Hi everyone!
So today is a rare nice fall day in Oregon, without rain, so DH and I went on a leisurely stroll to get some coffee and check out a couple of small downtown shops. We have a little more upscale consignment shop that basically accepts only nicer brand names and gently used stuff. They send out email lists with coupons and such, and I'm on the list since the owner came to the day spa I used to work at and gave us a few tips to make it easier to wear black and white without getting bored.
So I decide, since lately they have been featuring Coach in their emails, to go in and see what they have since I know none of the stuff will be in bad shape and sometimes the stuff is brand new!
I'm looking around and see a wall of handbags and shoes, so I go over to it and start looking...and I see an obvious, painfully fake Prada bag hanging there next to some fake Kate Spade...and a no name bag that was ripping off the Coach hamptons carryall style in leather, except this felt more like pleather. I WAS FURIOUS!!!!
Basically I have decided never to go in there again unless they send out more emails with Coach stuff, then I will go right away and authenticate it myself, and if it's fake I will chew them out so hard!!!
I don't know, some people don't care about fakes or not but selling it in stores is kind of misleading the customer, and is ILLEGAL.
Also, I think stores like that have an obligation to help educate customers that may not know anything about fakes, they should set a higher standard and not accept things to sell that are not real.
UGH.
So today is a rare nice fall day in Oregon, without rain, so DH and I went on a leisurely stroll to get some coffee and check out a couple of small downtown shops. We have a little more upscale consignment shop that basically accepts only nicer brand names and gently used stuff. They send out email lists with coupons and such, and I'm on the list since the owner came to the day spa I used to work at and gave us a few tips to make it easier to wear black and white without getting bored.
So I decide, since lately they have been featuring Coach in their emails, to go in and see what they have since I know none of the stuff will be in bad shape and sometimes the stuff is brand new!
I'm looking around and see a wall of handbags and shoes, so I go over to it and start looking...and I see an obvious, painfully fake Prada bag hanging there next to some fake Kate Spade...and a no name bag that was ripping off the Coach hamptons carryall style in leather, except this felt more like pleather. I WAS FURIOUS!!!!
Basically I have decided never to go in there again unless they send out more emails with Coach stuff, then I will go right away and authenticate it myself, and if it's fake I will chew them out so hard!!!
I don't know, some people don't care about fakes or not but selling it in stores is kind of misleading the customer, and is ILLEGAL.
Also, I think stores like that have an obligation to help educate customers that may not know anything about fakes, they should set a higher standard and not accept things to sell that are not real.
UGH.