A Place for the FAKES!

[donald]

wow, it sold for $202.50! i pity whoever that bought it thinking it was the real deal...

[tachikomatic]

Originally Posted by tachikomatic

Fake L'Amore, Vacanze, Paradiso, Tutti: http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZkar969

^^Now with Fake Spiaggia & Pirata!
I wonder if the fake L'amore BV, fake Tutti Gioco and fake Paradiso Gioco will go as high as that fake Foresta Gioco.
I wish it wasn't against ebay's rules to contact bidders and let them know what they're bidding on is fake; especially when it goes that high.


And a Fake Trasporto..thing

[donald]

i was walking around campus today went by the vendor fair that's going on this week. one booth was selling fake tokis! they were the "flower spring" ones in what seemed to be foresta BV, l'amore mamma mia, and more. it made me quite sad how many of the girls were looking at them.

[laurasjeel]

Can't believe how real some of these bags look at first glance, before you see flowers' spring. even the zippers now have the round flower pull!

anyway here are some more obvious fakes:

A couple of brit fakes:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/LESPORTSAC-TRA...sid=p1638.m127

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Tokidoki-for-L...QQcmdZViewItem

And a fake qee:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Tokidoki-for-L...sid=p1638.m122

and the pure ewwww one:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/tokidoki-for-L...QQcmdZViewItem

[feait]

Originally Posted by donald

i was walking around campus today went by the vendor fair that's going on this week. one booth was selling fake tokis! they were the "flower spring" ones in what seemed to be foresta BV, l'amore mamma mia, and more. it made me quite sad how many of the girls were looking at them.

did you tell any of those girls that they wre looking at fake tokis?

[donald]

Originally Posted by feait

did you tell any of those girls that they wre looking at fake tokis?

no, i didn't. i was in a hurry to get to my econ class and they weren't people i knew. i think i'm going to walk by the booth tomorrow when i have time with my REAL toki and see if anyone's buying it.

i saw a girl with a foresta cucciolo today (while i was walking with my trasporto campeggio), but it might be a fake that the vendor was selling. are there known fakes for that particular type? i wasn't close enough to see if it said "flower spring".

[feait]

Here's another fake on eBay:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Kawaii-Japan-tok...QQcmdZViewItem

Love how this one has Pebbles Flintstone on it.

[citta rosa]

ewwww

[slidegirlcass]

Is there anyone who owns fakes knowingly? I think these are such cute bags but couldn't spend my weeks salary on a laptop bag so I bought a fake from iOffer. You would be surprised that a lot of people arent actually being taken for a ride but are knowingly buying something that looks similar without the hefty price tag. A $300 nylon laptop bag isnt something I would give a second glance to, but Im first in line at the Chinatown booths. I would just say before you go up to someone and shove your bag in her face think about the fact that not everyone has "financial backers" who make owning real luxury bags a reality.

[Preciouscloud]

Originally Posted by slidegirlcass

Is there anyone who owns fakes knowingly? I think these are such cute bags but couldn't spend my weeks salary on a laptop bag so I bought a fake from iOffer. You would be surprised that a lot of people arent actually being taken for a ride but are knowingly buying something that looks similar without the hefty price tag. A $300 nylon laptop bag isnt something I would give a second glance to, but Im first in line at the Chinatown booths. I would just say before you go up to someone and shove your bag in her face think about the fact that not everyone has "financial backers" who make owning real luxury bags a reality.

I don't think the point of pointing out fakes here is anything against people who knowingly purchase alternatives for whatever reason. The bigger concern is against unscrupulous sellers actively promoting their products as genuine, and charging the equivalent prices to those who may not know the difference.

This is also a community of people who really love these bags, and naturally want to support the real deal. I would also add that it is an overgeneralization to assume that everyone who purchases these kinds of bags has a "financial backer".

[tachikomatic]

Originally Posted by slidegirlcass

I would just say before you go up to someone and shove your bag in her face think about the fact that not everyone has "financial backers" who make owning real luxury bags a reality.

I take offense to that. I buy everything for myself. I have no "financial backer," so maybe you should take your own advice there. And for people who do have, as you say, a "financial backer," are you just jealous of them?

I am, and I think most people on here are, well aware that people buy fakes knowingly. This Forum does not support fakes, at all. And by that I mean the whole Purse Forum, not just this section. We don't believe in supporting the counterfeit industry.
What Preciouscloud says is true. The only reason I point out fakes on eBay (usually the more convincing ones) are for people that might not notice, and therefore might end up spending as much as they would have on the real thing. If you're going to buy a fake, there isn't a point in paying the price of the real thing for it.

[kat8kit]

Originally Posted by slidegirlcass

Is there anyone who owns fakes knowingly? I think these are such cute bags but couldn't spend my weeks salary on a laptop bag so I bought a fake from iOffer. You would be surprised that a lot of people arent actually being taken for a ride but are knowingly buying something that looks similar without the hefty price tag. A $300 nylon laptop bag isnt something I would give a second glance to, but Im first in line at the Chinatown booths. I would just say before you go up to someone and shove your bag in her face think about the fact that not everyone has "financial backers" who make owning real luxury bags a reality.

I work for my own money to buy MY OWN purses....

Plus the whole point to buying real bags is supporting the designer- how would you feel if someone ripped off your work and was reaping the profits- its just not right! And its not like a chanel, where you are spending 1000+ dollars- if you really want a bag it is possible to save 100 dollars and buy one.

By wearing that fake bag that you think is so cute, you a stealing from simone and from all the people who work to make the bags as a living.

[kat8kit]

Originally Posted by tachikomatic

Fake L'Amore, Vacanze, Paradiso, Tutti: http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZkar969

How do you know these guys are fake (other than the low price?)

they are looking pretty real to me- what am i missing!?

[donald]

i know for a fact that the paradiso gioco is a fake because the back of the bag says "flower spring" instead of "tokidoki for lesportsac". click on the top right picture out of the 4 provided, and you'll see what i mean.
http://cgi.ebay.com/New-Tokidoki-for...QQcmdZViewItem

i don't see dead giveaways on the other bags but then again, i'm very new to tokidoki. i also find international sellers (especially from countries like china, where there are a TON of counterfeits) hard to trust--especially with a low feedback like this seller.

[xaznxsimplicity]

Originally Posted by kat8kit

How do you know these guys are fake (other than the low price?) they are looking pretty real to me- what am i missing!?

The Spaggia's colors are a bit off, the qee is wrong, there's a skinny chain, the inside of it is pink, instead of yellow.
You see "flower's spring" on the Gioco Tutti(on the bottom, really small print), again the inside is pink instead of purple
The Tutti Ciao Ciao is the same thing, with the pink.
The shape of the style of the Lamore is kinda off of the BV/MM.

And also, I've bought a good fake before, and the leather, you can tell when it's off, The red lining just seems thicker than it is on the real ones.