Thank you
I just posted his pathetic message on The website scamadvisor..
He is really a big joke!
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I just posted his pathetic message on The website scamadvisor..
He is really a big joke!
A quick question- With all due respect, wouldn’t posting a price below market value to avoid paying a required tax amount, constitute Customs Fraud, an offense that is prosecuted internationally, not just by Americans who thrive on prosecution, as eluded in your post? Their action is illegal in all countries.
This whole thing is a mess. I hope it gets settled and each party gets closure.
Yes, I realize you are not a representative of the company in question. You’re commenting on the situation, just like the rest of us. So, I write with no animosity, at all.
Just a side note- I personally do not appreciate character attacks on Americans as a society. The world is going through something right now- we don’t need to add to it. I come on the forum to escape stress, be supportive and to try to be helpful to other TPF’ers who might need help. Thank you.
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Meh, it is customs fraud but it takes a lot for them to bother prosecuting and the US Attorney picks who they’re going after at any particular time. They don’t really take or do anything about individual complaints.
I’m a lawyer, these people are bezerk. Don’t worry the tiniest bit about libel or whatever.
Don’t communicate with them any further. Good job having it authenticated- file a dispute with your credit card company or bank, be brief and factual (I purchased this. It is counterfeit. Please reverse this charge.) and send them all the pictures and letters you’ve shown here.
I wouldn’t worry about it beyond that. It’s a crummy thing but it happens a lot and should be pretty smooth to have handled.
Don’t communicate with them any further. Good job having it authenticated- file a dispute with your credit card company or bank, be brief and factual (I purchased this. It is counterfeit. Please reverse this charge.) and send them all the pictures and letters you’ve shown here.
I wouldn’t worry about it beyond that. It’s a crummy thing but it happens a lot and should be pretty smooth to have handled.
What a terrible situation! I hope it gets all sorted. This is my worst nightmare trying to save money by buying pre-loved.
I HAD THE SAME EXPERIENCE WITH BELLAVITAMODA.COM!! I bought a Dior monogram bag paying full price with my credit card but the bag I received was so ****ty made and fake!! Not only they threatened me with my IP address and would not give me a address to return the bag. Thomas Herbert Hodges, who runs this website ask me to talk to their 'legal department' and now would not answer bag my emails. But the bag was sent from Marbella, Spain by Chu Chiao Wang. I did file claims through fraud department in London but it has been going slow..
I really hope no one goes through this stressful process like us!
I really hope no one goes through this stressful process like us!
So sorry to hear about your experience. I hope your credit card company will reimburse you back soon. They are a really brazen company! When I google specific brand bags, their website comes up early in the search! They also have a few different variations to their name. The websites themselves are well designed so it’s really easy to be taken in!
Hi,
I am Thomas Hodges, an executive director of Bella Vita Moda Ltd., and the person being slandered in this thread, which in itself is libellous!
Firstly, allow me to state at the outset the the bag in question is 100% authentic and we have appraisal documentation to evidence this fact, which we will willingly produce in a court of law, if called upon to do so.
The buyer portraying herself as a victim in this thread has primarily relied on an authenticity report provided by "Real Authentication", who themselves are ambiguous and far from qualified. Just take a look at this thread which is published on this your own website: https://forum.purseblog.com/threads/real-authentication-the-incompetent-one.980433/ (this being just one of numerous negative reviews). One Trustpilot reviewer writes (and I quote):
"One of the worst and incompetent service provider ever. They have no idea what they're doing. They market themselves a lot but in terms of skillset, they stand no where. There is one authentication service popping up every second and they're one of those who know nothing but want to cheat people out of their money.
Save yourself from their clutches and get a reliable service."
As I stated in my correspondence, we take such matters very seriously and where libellous allegations are made we do and will revert to legal recourse against the party concerned (not an idle threat as one member comment suggests!). As stated above, the content of this very thread is in itself libellous, but U.S. based websites such as this one rely on being able to hide behind U.S. laws to protect them from prosecution (not so in the U.K. and European Union).
