Vinted, eBay and car boots: buying and selling second-hand
Message sellers, haggle and avoid scams on second-hand sites.
Hi, is this still available? I could collect on Saturday.
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All 15 phrases
Messaging sellers3
Reading the ad7
- Collection onlyYou have to pick it up yourself.
- Cash on collectionYou pay in cash when you pick it up.
- No time wastersThe seller's warning: don't arrange to collect and then not turn up.
- No silly offers, pleaseThe seller means 'no lowballers'.
- £40 ONOThe seller will take a bit less, so the price is open to haggling.
- Mint condition / VGC / BNWTMint means like new.
- Sold as seenThe seller won't take it back, so check it properly.
Haggling3
Staying safe2
Check yourself15 questions
Question 1 of 15
After 'Is this still available?', sellers want you to:
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- Part of Talk's themed British life packs. Talk wrote each phrase with what it really means, when to say it, what not to say instead and one quiz question. A phrase gets a moment only if Talk's spoken videos say it with the same meaning. One review picked each moment, and a second tried to reject it. This pack holds 15 phrases.
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