Hermes facebook group

[PurseCloset]

I joined a H Facebook group and I've noticed what to me is a weird trend. People are buying items only go turn around an attempt to sell them within hours. It's not small items either, just saw someone trying to offload a croc K wallet they purchased today. I can only assume they are doing this to increase their spend to try and be offered a quota bag. But it just seems weird to me, I also feel like it's a trend which could explain chronically low stock levels.

How does everyone else feel about this kind of behaviour?

Sounds to me like resellers are doing this to clock up pre-spend to qualify for that quota bag quickly . i m also certain that bag will end up just as quickly on resellers platform. So many so many of these brand new bags - fresh drop from boutique as they are termed - are all up in resellers platform . Its a business and symbiotic ecosystem out there

 

[Buildingprofile]

Sounds to me like resellers are doing this to clock up pre-spend to qualify for that quota bag quickly . i m also certain that bag will end up just as quickly on resellers platform. So many so many of these brand new bags - fresh drop from boutique as they are termed - are all up in resellers platform . Its a business and symbiotic ecosystem out there

I recently joined a FB group as well... I simply don't get it. The sheer number of BKCs that get offered that supposedly are brand new from boutique - bought in Sept/Aug - is simply mind-bongling to me. How much effort do these folks put in to earn these bags? (I think to our respective experiences pre-spending our way to one...) And then to turn around and sell it right away? I wouldn't be able to bear it! How much are the potential returns.... weighed against the risk of getting scammed?

I guess I'm not smart enough to understand the business model.

 

[Taty]

Hi,

I recently joined a Facebook group that sells hermes shoes, accessories, RTW, jewelry and bags. The group has like 11k members and I'm amazed at the number of brand new items sold below the purchase price (depending on their popularity) and sometimes much less when it comes to jewelry.

Do you think people buy items in store to create a purchase history in order to have quota bags more quickly?

I mean selling thing for +/- less than retail and then being offered a quota bag at the boutique is still better than buying a quota bag at premium.

what do you think?

I am in that group as well but hardly ever go into FB groups anymore. I personally bought a handbag from a member there that I first met on IG. She sells everything, from the most beautiful and hard to get Bs and Ks, to nail polishes . I don’t really know why she does it, but what intrigues me the most is how is she able to get all these items so fast. The only thing that I could think is that she works with CAs, and therefore gets all these beauties to sell and then split profit? . Lately I have seen her posts as “selling for my client” this, and selling for my client that ‍♀️.

 

[880]

The problem is that so many people are doing this, that even listed at 50-60% off (ie a loss of $5,000+ per piece) items are still just sitting. I honestly dont know who in the world would buy them from these people anyway but I guess if you really loved an H bracelet but not their bags for some reason…. But anyway, with prespend ratios being so competitive and high, these resellers have to take these losses several times over before getting a bag. They must be ending up with the same cost out of pocket once they finally “score” a bag from the store as they would from just paying a higher price on the resale market and getting exactly the bag they want. With an economy on the verge of recession here, anyone planning to start Fb reselling as a business model better be prepared to lose money/hold their inventory for potentially years.

i would not buy from Facebook or Instagram, and I would prefer to buy from established vetted businesses that specialize in authentic resale items (and that take paypal backed by Amex, not FF, Zelle, or other). I don’t want to pay the resale markup either. However, I assume there is a significant number of clients who get seasonal RTW, jewelry, and other items as gifts or who have their cc shopping expenses paid for by a deep pocketed friend. Any amount earned reselling would be profit. While H and chanel officially oppose resellers, the strong resale prices of the respective brand bags help to maintain the items high value, and I believe some original resellers were VIC. i do not generally resell my bags, but I would think twice before buying an expensive lady Dior since it drops in value almost immediately. There is less concern about that with H or chanel. During Covid and economic downturns, resale platforms can outperform retail. Neiman Marcus bought a percentage of fashionphile, and richmont group, Watchfinders. This trend legitimizes resale to a certain extent.

 

[QuelleFromage]

I'm curious as to how buying from these groups avoids the risk of buying superfakes. Unless you have multiple transactions with a seller and have authenticated every piece in person....at this point there are fakes that can fool pretty much anyone.

 

[acrowcounted]

I'm curious as to how buying from these groups avoids the risk of buying superfakes. Unless you have multiple transactions with a seller and have authenticated every piece in person....at this point there are fakes that can fool pretty much anyone.

The large majority of items offered in these groups are not bags but the prespend profile items; shoes, twillies, rodeos, jewelry, watches, blankets, etc. While I suppose it’s possible that some fakes of these items could work their way in, its much more plausible that it’s actually just folks who want to be seen as the rich H client by carrying a Birkin but who don’t have the bank roll to actually get there without subsidizing their purchases via reselling.

 

[J'adoreHermes]

The large majority of items offered in these groups are not bags but the prespend profile items; shoes, twillies, rodeos, jewelry, watches, blankets, etc. While I suppose it’s possible that some fakes of these items could work their way in, its much more plausible that it’s actually just folks who want to be seen as the rich H client by carrying a Birkin but who don’t have the bank roll to actually get there without subsidizing their purchases via reselling.

Bags are not the only counterfeited goods. I have seen a lot of counterfeit rtw, fine jewelry, and even homeware on eBay, VC, and TRR. I once got fooled when I bought a Hermes coat on VC that passed control, and upon inspecting, I realized it was fake as the care tag had a different order of French, English, and Spanish translations between materials. With the rhetoric around mostly bags being super fakes, many disregard how all other products are counterfeited, too. Just to the extent of fake accessories being sold on even reputable resale sites, I have seen a fake pléiade tissue box. I would simply not trust any Facebook market place with no buyer protection when selling counterfeit is so lucrative.

 

[QuelleFromage]

Bags are not the only counterfeited goods. I have seen a lot of counterfeit rtw, fine jewelry, and even homeware on eBay, VC, and TRR. I once got fooled when I bought a Hermes coat on VC that passed control, and upon inspecting, I realized it was fake as the care tag had a different order of French, English, and Spanish translations between materials. With the rhetoric around mostly bags being super fakes, many disregard how all other products are counterfeited, too. Just to the extent of fake accessories being sold on even reputable resale sites, I have seen a fake pléiade tissue box. I would simply not trust any Facebook market place with no buyer protection when selling counterfeit is so lucrative.

The blankets are counterfeited a great deal apparently (but also apparently easier to spot).
I'll stay away from these groups

 

[waterlily112]

Lately I started seeing a lot of fake finesse pieces too, bracelet, necklace, earrings...Wouldn't be surprised if they end up on the FB groups too

 

[Buildingprofile]

But why are these folks (I'm sure some are also TPF members reading this very post) selling hard-to-buy items like Evie TPMs or Rodeos at minimal markups? These purchases didn't help them on their BKC journey... in fact, maybe these purchases even held them back because their SAs might think they did a favor by offering these items.

Do they have some sort of access to SAs/SMs that give them just an easy, continuous inventory? I admire their game (and the risks they take with taking on a deadbeat buyer)... just genuinely curious what they're trying to achieve.