My husband made £60 in 20 minutes – this app has paid for Christmas
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‘And a Paw Patrol car, and a Spiderman toy, and a dinosaur thing…’ My three-year-old pointed indiscriminately as we passed the supermarket toys. Usually, I’d be shallow breathing by this point. Whether you’re gift-buying for hordes of relatives or just shelling out for festive drinks, Christmas can get expensive.
![[Rosy - Vinted Christmas]](https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/SEI_231674902-15ce.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=646)
Yet this year, I’ve achieved something of a Christmas miracle: I’ve paid for it, already, by selling on Vinted. I’ve so far raised £484 (thank you, Kind Lady, who paid £4 for my unused ironing board cover) and as a family, we’ll hit our target of £500 well before Christmas Eve.
![[Rosy - Vinted Christmas]](https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/SEI_231674972-be61-e1733138400465.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=646)
For the uninitiated: Vinted is a second-hand buying and selling platform. It launched in the UK in 2014 but its popularity exploded after the app sponsored Hollyoaks in 2021. In 2023, it was downloaded 8.9m times in the UK alone. Users take photos of their unwanted item(s), upload to the app, add some details about size and condition then wait for someone to buy it. And someone usually does.
![[Rosy - Vinted Christmas]](https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/SEI_231674905-ee95.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=646)
Clothes, toys, small electronics… if you can wrap it in a Sainsbury’s bag and pop it in an automated post-box, you can sell it on Vinted. The app’s premise of ‘reduce, recycle and reuse’ has been a boon for the green economy, and Vinted’s ubiquity has removed any remaining stigma from buying second-hand.
![[Rosy - Vinted Christmas]](https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/SEI_231674912-a8f5-e1733138840363.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=646)
