Vinted users voice fury as sizing changes spark confusion

Vinted users are 'livid' following a significant alteration to the platform. The site, which is Europe's leading second-hand fashion marketplace, boasts millions of users worldwide who utilise the platform to sell and buy pre-loved clothes, accessories and gadgets.

However, on Monday, November 10, app users noticed a substantial change. In the women's sizing section, Vinted has now grouped sizes together, altering the way users both search for and list their clothing.

Instead of each size being represented by a letter, an XS is now 4-6, S is now 8-10, and M is 12-14. This change also affects clothing already listed on the platform, leaving users feeling sour.

A spokesperson for Vinted stated: "We've updated our size guidelines for women's and kid's clothing to make sizing more accurate across international brands. UK members will have received a message in their Vinted inbox with more details and you can also find full information on our Help Centre".

One woman, who posts under the TikTok handle @jess.vintage.revivals, expressed her anger about the change.

She exclaimed: "Vinted, what the f**k are you doing? I've just logged onto my Vinted this morning, and they've changed all the sizes around.

"Really not helpful. Does that mean I'm going to have to go through 800 odd listings and change the size on them because they're not going to match up with the listing description?".

"So then therefore, when people search under the dropdown menus, my items are not going to come up.

"People are going to be really confused and be like, oh, well this is advertised as a size medium which is a 12-14. Well yesterday a medium was a size 10 Vinted.

"Excuse me. What the f**k are you doing? I feel like we just need to reach out the Vinted and just give them a verbal slap and tell them to sort themselves out.

"I mean, I like the fact they have changed the sizing a bit because that's better. But why did they have to do it historically on all the old items as well.

"Could they not have just done it moving forward?".

"They could have done it in a better way?".

Users flocked to the comments section of Jess' video to express their frustration about the changes, with one branding them "ridiculous".

One user commented: "It's a nightmare, mine are all over the place, the Vinted Ai has read pit to pit measurements as sizing so I have size 10 cardigans now listed as size 22 for example so now frantically changing them all before people buy. Also why haven't they just done single sizing in case of still using dual sizing? ? Plus no warning! Feel for you with 800+".

Another person added: "So many people are unhappy with it so hopefully they will change it back."

A third individual commented: "I've put mine on holiday mode. It's ridiculous."

Another fumed: "Fuming! Had to go through all of mine."