r/RepScamWorld

Wanted to order some clothes and when i sent links to see if its available, links from his album btw, where he has prices, guy sent me prices that were up to 30-50$ higher. When i asked why- he said those are weidian prices and they have to be higher than in catalog lol🙈🙈🙈Took a screenshot of weidian price that is exactly same like in his catalog and sent to him. He said ahh ok i guess i can accept those prices , want to order?
How can someone like that ever be on trusted seller list??? Ethan 0529

FYI please be careful not to join or trust Shiella. While buyers in this group might be fine the person that is the moderator is very dangerous. She will threaten to doxx and expose your personal information. She has done that with me and I suspect she may do that on this post, but I needed to warn others before they put themselves at risk.

She is selling fake products kindly refrain from these sellers

I was sent a Canal St. bag and was told it was master quality. The bag had visible scratches on the logo hardware, the chain was a different color from the other hardware, and it smelled like a musty basement! The PSP did not show any of the flaws. It also seems to not be real leather, although I have no proof. The seller (Lee) told me to further damage the bag so he can be sure I don’t use it and he’ll give me a full refund. I was skeptical so I put in a PayPal dispute. PayPal ruled for me to send it back (to China!) and I’ll get my refund. Well of course that wasn’t cheap so I gave up.😕 I’m a newbie and this was one of my first rep purchases. I definitely learned some valuable lessons from this horrible seller.

Seller: Luxury Parity (Lee)
Cost: $221
Factory: Unknown

This is going to be a long read- TL;DR do your research before purchasing.

The rep community has become positively cult-like in the last 2-3 years. It never used to be like this. Have we not learned anything from Joe Luxury, Wagoon Ladies, and Dollbaby? How many people were blocked and banned from subs with their reputations dragged for pointing out the obvious about these users? You’d think we’d learn our lesson. Sadly, no.

After a long hiatus from reps, I messaged my long-time TS for a new bag and came back to good ol’ Reddit in search of some rehomes to begin rebuilding my collection.

My experience is a perfect example of how this community has fallen even deeper into cult like behavior. People with no knowledge of luxury fashion are here blindly following and supporting “popular” redditors to feel included in the community. I get it, we all want to feel accepted to a degree. But the bashing, pitch fork wielding witch hunts have to stop before they completely destroy this hobby.

One of my favorite bags of all time is the Chanel “all about chains” bumbag. I purchased it from my TS a few years ago and rehomed it bc I need a Mary Poppins size bag on the daily. Watching Real Housewives of Beverly Hills and seeing Rachel Zoe with this bag made me deeply regret rehoming it last year. It’s no longer produced in the factories per my TS. Scoring a needle in a haystack rehome is my only hope. So, as I’m scrolling Reddit one evening, my eyes lock in on the words CC ALL ABOUT CHAINS. OMG I found it!!! I immediately message the seller and immediately send payment. I even said I don’t need extra photos. THIS IS MY HOLY GRAIL BAG!

The seller is great, sends tracking, ships quickly and it arrives. I left for vacation the next day, came back to a crazy work week- you know how it goes sometimes. All this to say, I unpacked the bag, and tossed it on a shelf in the closet until I had an opportunity to wear it.

A week or so goes by and I’m like why did I buy this bag again?! It’s too small, I’ll never carry it and it’ll just sit in my closet looking pretty. And I promised myself awhile back that I’d stop buying things that don’t fit perfectly into my daily lifestyle.

No problem, I’ll just rehome it! I grab some bags I’m not using, include this one, snap some pics and post. <keep top of mind again, I previously had the all about chains from my TS and paid a typical high tier price for it >. In my rehome post, I added $20 to what I paid from the rehomer to cover ship/insurance/packing. No more than 5 minutes after I post my little rehome, the user I bought the bag from is in the comments accusing me of lying and flipping the bag. Any opportunity to be the “hero” and catch someone flipping, right? No, I wasn’t lying or flipping. As I had told her in our chat, I used to have this same bag! Why would it matter if I said it was from her or my TS, it’s the same bag? <I realize now I should’ve been more forthcoming and said I got as a rehome, but would have paid ___ from TS>

I’m heading to my chat to scroll down to find the seller and ask her why she’s upset that I’m rehoming and explain that $20 to cover ship isn’t “flipping”. But, I have a new chat request. This user kindly tells me the bag is NOT the “all about chains”. She also educated me about Chanel beauty GWP- which is what this is. It’s all over DHGATE for $50. I go grab the bag and sure enough, it’s not the all about chains, it’s a PU fantasy bag with pee yellow hardware 🤦🏽‍♀️

I post my experience because most people would agree- lying about the style, materials and designer of a bag pretty much checks the boxes for a scam, am I right? WRONG! The Reddit keyboard warriors come for me with pitchforks! One even told me to go die. sHE’s a tRUsTEd rEHomER!!! BANNED from the sub after sub, I’m being treated like I’m the person who lied and sold a PU bag for $165.

