Don't know if this thread is read much anymore, but wanted to note a significant upswing in listings for fake Mulberry items on eBay recently. Anyone else noticed this? I've reported nearly 40 in the last week. In spite of the excellent authentication thread on here and plenty of good information available simply by searching a registration number for instance, people are somehow still being suckered into buying fake Mulberry items, sometimes for quite hefty sums.
Take the case of Kimag's posting 4810 above: the listing featured an "Annie" accompanied by apparently genuine Mulberry dust bag and guarantee card. Pretty shameless, but not unknown. Perhaps the seller purchased it pre-owned with those items and didn't know any better? Maybe. If that's the case, ignorance is no defence. It's certainly no excuse for failing to do your due diligence prior to listing something you expect someone to part with their hard earned cash for. The buyer has left positive feedback, apparently pleased with their purchase. Until perhaps, they learn it is actually fake? £112 plus postage is an expensive lesson.
For those among us who've been spared the bitter taste in the mouth one gets when the truth dawns that the lovely pre-owned item one has purchased in good faith is in fact counterfeit, congratulations on living a charmed retail life! For the rest of us, it's not a pleasant feeling to learn you've been had. (It's quite awhile ago now, but I remember very well feeling my face flushed hot with embarrassment even though it was just me in the kitchen eagerly unwrapping my newly arrived eBay Mulberry vintage treasure. "Oh no, this isn't...." No, it most certainly wasn't! Not Mulberry. It had been my bad: I had asked questions, but not enough. I'd requested additional photos, but been fobbed off with an excuse, and I let my eagerness to get my hot little hands on the object of desire outrun my good sense. When contacted, the seller's protestations of innocence came thick and fast. Methinks, a bit too much? Turns out she knew all along she was selling a fake, because she'd purchased it from another seller and done the very same in trying to move it along the chain of shame. So, lesson learned. )
I cannot understand why people won't bother to verify authenticity (Why not?) More, I cannot understand those others who apparently don't seem to care that an item is fake. (Again, why not?)
But for the record:
To all those eBay sellers out there who knowingly list fake Mulberry items, you're a disgrace. You aren't fooling nearly as many people as you may think and you're ruining your credibility in the process. And I'll keep on reporting you. Every. Single. Time.
Please join me in doing so, it only takes a moment. I like to believe Addy was correct when she posted a little over 7 years ago at the start of this thread that the more reports, the more chance of having the offending listing removed. In the meantime, my sincere thanks to everyone who has posted on here through the years and perhaps especially to those who have done so recently when it's gone so quiet.
Take the case of Kimag's posting 4810 above: the listing featured an "Annie" accompanied by apparently genuine Mulberry dust bag and guarantee card. Pretty shameless, but not unknown. Perhaps the seller purchased it pre-owned with those items and didn't know any better? Maybe. If that's the case, ignorance is no defence. It's certainly no excuse for failing to do your due diligence prior to listing something you expect someone to part with their hard earned cash for. The buyer has left positive feedback, apparently pleased with their purchase. Until perhaps, they learn it is actually fake? £112 plus postage is an expensive lesson.
For those among us who've been spared the bitter taste in the mouth one gets when the truth dawns that the lovely pre-owned item one has purchased in good faith is in fact counterfeit, congratulations on living a charmed retail life! For the rest of us, it's not a pleasant feeling to learn you've been had. (It's quite awhile ago now, but I remember very well feeling my face flushed hot with embarrassment even though it was just me in the kitchen eagerly unwrapping my newly arrived eBay Mulberry vintage treasure. "Oh no, this isn't...." No, it most certainly wasn't! Not Mulberry. It had been my bad: I had asked questions, but not enough. I'd requested additional photos, but been fobbed off with an excuse, and I let my eagerness to get my hot little hands on the object of desire outrun my good sense. When contacted, the seller's protestations of innocence came thick and fast. Methinks, a bit too much? Turns out she knew all along she was selling a fake, because she'd purchased it from another seller and done the very same in trying to move it along the chain of shame. So, lesson learned. )
I cannot understand why people won't bother to verify authenticity (Why not?) More, I cannot understand those others who apparently don't seem to care that an item is fake. (Again, why not?)
But for the record:
To all those eBay sellers out there who knowingly list fake Mulberry items, you're a disgrace. You aren't fooling nearly as many people as you may think and you're ruining your credibility in the process. And I'll keep on reporting you. Every. Single. Time.
Please join me in doing so, it only takes a moment. I like to believe Addy was correct when she posted a little over 7 years ago at the start of this thread that the more reports, the more chance of having the offending listing removed. In the meantime, my sincere thanks to everyone who has posted on here through the years and perhaps especially to those who have done so recently when it's gone so quiet.
