Hello everyone. First of all, I would like to thank team of Great Authenticators Authenticate4u. I would like to share my experience with forum, so maybe some ladies/gentlemen avoid my mistakes.
Back in November I bought a new model LV Alma BB neo on EBay. I really liked the bag and at that time it was sold out online, so I found it on EBay for almost same price, but I decided to get it anyway as a Christmas present.
My Biggest mistake was that I PAID with PayPal balance, and not with my credit/debit card!!!!
I was at risk of loosing my funds and getting STUCK with a FAKE bag!!!
It looked authentic on a pictures and the seller had 100% feedback. Again, the bag just came out in November and it’s a new model, not a lot of authenticators are familiar with this particular model yet. I received the bag, opened it and it looked okay, and I was thinking it looks pretty real until I looked on details like zipper area etc. I decided to contact Authenticate4u to make sure I purchased a real bag. After one week of studying the pictures, they told me it’s not authentic. I contacted 4 (!!!) more Authenticators and they told me it’s an REAL (!!!) bag. I don’t want to mention these Authenticators by name... As for me I was not 100% convinced that the bag is fake, but I was very suspicious. I even went to LV store to look at the real bag myself... it looked slightly different...
Authenticate4u team explained why they were convinced that the bag is fake, they sent me some of the pictures where they had authentic bag vs my bag. I have seen the difference and became 100% convinced that my bag is fake. It was a very good fake in my opinion. At the same time I opened and lost the case with PayPal. It turned out that seller showed gift receipt (which doesn’t proof anything). I also found out that seller released exactly the same bag for sale after I bought and received my bag and left her a positive feedback. I started to ask seller questions and she told me she wouldn’t take the bag back and refund the money. She send me a picture of the receipt of the similar bag, but was different size. I told her that she showed me a receipt with different bag. Then, she send me a picture of the gift receipt of the bag I bought... I asked her to mail me a receipt so I could go to the boutique with it, but she declined. She was trying to convince me that she sells brand new bags on EBay, because she has a lot of store credit money... nonsense...I couldn’t open the return with EBay for some reason (my item was deleted for some reasons). I needed to appeal with PayPal again. I prepared for a fight with them again and... won this time. I have seen exactly the same bag/ and few more LV neverful mm, Alma bb neo noir and Chanel double flap... that this scammer trying to sell and she sold few of them on EBay and Poshmark (she tries to convince people to buy offsite)...
I wanted to share my experience with you guys to avoid my mistakes and authenticate the bag before you buy, and always pay with a credit card, so you could dispute it if PayPal/ EBay or any other company decides the case not in your favor.
As for me, I would like to thank Authenticate4u team (Lesley, Kat, Angelica, Emilia), I really appreciate your help and hard work that you did for me. I TRULY appreciate everything you did for me. If it’s not for you, I would’ve been stuck with a fake bag now... and possibly without even slightest idea that it’s fake... because that bag is a very good and expensive fake...
Thank you guys! You are the best!
PS: I got a refund and got LV Alma BB neo noir in a boutique. I am really happy it’ over.
Back in November I bought a new model LV Alma BB neo on EBay. I really liked the bag and at that time it was sold out online, so I found it on EBay for almost same price, but I decided to get it anyway as a Christmas present.
My Biggest mistake was that I PAID with PayPal balance, and not with my credit/debit card!!!!
I was at risk of loosing my funds and getting STUCK with a FAKE bag!!!
It looked authentic on a pictures and the seller had 100% feedback. Again, the bag just came out in November and it’s a new model, not a lot of authenticators are familiar with this particular model yet. I received the bag, opened it and it looked okay, and I was thinking it looks pretty real until I looked on details like zipper area etc. I decided to contact Authenticate4u to make sure I purchased a real bag. After one week of studying the pictures, they told me it’s not authentic. I contacted 4 (!!!) more Authenticators and they told me it’s an REAL (!!!) bag. I don’t want to mention these Authenticators by name... As for me I was not 100% convinced that the bag is fake, but I was very suspicious. I even went to LV store to look at the real bag myself... it looked slightly different...
Authenticate4u team explained why they were convinced that the bag is fake, they sent me some of the pictures where they had authentic bag vs my bag. I have seen the difference and became 100% convinced that my bag is fake. It was a very good fake in my opinion. At the same time I opened and lost the case with PayPal. It turned out that seller showed gift receipt (which doesn’t proof anything). I also found out that seller released exactly the same bag for sale after I bought and received my bag and left her a positive feedback. I started to ask seller questions and she told me she wouldn’t take the bag back and refund the money. She send me a picture of the receipt of the similar bag, but was different size. I told her that she showed me a receipt with different bag. Then, she send me a picture of the gift receipt of the bag I bought... I asked her to mail me a receipt so I could go to the boutique with it, but she declined. She was trying to convince me that she sells brand new bags on EBay, because she has a lot of store credit money... nonsense...I couldn’t open the return with EBay for some reason (my item was deleted for some reasons). I needed to appeal with PayPal again. I prepared for a fight with them again and... won this time. I have seen exactly the same bag/ and few more LV neverful mm, Alma bb neo noir and Chanel double flap... that this scammer trying to sell and she sold few of them on EBay and Poshmark (she tries to convince people to buy offsite)...
I wanted to share my experience with you guys to avoid my mistakes and authenticate the bag before you buy, and always pay with a credit card, so you could dispute it if PayPal/ EBay or any other company decides the case not in your favor.
As for me, I would like to thank Authenticate4u team (Lesley, Kat, Angelica, Emilia), I really appreciate your help and hard work that you did for me. I TRULY appreciate everything you did for me. If it’s not for you, I would’ve been stuck with a fake bag now... and possibly without even slightest idea that it’s fake... because that bag is a very good and expensive fake...
Thank you guys! You are the best!
PS: I got a refund and got LV Alma BB neo noir in a boutique. I am really happy it’ over.
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) to authenticate a paper bag! I've personally noticed & seen they have been making mistake's across the board with so many different brands.
