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#766
Hey. Just wanted some advice. I listed a Chanel Reissue on Vestiaire Collective (link below)
http://www.vestiairecollective.com/women-bags/handbags/chanel/metallic-leather-handbag-255-chanel-1523811.shtml

It sold for £2240 but after the commission they take, which is a vast amount £450+, I only end up with about £1750. It's the largest size in the reissue and no longer comes in this colour. I was just wondering if you guys thought it's worth going ahead with. Plus the annoying this is you can't even directly message the buyer they filter everything!
My thought is that if someone is willing to pay £2000+ for it I could get 400 more which is being taken on commission.
Thanks in advance for your thoughts
 
#767
Hello Everyone,
I just wanted to share my experience and see if anybody else had had similar experiences.
For those who don't know, VC is like an upmarket Ebay for designer goods, accept that VC check and authenticate every single item by hand before the customer receives it. This prevents fakes being sold. Supposedly.


I have over 20 LV items, bought from stores, so was a bit hesitant buying second hand. However, my first purchase through VC was an LV wallet – all the paperwork, boxes and dust bags were present & the item was in virtually new condition. No problems.


Last week I purchased a Hermes belt. No paperwork, boxes or bags came with the belt but I did know this BEFORE purchasing. I had my doubts as soon as it arrived. The leather was very soft and supple, whereas my Hermes belt was made of much harder leather. But I don’t know that much about Hermes belts so perhaps some are made of very soft leather. However, when I got home I directly compared the 2 belts and the difference was shocking.


Genuine Hermes reversible belts only have 3 holes, this belt had 4. The holes weren’t even perfectly horizontal – they sloped downwards. On the back of the gold H buckle the soldering had turned black. The Hermes print in the belt was pretty much invisible, I actually couldn’t see it at all the first couple of times I check ( I think because the leather was so soft, the imprint didn’t last).



Sorry to go on – I just don’t understand how an organisation can claim to authenticate the items (and apparently charge sellers a hefty sum for this ‘privilege’) when they clearly aren’t actually doing it.


Surely they are just profiting from the trading of illegal goods.
How do they get away with it?!?!


Anyway, I complained yesterday via email to VC and I am waiting for their response. I have also taken a number of photos comparing my real with their fake.
I didn’t mean to rant – sorry!!
 
#768
Sasha99 said:
Hello Everyone,
I just wanted to share my experience and see if anybody else had had similar experiences.
For those who don't know, VC is like an upmarket Ebay for designer goods, accept that VC check and authenticate every single item by hand before the customer receives it. This prevents fakes being sold. Supposedly.


I have over 20 LV items, bought from stores, so was a bit hesitant buying second hand. However, my first purchase through VC was an LV wallet – all the paperwork, boxes and dust bags were present & the item was in virtually new condition. No problems.


Last week I purchased a Hermes belt. No paperwork, boxes or bags came with the belt but I did know this BEFORE purchasing. I had my doubts as soon as it arrived. The leather was very soft and supple, whereas my Hermes belt was made of much harder leather. But I don’t know that much about Hermes belts so perhaps some are made of very soft leather. However, when I got home I directly compared the 2 belts and the difference was shocking.


Genuine Hermes reversible belts only have 3 holes, this belt had 4. The holes weren’t even perfectly horizontal – they sloped downwards. On the back of the gold H buckle the soldering had turned black. The Hermes print in the belt was pretty much invisible, I actually couldn’t see it at all the first couple of times I check ( I think because the leather was so soft, the imprint didn’t last).



Sorry to go on – I just don’t understand how an organisation can claim to authenticate the items (and apparently charge sellers a hefty sum for this ‘privilege’) when they clearly aren’t actually doing it.


Surely they are just profiting from the trading of illegal goods.
How do they get away with it?!?!


Anyway, I complained yesterday via email to VC and I am waiting for their response. I have also taken a number of photos comparing my real with their fake.
I didn’t mean to rant – sorry!!
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sorry to hear about this :( I hope u can get a third party eg PayPal to settle this if VC doesn't email u back... they should give u a full refund if the item is not authentic!
 
