Thank you, Nichelle. Your support is much appreciated. Read article here.
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The love from our publishing friends continue... Thanks, Lauren. Check out what Second City Style has to say. Read article here.
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Kristopher, who is like a little sister to us (a bit wild and a bit naughty but that's the best kind of lil' sis right?) has put in her two cents on this matter. Read complete article here.
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It has come to our attention that certain people are using the name "bagsnob" or "bagsnobs" to sell goods online. Regardless of how fabulous the bags, they are certainly not the REAL Bag Snobs (meaning us). We have filed a trademark application for our name, Bag Snob, with the USPTO to prevent this type of confusion. We might give away our bags now and again, and that would be the only way you would get your hands on bags owned by the Bag Snobs!! =) We would hate for any of our readers to buy something thinking you were buying it from us. We want to avoid exactly this type of confusion. Thanks to our good friend Liezle for giving us the heads up!
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A friend of mine alerted me to an online boutique that may be selling fake bags. She bought a metallic pink Balenciaga Le Dix from SacBelle.com three years ago and recently discovered that it is a fake! She wrote to the site and asked about authenticity and their answer was that the bags are rejects from designers (which sounds fishy, why would Hermes or Balenciaga risk their reputation to sell to a small online boutique? Plus we all know Hermes DESTROYS the rejects.). Remember the Sophisticated Spirit fiasco? Perhaps we need to investigate this site further or report them to the proper authorities. Has anyone bought bags from this site? I mean just look at the cheesy photos and you can tell the bags are not real!
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We received this letter today from the lawyers representing the retail website (we are not allowed to mention their name) reported in our story "A Real Story About a Fake Paddington" and were asked to take it down. It is, in our opinion, a disservice to the shopping community but unless there are lawyers out there willing to help us with the fight, we regretfully have to obey. We are excited, however, that we have become big enough to attract so much attention. Next week, Hermes will call to make us take down our bag logo. Maybe everyone on our Shit List will call and we can all go out, get drunk and go shopping together.
There are discussions about them at the Purse Blog Forum if you are interested.
Continue reading The First Amendment Is SOOO Last Season.
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We were forced to take this story down but now that Sophisticated Spirit is no longer in business, I'm putting it back up. Maybe we were a factor and thus helped in saving unsuspecting shoppers from the heartbreak of buying a fake. In any case, it's a good story.
We’ve all been there: dying for a bag, months in on that wait list, every time you see some bitch with the bag you want to rip her eyes out. Desperate times calls for desperate measures, right? Even if it means buying bags from, ready for this? An unauthorized retailer!!! The horror of it sends shivers down my back. A few weeks ago, we received an email from one of our readers, who we will call X, asking to help spot whether or not the Paddingtons selling at www.sophisticatedspirit.com were fake. We checked it out and sure enough, they were not the real deal. These are pictures shown on the website.
X even had the seller send detailed pictures of the bag and we went as far as forwarding them to our expert source to take a look, even though it was clear compared to the Paddingtons in my closet it was all amiss.
Our assessment was that the handles looked too thin and far apart, the zippers were wrong, the seams were puckering and the price of $1,199 was a dead giveaway that it was a fake. But our gal was beyond persuasion, she had lust blindness and went ahead and bought it. Luckily, the story has a happy ending. We received this exciting email from her today.
Hi Snob!
I just HAD to tell you. I bought the Paddington today at Bergdorf Goodman (they got one chocolate brown in, and the woman working there knew how much I wanted it and called me first!).. and let me just say, you couldn't have been more right about the first one.. it was SOOOOO fake. Now that I have the real thing, I am shocked at how wrong it was. In and of itself, it was a pretty bag - but there is no comparison to what I have now. You were SO right about the handles and everything down to details on the zipper were wrong. I am so glad you planted the bug in my head about those things -cause the feelings of doubt and uncertainty were what made me return it. I am an assistant buyer for a department store and I can't believe how much this woman tried to play me for a fool. I would never carry a fake and I am so glad I talked to you. I am so happy that I found your blog and was able to figure out the right thing to do. Sometimes I guess when you really want something, you'll try anything - but it's best to wait for the real deal.
Thanks again,
X
This was an email sent by the owner of www.sophisticatedspirit.com after X asked many questions as to the authenticity. This just makes us crazy MAD!!
Dear [X],
You are so smart to ask and you have caught on to some of these scams on the net!!!!! I ordered this directly from Chloe, it was sent to one of their top Italian Authorized boutiques and then it was shipped to me. This is how I order almost all of my merchandise!!! Completely authentic straight from the designer!!!
Thanks so much for writing me and please let me know if I can help you in any other way.
Happy Thanksgiving,
Lynda Higgins
Owner
Sophisticated Spirit
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