Royal mail

[wallace]

My wife has decided to thin her herd of handbags and she has decided that she will use vinted. So with that in mind I was given the task of taking pictures of her bags, uploading, writing the listings, packing the sold bags, taking the bags to the post office.
I noticed that you dont dictate the shipping price on vinted, they decide and then go to the postoffice with a scannable code. I was surprised that the buyer was only charged £2. If I had gone to the postoffice normally the package would cost about £6. I asked the counter staff what happens if the postage charge was not sufficient, do I pay the excess. The staff are told to ignore any shortfalls from vinted parcels. Strange business model.

 

[AndyT]

I expect someone at Vinted has done some research and found that potential customers think £10 + £2 post is a bargain but £6 +£6 would be throwing money away. And then they have negotiated a favourable rate with the private company in question, which could be as low as £2 or could be higher but worth their money in subsidising, to expand the business.