get your address too ? Hard to think of a way to get it more wrong.
How were you able to sign up when you’d been banned? As I’ve been banned on a personal account and they’ve blocked my device so I’m not sure I’ll be able to sign up for vinted pro?
Why on earth did ppl put in an NI number when it asked for your UTR number? GDPR issue there, but also, ppl have to take on some responsibility for using their NI instead when that's not what it asked for
They did it because putting their UTR number didn’t work! Someone discovered that it accepted N I numbers so the word went round that that was what they actually meant.
Thanks George for the update I was waiting for this video to see how you got on because l was going to sign up to pro but being a senior citizen experience tells me to wait till after the rush and let the bugs be ironed out first, and l look forward to your next video. Hope you get your money through soon but Vinted pay out has always been slow and a bit outdated.
@@fluffy-Muffin I thought it said enter your UTR number. Some bright spark entered their NI number, saw it worked and posted about it. Everyone jumped on the bandwagon and got stung. But to be fair, I think the UTR number would have been displayed anyway. Which is just as bad.
Vinted have fucked up but why on earth would you continue to sell on that particular platform when your payments won't go through until they have actually accepted your documentation? As of yet, sellers haven't sold anything if they haven't been paid, they've given that stuff away ! Ebay will prevail & are probably pissing themselves laughing right now.. They'll wait until vinted get it all sorted out & then buy them out
People rushing blindly into vinted Pro (encouraged by over excited youtubers) some less clued up people adding private information. The grass is not always greener. You pay fees for a reason and customer service is one of them.
Hahahhah. Next day Ebay cancelling sell for free and every other promotion since they not need to worry that much anymore. Heck i bet ebay helped with that leak😜😜
Not sure it's a breach at all. You entered your NI number when it wasn't even requested! Looks like you should have entered your company number (which you don't have) which is freely available information
Vinted Rookie. It’s hilarious. Desperate and childishly rushing to sign up as a business to Vinted Pro and look where it’s got you. Paying for extra fraud protection. Do be have professional businesses are not interested in such failure.
It’s hardly desperate or childish to sign up to use competition where you can make more money! As an outsider looking in and being drawn to this comment, I’d say your comment reads as something bordering on childish and perhaps there’s a smattering of jealousy there too. Don’t get me wrong I’m no expert but I’ve lived long enough to spot the signs, the dead giveaway signs is relishing in other peoples trials and tribulations
How to protect yourself if you’re worried about the National Insuance Number leak (NOT an ad): www.cifas.org.uk/pr
Vinted and Depop can not mess with eBay. Right or wrong, for good or bad, eBay is still the top dog. eBay is still the one. It’s just facts. Don’t shoot the messenger 🙏✌️🖤
I like ebay as have used for ages but always found it annoying that they have had the monopoly for so long. Good for them to have some healthy competition. Hopefully, they'll make more changes in response to vinted that may benefit business sellers.
Really? I tried both EBay and Vinted but couldn't be bothered with EBay. Too expensive to sell and too confusing.
Vinted it’s a king now
Massive data breach! Under GDPR it could cost them millions PER breach! The fact they left it up for FIVE days is insane!!
Let hope Vinted have insurance to cover the fines for the data breaches. They only just made a profit (£17m) they could go bust in theory…
Wouldn't be listing anything until my account was approved. If they keep knocking you back or decide you are too much hassle and perma ban you then all those sales are lost.
I think I will leave it until early next year to see if I even bother with Vinted Pro as they don't seem to have a clue how to run the UK operation.
Where’s all the haters when I said ebay knows what they’re doing and it’s a no contest 😅 I’ll repeat for those (with half a brain cell) in the back : If Vinted was an actual genuine threat to eBay, eBay would buy them out. 😂
It's been a crazy week - never rush into anything! - Thanks George
It is absolutely shocking. The lack of ugency was beyond acceptable. Especially when they just got a massive fine in Lithuania for violating GDPR. Then they ask for more of your personal information 😂😂.
I signed up and after two listings I was permanently banned. I appealed and had to send a photo of the pair of shoes with a piece of paper next to them saying my username, my email address and the date. I was then reinstated. I listed a few more things and one was removed for copyright violation as the photo appeared on another website...yes, my ebay shop. I appealed this and received a scripted reply; there was no option to ask any further questions. Diabolical so far.