Whilst commenting, I also decided to do some online research into Purse Forum/Purse Blog, and unsurprisingly the results are far from positive. Allow me to provide you with some links for reference:
https://www.complaintsboard.com/purseforum-b123131
https://www.sitejabber.com/reviews/purseforum.com
https://www.complaintsboard.com/complaints/the-purse-forum-c291013.html
https://www.complaintsboard.com/complaints/the-purse-forum-c392575.html
The list goes on, but what is glaringly apparent is that The Purse Forum/The Purse Blog is a highly questionable website. Thus, as an executive director of an established and totally legitimate U.K. company, operating in full compliance with U.K. laws in total transparency, am obliged to respond to an illicit post, making illicit allegations, based on the review of an illicit authenticator, all of which has been posted on a highly questionable and potentially illicit forum!
I shall now provide the relevant link together with take screen-shots of the content herein-above, to our legal advisors, albeit recourse in the U.S. is both difficult and costly, which the parties concerned know only too well!
I am Thomas Hodges, an executive director of Bella Vita Moda Ltd., and the person being slandered in this thread, which in itself is libellous!
Firstly, allow me to state at the outset the the bag in question is 100% authentic and we have appraisal documentation to evidence this fact, which we will willingly produce in a court of law, if called upon to do so.
The buyer portraying herself as a victim in this thread has primarily relied on an authenticity report provided by "Real Authentication", who themselves are ambiguous and far from qualified. Just take a look at this thread which is published on this your own website: https://forum.purseblog.com/threads/real-authentication-the-incompetent-one.980433/ (this being just one of numerous negative reviews). One Trustpilot reviewer writes (and I quote):
"One of the worst and incompetent service provider ever. They have no idea what they're doing. They market themselves a lot but in terms of skillset, they stand no where. There is one authentication service popping up every second and they're one of those who know nothing but want to cheat people out of their money.
Save yourself from their clutches and get a reliable service."
As I stated in my correspondence, we take such matters very seriously and where libellous allegations are made we do and will revert to legal recourse against the party concerned (not an idle threat as one member comment suggests!). As stated above, the content of this very thread is in itself libellous, but U.S. based websites such as this one rely on being able to hide behind U.S. laws to protect them from prosecution (not so in the U.K. and European Union).
Whilst commenting, I also decided to do some online research into Purse Forum/Purse Blog, and unsurprisingly the results are far from positive. Allow me to provide you with some links for reference:
https://www.complaintsboard.com/purseforum-b123131
https://www.sitejabber.com/reviews/purseforum.com
https://www.complaintsboard.com/complaints/the-purse-forum-c291013.html
https://www.complaintsboard.com/complaints/the-purse-forum-c392575.html
The list goes on, but what is glaringly apparent is that The Purse Forum/The Purse Blog is a highly questionable website. Thus, as an executive director of an established and totally legitimate U.K. company, operating in full compliance with U.K. laws in total transparency, am obliged to respond to an illicit post, making illicit allegations, based on the review of an illicit authenticator, all of which has been posted on a highly questionable and potentially illicit forum!
I shall now provide the relevant link together with take screen-shots of the content herein-above, to our legal advisors, albeit recourse in the U.S. is both difficult and costly, which the parties concerned know only too well!
Fake bag is fake bag. Oh lord [emoji849][emoji849]
This is a joke, right?
Well gosh Thomas, may I make a suggestion - even though I am not a professional mediator?
How about taking the bag to a WELL KNOWN, PROFESSIONAL 3rd party authenticator, preferably in-person at the buyer's location (since she presumably still has the bag?).
Since you claim that this is an authentic bag, and that the real issue is her authenticator, this solution should satisfy all parties.
I have to say thodges’ post really sealed the deal for me. How utterly unprofessional a post, someone needs one of those automatic proof-reading programs... The post was full of runon sentences, incomplete sentences and from a “totally legitimate” company’s executive director no less.
Mmmmk.
Fake bag is still fake though @thodges.
Mmmmk.
Fake bag is still fake though @thodges.
Had a look at the website. Lots of pristine rare Hermes bags (exotics) waiting to be snapped up. New boy bags for £1500. All very interesting. Why revive a thread from last year? Maybe business is slow after these damning reviews....