I just got DUPED by a clever fake (Door Knock 120) on Ebay. Seller is advancebuy
Christian Louboutin kidskin pump with silvertone hardware. Christian Louboutin pump announces your arrival in classic black leather with silver studs and hardware. Christian Louboutin signature red leather sole.
www.ebay.com
The ad shows a variety of pics, with different pitches. See pic 1. The steep pitch pics were taken off the web (Shoerazzi's Rita Ora pic, Louboutin ad). The lower pitch is of the actual shoe, it is professional shot (with white background). No pics with a "real world" background like messy bedroom
I didn't get a true 120, the heel measures only 4.4" tall). See 2nd pic, where I compare it to a Eklectica 120 (variant of So Kate). The Eklektica 120 has a noticeably higher heel (5.25"). The shoe I got is like a Door Knock 100.
The shoe didn't have obvious red-flag
1) poor underneath
fakey Louboutin emblem or fakey red color. It looks quite authentic..the FAKES are getting THAT GOOD!
There WAS a red-flag for me
1) the non low-cut at toe-box side
Door Knock is variant of So Kate, which is low-cut. See SHoerazzi pic of Rita Ora, last pic.
2) didn't have a "real world" pic of the shoe
most ads show a real-world backgrounds
The ad shows varying heel pitches, the 120 "steep pitch" pics are off the web -- Louboutin website, Shoerazzi pic of Rita Ora. The other pics show a lower pitch. I should have spotted this, stupid me!
The kicker was the FAKE label on box. Below is my message to seller. See attached pic.
However, this shoe is a clever FAKE. See last pic, where I compare the shoe box label with that of an authentic Louboutin Tucsick. Your label has
1) square QR scan code
genuine Louboutin boxes don't have this! Neither do any of my other (genuine) Louboutin boxes!
2) FAKEY scan of "Shoerazzi picture of Rita Ora wearing Door Knock"
clear red-flag that this shoe (& shoe-box) is a FAKE. Genuince Louboutin shoe boxes DO NOT use scanned pics from Shoerazzi!!
3) FAKEY text font
the genuine Louboutin label uses smaller higher-qualiyt font.
4) bar code is FAKED
Only ONE number "007160" at top. There should be TWO, longer number below/embedded in bar code
The Tucsick bar code has TWO numbers
1150864
3607417198961
"There's a sucker born every minute"
//PT Barnum
Man, I got sucked..by a clever faker! The shoe looks exquisite quality. I just examined it, it looks legit! The box looks real, the shoe bag looks real
I heard about these FAKE designer stuff getting caught by Customs. There is a whole industry devoted to this. I guess the margins are high, if fakes can be cheaply made.
I was surprised to see the seller "advancebuy" have a TON of designer shoes (Louboutins, Jimmy Choo, etc) with nearly 99% approval! I checked 1 of the Loubs, it's clearly FAKE -- bad lines
By Christian Louboutin; made in Italy. Patent leather upper/calfskin leather lining and sole.
www.ebay.com
Same M.O. as my case. Legit pics of shoe taken off Loub website. The pics of the shoe are clearly underwhelming, NOT a sleek/sexy Loub Pigalle
Bottomline:
Other people were FAKED OUT (hundreds!!), and don't realize it! It actually took me awhile to figure it out. The FAKE box label was the straw-that-broke-camels-back. Lesson learned, look for "real world" pics (with real world backgrounds) of the shoe you're buying. I let my guard down, got burned. My own dang fault. Ebay should be able to get me a refund, it was on a CC (who can also get me a refund)