Have I been scammed? Are these UGG boots genuine?

[forevercurious]

Please help me, I’ve spent ages googling photos and just can’t decide if these boots are genuine or not.

I purchased them off of Vinted, paid a decent price for them, seller had 5 positive reviews and was only advertising one pair of boots. I messaged and asked if they were genuine and seller replied yes.

They didn’t post when they said they would and I started to get a little suspicious, I done a little digging and found they were selling another pair of boots - using the same photos - but in a different size. Then I discovered a different profile using the same wording but different photos selling another pair. Both profiles contained the same lady in the profile pictures. I reported my suspicions and they have blocked the account.

Today the boots have arrived. They were packaged well, come in an UGG box, with UGG tissue paper, they do feel like good quality and like sheep skin wool but I just cannot shake off the feeling like I’ve been scammed.

what do you think? Are they real? They don’t have the holographic label inside which seems to be the only difference I can spot to my novice eye. If they are not real they are a very, very good copy.

Does it matter - if you like them what's the problem?

I don’t think they’re fake.

@CharlotteMakepeace yeah true. You've got to really look in the details haven't you! I don't notice things like that 🧐

My untrained eye can see a difference between the position of the boot pull tag on the back of the boot in comparison with @rainydaysandwednesdays boot.

OPs looks a lot further down in relation to the rounded stitching.

Has anyone got a picture of a genuine sole for comparison?

Here you go @MadMadamMimz

Uggs own website - linked above - states that the ‘r’ mark might not be present, but doesn’t suggest the same for holographic labels.

This is from November 23 and states that all Uggs have the holographic label:

https://flipsupply.co.uk/blogs/news/how-to-spot-fake-uggs#:~:text=Ugg%20Labels%20and%20Logos&text=Additionally%2C%20the%20hanging%20tag%20should,scan%20to%20verify%20its%20authenticity.

Some of these fakes are incredibly ‘good’ and hard to spot. Good luck getting your money back @forevercurious

That website the QR code links to looks well dodgy though?! It's clearly a fake website.

They should have a holographic qr code inside .. they don't appear to be genuine from the pics

Thanks @rainydaysandwednesdays!

If it is a fake then they paid a lot of attention to detail. There are a few differences that I can see but couldn't say whether this is due to different sizing, updated design by UGG or just general wear and tear.

Starting from the top of the attached photo:

1. there is a longer line on OPs design before the triangle starts in comparison to the known genuine.

2. There is more of the square shape showing on OPs whereas the know genuine has most of the square shape missing.

3. the triangle is solid on the known genuine but not on OPs.

I mean, I am really nitpicking here.

It’s the Chinese version of the Uggs Website. You can check this by going to Uggs in Uk. Change your language to Uggs in Chinese and the same website is displayed (same domain)

Forgot to add photo. Doh!

Exactly. Downunder bascially all sheepskin boots are referred to as UGGs - no-one actually cares who made them. In fact the boots I am currently wearing - very good quality - are branded UGG, but they are not the same as the ones pictured. As long as they do the job, who cares?

I think the lining is too fluffy it does not look like the lining of real uggs and looks synthetic. If you look on Sara mart the uggs on there are fake but are very good copies it's often hard to tell the difference but there are some slight differences in material and positioning of stitching and tabs etc.
To me they look fine and if you like them then that's a bonus. I suppose it's a bit annoying that you probably paid a lot for them and the seller probably got them for a few quid off Sara mart. Lots of Vinted sellers are doing this now.

Hopefully Vinted will refund your money and you won't have to send them back either.

Then, you can wear them quite happily knowing they were free. I bet they'll feel like the best Uggs in the world then! 👍

They do look fake, the stitching is a dead giveaway without even looking further.

I'd say they were face. The fur looks synthetic when you expand the photo.

Nobody should be happy with counterfeit products...
Or with being conned either...

UGG Australia is actually an American company. They couldn’t copyright UGG because it has been in general use here for eons. (Short for “Ugly Boot.”) Therefore the bastards copyrighted “Ugg Australia” which like Aussie shampoo and Aussie Gold sunscreen, have nothing to do with the Land Downunder at all.

Fakes I'm afraid but a good fake. Hopefully vinted will refund you. Yes you may like them but when you pay for a genuine product you expect a genuine product.

The sole and the label at the back look a bit off to me, your label seems to have too much spacing and the sole on the UGG website seems to be more central?

The stitching on the label isn't straight and the sole is off-centre. Also it's hard to tell from a picture but the label doesn't look like real leather, it's a bit shiny. I'd say fake, unfortunately.

Sorry to say I think that they might be fake too. How much did you pay for them @

All these people nitpicking about positioning of a bit of sole or stitching or boot pull, I doubt these are exactly the same on each genuine boot either, arent they all made in china anyway?

I wouldnt know if they are genuine or not to be honest so no help there, but just saying that you can get a couple of genuine products and there will be slight differnece between them due to the manufacturing process.

The ones you desire are fakes anyway, and tbh I have little sympathy for those who buy them. Ugg boots and associated brand and company was Australian. What they didn’t do was a trademark protection widely (not as savvy as they should have been). It then actually went on to be a generic term in Australia, so other places didn’t sell under Ugg but they were all called Ugg boots.

So, a big USA company took advantage of this. Went and trademarked the name Ugg, copied all the branding/designs/make of the real Ugg and started selling them and when popularity skyrocketed even started selling them in Australia to which everyone just thought they were buying real Uggs due to same branding and copy. They then went one further, somehow on the basis they were outraged that under 20 pairs of ‘real’ Uggs had been detected in the USA so the small original Australian company they had ripped off was ‘threatening their market’ and took legal action to shut them down. The small Aussie outfit threw all their $$$ at it (facilitated by generous crowdfunding in Australia), but it was a David/Goliath battle and they lost. They still produce their Uggs but not branded and under an unassociated company name.

So, you are in effect, complaining that you have received fakes of fakes🥴. Some may say that’s business, some may say you are facilitating a bunch of utter cunts.

Signed a bitter Australian🤣.

@forevercurious they are fake, I'm sorry, just look at the stitching.