100% agree with this. Reminds me of a quote from the book, The Psychology of Money by Morgan Housel.
"Saving money is the gap between your ego and your income, and wealth is what you don’t see."
Beware: Best faked bags in the market
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"Saving money is the gap between your ego and your income, and wealth is what you don’t see."
I read that these factories get raided by the police from time to time. Also buyers take a risk of being out of pocket because custom either in China or destination country often seize items.
So while this is not about a fake bag, I just read in the Pricescope jewelry forum that someone bought a preloved Cartier Love bracelet that turned out to be a very good fake with cert. The seller has apparently been on that forum for a couple of years but not with a lot of posts. The buyer is out of pocket quite a few Gs. I’d say that if anyone plans to buy a preloved anything, to do their due diligence, only buys it from a reputable buyer that has a return policy, don’t use PayPal Friend & Family or any type of money transfer—use CC/regular PayPal. It’s definitely buyer’s beware.
This blows my mind. I'm not an influencer, I don't take photos of inside my bathroom vanity, or carry around my moisturizer with me - who would know you used La Mer!?
The risk is probably what thrills people.
I think the mentality is kinda “I got one over on society” when the reality is society got one over on them.
I will say that whenever I’ve reported fake Mulberry sellers in IG they’ve responded with takedowns quite fast.
Did you know that Heart Evangelista also admits to having fake copies of her VCA and Cartiers ecetra? She wears them in different "situations". It's in her youtube videos.
This is a good piece on the topic, and especially relevant to Ireland/EU
www.rte.ie
Faking it: The dangers of buying counterfeit goods
Holiday-makers may be tempted to buy fake designer goods on their trip abroad this summer – but it's never a good idea, according to the European Consumer Centres Network.
Fakes are EVERYWHERE. I've authenticated Hermès for just over ten years, and I'm honestly still shocked at how many reps are being passed as authentic. Just tonight, I was scrolling through 1stDibs (extremely reputable second hand goods site), and I found an egregiously fake birkin. It doesn't even look real-- I found at least five major callouts within my first 60 seconds of looking at it. I'll be calling 1stDibs in the morning, because this is absolutely unacceptable.
I tried to call 1stDibs earlier and found out that their customer service line isn't open till monday
But don't worry, as soon as I call them on Monday, I will post pictures and link to this bag and explain some of the callouts I found.UPDATE: Fake Birkin on 1stDibs
I posted a couple days ago about a fake birkin I saw on 1st Dibs and promised I’d update once I’d got in contact with the customer support/authentication team at 1stDibs. Was able to contact them today, and the representative I spoke with was extremely apologetic and appreciative. They are still working on reaching out to the seller and closing the listing, however it is still active at the time of my writing this.
The fake bag in question is a "Birkin" 35 in orange ostrich leather (1st Dibs link: https://www.1stdibs.com/fashion/han...ermes-birkin-35-ostrich-orange/id-v_16056612/). I found at least ten callouts, but the main ones were with the zipper and the date stamp. I won’t get too into the zipper, becasue some of the callouts I found are not very widely known, and I don’t want to encourage corrections to replicas. The main flaw is that ostrich leather bags should have an ostrich leather zipper pull. This bag had a zipper pull made of what seems to be some sort of replicated version of chevre marocain leather (leather used on the interior of many authentic Hermès bags). As far as the date stamp though, the bag is from 2011 which featured the letter “O” inside of a square. The “O” on every authentic bag I have ever seen from this year is a very precise, circle-shaped “O”. On this replica, I noticed that the “O” is an oval instead of a circle.
I’m honestly surprised and kind of disappointed, as 1stDibs is extremely reputable and one of my favourite sites to browse. Needless to say, we should all be more cautious when browsing the secondhand market. ALWAYS get a second opinion on bags you buy outside of the boutique. Hope everyone had a nice weekend! xx
I posted a couple days ago about a fake birkin I saw on 1st Dibs and promised I’d update once I’d got in contact with the customer support/authentication team at 1stDibs. Was able to contact them today, and the representative I spoke with was extremely apologetic and appreciative. They are still working on reaching out to the seller and closing the listing, however it is still active at the time of my writing this.
The fake bag in question is a "Birkin" 35 in orange ostrich leather (1st Dibs link: https://www.1stdibs.com/fashion/han...ermes-birkin-35-ostrich-orange/id-v_16056612/). I found at least ten callouts, but the main ones were with the zipper and the date stamp. I won’t get too into the zipper, becasue some of the callouts I found are not very widely known, and I don’t want to encourage corrections to replicas. The main flaw is that ostrich leather bags should have an ostrich leather zipper pull. This bag had a zipper pull made of what seems to be some sort of replicated version of chevre marocain leather (leather used on the interior of many authentic Hermès bags). As far as the date stamp though, the bag is from 2011 which featured the letter “O” inside of a square. The “O” on every authentic bag I have ever seen from this year is a very precise, circle-shaped “O”. On this replica, I noticed that the “O” is an oval instead of a circle.
I’m honestly surprised and kind of disappointed, as 1stDibs is extremely reputable and one of my favourite sites to browse. Needless to say, we should all be more cautious when browsing the secondhand market. ALWAYS get a second opinion on bags you buy outside of the boutique. Hope everyone had a nice weekend! xx
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Thank you! The shape is atrocious, that is the only thing that jumps out to me, but I am not an Hermes expert. Also a brand new seller.
Where do people even get these replica bags?! I bought a few when visiting vintage shops and now I’m worried I should authenticate them. Any recommendations on authentication spots?