**Selling/consigning** with Fashionphile
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I got the same message when I submitted a few LV. Maybe they're just trying to catch up & will resume direct purchase when they're caught up. IDK. I'm hoping. They're such a pleasure to deal with.
I know this is an old thread but I just wanted to vent about Fashionphile as well. Right now they are selling an LV Sprouse Leopard Pareo scarf for $1100 while this exact same scarf is available on the LV website for $490!!! Why in the world would they sell a used scarf for more than twice its original worth?! Shady business in my opinion and seeing this abuse of a consumer's ignorance makes me never want to purchase anything from them ever. I am very supportive of caveat emptor...but equally as supportive of caveat venditor. IMO this is a great way to lose current and future customers! 
Stop they are a great company that many tpf send things too and buy from.supply and demand ok supply and demand. also she has to pay the seller her employees and high rent in bev hills.
I wish mods would shut this down as we are hurting a legit sellers credibility .
I wish mods would shut this down as we are hurting a legit sellers credibility .
Her credibility is hurt because she has repeatedly listed fake bags for sale - that's is fact - if you do a search you'll find where people called her on it, she admitted it and took the auctions down - repeatedly, I believe more than four times. And absolutely no, I don't think this thread should be shut down. People need to go into purchases with her with their eyes WIDE open and with the authenticators' eyes WIDE open and on full alert. LOL!
OP OMG you're right, at first I thought maybe you hadn't found the right item becuase the Fashionphile description says its cashmere. But it then goes on to say 100% cotton. I googled the following model number from the tag: lv pareo m72864 and sure enough it took me to the LV website the scarf is $490. I guess fashionphile has a new business model. They are doing a fine job undoing and hurting their own credibility.
I know this is an old thread but I just wanted to vent about Fashionphile as well. Right now they are selling an LV Sprouse Leopard Pareo scarf for $1100 while this exact same scarf is available on the LV website for $490!!! Why in the world would they sell a used scarf for more than twice its original worth?! Shady business in my opinion and seeing this abuse of a consumer's ignorance makes me never want to purchase anything from them ever. I am very supportive of caveat emptor...but equally as supportive of caveat venditor. IMO this is a great way to lose current and future customers!
Sorry but that was years ago and it was a mistake she cleared up. This is a GREAT company and I LOVE them. All her stuff is real and I think its great--I dont want to quarrel, But this is a great business and is legit with all real stuff. problems are the past.......
MsCandice: I am so glad that someone saw this!!! I couldn't believe it-I checked back and forth probably 10 times between the 2 sites reading descriptions and looking at pictures because I thought there was no way I was reading it right. I even emailed Fashionphile and asked them "Am I missing something here? Does the scarf come with a bag and I'm just not understanding the listing?" haha of course I haven't heard back...I am shocked at the audacity of pricing a USED item for so much more than a brand new item from lv
Charleston-mom: I completely agree with you about their reputation...I am not making defamatory accusations. It is very obvious when comparing the fashionphile's listing with the louisvuitton.com listing that what I said is quite true.
Lv-nowwhat: I am sorry that you feel so strongly about this company that you are personally offended by my reporting that fashionphile is charging twice the price for a used item than what louis vuitton is charging for the same/new item. I really did not mean to upset anyone. I believe this information is absolutely necessary for buyers who are looking at Fashionphile for a cheap alternative to purchase designer products. It seems you are suggesting censorship is the proper way to conduct business and that buyers should be left unaware of a website's blatant attempt to screw them over.
Concerning your comment about supply and demand-there is obviously more supply than demand for this product in the current market as there are more scarves available than willing buyers. Both LV and Fashionphile have these items available. As I am myself a willing buyer, I was going to purchase the scarf from louisvuitton.com when I thought that I would check Fashionphile 1st just to see if I could get a better rate. This is how I even came across their ridiculous pricing.
Lastly, concerning your comment about Fashionphile having to pay rent/employees- You are absolutely correct that this site has this burden and many members have previously commented that because of the site having a real store, their prices are going to be more than other online consignment shops who have no physical store. I am not trying to say that they should be the cheapest site as I do realize Fashionphile has this added cost. However, I do not believe that their cost of rent and paying employees compared to their profits is anywhere near the cost of lv's expenses compared to their profits. Yes, lv makes a MUCH larger profit overall, but they also have a MUCH larger cost of keeping the business afloat. Regardless, buyers purchase louis vuitton items for a high price for many reasons (quality, design, history, etc...), but buyers purchase items from fashionphile to get a good deal. There is simply no honest or reasonable explanation as to Fashionphile's pricing of this item.
