Depop seller advertises stolen Chiltern Railways social distancing SEAT COVER as a crop top for £15 leaving baffled social media users to brand it ‘the worst thing they’ve ever seen’
- Anonymous seller posed in a the covering – which she repurposed as a crop top
- Said she had it in ‘many different sizes’ and to ‘message her with any questions’
- Spotted by Twitter account Depop drama who said they were ‘lost for words’
A Depop seller has baffled social media users by advertising a Chiltern Railways social distancing train seat cover as a top for £15 on the shopping app.
The anonymous seller posed in a the covering – which she repurposed as a crop top – to the website which allows peer-to-peer selling of second hand clothes.
‘Social distancing women’s railway crop got a few of these so can try in different sizes.
‘Message me before buying or with questions/good offers,’ she wrote.
A Depop seller has baffled social media users by advertising a train seat cover as a top for £15 on the shopping app.The anonymous seller posed in a the covering – which she repurposed as a crop top – – to the website which allows peer-to-peer selling of second hand clothes.
The blue top shows two people sitting apart, with the words: ‘Keep this seat free to maintain social distancing when possible’.
It was spotted by Twitter account, Depop Drama, who shared it with the captions: ‘I am lost for words’.
Thousands of people replied to the tweet, with some calling it hilarious while others said it was ‘horrific’.
One alerted the Chiltern Railways Twitter account, who said they had ‘raised the issue to the relevant team’ which lead to many questioning who the relevant team were.
The blue coverings are used to mark seats that can’t be occupied due to social distancing
It was spotted by Twitter account, Depop Drama, who shared it with the captions: ‘I am lost for words’
The blue coverings are used to mark seats that can’t be occupied due to social distancing.
It’s not clear how many the seller has – but her caption reveal she has ‘many available in different sizes’.
Thousands took to Twitter to share their thoughts on the top, with one saying it was ‘the worst thing they’ve ever seen on Depop’ while others branded her ‘iconic’.
One alerted the Chiltern Railways Twitter account, who said they had ‘raised the issue to the relevant team’ which lead to many questioning who the relevant team were.
‘Respect the hustle,’ said one.
‘A rags to riches story, I’m screaming’ wrote another
‘Nah this is the worst thing I’ve ever seen on Depop,’ added a third.
Scotrail’s official Twtitter account also spotted it, joking: ‘Do you deliver to Scotland, I’ll take a medium’.
Thousands took to Twitter to share their thoughts on the top, with one saying it was ‘the worst thing they’ve ever seen on Depop’ while others branded her ‘iconic’.
‘Did they just steal it and make it their shirt?’ one questioned.
‘This s*** gonna be on Urban Outfittes within a month,’ wrote another.
‘This is utterly amazing on so many levels,’ wrote a third.
A Depop spokesperson told FEMAIL: ‘At Depop, the safety of our community is our number one priority and we have a set of policies in place which govern what is and is not allowed on our platform.
‘In this, we explicitly prohibit the sale of illegal and unlawful content on the app, including any stolen goods (4.6 in our Terms of Service).
‘The item in question has already been removed from the app and the user has admitted it was taken from a Chiltern Railways train.
‘This item clearly violates our terms of service, but as it has been removed by the seller and is no longer for sale on the platform, we will not be taking immediate steps to ban this user.
‘In our recent communications with the seller, we have reminded them of our rules about acceptable conduct and the sale of prohibited content. We have also made it clear that we will remove any items that violate these policies and community guidelines.
‘If we confirm any listings of further prohibited content on their account, we will take steps to permanently close this user’s account and ban them from the platform’.