We had a similar experience in eBay with seller innerbeautyrevealed.
She claimed that her MAC items came from Macy's. We paid her $525 + $130 shipping. When the parcel arrived, it was chock-full of fake stuff. All our hard-earned savings, gone.
We contacted eBay many items, but eBay did nothing. We contacted Paypal and filed a complaint/dispute. But Paypal granted the seller's request to have the items shipped back first. If the seller is satisfied with the condition of the returned items, we MAY get a refund.
Which means that 1) we have to spend US$280 more to ship it back; 2) what the heck does a fraudulent seller want those items back for? obviously to fence the items again and victimize more people; 3) even if we ship it back, we become accessories to the seller's crime AND most likely never get our money back; after all, this fraudulent seller has quite a notorious record in eBay for never refunding even if items were sent back.
The seller never replied to our emails, except once. That one email was in all caps, and contained paragraph-chunks of insults.
We spent a lot of money making long-distance calls to Paypal, trying to make them see reason, and to stop this fraudulent seller. Now, Paypal is saying that we need to have the said items valuated by other people.
So... we ask for your assistance...
Could you please tell us what you think of these photos?
Package from Inner Beauty Revealed - a set on Flickr
fake MAC pigment - a set on Flickr
MAC pigments - a set on Flickr
fake MAC loose powder - a set on Flickr
Juicy Couture Crittoure - a set on Flickr
Lancome Powder - a set on Flickr
on eBay, she sells these fakes for $19-20 each! Item numbers include:
item:
110422542962
item:
110431238172
item:
120457235741
item:
110431236081
item:
110422542899
item:
110431235992
item:
110422543088
item:
110422543015
item:
120465973221
item:
110431236022
If you enlarge the pics on her store page, you will see that the logos are not consistent or uniform. There are many other discrepancies. But eBay requires that we submit an evaluation, other than by us, to stop this seller.
Your assistance will go a long way in helping us find justice, and helping many other people as well. Your comments can determine whether this seller will continue to victimize buyers further.
Stopping sellers like innerbeautyrevealed can also lead buyers to the right sellers.
So please, do post your findings, or email us at
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Thank you