I feel really stupid and should have checked here first. I bought an expensive purse on eBay ($2000+) and should have had it authenticated before purchase. When it arrived, I saw the date code and knew it was a fake. The hardware was cheap looking and I sent the pics off to Authenticate4u for confirmation.
In the meantime, I posted it here and heard back really quickly that it was a fake. The listing stated that they would only accept a return if I had it in writing with Louis Vuitton letterhead that it was not authentic.
Seller told me that she was the original owner and had purchased the purse in Switzerland. I messaged the seller and asked to return, and was given permission to do so. Seller stated that purse was authentic, and that by accepting return, they were in no way admitting that the purse was not authentic. Meanwhile, the listing was removed by eBay and I wanted to make sure I was covered by sending it back to the correct address so I called eBay and they opened a return.
I sent the bag back and was refunded. eBay sent me an email letting me know that the seller was still responsible for return shipping, and to contact them. I did so, and received a rather nasty email back tonight. Seller apparently saw my request for authentication and is calling TPF a scam and is now "building a case" and taking screenshots of my posts here.
This whole adventure could have been avoided if I had checked the "report this LV" thread first as the purse had already been flagged as fake.
In the meantime, I posted it here and heard back really quickly that it was a fake. The listing stated that they would only accept a return if I had it in writing with Louis Vuitton letterhead that it was not authentic.
Seller told me that she was the original owner and had purchased the purse in Switzerland. I messaged the seller and asked to return, and was given permission to do so. Seller stated that purse was authentic, and that by accepting return, they were in no way admitting that the purse was not authentic. Meanwhile, the listing was removed by eBay and I wanted to make sure I was covered by sending it back to the correct address so I called eBay and they opened a return.
I sent the bag back and was refunded. eBay sent me an email letting me know that the seller was still responsible for return shipping, and to contact them. I did so, and received a rather nasty email back tonight. Seller apparently saw my request for authentication and is calling TPF a scam and is now "building a case" and taking screenshots of my posts here.
This whole adventure could have been avoided if I had checked the "report this LV" thread first as the purse had already been flagged as fake.