Please help - I think my fake uggs sold for too much!!

BillTrac

Uggly????:rotfl:

Strapped

Foxy_Snob wrote: »

Thank you :beer:

She's said she will do whatever ebay asks her to do...

ALARM BELLS are ringing - refund and send a cancellation request.

Strapped

Foxy_Snob wrote: »

Not sure how selling as new in the UK is an infringement? They are new - completely unworn. Am I being dense?!

I meant the name, not the fact that they are new, in itself. But sometimes you can "get away with" selling 2nd hand fakes in a way you definitely can not selling new ones.

MissGivings_2

BillTrac wrote: »

Uggly????:rotfl:

Beat me to it!:D

Foxy_Snob

pieceandjam wrote: »

But they are closer than that to what the OP originally titled the item. They wrote "Ugg" as it would attract more buyers and show up on the searches instead of something like Kangaroo (or real brand name) sand boots. Surely what the OP had done with their title alone could either be classed as spamming or being misleading?

Er, no, actually. I wrote it because that's what the label says. And then I went on to explain in the listing exactly what they were. I did not intentionally title them for more hits, I attempted to describe them as honestly as I could.

Foxy_Snob

Crowqueen wrote: »

You have to sell to your original buyer - if you don't you will get a neg and a non-performing seller report, and possibly be reported for various other listing offenses, including misleading your buyer as to the brand. I would send them to her and she can do as

Seems that's slightly misleading - I do not have to sell to her, we can mutually agree not to proceed. Thanks for your advice anyway.

Crowqueen wrote: »

Next time, please don't mislead buyers. All we have to go on is what we read onscreen and we do have comeback if the item is not as described. So bear in mind that if you do this again you will get hit by problems left, right and centre. Describing something honestly includes branding as well as condition.

Thanks again for your, um, advice. Your meaning comes across loud and clear.

Foxy_Snob

Idiophreak wrote: »

This is really tricky. Surely everyone in the UK knows that "ugg" is a style as well as a brand? And surely they know that there are orders of magnitudes more "fake" uggs out there than real ones...So if you're buying uggs on ebay, surely you're really careful to at least buy some that say "genuine" in the description or title...I agree that putting "ugg australia" in the title was a bit off, but apart from that, I don't really see what else the OP could have put to help buyers find her item - and the description was very clear.

Or do these people really think that the uggs they get in ShoeZone for a fiver are the same as the ones people buy for £169 is schuh?

I guess the problem is, there's no generic term for that style of boots yet...
Hoovers became vacuum cleaners
Coke became cola
What will Uggs become?

Thank you for sticking up for me

Foxy_Snob

BillTrac wrote: »

Uggly????:rotfl:

But comfy :rotfl:

Foxy_Snob

Strapped wrote: »

ALARM BELLS are ringing - refund and send a cancellation request.

I did, and I did. She accepted it and we're both riding off happily into our respective sunsets. All's well that ends well.

I shan't be relisting either, suspect I might get reported...

Strapped wrote: »

I meant the name, not the fact that they are new, in itself. But sometimes you can "get away with" selling 2nd hand fakes in a way you definitely can not selling new ones.

Really? Learn something new every day! How does it make a difference whether they're new or used in the "getting away with it" stakes?!

ska_lover

hermum wrote: »

Except buyers often only read the bits that they want to see, best to let her know that they aren't what she would consider to be Uggs.

I dont agree Hermum, as a regular buyer on ebay, we always scrutinise adverts thoroughly and go into the sellers feedback for a nosey round.