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snapcat · Apr 26th, 2007, 11:58 PM

Okay... I bought my lamore bella from ebay and its so cute and I'm very happy with it, but I decided I needed more of the print so I purchased a lamore bambinone. I love the print placement, so much I actually paid 20 dollars over retail :(

Well I received it in the mail today and the leather looks pretty bad for a 'new never been used bag'. The leather is wrinkly all over, and on the bottom especially looks either dirty or scuffed (darkish looking splotches and streaks?) and there is a small crack in one place... Okay this is pretty irritating but I doubt they're going to take it back and I don't want to sell it to someone else like this (and I still like the print placement). What should I do? Is there anything that can clean off the dirty looking spots on the leather? Argh.

DreamsOfToki · Apr 27th, 2007, 12:03 AM

sigh that just really stinks. Sounds like maybe it was a second? Do you mind saying who the seller was so the rest of us can avoid them?

peachxfuzz · Apr 27th, 2007, 12:06 AM

ebay is so risky sometimes.. :[ i would be super angry too if i paid good money for something of poor quality.. sorry for your experience :/

snapcat · Apr 27th, 2007, 12:08 AM

It was lolak108 Yeah I bought one before that had a small scuff on a piece of the leather, but this one is much worse... It looked new besides the bottom, the qee still had plastic and the tags were on- maybe it just got messed up at the department store it was bought from, but they still should have specified that in the auction. I emailed the seller but I doubt they'll do anything about it... I'm hoping I can figure out a way to clean the leather?

vmasterz · Apr 27th, 2007, 12:28 AM

sorry to hear that happen to you...but some of the toki bags that i bought from evil bay had wrinkles in the leather part, but its not that bad..im just thinking that it was caused by storing or something heavy was on it?? Idk but yours sounds really bad :( ...

DreamsOfToki · Apr 27th, 2007, 12:35 AM

It could be worse...you could be the poor Schmuck that just paid $152 (plus $12 shipping) for a FAKE Gioco.

http://cgi.ebay.com/NWT-LeSportSac-T...QQcmdZViewItem

If someone is going to pay that kind of money for a purse you'd think they'd do a little research first.

snapcat · Apr 27th, 2007, 12:41 AM

Eeps. Yeah seriously, at least it was real. I lurked here for a while before I spent serious money on ebay. :)

JessakaMitz · Apr 27th, 2007, 12:51 AM

Oh man, that sucks major ass. If I wasn't happy with it, I would make the person take it back because it wasn't stated in their description that the bottom was effed up eh? That's like false advertisement eh?

snapcat · Apr 27th, 2007, 01:30 AM

Yeah I emailed the seller... She seemed pretty sorry that the leather was like that, she said she bought it and the SAs said they had just put them out and that she didn't even look at the leather on the bottom because she was only paying attention to print placement... She said she wouldn't take a return but offered to give me back the twenty dollars I paid over retail. That makes me feel a lot better, I mean even though there are scuffs and stuff on the bottom I -do- really like the print placement and she didn't have to give me back any money at all so that helped out a little.

I still wish I knew how to clean vachetta leather though. I'm scared to do anything to it because I'm afraid it will look worse! Any suggestions?

Apr 26th, 2007, 11:58 PM	#1
snapcat OP Member Joined: Mar 2007 Location: Arizona- USA Posts: 449	Evilbay strikes again Okay... I bought my lamore bella from ebay and its so cute and I'm very happy with it, but I decided I needed more of the print so I purchased a lamore bambinone. I love the print placement, so much I actually paid 20 dollars over retail :( Well I received it in the mail today and the leather looks pretty bad for a 'new never been used bag'. The leather is wrinkly all over, and on the bottom especially looks either dirty or scuffed (darkish looking splotches and streaks?) and there is a small crack in one place... Okay this is pretty irritating but I doubt they're going to take it back and I don't want to sell it to someone else like this (and I still like the print placement). What should I do? Is there anything that can clean off the dirty looking spots on the leather? Argh.

