wengosuck
Nov 12th, 2008, 11:14 PM
Yesterday, I got lured into buying three "lacoste" polos from the following thread posted by faffee at her asking price:
http://www.redflagdeals.com/forums/showthread.php?t=649737
When I first read her posting, I sent her an email based on the address she provides in the thread inquiring about the authenticity of the T-shirts. She replied me back with a clear answer that they're authentic. So I proceeded to make the transaction complete by giving her my phone number. Yesterday, she called me in the morning and we agreed to meet at 4pm at St-George station as her request. In the meeting, I did inspect one of three T-shirts visually for around 15-20 minutes and paid for them after all eventhough I still cannot sure that they're not fakes. I only did that because I trusted her words, not due to my visual inspection. She looks trustworthy and is a student of U of T. But after I went home and spent a few hours searching on Google about "how to spot a fake lacoste polo", comparing with some images and following carefully the instructions, I come to a conclusion that the T-shirts I bought are all fakes. I also have to mention that I did do searching for the instructions before I went to see her but obviously I can only inspect them exactly when I have them in hand with all the images and instructions in front of me, right? One of the other two ones I didn't have time to inspect even has different buttons. Anyways, I tried calling her many times at different times last night and today, even tried sending some text messages stating that I want to return the items and require her to contact me back asap but there was no answer at all. Before the transaction was complete, reaching her was quite easy. She doesn't have gut to talk with me on the phone. Finally, I got an email from her a few hours ago saying that I cannot return the items because they're final sale. Obviously, she already know the originality of the T-shirts and tried to scam people out of their innocence(lack of knowledge). How can the rule "final sale" be applied when she was not honest to buyer and sold fakes on this forum?
I noticed that she is trying to sell some other stuffs as well on the same thread. As a consequence, please be aware of this seller before you buy anything from her.
Some information on her I got so far:
UserId on RFD: faffee
http://www.redflagdeals.com/forums/showthread.php?t=649737
When I first read her posting, I sent her an email based on the address she provides in the thread inquiring about the authenticity of the T-shirts. She replied me back with a clear answer that they're authentic. So I proceeded to make the transaction complete by giving her my phone number. Yesterday, she called me in the morning and we agreed to meet at 4pm at St-George station as her request. In the meeting, I did inspect one of three T-shirts visually for around 15-20 minutes and paid for them after all eventhough I still cannot sure that they're not fakes. I only did that because I trusted her words, not due to my visual inspection. She looks trustworthy and is a student of U of T. But after I went home and spent a few hours searching on Google about "how to spot a fake lacoste polo", comparing with some images and following carefully the instructions, I come to a conclusion that the T-shirts I bought are all fakes. I also have to mention that I did do searching for the instructions before I went to see her but obviously I can only inspect them exactly when I have them in hand with all the images and instructions in front of me, right? One of the other two ones I didn't have time to inspect even has different buttons. Anyways, I tried calling her many times at different times last night and today, even tried sending some text messages stating that I want to return the items and require her to contact me back asap but there was no answer at all. Before the transaction was complete, reaching her was quite easy. She doesn't have gut to talk with me on the phone. Finally, I got an email from her a few hours ago saying that I cannot return the items because they're final sale. Obviously, she already know the originality of the T-shirts and tried to scam people out of their innocence(lack of knowledge). How can the rule "final sale" be applied when she was not honest to buyer and sold fakes on this forum?
I noticed that she is trying to sell some other stuffs as well on the same thread. As a consequence, please be aware of this seller before you buy anything from her.
Some information on her I got so far:
UserId on RFD: faffee