But it didn't actually ask for the national insurance number so is it actually a data breach?
@@liamsellsretro It amended the request for sole traders to NINO. I used it, then found yes, my details were public and just closed the account. Not a happy bunny
They’ve fumbled the bag, massively!
Oh my ….. what a mess!!!! EBay bigwigs enjoying a glass of champagne tonight!
🤣
Vinted have already had a fine in Europe for €2million for data breaches. They didn’t learn 🤦♀️
Who wants to sign up for a platform that leaks your data. Identity theft alone is costly to remedy let alone credit card detail theft.
I'm sure they are holding your money this long so they make their money from the interest of the pot of everyone s money together. They need to make money somehow. Maybe that is also why eBay is going back to this. I obviously don't know if this is why, but it's what I personally think and what makes sense for them to be able to trade with profit still.
If you dont see your money for 2-4 weeks it means Vinted are investing your money and getting interests and than they pay you! No wonder Vinted is free! Ebay will start doing the same! 🙂
Yikes!! What a mess 🙈 I’m selling on eBay, Etsy and WhatNot as well as in retail shops so not sure I can handle an extra one just yet, but looks potentially 🤑🤑 looking forward to seeing how it pans out!
Looks like they rushed out a badly flawed Pro platform to combat eBays launch of free selling & even with the good will from excited sellers they dropped the ball. Vinted appear to be a good platform run by cowboys. I do not know what the future holds but a good idea badly executed just opens the door to someone else copying the idea but doing it well. I guess that's what eBay are planning in the new year, taking the best of Vinted but doing it with out the amateur support.
I wonder if you should be able to claim back the cost of the extra protection you’ve taken out because of Vinted’s error
Hasn't anybody thought that maybe the people buying off of Vinted are exactly the same people that buy off of ebay?
Why would the selling platform be any different when you're selling the same items across all platforms ? I don't understand it at all .
Hope it gets sorted for you soon 🤞
I have had my account in Holiday mode waiting to clear it as per the instructions and are you saying that it isn't accepting new registrations anyway at the moment? Of so, I will stick it back on for now!
Even if people hadn't used their NI number and vinted took the UTR then vinted would have shared their UTR publicly right ? Pretty sure that is a HUGE security risk too. And if somebody buys from you do they get your address too ? Hard to think of a way to get it more wrong.
Yes they were also sharing the UTR publicly
And eBay forces businesses to have their address on public.
So they wouldn’t even need to buy from them to gather the information
How were you able to sign up when you’d been banned? As I’ve been banned on a personal account and they’ve blocked my device so I’m not sure I’ll be able to sign up for vinted pro?
in Nothern Ireland you can't buy an item off vinted if they only have Evri selected... Vinted needs to change that!!
Nobody likes sending there
Why? I'm N.Ireland. What's wrong with posting to N.Ireland.
@@twistedghost3200 fees, hassle, shipping complications & customs it’s just a headache and the seller usually has to pay postage out of pocket
@@twistedghost3200 Try look for somoene selling an item when they are only using Evri, it doesn't work.
@@onnatca well you can't even buy an item with evri so you'll be happy with that.
I honestly don't see an upside to vinted pro so far, this makes ebay service centre seem good
A video on cross listing in 2024 would be very welcome. Thanks
Why on earth did ppl put in an NI number when it asked for your UTR number? GDPR issue there, but also, ppl have to take on some responsibility for using their NI instead when that's not what it asked for
They did it because putting their UTR number didn’t work! Someone discovered that it accepted N I numbers so the word went round that that was what they actually meant.
Thanks for sharing bro. Prob see you at the car boot as you’re in the same town as me 👊
Cheers geez your keepin us up to date with all the shenanigans. Appreciate it 💯🤜🏼
Data breach compensation you now need to get a specialist solicitor to get compensation
Thanks George for the update I was waiting for this video to see how you got on because l was going to sign up to pro but being a senior citizen experience tells me to wait till after the rush and let the bugs be ironed out first, and l look forward to your next video. Hope you get your money through soon but Vinted pay out has always been slow and a bit outdated.
bet ebay are having a laugh
I am totally confused. Are you saying that instead of entering your tax number you entered your NI number? In the same box on screen?
