I posted this on HF and debated on posting it here, but I need to warn others that this could happen, because it could honestly happen anywhere.
About a week ago I was shopping in the Impulse dept at the Macy*s by me looking at Seven For All Mankind jeans. I was digging through a rack and found an unusual pair of Dojo Argyle green crystals which I have NEVER seen at Macy*s since they are an old style that's commonly faked (90% of them you'll ever see are fake). Upon further inspection it was obvious they were fake (someone returned a fake pair, as the real pair they bought, they swapped the tags). I brought it to the attention to the SA who then called a manager. The manager asked me how I knew, then asked if I was buying them. I said, "no, they're not authentic.". She turned to the SA and told her to put them back on the floor! I was completely floored so I went up to the management offices and told them. they said they would take it to a higher up and have them pulled until further inspection.
SO the next day I go back and get this. They had them marked down on the clearance rack for 40% off!!!!!!! Now instead of $165 fakes, they are $99 fakes I then wrote an email to Macy*s corporate to tell them that they are disowning their integrity. Of course I got a generated email that told me they forwarded my email to the GM of that store and someone would contact me in the near future.
I do know SFAMK jeans and would know if I was buying a real pair, but how would I know on another brand I don't normally buy? I'm terrified to even step outside of the box at Macy*s because no one there is trained to return these jeans.
About a week ago I was shopping in the Impulse dept at the Macy*s by me looking at Seven For All Mankind jeans. I was digging through a rack and found an unusual pair of Dojo Argyle green crystals which I have NEVER seen at Macy*s since they are an old style that's commonly faked (90% of them you'll ever see are fake). Upon further inspection it was obvious they were fake (someone returned a fake pair, as the real pair they bought, they swapped the tags). I brought it to the attention to the SA who then called a manager. The manager asked me how I knew, then asked if I was buying them. I said, "no, they're not authentic.". She turned to the SA and told her to put them back on the floor! I was completely floored so I went up to the management offices and told them. they said they would take it to a higher up and have them pulled until further inspection.
SO the next day I go back and get this. They had them marked down on the clearance rack for 40% off!!!!!!! Now instead of $165 fakes, they are $99 fakes I then wrote an email to Macy*s corporate to tell them that they are disowning their integrity. Of course I got a generated email that told me they forwarded my email to the GM of that store and someone would contact me in the near future.
I do know SFAMK jeans and would know if I was buying a real pair, but how would I know on another brand I don't normally buy? I'm terrified to even step outside of the box at Macy*s because no one there is trained to return these jeans.