bagsnbags said:
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.
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?
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!
Cx