Lv-nowwhat: I am sorry that you feel so strongly about this company that you are personally offended by my reporting that fashionphile is charging twice the price for a used item than what louis vuitton is charging for the same/new item. I really did not mean to upset anyone. I believe this information is absolutely necessary for buyers who are looking at Fashionphile for a cheap alternative to purchase designer products. It seems you are suggesting censorship is the proper way to conduct business and that buyers should be left unaware of a website's blatant attempt to screw them over.
Concerning your comment about supply and demand-there is obviously more supply than demand for this product in the current market as there are more scarves available than willing buyers. Both LV and Fashionphile have these items available. As I am myself a willing buyer, I was going to purchase the scarf from louisvuitton.com when I thought that I would check Fashionphile 1st just to see if I could get a better rate. This is how I even came across their ridiculous pricing.
Lastly, concerning your comment about Fashionphile having to pay rent/employees- You are absolutely correct that this site has this burden and many members have previously commented that because of the site having a real store, their prices are going to be more than other online consignment shops who have no physical store. I am not trying to say that they should be the cheapest site as I do realize Fashionphile has this added cost. However, I do not believe that their cost of rent and paying employees compared to their profits is anywhere near the cost of lv's expenses compared to their profits. Yes, lv makes a MUCH larger profit overall, but they also have a MUCH larger cost of keeping the business afloat. Regardless, buyers purchase louis vuitton items for a high price for many reasons (quality, design, history, etc...), but buyers purchase items from fashionphile to get a good deal. There is simply no honest or reasonable explanation as to Fashionphile's pricing of this item.
The thread needs to remain open to warn people to always have items from Fashionphile authenticated. The fact that it is listings of many fakes rather than one is reason enough to keep the thread open so that people ALWAYS have fashionphiles bags authenticated prior to purchase. Knowledge is important. People spend hundreds, sometimes thousands, of dollars on pre-owned luxury items. Selling counterfeits is a felony in this country. If you are one of the people "blindly" purchasing solely on a seller's reputation without knowing they have listed multiple counterfeit bags, and there is no way to find that out because people who like that seller want to stifle the truth and keep it quiet and stifle the ability for others to know what they are getting into and protect themselves accordingly, it's a situation rife for someone to get really burned. Whether it's inadvertent or a "mistake" (and I'm not sure it was because it happened so many times), is no comfort to someone who purchases a counterfeit, fake handbag thinking it's real, at high inflated prices. Freedom of speech and the ability to get the truth out (and it is not defamation when it is true, and she has admitted the fakes she listed -at least the ones TPF called her on and we know about) is a hallmark of our constitution and is part of what makes the United States different than third world countries and dictatorships that attempt also to stifle the truth. I can't believe that in 2011, in the US, we have people crying out to stifle the truth and make people less aware so that they can make less-informed choices. Now there's a way to go 300 years back in time.
Well said, charleston-mom!
Censorship is the suppression of speech or other communication which may be considered objectionable, harmful, sensitive, or inconvenient to the general body of people as determined by a government, media outlet, or other controlling body.
Corporate censorship is the process by which editors in corporate media outlets intervene to disrupt the publishing of information that portrays their business or business partners in a negative light, or intervene to prevent alternate offers from reaching public exposure.
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Mzedith and Lv-nowhat: No one here is suggesting that tPF remove your posts because you don't agree with the anti-Fashionphile experiences here. You are free to defend Fashionphile if you wish. Others are free to share their negative experiences. That kind of exchange is called the "marketplace of ideas" as it's one the the hallmarks of America's First Amendment jurisprudence. I must be misunderstanding your posts, because I find it hard to believe that you are suggesting that opinions that differ from yours should be censored.
That's your opinion and you are entitled to it. No one is here to try and change your mind. You love them, and that's super.
Fact is, they've listed NUMEROUS fakes in all brands and it continues to happen. You can't make a blanket statement that "all" her stuff is real because clearly it isn't.
People make errors and it happens. To give them credit, they've professionally fixed all their mistakes and made them right.
But blind faith is never a good thing, KWIM?
Excuse me - charleston-mom & Addictista
Do you realize that you are quoting something I wrote back in Oct 2009? I have not been on this thread in a long time. Doesn't that seem like the point is mote ??
LOL. I didn't realize your quote was that old! The subject of censorship just makes my blood boil! Sorry to re-hash your old post.
Actually - I don't think the point is moot. Censorship whether two years ago or now, is something that should have stopped in the middle ages.
But nope - didn't notice date of post, but don't think point is moot. Sorry to rehash old post as well. Funny how these old threads come up. I admit I don't always look at the dates.
I have to admit too, as much as I hate censorship, Fashionphile makes my blood boil more. LOL!
But nope - didn't notice date of post, but don't think point is moot. Sorry to rehash old post as well. Funny how these old threads come up. I admit I don't always look at the dates.
I have to admit too, as much as I hate censorship, Fashionphile makes my blood boil more. LOL!