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Press coverage

Latest: BBC Radio 4 · You & Yours · 24 August 2026
Catherine Warrilow on BBC Radio 4, on-air backdrop showing BBC Radio 4 logo, 24 August 2026
On air 24 August 2026
BBC Radio 4 · You & Yours
BBC Radio 4 You & Yours interviews Catherine on the Vinted crisis

Catherine appears on BBC Radio 4's consumer affairs programme You & Yours to discuss the Sad Vinted Faces evidence: 5,497 UK responses, over 3,400 banned accounts, £450,000+ in reported losses and the pattern of automated decisions without meaningful human review.


Catherine Warrilow on ITV This Morning with Alice Beer, on-screen headline: Why some sellers are complaining about Vinted, 20 August 2026
Live on TV 20 August 2026
ITV This Morning · consumer champion Alice Beer
ITV This Morning: "Why some sellers are complaining about Vinted"

Catherine appears live on ITV's This Morning, interviewed by consumer champion Alice Beer alongside a Vinted seller case study, covering the wave of account bans, stuck money and the calls for human review of Vinted's automated decisions.


Latest: BBC News full 9-minute feature + written article on Sad Vinted Faces, August 2026
Full feature August 2026
BBC News · bbc.co.uk, YouTube, Instagram & TikTok
BBC News: full 9-minute feature + written article on Sad Vinted Faces

BBC News runs a full nine-minute feature and a written article on the wave of Vinted account bans, suspensions, stuck money and counterfeit accusations, drawing on stories from the Sad Vinted Faces campaign. Additional short-form coverage runs on the BBC News Instagram Reels and TikTok channels.


Online 21 August 2026
The Tab
Watch out for the "printed picture scam": people are claiming they've been misled on Vinted

The Tab picks up the wave of Vinted buyer scams surfaced through the Sad Vinted Faces campaign, covering the "printed picture" trick where sellers ship a printed photo instead of the item and Vinted's dispute system sides with the seller.


Online August 2026
Thred · Style
Vinted users complain AI is causing unfair suspensions

Thred covers the pattern documented by Sad Vinted Faces: automated systems suspending users at scale on undefined grounds ("commercial selling", "counterfeit", "fraudulent activity") with no meaningful human review of appeals. Style vertical picks up the sustainability angle: a broken second-hand marketplace is a broken circular-fashion story.


Online 29 July 2026
The i Paper · Money
'I built a business on Vinted – then lost £10,000 overnight'

Sellers like Elisha Wright, 19, say their accounts on the resale platform have been suspended or banned, damaging their business. Featuring Wright Attire (Cheltenham) and Andrew Pidgeon (Nottingham). Written by Emily Braeger, Money Reporter.


Catherine Warrilow with The Times Money section leading on the Vinted chaos story, 12 July 2026
In print 12 July 2026Online 10 July 2026
The Times · Times Money
'Vinted chaos has cost me £80k. What is going on?'

Sellers say a heavy-handed system is blocking them from the resale site and making it harder to reach customers. Written by Jessie Hewitson.


Catherine Warrilow with The Sunday Times Money section, June 28 2026
In print 28 June 2026Online 26 June 2026 · full page
The Times · The Sunday Times Money
'I want the old Vinted back': the second-hand selling backlash

The resale site is losing fans because of frustrating customer service that makes getting a refund a gargantuan task. Written by Jessie Hewitson.

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