#769
Ladies, I just found something very fishy on Vestiaire. I am after a pair of Louboutin Costa Nadas. Right now Vestiaire is offering a pair of Celine Sandals that are identical to the CL Costa Nada. This is impossible, right? Or has anyone ever heard of a case, where two different designers sell an identical item under two brand names???

Here is the Louboutin Item: http://www.vestiairecollective.de/d...ian-louboutin/weiss-leder-flats-1423452.shtml

And this is the supposedly Celine Item: http://www.vestiairecollective.de/d...eiss-leder-white-sandals-celine-1768212.shtml

I have bought several items on VC but never without a very very close look at the photos. I do not trust their authenticaters at all.
 
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#770
I'm sorry to hear this.

I have only had good experiences so far from vestiaire but I can see loads of others don't.

I have noticed a few fakes on there and have noticed others comment the item is fake.

How did you pay and can you do a dispute or card chargeback?

Kick off hard enough you will get your money back I think
 
#772
My two last vc purchases were a disaster. Missoni tunic €180 with two holes in it and a broken €550 Repossi ring. Ugh. I am so disappointed and I wonder about their quality control team? The ring can't be used since the longest part of it falls off of the finger when it unhinges.



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#773
I sell there too and take great pride in always describing my items accurately and checking them thoroughly before listing them. So many flaky sellers on there and incompetent quality control team that even lets fake items pass!! Insanity!
 
#775
Sasha99 said:

Sorry to go on – I just don’t understand how an organisation can claim to authenticate the items (and apparently charge sellers a hefty sum for this ‘privilege’) when they clearly aren’t actually doing it.

Surely they are just profiting from the trading of illegal goods.
How do they get away with it?!?!
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This!!! This is it exactly!
 
#777
Sasha99 said:
Hello Everyone,
I just wanted to share my experience and see if anybody else had had similar experiences.
For those who don't know, VC is like an upmarket Ebay for designer goods, accept that VC check and authenticate every single item by hand before the customer receives it. This prevents fakes being sold. Supposedly.


I have over 20 LV items, bought from stores, so was a bit hesitant buying second hand. However, my first purchase through VC was an LV wallet – all the paperwork, boxes and dust bags were present & the item was in virtually new condition. No problems.


Last week I purchased a Hermes belt. No paperwork, boxes or bags came with the belt but I did know this BEFORE purchasing. I had my doubts as soon as it arrived. The leather was very soft and supple, whereas my Hermes belt was made of much harder leather. But I don’t know that much about Hermes belts so perhaps some are made of very soft leather. However, when I got home I directly compared the 2 belts and the difference was shocking.


Genuine Hermes reversible belts only have 3 holes, this belt had 4. The holes weren’t even perfectly horizontal – they sloped downwards. On the back of the gold H buckle the soldering had turned black. The Hermes print in the belt was pretty much invisible, I actually couldn’t see it at all the first couple of times I check ( I think because the leather was so soft, the imprint didn’t last).



Sorry to go on – I just don’t understand how an organisation can claim to authenticate the items (and apparently charge sellers a hefty sum for this ‘privilege’) when they clearly aren’t actually doing it.


Surely they are just profiting from the trading of illegal goods.
How do they get away with it?!?!


Anyway, I complained yesterday via email to VC and I am waiting for their response. I have also taken a number of photos comparing my real with their fake.
I didn’t mean to rant – sorry!!
Click to expand...


Yes as a seller you pay 30% off of the price your item sell for. Insanity. See my previous post with pics of the items their quality control team let pass their "inspection ".
 
#780
I have listed several items to sell on vestiaire after positive buying experiences. I have accepted three offers for one item and two offers for another and the buyers have not paid so the "negotiation has timed out".

Since you cannot tell who is negotiating on your items, I cannot tell if it is just jerks who think it is fun to make offers and not pay or what.

Is this typical? Have others had lots of accepted offers not follow thru with payment or is it just something with me? I am pretty frustrated. At least on eBay if the bidder has poor feedback you know what to expect...
 
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