After 224 successful transactions (sales to)
Fashionphile over the last 7 years, last week I had my first instance of an item I sent in being ruled "inauthentic." I paid the $75 fee and had the item returned to me. It was a
Gucci headband I bought on eBay, and honestly, they are probably right. I thought it was authentic but I had no experience with these headbands so I probably screwed up and bought a fake. My mistake, water under the bridge.
Except today, a watch I shipped to Fashionphile has also been determined "inauthentic." Let's be clear, the watch is genuine. The offer they made to me was far too high for this item, and I have to wonder if they realized that. So not only am I not getting the $4,000 I was offered for this item, I'm out another $75 to "authenticate" it.
I have many other items I could send, but now I have honestly lost faith in Fashionphile. I can't afford to pay random $75 fees every time I send an item in. I had a strong feeling they weren't going to buy this watch, and I was right. But I'm afraid to send them anything else at this point. So I guess my business relationship with Fashionphile is probably over.
The watch will be sent to the company for "servicing" so I can have proof that it's genuine. I can only hope they didn't damage it, take it apart or manhandle it during their "inspection" (which was done in less than 24 hours of them receiving it, even though previous watch sales have taken them 5 or more days to "inspect").