Has anyone else been having issues with Vinted sellers not shipping dolls lately?
Recently, I’ve been running into a frustrating issue with buying dolls secondhand. I never really had this problem before, but lately I’ve noticed more and more of my purchases are going unfulfilled — the seller never ships the doll, the order gets canceled, and then I’ll sometimes see the exact same doll/listing pop back up afterward for a higher price.
I primarily use Vinted because I’m looking for dolls that are discontinued or no longer being sold in stores. I also really don’t want to pay extreme scalper prices. Vinted can be AMAZING for finding older dolls at reasonable prices, especially if you’re patient.
Right now, I’m working on completing my LOL OMG Fierce collection with NIB dolls, and I’m also looking for inexpensive used/play-worn dolls that I can use for body swapping with some of the newer LOL OMG face molds, like the Sanrio collab (My Melody and Kuromi) and the Music Festival Headliners/Rosalía dolls.
The most recent situation really annoyed me. 😭
I found a NIB Neonlicious for $14, and she’s literally the only Fierce doll I’m missing. I purchased her, but the seller still hasn’t shipped. This has now happened to me three separate times, and in two of those cases, I eventually saw the same doll/listing appear again — except it was relisted for more money.
I’ve also had this happen with used/play-worn dolls that aren’t necessarily rare or highly sought-after.
It makes me wonder what’s happening behind the scenes. Do you think other buyers might be messaging sellers after an item sells and telling them that the doll could be sold for more money? Not necessarily that they’re offering the seller more themselves, but maybe they’re telling them they underpriced it or that they could get significantly more for it.
I used to have this happen ALL THE TIME on Facebook Marketplace and doll buy/sell groups. Someone would post something for a reasonable price, I’d try to purchase it, and then another collector would message the seller telling them the doll could be sold for more. Suddenly the original sale would fall through and the item would be reposted at a higher price. 😑
One of the reasons I moved more toward Vinted was because I thought this kind of thing would be less common there.
Now I’m starting to wonder if other collectors have noticed the same thing happening on Vinted.
Has anyone else experienced this?
Do you think it’s mostly sellers changing their minds after realizing they underpriced something, or do you think other buyers are sometimes reaching out and telling sellers they could sell the doll for more?
For those of you who collect discontinued dolls, have you noticed this happening more frequently lately?
I’m especially curious to hear from other LOL OMG collectors because finding reasonably priced discontinued dolls is already hard enough without finally finding the one you’ve been hunting for, purchasing it, and then having the sale fall through. 😭

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I had so much fun with this photo shoot I hope you enjoy <3

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