‘The high lasted for days’: The rise of Vinted addiction

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“I use Vinted in the same way that other people scroll on TikTok or Reels,” Flossie tells me. Often, the 25-year-old finds herself absentmindedly opening the secondhand shopping app even when she’s picked up her phone to do something else. “It’s habitual,” she says. Sometimes she can’t resist scrolling through her homepage while in the office. “One time my boss came up behind me while I was on it. It was really embarrassing,” she recalls. “I think I’mhellip;read more raquo;