This reliability criterion, extremely sought after by informed consumers, does not prevent being ripped off online. On Vinted, many crooks use it to deceive their victims.
On Vinted, the scams have exploded as much as the popularity of the platform in recent years. Well put together, difficult to detect, they play on our cognitive biases and are based on “Dark patterns”called “misleading interfaces” in French. These biases influence our decision -making, sometimes make us lose reason and push us to buy clothes almost against our will. The scam in question is also based on a diagram of thought which transforms us into real sheep. Explanations.
Whether you choose a restaurant, reserve accommodation, buy a garment: our cautious side systematically pushes us to consult the opinions and comments of other people. The idea? Check the reliability of a merchant so as not to be fooled. Thus, a profile that has received many positive notes will inspire us confidence and encourage us to make the purchase almost instantly, without being suspicious. In social psychology, this phenomenon has a name: it is called the“Group effect”.
Except that, paradoxically, the quantity of reviews and comments left is not necessarily a guarantee of quality: on the second -hand platform, the evaluation policy can involuntarily deceive us. When a sale is concluded and the transaction is done with more or less success, if the buyer does not attribute a note to his seller within the deadlines, Vinted then takes over: “We automatically provide a score of five stars to the seller if the buyer leaves no evaluation within four days of the finalization of the order.”
Thus, if some Vinties have countless positive assessments, it is only because they sold a lot, and not because their sales were qualitative. Some Malandrins therefore take advantage of their excellent average to scam their neighbor. They sell allegedly luxury and authentic pieces, when it is not.
@saharald Remember it again: a few months ago, she was fooled and told his setbacks on Tiktok to warn us. She who thought was buying a patagonia jacket ended up with a counterfeit Made in China…
To protect yourself from this dubious scam, you should not only look at the number of votes and the average appearing on the profile in question.
Combine all the comments to fine, to see if they come mainly from human beings or rather from the second -hand platform.