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dioraddict15 said:
Hi all, I recently purchased a small “steel grey” Givenchy Antigona from Member119055 on HEWI which was new but at less than half price. Yes I know too good to be true. However, when I had it authenticated it turned out to be fake. I’m still waiting for a refund from HEWI but I’ve since purchased a new one from an authorised Givenchy site. This seller is based in Germany and lists same bags over and over again at half off retail price and brands include Givenchy, Balenciaga and Saint Laurent. They are a professional seller with company name Kademo GmbH and seem to sell through HEWI and Rebelle. I believe they’re selling superfakes as they don’t seem to list these high end bags on their own German website. I’ve posted this on the Givenchy chat thread as well as Balenciaga and Saint Laurent threads as wasn't sure where to post and I have no idea how to start a new thread.
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Hi! I've just written about all the new Bals from the seller in Germany. I suspected that they were from Kademo but wasn't sure as on HEWI the seller is called something different. Here (second post):
https://forum.purseblog.com/threads/the-bbag-chat-room.574367/page-358

It does look like HEWI have done something about this as the Kademo Bals that weren't sold are gone now. Hopefully the people who bought the other nine Bals will be refunded.

What you can do is start a thread about your experience here:
https://forum.purseblog.com/forums/general-shopping.213/

Starting a thread is easy, just find the box in the upper right corner called Post New Thread and click on it. I think your experience is very valuable and would help many who are lured by the price. I thought they were genuine at first just because of the prices, whichwere around 1000-1200 for a Bal at the time, which is not that cheap.
 
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Thanks for your response. I was so mad about being duped and the fact they had conned so many other people that I wrote a complaint to HEWI and sent the bag back to them rather than pay stupid amount of postage to Germany. I'm hoping they took the sellers listings down as a result of my complaint and await my refund.

The only problem is HEWI pay the seller after 7 days of purchase domestic and 14 days for international sellers but if you mark as received then they pay the seller immediately and then any refunds are between the buyer and seller or PayPal or your card company which is a real shame. I will try and start a thread now - thanks,
 
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Wow ! Im glad that HEWI has removed it ! :tup::tup:

SomethingGoodCanWork said:
Hi! I've just written about all the new Bals from the seller in Germany. I suspected that they were from Kademo but wasn't sure as on HEWI the seller is called something different. Here (second post):
https://forum.purseblog.com/threads/the-bbag-chat-room.574367/page-358

It does look like HEWI have done something about this as the Kademo Bals that weren't sold are gone now. Hopefully the people who bought the other nine Bals will be refunded.

What you can do is start a thread about your experience here:
https://forum.purseblog.com/forums/general-shopping.213/

Starting a thread is easy, just find the box in the upper right corner called Post New Thread and click on it. I think your experience is very valuable and would help many who are lured by the price. I thought they were genuine at first just because of the prices, whichwere around 1000-1200 for a Bal at the time, which is not that cheap.
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dioraddict15 said:
Thanks for your response. I was so mad about being duped and the fact they had conned so many other people that I wrote a complaint to HEWI and sent the bag back to them rather than pay stupid amount of postage to Germany. I'm hoping they took the sellers listings down as a result of my complaint and await my refund.

The only problem is HEWI pay the seller after 7 days of purchase domestic and 14 days for international sellers but if you mark as received then they pay the seller immediately and then any refunds are between the buyer and seller or PayPal or your card company which is a real shame. I will try and start a thread now - thanks,
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Maybe send an e-mail to Givenchy, as well? I'll keep a lookout for your thread start.
 
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So annoyed at HEWI as I reported this Seller and demanded a refund. They refused me and confirmed it was authentic. Luckily I paid via PayPal so forced a refund on them. HEWI then relisted the bag!! Absolutely shocking. No authentication done by HEWI at all.
 
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Daisysandie said:
So annoyed at HEWI as I reported this Seller and demanded a refund. They refused me and confirmed it was authentic. Luckily I paid via PayPal so forced a refund on them. HEWI then relisted the bag!! Absolutely shocking. No authentication done by HEWI at all.
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Really? I thought they had taken all the Kademo bags down? Or maybe the seller wasn'y Kademo? Do you have a link to the bag?
 
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Conni618 said:
I too have all but given up reporting. I think they've become completely unconcerned about fakes, since they started their "Ebay's "Authenticated, Certified, less cash to seller, bags," It's now, more than ever, "Buyer Beware.". This one could fool someone until they see the tag:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/BALENCIAGA...item1cbe4e1d06:g:qYEAAOSw5UVa~C9-:rk:180:pf:0
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Sadly it'll fool a lot of people even if they see the tag, based on what comes through on the AT thread.
 
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