Labels will be cut for legal reasons?

mkgirl1981

Looking at an asos dress someone has for auction and in the item description they say that for legal reasons labels will be cut out. Why would they do that? Other than to sell something fake?

gollum007

mkgirl1981 wrote: »

Looking at an asos dress someone has for auction and in the item description they say that for legal reasons labels will be cut out. Why would they do that? Other than to sell something fake?

Most likely to be either manufacturing seconds (Small rips, runs, stuff like that) or fakes.
Could possibly have been bought wholesale as warehouse returns, as these also snip labels out sometimes, and the same damage caveats as seconds apply to these, although you may get lucky

(I don't do fashion, so I can't really tell you the likelyhood of fakes with any degree of certainty. Models are another matter......)

-Gollum

emerald_starcat

My sister bought something that was advertised as a Topshop cardigan in the title. She didn't read the description properly and it said that the labels had been cut out to avoid shop returns. Anyway she receives the cardigan which is not Topshop as it was very cheap material - also you could see part of the label where they had cut it out and it was definately not a Topshop label. I think people do it to get more bids as you are more likely to bid on a names item rather than something that was from Primark.

It's bullcr*p about the shop returns, you can't return something without the price label tags anyway, the sew in label in the item does not need to be cut out(and the washing instructions).

the_lunatic_is_in_my_head

The first post covers it but AFAIK if the label has to be cut the product shouldn't be advertised using the brand it was.

jumpedtheshark

I've bought some authentic High St brand items from a particular seller before, who said that. They only sold brands from one retail 'group', so it seemed like they were getting their stock directly from the group in some way.

I assumed that they had a deal with the brand that they could sell their seconds / store returns / whatever, as long as they cut the labels out?

RainbowDrops

I've seen this done for high street brands (eg Next, M&S) to stop you taking it in store for a refund.
But I'm curious as to why they're doing it for an ASOS item, as this is an online store, and if you were going to return it wouldn't you need the original invoice?

soolin

Many resellers with a proper contract to sell old stock do have a requirement to remove labels before reselling.

Mind you, knowing this is the case means there are a lot of people abusing that by selling cheap stuff as a more expensive brand. We have a stall in the local market that apparently sells M and S seconds with no labels, their stuff has never been anywhere near M and S in its life. In fact one range of cotton shirts being sold for £12 were Tesco Florence and Fred ones that were being sold at the same time in the Tesco sale for £6

the_blacksmith

Items sold with labels cut or removed are not done so because they are 'fakes' the labels have to be cut, blacked out or removed to comply with re-sale law & to stop store returns.
Many bargains can be had buying this way.
Wholesalers buy up any 'late orders' 'cancelled orders' or orders that dont quite pass the 'quality control of any said retailer'.

These are then sold on in smaller batches & you will find them on eBay, Amazon, Markets etc,Perfectly legal.

To assume they are 'fake' is just a lack of doing your homework.

Some retailers insist the whole label is cut out and no reference made to its name others want it snipped.

Hope this helps to clarify as accusing any seller of selling 'fakes'
unless your 100% sure is 'Defamatory.

hollydays

Why not ask them to email you a photo of the item with the label still in BEFORE they cut it out and see what they say? Or a photo of the label cut if they say its done
I am more inclined to think its a primark item minus label .

hollydays

the_blacksmith wrote: »

Items sold with labels cut or removed are not done so because they are 'fakes' the labels have to be cut, blacked out or removed to comply with re-sale law & to stop store returns.
Many bargains can be had buying this way.
Wholesalers buy up any 'late orders' 'cancelled orders' or orders that dont quite pass the 'quality control of any said retailer'.

These are then sold on in smaller batches & you will find them on eBay, Amazon, Markets etc,Perfectly legal.

To assume they are 'fake' is just a lack of doing your homework.

Some retailers insist the whole label is cut out and no reference made to its name others want it snipped.

Hope this helps to clarify as accusing any seller of selling 'fakes'
unless your 100% sure is 'Defamatory.

That's a general rule but it does have exceptions .

RFW

Some of the big groups will clear new goods out that they don't want to sell any more. Some cheaper retailers will often buy better items and have them relabelled as their own brand, others end up having to have labels cut, etc.

In the trade these items are known as 'seconds' even though they are usually new and perfect.

It also happens in food, you'll often see relabelled tins and jars in discount food stores that were originally on sale in M&S or other brands. Plenty of good quality items to be found that way if you know what you're looking for.

If someone was selling a fake, they'd be more likely to keep the label in, not cut it out.