That’s what the instructions were
@@fluffy-Muffin I thought it said enter your UTR number. Some bright spark entered their NI number, saw it worked and posted about it. Everyone jumped on the bandwagon and got stung. But to be fair, I think the UTR number would have been displayed anyway. Which is just as bad.
@@SilverTrowel631 they were advised by vinted to enter NI when the UTR wasn’t working for sole traders
@@fluffy-Muffin Advised by Vinted? That's even worse tbh
Thousands have reported them already for data breach. Already got a 2.3 million Euro fine from Lithuania
Im a LTD my details where rejected also. And it mentioned France also.
Why aren't you using zip sale?
I started to sign up until I saw that they want personal data I backed out of it, felt it wasn’t right!
massive DPA breach - could cost them millions
Vinted have fucked up but why on earth would you continue to sell on that particular platform when your payments won't go through until they have actually accepted your documentation? As of yet, sellers haven't sold anything if they haven't been paid, they've given that stuff away !
Ebay will prevail & are probably pissing themselves laughing right now.. They'll wait until vinted get it all sorted out & then buy them out
About the standards to be expected today. The same everywhere. Everywhere the same.
I disagree, not all platforms have massive data breaches and huge fines from governments
It’s been a total mess and they rushed it after the eBay changes
Why does Vinted ask for national insurance but eBay doesn’t !
@oiiReAPeRz ebay also ask for national insurance number
I received notification yesterday
People rushing blindly into vinted Pro (encouraged by over excited youtubers) some less clued up people adding private information.
The grass is not always greener.
You pay fees for a reason and customer service is one of them.
exactly, when fraudsters can see your NI number they can use it for variety of illegal reasons. For example to work in the UK illegally...
It's the same for limited companies could not register either
I still haven't signed up as keep selling on there so got to wait till they clear
eBay is the place never had a problem.
Hahahhah. Next day Ebay cancelling sell for free and every other promotion since they not need to worry that much anymore. Heck i bet ebay helped with that leak😜😜
You will always get less money selling on vinted, I just use it for buying to sell on ebay. I would never bother selling on vinted 🤣
Had your tabs lowered lad?
Left your good manners in the dustbin babes?
@@fluffy-Muffin it's daft phrase for have you had a Haircut? so not really I work with old people and they use it all the time i wasn't being rude
Lol people saying don’t rush into it you’ve only been waiting a year ha A YEAR !
Also the app reverting to French randomly 😳
I think in the future ebay and vinted will merge together
Think I’ll hang out for pro for a bit!!!
Bit late now, theyve already got it? 🤷🏻
Another case of "You get what you pay for".
Weird comment really.
eBay: 🍿😅😊😂
Not sure it's a breach at all. You entered your NI number when it wasn't even requested! Looks like you should have entered your company number (which you don't have) which is freely available information
Vinted changed the form specifically asking for a NINO and took outUTR requirement.
@@ThisisJo Gotcha, yes then that is a major f*** up
@@kape2470 Yeah, I mean you are absolutely right to an extent as for 24 hours they weren’t asking for the NINO….but then they did. It was a mess 🤷♀️😬
Even displaying the UTR is a data breach as it can be used in tax fraud.
Publishing sole traders tax codes is a massive breach.
Fraudsters can use it to run up huge tax bills.
wat a bloody hassel
Good keep the pro scammers i mean sellers off the platform with inflated prices
Vinted didn't ask for NINumber people put it in off their own back. So we'll see how they cover peoples mistake 😅
Not true. It did ask for ni number.
Vinted advised them to enter NI after the tax number was rejected for sole traders
Vinted Rookie. It’s hilarious. Desperate and childishly rushing to sign up as a business to Vinted Pro and look where it’s got you. Paying for extra fraud protection. Do be have professional businesses are not interested in such failure.
It’s hardly desperate or childish to sign up to use competition where you can make more money! As an outsider looking in and being drawn to this comment, I’d say your comment reads as something bordering on childish and perhaps there’s a smattering of jealousy there too. Don’t get me wrong I’m no expert but I’ve lived long enough to spot the signs, the dead giveaway signs is relishing in other peoples trials and tribulations
How is it childish to join a selling platform?
How is it childish you get extra protection on your sensitive data for 2 years?
Ricky resells told us this last week