I say this actually fake news. No pics of 'ladies' or their bags, no verifiable facts. No last names. The whole thing is as shady as the practice being written about. This article is a superfake.
It's still all heresy and hocus-pocus. The whole article smacks of carefully worded padding of longtime myths centred around the fake/authentic debate. In fact, it goes through the whole 'man (or woman) down pub' chat cliche after cliche. Friend of a friend, everyone's doing it, can't tell the difference, even richer/better people than us are doing it, brands are evil, branding is just a logo, luxury is a con anyway, people who buy authentic are stupid, real (authentic) rich people are cleverer than stupid wannabes, mystical Chinese factories in the middle of nowhere, Millennials do it differently, posh reseller duped.
There are fakes being sold at resellers. It's a completely different topic to the oh so fabulous mythical lives of the uber wealthy who know what's what, can buy anything, and still act like tenth graders.
There's talk of investment in their kids and crypto-currency blah blah, but then they're spending all their time researching Chinese factories and fakery. Time is usually more precious to rich people than money, and they're either into bags/designer goods or they're not. Having/wearing a fake B or LOVE or Rolex is basically telling others you can't be trusted. My friends don't want a Rolex, they want to know that every part of their watch is Rolex and contemporaneous to each other. Connoisseurs are obsessional, be it supercars, watches or handbags. Conversations are not about the products themselves anyway (unless obvious) but who do you know 'there'? What year is it? What colour is it (supposed to be)? Most rich people (at least the ones I know) would rather carry an authentic vintage Speedy than a fake Hermes, and the bragging rights in London you get from not caring about bags/brands at all is the virtue signalling conversation far outweighs a Birkin (unless it was one of Jane's). You are literally walking around areas where you meet the real thing 50-100 times a day. Having a fakes is like collecting and displaying fake Rothkos or Warhols. In NYC or in London, that would not only be seen as déclassé but being stupid/duped. Hustling fakes one by one to resellers to make a 'grand' or a buck is not something most 'oh so, so rich' people have time for, they're too busy.
The last statement is either made-up or whoever the un-named reseller was doesn't have a clue. I won't tell you why.
All I can say is the person who write this has never mingled in really rich circles. And 'Lisa and her mates' need to get a life, the more authentic the better.