Wonderful encounter! Love that oldie Bals can bring people together. What a pretty cw of ACdlV!
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Wonderful encounter! Love that oldie Bals can bring people together. What a pretty cw of ACdlV!
UpdateBEWARE of this eBay seller! Okawari-banzai
Deducted 50% of the refund, stating that “item was opened.”
Disgusting. These were super used items, and of course I wanted to inspect them, to see if I wanted to keep them or not.
It’s not as if I opened a package of something that was brand new.
Nowhere in the auction does it say 50% ripoff if opened. It only says returns within 60 days.
I already paid return shipping to Japan.
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I opened a case with eBay. Needless to say, I’m very angry.
Well, that was fast.
Not only did the seller lose, but lost big time, because eBay refunded ALL shipping, as well.
That’s what happens when you try to get greedy, and attempt to rip off people.
Had they simply refunded, I would have gladly paid the shipping back to Japan.
Seriously?!? Do they not realize it's the oldies that get snapped up ASAP? Heck, that one Plomb has probably been sold (and returned) by quite a few people just on this forum!
They turned down both of my like-new Everyday totes.
They think the problem is with classic style city bags, not their fraudulent bait and switch photography that makes buyers return purchases and hesitant to buy their bags.
Did you tell them? I'm sure they would take it down and appreciate a lesson since people trust them to know wtf they are doingI want to share a small reminder. While our authenticators and other OG collectors here have deep expertise in authenticating the moto style bags and some others, we've run into a bit of a wall when it comes to the newer bags. We just don't have 20 years of obsessive experience with them.
I'm far from an expert on the more recent bags, but I've found that a good way to initially weed out some of the fakes is through the serial tags. Unfortunately the good fakes are doing a really good job of mimicking many details, but they frequently get the style and color codes wrong.
Here's a lovely green Neo Classic City currently listed on Yoogis. It looks fine at first blush until you start digging. It's a high quality fake.
Balenciaga Green Leather Neo Classic Nano City Bag| Yoogi's Closet
Authentic Balenciaga Green Leather Neo Classic Nano City Bag. Condition is Like newwww.yoogiscloset.com
I wouldn't have known this is fake without digging in the coding numbers. When those were revealed to be wrong (you can always stop right there) I noticed other details that were also wrong.
Always check those numbers on these newer bags. It's the high quality fakers' Achilles heel.
I'm experiencing Ridiculous Price Fatigue.
What gets me more than $4000 for a pristine bag is $800 for a massively stained, punctured and ripped leather dangling off the handles bag.
Also, if seller had cared enough to research going prices for a pristine pre-owned City, they would have found out that it’s not a City they are selling. 🙀
I give up!
How do they NOT know what a Balenciaga bag freaking looks like?
Just heard from the buyer — they didn’t even give her the option of accepting the bag and she still wants it! Now what do I do?
I can’t believe this has happened to me TWICE in one week!
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How do they NOT know what a Balenciaga bag freaking looks like?
Just heard from the buyer — they didn’t even give her the option of accepting the bag and she still wants it! Now what do I do?
I can’t believe this has happened to me TWICE in one week!
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So frustrating! I'm sorry they did this to you. I would try very hard to get contact information to your buyer. What a PITA!
What a pain! Which site was this on? I would list it on another site and tell the buyer where to find it.I give up!
How do they NOT know what a Balenciaga bag freaking looks like?
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Just heard from the buyer — they didn’t even give her the option of accepting the bag and she still wants it! Now what do I do?
I can’t believe this has happened to me TWICE in one week!
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ETA: or change your listing description to used when you relist and direct the buyer to it.