Selling designer bags on ebay? What to watch out for?

[fayewolf]

I just finished reading this long thread over in LV forum about a seller's nightmare! An ebayer claimed that her bag is fake and such....

What should I do to protect myself? I just had a buyer with 4 postiive feedback made an offer on my bag.

I'm just worried that she will say it's fake and want to send it back, and she'll send me like a fake one.. this is too scary!!

Any tips!?

Thanks!

 

[seahorseinstripes]

in lv's thread there's some tips for this, some girls use like a band tied on the bag so if they want to trade, they have to cut it and you'll know it's not yours.

 

[annabelle]

Where can we get these "bands" to tie on the bags? I did a search on the LV forum but was unable to find anything...

 

[bjc]

You can buy plastic bands at a hardware store. You pull one end through a hold and it cannot be removed without being cut. I did this when I sold a bag and it made me more comfortable with this issue- I also attached a large tag to it so that the purchaser did not use it for a few days ( & add some wear and tear) and then return it. I had heard of this happening also- the intent that the buyer won't carry it with a "tag" on it. Good luck!

 

[Cal]

You can also buy them in baby/kids stores. The ones there are like ID tags that you can write on and they can't be removed without cutting them (sort of like hospital bracelets)

 

[annabelle]

Thank you for the info, bjc and Cal!

 

[Luna]

Zip ties would work as well, no?

 

[Z&J]

You can also buy them in baby/kids stores. The ones there are like ID tags that you can write on and they can't be removed without cutting them (sort of like hospital bracelets)

Great Idea!