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What Should I Do With My eBay Mistake?

Nov 27, 2007 @ 3:05am

2066710680_862f0f9dfd_b.jpg Here I am in my eBay mistake, a dress that would be adorable except it's a total Adventures in Copyright! Eek!

The dress cost $108, and came from this seller in Hong Kong.

I can't believe I was so naive to believe them when they said a "runway dress" was actually real, but I remembered hearing from Hong Kong friends that clothes were marked down much more readily there, and it was common for residents to get really good deals on designer outfits. Okay, or it could all just be fake. Blech.

Anyway, I've got this dress now, and I've got to deal with it.

So let's pretend this is like a fashion Choose-Your-Own-Adventure episode and figure out the next chapter. Should I...

a) Give the eBay seller hell until they agree to take back the dress, with shipping.

b) Donate the dress to charity - maybe a first-time worker could wear it to a job interview.

c) Sew it into a tote bag for greener grocery shopping.

d) Wear it - it's cute!

Help me out.

xo F.

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posted by Angela

Nov 27, 2007 11:44AM

If you don't get a refund for it, wear it! You look great.

You should also leave them negative feedback so future buyers know what they are getting into.

posted by Laia

Nov 27, 2007 11:46AM

Donate it!
You prolly won't get your money back or anything like that :(

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posted by guest

Nov 27, 2007 11:46AM

Well Faran,

I think you look adorable in it so I think you should wear it. However, if you feel uncomfortable wearing it then you should sew it in to a tote bag.

I love love love your boots!!!!

Good luck, I have been there too...duped by ebay, it totally sucks!

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posted by guest

Nov 27, 2007 12:11PM

it looks cute on you!
but why didn't you scan the ebay reviews of this seller: a few had already written that it's fake and shipped from china?
ella

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posted by guest

Nov 27, 2007 12:16PM

you should first write to the seller & complain especially if they specified in the auction that it was authentic in any way. The customer is always right, Im sure they can work something out. If not you can report the incident to ebay and they can investigate it if you really want your money back. Same thing happened to me when I bought what I thought was an authentic pair of MJ mouse flats on ebay that turned out to be more fake than michael jacksons nose!

Good luck!

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posted by guest

Nov 27, 2007 2:46PM

cute print but the bedazzled neckline doesn't work at all for me. i say go for the tote!!

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posted by guest

Nov 27, 2007 2:57PM

it's still really cute i say keep it unless you're hurting for that money back. i had the same problem when i first used ebay. i bought a "marc jacobs" coat for $80. alas it was too good to be true and horribly ill-fitting. now i only use ebay for vintage.

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posted by guest

Nov 27, 2007 3:36PM

It's cute on you but if you dont feel comfortable in it already than its not worth keeping. I'd say give that seller hell, but if that doesnt work out: let me tell you once again, in CAPS: very sweet on you, like the blue stockings with it.. WEAR IT. I know it would look disturbing on me but thats a whole different story.
question though. do you think 400 dollars for the cutest and tiniest (not as tiny as the ones KL created to be worn around your foot wrist or whatever you call it) ****** bag is a lot on ebay? vintage? really good brand. im scared someone will steal the deal off me .. and if anyone does so: I will find out where you live!!

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posted by guest

Nov 27, 2007 3:40PM

tote bag!

or well first try for refund...

but it seems hypocritical to complain about people buying fake purses and then where a fake dress..?

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posted by guest

Nov 27, 2007 3:42PM

I think it would work great as a skirt. Just hack off the top.

posted by Ali

Nov 27, 2007 4:09PM

Wear it! No one knows it's fake (and you really don't know it is either) so don't be such so stuck up -- just wear it and enjoy it!

posted by lentil

Nov 27, 2007 4:43PM

I was successful in getting my nomey back on a fake once... but it did take some effort. I contacted eBay and Paypal, and also my credit card company. After Paypal said there was little they could do I had my credit card co. reverse the charge and made sure eBay and Paypal knew I did this. Then I sent the fake-a** "goods" to Paypal's complaints/disputes people at an address they gave me.

Be careful... check the sellers reviews... and those too good to be true deals are 99.9999% fake.

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posted by chic3

Nov 27, 2007 7:16PM

Get your money back and raise hell. LOVE the boots and tights!

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posted by assembly_over

Nov 27, 2007 11:07PM

Donate it.
Karma. Karma. Karma.

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posted by guest

Nov 28, 2007 9:40AM

complain. If the seller misrepresented the item to you, he probably has done it to others. Contact Ebay customer service to alert them to the seller. good luck. p.s. the dress IS very cute. I would wear it!

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posted by guest

Nov 28, 2007 10:34AM

ugh this has happened to me sooo many times! if you paid through paypal then you can file a dispute saying the item you received is not authentic and was misrepresented. You must to this through your paypal account. When you do this they will hold the seller responsible and freeze their paypal funds and within 30 days you will be refunded. If you go through ebay chances are they wont be able to help you. Good luck! And as i learned.. dont buy anything "authentic" from hong kong unless your shopping there yourself!

posted by Jacqueminette

Nov 28, 2007 6:29PM

The comment about a "first-time worker" wearing it to a job interview is naïvely sweet, though somewhat demeaning. Moreover, I don't know what sort of job interviews you have had, but at none of mine would that dress have been even remotely appropriate.

As for what to do with it: if you like it, keep it. If not, try to return it; if that's too much of a hassle, just give it away.

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posted by guest

Nov 29, 2007 4:46AM

i say contact ebay or paypal and try to get the money back, fakes are funding criminal activity and sometimes the dyes they use are toxic! these people will just use your hard earned cash to rip more people off with fakes!

posted by jeanming

Nov 29, 2007 3:11PM

WEAR IT! It looks really cute on you.

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posted by guest

Nov 29, 2007 7:02PM

try to get your money back. if you can't, totes wear it!

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posted by guest

Nov 30, 2007 5:28AM

If in fact you used a mastercard to pay for it, you dispute the charge with the credit card co ,and get all of your money back without dealing with the fraud seller ebay or paypal

posted by staceyy

Dec 01, 2007 7:36PM

like everyone else says, try and get your money back!!!
but if you can't, i'd make it into a tote bag or donate it.

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posted by guest

Dec 01, 2007 8:14PM

i got an awful marc jacobs coat knockoff from ebay, and i couldnt return it, and so i just wear it, its liek my version of a chinatown lv.

posted by Emily

Dec 02, 2007 4:19PM

Sew it! I'm not crazy about the print, but I think it would make a cute grocery tote!

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posted by junation

Dec 08, 2007 8:32PM

Choose D.

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