Apr 27th, 2007, 12:03 AM	#2
DreamsOfToki Member Joined: Mar 2007 Location: High Plains of Colorado Posts: 1,087	Re: Evilbay strikes again sigh that just really stinks. Sounds like maybe it was a second? Do you mind saying who the seller was so the rest of us can avoid them?
	__________________ Is it so very wrong to want a Zucca in every print? Zuccas I have: Inferno Paradiso Foresta Adios Pirata Zuccas I want: Arancia Bianco Citta Rosa Lamore Famiglia

Apr 27th, 2007, 12:06 AM	#3
peachxfuzz Member Joined: Apr 2007 Location: San Diego! Posts: 364	Re: Evilbay strikes again ebay is so risky sometimes.. :[ i would be super angry too if i paid good money for something of poor quality.. sorry for your experience :/

Apr 27th, 2007, 12:08 AM	#4
snapcat OP Member Joined: Mar 2007 Location: Arizona- USA Posts: 449	Re: Evilbay strikes again It was lolak108 Yeah I bought one before that had a small scuff on a piece of the leather, but this one is much worse... It looked new besides the bottom, the qee still had plastic and the tags were on- maybe it just got messed up at the department store it was bought from, but they still should have specified that in the auction. I emailed the seller but I doubt they'll do anything about it... I'm hoping I can figure out a way to clean the leather?

Apr 27th, 2007, 12:28 AM	#5
vmasterz sMiLe! Joined: Jan 2007 Location: far far away in christmasland Posts: 4,173	Re: Evilbay strikes again sorry to hear that happen to you...but some of the toki bags that i bought from evil bay had wrinkles in the leather part, but its not that bad..im just thinking that it was caused by storing or something heavy was on it?? Idk but yours sounds really bad :( ...
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Apr 27th, 2007, 12:35 AM	#6
DreamsOfToki Member Joined: Mar 2007 Location: High Plains of Colorado Posts: 1,087	Re: Evilbay strikes again It could be worse...you could be the poor Schmuck that just paid $152 (plus $12 shipping) for a FAKE Gioco. http://cgi.ebay.com/NWT-LeSportSac-T...QQcmdZViewItem If someone is going to pay that kind of money for a purse you'd think they'd do a little research first.
	__________________ Is it so very wrong to want a Zucca in every print? Zuccas I have: Inferno Paradiso Foresta Adios Pirata Zuccas I want: Arancia Bianco Citta Rosa Lamore Famiglia

Apr 27th, 2007, 12:41 AM	#7
snapcat OP Member Joined: Mar 2007 Location: Arizona- USA Posts: 449	Re: Evilbay strikes again Eeps. Yeah seriously, at least it was real. I lurked here for a while before I spent serious money on ebay. :)

Apr 27th, 2007, 12:51 AM	#8
JessakaMitz tokified Joined: Apr 2007 Location: Hawaiiiiiii Posts: 3,469	Re: Evilbay strikes again Oh man, that sucks major ass. If I wasn't happy with it, I would make the person take it back because it wasn't stated in their description that the bottom was effed up eh? That's like false advertisement eh?

Apr 27th, 2007, 01:30 AM	#9
snapcat OP Member Joined: Mar 2007 Location: Arizona- USA Posts: 449	Re: Evilbay strikes again Yeah I emailed the seller... She seemed pretty sorry that the leather was like that, she said she bought it and the SAs said they had just put them out and that she didn't even look at the leather on the bottom because she was only paying attention to print placement... She said she wouldn't take a return but offered to give me back the twenty dollars I paid over retail. That makes me feel a lot better, I mean even though there are scuffs and stuff on the bottom I -do- really like the print placement and she didn't have to give me back any money at all so that helped out a little. I still wish I knew how to clean vachetta leather though. I'm scared to do anything to it because I'm afraid it will look worse! Any suggestions?

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