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#47
I say that if it's a showcase item, let them be. So you make someone feel bad about posting a fake bag that they didn't know.... is that so much better? (Yes, I realize someone PM'ing them is not out of maliciousness) but you will take the joy out of the bag for that person. They will feel ashamed or embarrassed (most likely) and probably stupid. They will most likely not be able to get their money back from whichever vendor. If they did know, then what? How dare you take a picture of a fake in your showcase? Will that be next?

I do say that if the PM option is taken, it should be done by a MOD. The last thing this person needs/wants would be for 10 different people PM'ing them saying "Hey, do you know that your bag is fake?"

I personally think more harm will come out of it than good. The drawback is that you may have very well ruined this place for that person. And that cost for me is simply not worth it. My perspective, We don't need people policing other people's showcases. It's however becomes an issue if they are trying to sell that item on this forum. My two cents.
 
#48
I agree with BalenciagaLove....
i think just as long as they're not trying to sell it it's ok.... i would be pretty devastated too if someone told me a bag of mine was fake and i thought it was real...(especially if i got ripped off on that). but maybe the mods should let the person know... HAHA... i dunno :wacko:
 
#49
BalenciagaLove said:
I say that if it's a showcase item, let them be. So you make someone feel bad about posting a fake bag that they didn't know.... is that so much better? (Yes, I realize someone PM'ing them is not out of maliciousness) but you will take the joy out of the bag for that person. They will feel ashamed or embarrassed (most likely) and probably stupid. They will most likely not be able to get their money back from whichever vendor. If they did know, then what? How dare you take a picture of a fake in your showcase? Will that be next?

I do say that if the PM option is taken, it should be done by a MOD. The last thing this person needs/wants would be for 10 different people PM'ing them saying "Hey, do you know that your bag is fake?"

I personally think more harm will come out of it than good. The drawback is that you may have very well ruined this place for that person. And that cost for me is simply not worth it. My perspective, We don't need people policing other people's showcases. It's however becomes an issue if they are trying to sell that item on this forum. My two cents.
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BL, Very well said! I agree 100%!
 
#50
I'm with Luna and Balenciagalove on this one. Unless someone is trying to SELL a fake,their ownership of a (supposed) fake doesn't affect any of us personally and is none of our business really.

If someone feels compelled to say something,then let it be a mod.

Plus,the "accuser/reporter" could end up with egg on their face...it happened last week that someone had an MJ bag up for sale and had taken pics from a funny perspective,which made the bag look suspect..and it turned out to be an authentic bag after all.

One can justify and applaud the checking of merchandise being sold,but not the gleeful pointing out of suspected fakes in mere bag showcases.
 
#51
I agree with QuirkyCool & al. :D
If the person is trying to sell a fake (without even knowing it's a fake) it's a big NO NO and the Mods / Admin should intervene.
As for a showcase, it's just showing what you have, I don't think a fake more or less will make a difference... :huh:
 
#52
bagsnbags said:
:amazed: I personally think the person doesn't know it's fake. No one in the right mind will post something fake to show all the "experts". Big chance it's a gift. I think the person will appreciate it if someone let them know personally without them feeling being attacked. Not everybody "experts" in every brands.
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I agree with this, but I'd question dragging in the mods - what if the reporting person is WRONG because in that photo the bag looks wacky, yet the person bought it themselves in the store? :oh:

They could have paid cash and a lot of first time buyers don't keep dustbags etc, so many many owners don't have any authentification to prove the bag's real.

I don't think we need to police what each other owns - and don't get me wrong, I HATE fakes - but it just seems a bit icky. :suspiciou

If I saw one I was 110% certain was a fake I'd maybe send a friendly PM to the owner, saying I thought it MIGHT be and none of my business etc (whihc it isn't) but they might want to check it.

That way, if they know it's real, they know, and don't have to "prove" it to someone else, and if they aren't sure they can deal in their own sweet way.

Envision this - person A buys X brand bag in 1997, gets the bag bug after throwing away "the junk" aka dustbag, box, card etc.

Person B doesn't know that model was made because she was in high school, a convent or the Galapagos Islands in 1997 and PMs a mod. How many of us know every single design ever made by every single label, even when we specialise in one?

What then - ban person A until she can provide proof she actually doesn't have?

Ban person A from selling her stuff in the marketplace?

Sorry, doesn't work for me, and sorry for the long post but I just wanted to express my feelings, the only place fakes owned by other people are worth reporting is if they're selling them. And then, hell yes!

Shutting up now! :laugh:

Cx
 
#55
Or maybe they really don't know it's a fake, know what I mean? I would want to know if there was any doubt about one of my bags but definitely not being called out in a thread or anything. That would be highly embarrassing.
 
#56
sparkles48 said:
In my case I'd definitely want to know if something I posted a picture of was a fake. But as for the person who posted the picture of their collection including the fake - I agree with everyone else who said they may not be aware of it. After all why would you take a picture of a fake bag and put it up among a forum of bag experts?

I think it may be a good idea just to PM that person who owns the fake and then if they want they can explain what happened in their collection thread? Otherwise it's an awful lot of work for the mods to go through all the purses to make sure they're authentic before posting a thread in the showcase thread. That type of scrutiny belongs more to the marketplace.
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I agree with everything you said. I would definitely want to know as well. You never know, they may not know it's fake. It could have been a gift or something.
 
#57
BalenciagaLove said:
Personally, I don't think it's much of an issue unless they try to sell it. If they're selling a fake, then yes, get the Mods involved, etc... Otherwise, I would personally opt for no drama, especially considering all the recent drama.
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I wholeheartedly agree with BalenciagaLove. If anyone decides to do anything at all, it's best that it's private.
 
#58
I agree that it should be private (through the mod). But I disagree that the fake should be ignored. Doing so puts the forum in the position of supporting illegal activities. The person whose photo it is should be given the opportunity to substitute a replacement photograph.
 
#59
I think it would be nice of a mod to PM the person and let them know there's a fake in his/her collection just in case the person bought it off of E-bay and isn't aware she was sold a fake. I just learned recently from the communities on LJ that some mypoupette sellers do sell fakes every once in a while. Mistakes/frauds like that do happen, and unless you're an expert in handbags, you might not be able to spot it.

If it's done in a nice way, the mod might be saving the person from being sold fakes in the future by crooked ebayers.
 
#60
My understanding is/was this forum is against fakes** Doing so puts the forum in the position of supporting illegal activities.** I totally agree.

this person should know about this fake, and should have a chance to explain and done via a mod.

If i had purchased a bag and thought i was the real i'd want to know if it wasnt.
 
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