Genuine Deckers Ugg Australia Boots Help Please

pink_harlot

Sammy_Girl wrote: »

Hello :hello:

I am after some Genuine Ugg Australia boots (tall chesnut UK size 8). After spending a good 2 hours last night reading a very small portion of the following thread...

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=532039&highlight=uggs

...I became more confused than before. I am after the Ugg Australia brand made by Deckers. I know that there are other Ugg boots out there (Snugg, Emu etc) but it is the Deckers Ugg Australia that I want, and these rrp in the UK at £170.

After looking at the sites recommended in the above thread, it appears that over the last year, Deckers have banned Australian (and others I assume)websites from shipping overseas in order to protect their authorised sellers in the other countries.

There are loads of Uggs on Ebay but it's knowing the right seller who isn't going to sell you fakes.

So.....does anyone know where I can buy them at less than the rrp. I have found a UK site where I can get them for £153, but ideally I would like to pay around the £100 mark. And advice would be greatly received.

Many thanks

If you look at the Ebay Guides there is a whole load of information on there which I found very helpful so that you know the right questions to ask of sellers to spot the fakes. Good luck

pink_harlot

If you look at the Ebay Guide to spotting fake UGGs there is a whole load of information on there which I found very helpful so that you know the right questions to ask of sellers to spot the fakes. Good luck

dutchy5

Fake UGGS.....UGG Australia is a brand....they are made by Deckers but they are made in CHINA!!! NOT Australia as they make you believe. UGG is a generic term in Australia and New Zealand used to descibe the sheepskin boots....like we say cowboy boot...it does not specify a brand. UGG Australia by Deckers is just a brand! They are not the real thing!!!

Debt_Free_Dreamer

Here is a very good guide on fakes on ebay. Stopped me from buying fakes from a mate once. She did not know they are fakes and I have never told her they were. She sold them to someone else in the end.

http://reviews.ebay.co.uk/FAKE-DECKER-UGG-AUSTRALIA-BOOTS-Picture-Guide-1-of-6_W0QQugidZ10000000003269455

However, I once read somewhere else that Deckers do not allow the selling of their boots on ebay and therefore the sellers are not registered Deckers sellers.

Either that or they are breaking their contractual agreement with Deckers.

So it kind of implies that the vast majoirty of sales are fake, especially people selling more than one pair.

dawn1970

before you buy your uggs from deckers read my thread.. deckers are not the only manufactures to make uggs.. a good genuine pair of uggs is not who has made them its what materials are used to make them.. They should be Made from highest quality: 100% natural double-faced/ twin-face Australian sheepskin and should hold the kite marks of the quality material used and not the manuafactures logo.
many people believe that deckers / uggaustrailia are the only manufacturers and that if you buy from anywhere else that they will fake... (yes there are alot of fakes out there and you should be aware of that which you will reconise in the quality and material used in the making of the boots).. i have a couple of pairs from uggaustralia.com and also from uggstore.com and both are as good as each other but 1 was half the price as the other and had a reinforced sole.. anyway after doing a a little research for myself after a few people told me that 1 pair was fake by looking at the logo.. i found this info and thought i should share it with you..

the history of the ugg boot

The Australian ugg boot traces its origins back to at least early last century when World War I pilots were pictured wearing their fleece-lined "Fug Boots" (Presumably flying ugg boots!). Blue Mountain Uggs go back to 1933 with shearers finding them cosy and warm and in the late 1950's, Mortel's Sheepskin Factory began producing a line of "apache ugh boots". Then in the late 1960's Australian surfers decided it was real cosy to jump out of the surf and into a pair of sheepskin boots to help get warm. Their original ugg boot style was very basic - essentially two pieces of sheepskin in the shape of a boot joined together down the centre-front and back with a soft sole attached to the bottom. Yes - they didn't even have hard soles. In fact, they were really only a glorified sock. The general consensus is that the name is coined from the term "ugly boot" and ever since then, Australians have referred to their sheepskin boots as ugg boots, uggies or uggs. Regardless of the history, it is and always will be a generic term for sheepskin boots in Australia. Ask any Australian what an ugg boot is and they'll say sheepskin boot. It's as 'ocker' (slang for 'Australian') as meat pies and kangaroos. Contrary to some stories proliferating on the web, it would be difficult for any one person to lay claim to making the "first" pair of uggs or ugg boots and it was quite likely invented over and over by different people given they do look - well - sort of "ugly".

Over time, many manufacturers and retailers of sheepskin boots have cropped up. One Australian fellow - Brian Smith - took some sheepskin ugg boots from Australia to the US and began selling them. Variations of his story can be found all over the web but there were many others who also sold ugg boots throughout the world even before him. Eventually, in the mid-1990's, a big US footwear company Deckers Outdoor Corporation, bought into the ugg boot scene. Sadly, Deckers have laid claim to the term "ugg" despite its generic-ness and public domain use (and its entry into many aussie slang dictionaries) and despite other Australian manufacturers also selling them into the US as an 'ugg boot' from as far back as their origins can be traced. Apparently, Deckers Outdoor Corporation no longer manufactures its products in Australia. A portion is made in New Zealand with the rest being made in China. This is despite much of the product being labelled 'Original UGG Australia'. The ugg boot story is now a classic David and Goliath battle. The smaller, original, Australian long-term manufacturers are being pushed around (and literally just that - receiving 'cease and desist letters' and 'legal threats') by Ugg Holdings (yes - the American company) who on one hand claim they sell an original Australian ugg boot yet doesn't manufacture their products in Australia.

For anyone in search of a pair of real Australian sheepskin footwear, I implore you to support the original manufacturers, the little guys, the ones behind the legend and buy your genuine (yes the real, real thing) Australian sheepskin footwear made by a truly Australian companies