danewilson77
03-23-2013, 07:18 AM
So.....My wife really started liking Chance by Chanel. It's the only thing she will wear, and imho, smells incredible.
Anyways....I first bought her a bottle sometime last year, from Macy's (@ $140.00 shipped), and when she ran out of it.....decided I would try Amazon, to help ease the cost. Low and behold....I found a bottle for around $98.48. Done deal.
Fast forward to last week. I saw her original bottle sitting there (The one from Macy's), and thought it was the one I bought from Amazon in Sept 2012. Almost gone already. "Damn" I thought to myself. "Better get online and order her a new bottle"....so the quest began to find the best deal.
I hit up Ebay this time for about $75.00. Seller was a storefront called Mancini's.
When she received it, the color looked a little off, it smelled like ass, and then we began to delve into the lucrative business of counterfeit perfumes.
In our research we found the below video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FdB0gM5kYQ
Come to find out, every single counterfeit trait from the video, was evident on the new bottle I got via Ebay.
I called the guy out, and he refunded my money (He addtionally said, "don't worry about shipping the bottle back"). He knew I had his ass. He only offered this, after I told him to refund my money plus return shipping.
After this.....I started thinking about the bottle I got from Amazon (Sept 2012 from Mancini's), and she remarked, that it didn't smell quite like the one I had gotten from Macy's.
It's then that I found out she had over half of this bottle left.
We compared the bottle to the fake attributes, and bingo. We had actually been taken twice. Once by Ebay, and once from Amazon.
I contacted the seller, and he never got back to me (go figure). I then went through the "A-Z guarantee" process via Amazon, and they said they were glad that I brought it to their attention. They initially, kind of hesitated in their response, but when I demanded a full refund because a seller at their site was selling fake perfume, they caved and gave me a full refund.
Anyways....just wanted to share my last two weeks with you regarding perfume. Only buy it from Macy's. Period.
DW
Anyways....I first bought her a bottle sometime last year, from Macy's (@ $140.00 shipped), and when she ran out of it.....decided I would try Amazon, to help ease the cost. Low and behold....I found a bottle for around $98.48. Done deal.
Fast forward to last week. I saw her original bottle sitting there (The one from Macy's), and thought it was the one I bought from Amazon in Sept 2012. Almost gone already. "Damn" I thought to myself. "Better get online and order her a new bottle"....so the quest began to find the best deal.
I hit up Ebay this time for about $75.00. Seller was a storefront called Mancini's.
When she received it, the color looked a little off, it smelled like ass, and then we began to delve into the lucrative business of counterfeit perfumes.
In our research we found the below video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FdB0gM5kYQ
Come to find out, every single counterfeit trait from the video, was evident on the new bottle I got via Ebay.
I called the guy out, and he refunded my money (He addtionally said, "don't worry about shipping the bottle back"). He knew I had his ass. He only offered this, after I told him to refund my money plus return shipping.
After this.....I started thinking about the bottle I got from Amazon (Sept 2012 from Mancini's), and she remarked, that it didn't smell quite like the one I had gotten from Macy's.
It's then that I found out she had over half of this bottle left.
We compared the bottle to the fake attributes, and bingo. We had actually been taken twice. Once by Ebay, and once from Amazon.
I contacted the seller, and he never got back to me (go figure). I then went through the "A-Z guarantee" process via Amazon, and they said they were glad that I brought it to their attention. They initially, kind of hesitated in their response, but when I demanded a full refund because a seller at their site was selling fake perfume, they caved and gave me a full refund.
Anyways....just wanted to share my last two weeks with you regarding perfume. Only buy it from Macy's. Period.
DW