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I recently bought a tee-shirt from Abercrombie & Fitch outlet website. It was shipped from China & now I have it I'm not sure if it is real. How do I find out??
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  • Optimist
    Optimist Posts: 4,557 Forumite
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    jambocaz wrote: »
    I recently bought a tee-shirt from Abercrombie & Fitch outlet website. It was shipped from China & now I have it I'm not sure if it is real. How do I find out??

    Easy if you bought from http://www.abercrombie.co.uk or http://www.abercrombie.com (which defaults to the uk site) then it is genuine, if you didn't then it isnt
    "The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts."

    Bertrand Russell. British author, mathematician, & philosopher (1872 - 1970)
  • Helix
    Helix Posts: 2,381 Forumite
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    Shipped from China = Fake

    No real branded goods are shipped direct from China to the customer.
  • And there will be no chance of me getting my money back!!! :o
  • Let me guess, you paid £5 for a item of clothing that normally retails at over £50 and you're wondering if it is genuine.
  • DCFC79
    DCFC79 Posts: 40,641 Forumite
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    Let me guess, you paid £5 for a item of clothing that normally retails at over £50 and you're wondering if it is genuine.

    to me this would be obvious,

    can i just ask OP but what was the name of the site you went to
  • samblack
    samblack Posts: 80 Forumite
    jambocaz wrote: »
    And there will be no chance of me getting my money back!!! :o


    Did you pay with a credit card? I've heard credit card companies have refunded fake items that were sold as real before. Worth a shot I suppose...
  • joeyboy
    joeyboy Posts: 256 Forumite
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    Let me guess, you paid £5 for a item of clothing that normally retails at over £50 and you're wondering if it is genuine.

    sadly a friend got scammed by one of these fake Abercrombie sites, the prices were actually pretty much the same as you'd expect, it was something like https://www.abercrombie.uk.com, or abercrombielondon.com

    When you google abercrombie bar the first result which is genuine, there are multiple fakes on page one alone. Seems a popular scam to pretend to be them.
  • I paid £16.99 for a t-shirt that is normally £25.
    The website was abercrombieoutlet.uk.com

    Feel so stupid now!!:o
  • adam.mt
    adam.mt Posts: 381 Forumite
    You could try and return it for a refund, although I note their T&C's state you'll have to pay the return postage and a 15% handling charge.
  • adam.mt wrote: »
    You could try and return it for a refund, although I note their T&C's state you'll have to pay the return postage and a 15% handling charge.

    Exactly...I'll get £14.41 back for a £26.99 purchase!! Plus paying for the postage to return it.

    It wouldn't be so bad if it fitted, ordered woman XL but they sent me girl XL. But they ensure me they wouldn't make mistake like that!!
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