To make things even more sketch, the seller temporarily deleted her account after I posted about it- confirmed by multiple users who couldn’t find her. She came back with an army to defend her with screenshots claiming the person who sold it to her was the scammer and she didn’t know any better. You’ve rehomed hundreds of bags from your feedback thread - I’d assume someone like that would be pretty knowledgeable, yeah? You held this bag in your own hands and didn’t know it wasn’t leather? Or didn’t know it was a fantasy style?

Clearly, we learned nothing from Joe Luxury and Dollbaby. Stop blindly following popular users and use your own brain. This proves we can’t trust ANYONE. Do a quick google image search before you buy, ask ALL THE QUESTIONS. Even if you feel dumb- ask them. Because at least then you’ll have proof in writing that you were lied to. If you or I had misrepresented a bag, the same witch-hunt groupies would be calling us out for scamming.

Farewell to reps- again.

Beware of this scammer u/princessfund who’s successfully scammed tons of ISO posters.

She seemed pretty legit to me and had no problem sending pics and a video of the bag when I asked. She also readily agreed to 50 up front and 50 when I received tracking info. However, when I went to pay her, Venmo blocked the payment and told me it was a scam.

After that I did my homework and she had ripped all the pictures from Google image and all could be found with RIS but with weird URLS that lead nowhere. She also has multiple posts in other communities from people she successfully scammed.

Beware when posting an ISO - DMs are probably scams, sadly.

I bought a few jewelry items from her and she sent some broken pieces. When I left her a review she said she had no idea the earrings were broken or that a ring was missing a stone. She offered for me to mail everything back to her and she would reimburse me. Ummm 🤨 why not reimburse me for the broken pieces which were 2 out of 5?

I have NEVER purchased a BAG from this seller, but sending me broken jewelry and then blocking me when I spoke up about it was completely unacceptable.

Anyway just beware when you purchase from her. She’s blocked me now but that’s her username on the picture.

I'm not gonna make this a long post because I am not a worddy person, but this person sold me a Pochette Metis with a vachette strap. The original strap is a monogram strap and their excuse was didnt ask. How shady is that? I’m so pissed !

I'm not gonna make this a long post because I am not a worddy person, but this person sold me a Pochette Metis with a vachette strap. The original strap is a monogram strap and their excuse was didnt ask. How shady is that? I’m so pissed !

Please be careful about this seller claiming to rehome from her collection but is really a reseller of lower tier products with a markup. I bought a Chanel maxi flap that she claimed came from 187. My big mistake is that I trusted this at face value. When I got the bag it was obviously low tier and not from 187. I asked for a return of the bag but she refused and has no deleted her account. It looks like she’s also been selling items to others. So please be careful about this user. These are some photos of other bags she’s selling and from her previous posts that are now deleted, looks like several have already purchased from her. I also checked her other posts which I should have done beforehand and based on this, it looks like she’s really a reseller. Because of my lack of vigilance, I’m out $400 and it’s a lesson to be careful about sellers claiming to be rehomers when they’re just sellers marking up on lower tier bags.

Famous_Homework_3140 posted what obviously was a rehome scam, and deleted when they got called out right away.

I’m sure they’ll try again.

Sold cc bumbag as “Lagerfeld 19p” for $160. Come to find out it’s beaute gift with purchase aka pleather and available on DHG for $29.

So I purchased a wallet and they’ve just stopped responding. Their profile does have low karma but for the price I thought it was worth the risk. I wanted to see if anyone else has dealt with them.

UPDATE : They replied to my messages and stated the wallet had been sent Thursday so I’m gonna be taking down the post later today. Thank you all.

I asked a seller for a specific bag from a specific factory. 

Seller provided price and I paid. 

Seller sends psp and I point out it isn’t right (color isn’t what I wanted, stitching quality…) 

I completely get gaslit and ASSURED it’s the proper bag in the proper color and that I will be happy with it. 

I GL and receive the bag begrudgingly. 

Bag arrived- WRONG COLOR STILL….. was not the photos I provided from the factory requested. 

I sent seller a message- they then admit ITS THE WRONG BAG FROM THE WRONG FACTORY….. yet are STILL Gaslighting me and refuse to take action or accountability. 

Furthermore- 

This I also asked the price of a specific Rome bag, then they gave me a low price….. I pressed and pressed to make sure it was from Rome and then finally with enough pressure they admitted it WAS NOT the price of a Rome bag, but from another factory when I specifically asked for Rome.