It is a difficult situation to handle. Sometimes, you read a story posted about a bag and little bells go off in your head alerting you, based on the story alone, of your own suspicion that the bag won't be authentic. Then, the bag is posted and you have your doubts about authenticity. But, we all post "congratulations" or something like that anyway. My very uneducated guess is that in those cases the poster knows that the bag is not authentic. So, the question is, do we just ignore it/let it slide or do we say something about it? If you ignore it, perhaps those wishing to learn from this board will be misled. But, if you say something about it, the matter just gets worse. Mods, what sayeth thou?
Would you tell?
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Since I don't know the specifics of the bag in question, could you PM her and ask her where she got it? Then, if you know it wasn't personally purchased by her at an Hermes boutique, you might suggest that you are suspicious as to the bags authenticity (and list the reasons why....). After that, I'd leave it alone....
If I bought my bag off ebay and I, myself is not sure of the authencity of the bag. I do wish someone can tell me the truth - via pm, instead of openly embrassing her. 
But maybe the poster knows that the bag is fake but maybe she tot it is a superb fake and assumes that no one knows. Then it's still nicer to pm then to confront
But maybe the poster knows that the bag is fake but maybe she tot it is a superb fake and assumes that no one knows. Then it's still nicer to pm then to confront
We prefer that if you aren't comfortable PMing this person in private that you can forward it to a Mod to handle
We have to assume the person doesn't know. . . innocent until proven otherwise, right?
So we don't prefer that it come out publicly, but in private.
We have to assume the person doesn't know. . . innocent until proven otherwise, right?
So we don't prefer that it come out publicly, but in private.
A simple PM would suffice. If the person gets your private message, it's likely they would want help from everyone here to make doubly sure those are indeed the facts about their bag. I think second and third opinions are pretty important in this matter.
I would only hope that if a fake was posted in a picture somewhere on this forum as authentic the mods would delete the picture so as not to mislead others. That said, this topic has caused a lot of drama in the past and as I remember it was determined that this was an issue that should be handled by the mods - someone correct me if I am wrong. Thanks
If I was going to pm that person. I would ask if she got the bag directly from H and tell her that you've notice something different on her bag and ask if it's something "NEW" H is doing b/c you have never seen it before.
I know some of you would rather tell the person directly but I think I would do it this way so if she cares to know the authenticity of the bag she would investigate in it. In stead of me just telling her. Some ppl might not want to know or care for our opinion.
For me if it's my bag, I would want to know directly.
I know some of you would rather tell the person directly but I think I would do it this way so if she cares to know the authenticity of the bag she would investigate in it. In stead of me just telling her. Some ppl might not want to know or care for our opinion.
For me if it's my bag, I would want to know directly.
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