Help! Have I been scammed

But you can't buy a real designer bag at a 'reasonable price'. That's life. Designer products are expensive because they're designer. So either buy through a legitimate route and accept you're going to pay designer prices or just buy a cheaper bag. If you buy a brand for less than it retails at normally, it's either fake, faulty or used. It's that simple.

If you have genuinely been scammed then of course it's not. And by 'genuinely scammed' I mean you've bought direct from the brand or via a legitimate, authorised seller but still ended up with a fake, then that's not OK. But if you buy a 'brand' online, you know it's fake so its up to the buyer to decide whether they want to spend £000s.

I think the hole point of the ops post is ......
She would like to buy a designer bag at a reasonable price ! It's nice to have a treat but if she has paid alot of money which she indicates she has then no id be feeling scammed as well and it would definitely make me.not.like the bag !
Would anyone want to pay 100 pounds for a Tesco bag when U know u can get one for 60 p ect that's how op.feels she has been scammed ! There is nothing wrong in wanting something nice for yourself
And while she could accept a cheap bag why should the seller profit ops hard earned money I hate scammers !!!
Goodluck op I hope u get your money back x

It is a very interesting point - like in one famous auction house one painting was returned because post sale, some authenticators doubted the authorship because the copy, as they said, was painted better, than the original. The painting was returned just because of that, because it was not by that author. Very strange, but true, that sometimes it is the name that is the point.

Agree. If you want genuine go to a genuine retailer and pay the correct price

Even if by some miracle you get confirmation this is authentic, surely the bag is ruined for you because a bit tatty and you can see from this thread that most people will think you’re carrying around a knock off

Because she presumably paid much more because of the label.

So she could have got a bag she liked, non branded, for much cheaper.

I can’t see why you are struggling to much with this concept @WallaceinAnderland !

That’s a fake

but if you can’t tell and you paid £80 for it then who cares

if you’ve paid almost full price I’d return.

if you want legit, you need to go to an actual shop like Harvey Nichols

if you can’t afford the real deal then either don’t get one or keep the fake but don’t think anyone is going to sell you a genuine one for cheap

Of course it’s the label that’s the whole (only) point of these bags.
Let’s say the op paid £1000 for it, which would be quite a good price for a practically new real bag, then obviously she doesn’t want it to be fake and worth 50 quid.
If she’d have pad £50 then she’d be over the moon at the bag. I don’t buy designer bags but even I would have been annoyed at that.

We all (most) buy branded trainers, we like the style so we choose that particular one and we pay what they sell for. If I get a fake pair worth £20 then I want my money back. I may love the trainers but every time I looked at them I would know I’d been ripped off.

I think it also depends on the level of ripped offness. If she’d have paid £150 then the pill isn’t as bitter and she’d maybe keep the bag, but £1500 then no

And if it is authentic then you're happy with it.

It's not the bag per se, it's the label.

At this moment in time, with your Schrodinger's bag, are you happy with it or not?

If it's genuine Yay, I love it, hurrah!

If it's not, Oh no, I don't want this.

It's got nothing to do with what it looks like or the quality, it's only the label. That's all I'm saying.

I have a Max Mara coat, bought for me in Rome by DH in 2002. It’s still in perfect condition. Actually a good investment, given how long it has lasted, and will continue to last.

No, I get why people want brand items, that's a given. And I know that people are happy to pay a lot of money for a label, again, totally normal.

What I think is odd that OP has an item, let's call it Schrodinger's handbag at this stage, in which the only criteria affecting whether she likes it or not is the label.

She can't tell. The quality is good. If it is genuine she will be thrilled. If it's not, she doesn't want it. Therefore, she doesn't want the actual item, the only thing she wants is the label. And that's what I find odd about this particular purchase.

How much did you pay for it? I'm guessing it's just a private seller, not through a website?

@Girlwithavibe The little fixings on the YSL logo are standard on the bags. I’m terrible at judging counterfeits but the little fixings don’t indicate a fake to me. My bag has them too.

Just seen updated pics I think deffo.counterfit because the Hardwear YSL on the front has little round bits look like fixings mine doesn't have these hope u get your money back x 💕

There are various authenticators online, I would use one of them to confirm for peace of mind. There are also designer bag Facebook groups with very knowledgeable members, you could try asking in some of them too.

@amraa if you have any doubts juts send it back, it will ruin your enjoyment of the bag every time you use it you’ll be thinking is it a fake.

For what it’s worth there are some amazing fakes out there so don’t feel silly about being fooled, someone at work had a LV neverfull from some Chinese site and it was identical to the untrained eye to my real one! It also came with dust bag, box LV ribbon, card of authenticity and recipt! She paid about £70 I paid nearly £1.5K!

YOU think is odd.

The luxury fashion industry is worth in the hundred billions so you are quite clearly in the minority. It definitely isn’t aimed at teenagers either.

There’s no need to be nasty, if designer isn’t for you then this clearly isn’t the thread for you.

Of course she wants the label, she’s purchased it thinking it was that brand so has obviously paid for it thinking it was YSL. If I paid £30 for a pair of second hand Levi jeans I would be very happy as I’d know the quality would be good, I wouldn’t be happy if I found out they were primark. It’s the same thing.

Yes but OP doesn't have a problem with the quality. She can't tell if it's real or not, so the quality must be good enough for it to be genuine.