Friday, December 31, 2010

Happy New Year!

We've come a long way. We are now averaging close to 2,000 hits per day. We have to wonder who all those curious readers are? Could they be Greeters from WalMart? Surely they're not members from a certain handbag Forum! (We know they would never read this site; heaven forbid.)

Thursday, December 30, 2010

New Year's Resolution

Lifted from "No Wonder She Was (Sofa King) Banned !" / Comments

Michael Tonello said...

"Can we just cut through the bullshit here (honestly, I have little time for this nonsense).
Here's the bottom line: Vlad's minions have suggested/eluded to/claimed that I posted private information on TPF about some of their members (back in 2007 or 2008). They still like to perpetuate this myth. I never posted any such information. Vlad and Meg's both know that I didn't post any such information and neither of them have ever claimed that I did. Meg's and Vlad would never and will never state that I did because they know I didn't and they can't show where I did because I didn't. If I had, I can assure you they'd start a special thread showing those comments (with the private info blacked out)- but they can't because it never happened. They both know that, but are quite happy in letting their minions continue perpetuating the myth. (Note to any disbelievers: I'm a big fan of "prt sc".) So, if you truly believe that I did post someone's private information on TPF why don't you start a Thread on TPF and ask the Mods and/or Owners there to post the proof.
Quite frankly I really couldn't care less because in reality most of the people spreading that myth are living some myth themselves- their lives are one giant novel- whereas mine is a memoir, an open-book if you will.
So, with that being said I would like to also announce what my New Years resolution is: No Comment.
That's right, I won't be commenting on any more of this happy horseshit. As I wrote in my bestselling book, Bringing Home the Birkin (which, by the way, is now published in 11 languages), I despise negativity as I'm ever the optimist; Always half-full that glass, always.

Thank-you to the owner or owners of The Purse Forum Advisory for allowing (hoepfully) me to post this comment.

Happy New Year; Good Luck with all of your own resolutions!
mt~"

December 30, 2010 7:48 AM
http://www.thepurseforumadvisory.com/2010/12/no-wonder-she-was-sofa-king-banned.html

Wednesday, December 29, 2010

Rude & Arrogant

This is a classic example of why people all over the internet are talking negatively about The Purse Forum:

http://forum.purseblog.com/hermes/style-forum-members-h-experience-649950.html

Posted by "cakeymakeybakey"

"Well, apparently he is something of a NYC man-about-town, with a style blog called "Tweed in the City." In 2009, he was one of the five finalists in a contest run by Esquire Magazine, "Esquire's Best Dressed Real Man."

I guess this makes him important enough that the SA in the Madison Men's Store should fall down and weep because he wants to have a wallet custom-made... "

Then she goes on to write (as if she has some Ph.D in branding):
"I suspect that you'll find most luxury brands, e.g., Hermès, Louis Vuitton, Rubinacci, John Lobb, Puiforcat, Breitling, etc. try to perpetuate the image of exclusivity in order to maintain the mystique and caché of their respective houses."

Yeah, well anyone can walk into John Lobb, or Puiforcat, or Breitling or any one of those other brands and order an item which they don't have in stock. They all would be happy to take that order.

Her user ID should be: cakeymakey(brain is)bakey


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Then, of course, there's a whole string of nasty comments to support this ^ rude comment. Why didn't these comments get edited for being "rude"?

Here's the back story:

Someone on the (mens) Style Forum with the screen name of "mafoofan" quite innocently goes in to Hermes Madison Avenue to buy a dark green leather breast wallet (for his birthday). They don't have one, so he inquires about ordering one.
Now, we don't know about you, but we assume that most people think that if a large corporation goes to all the trouble of opening a store (on Madison Avenue in NYC, no less) they do it to sell stuff. And most consumers think that if said store specializes in leather goods and has a near 200 year history of selling leather goods, then if they don't have the item you want you could most likely order it. Sounds logical, no? We know that if we go into Sees Candy and they don't have any chocolate walnut fudge we damn well assume we can order some.

Yes, it's no wonder the internet is rife with blogs and websites that criticize the Purse Forum and its members. They seem to have cornered the market on arrogant and rude. (And a few other adjectives as well.)

Here is the original Thread from the gentleman trying to buy the wallet:
http://www.styleforum.net/showthread.php?t=215158

Mrs Sparkles

Now we know where Sylvia gets all that money to buy all those bags.

Monday, December 27, 2010

No Wonder She Was (Sofa King) Banned !

She's not very ME ME ME.
The Purse Forum seems to be all about "Me". How much can I buy for me, how much can I show off (even if the stuff is counterfeit, which in most cases it is).

This is the best News we've read this Holidays season...(better than Jay-Z buying $350K worth of stuff at H, which Beyone most undoubtedly doesn't need and more than likely couldn't care less):



I am donating one (I ordered two) of the Rose Shocking Mobiles to be auctioned during Breast Cancer Awareness Month next October 2011. It will be filled with as many goodies as I can possibly fit inside.

Now we can't wait until next October!
Bring it on!

Inquiring minds want to know: Will the Purse Forum allow members to post about his most worthy cause? Boy, this is a good question and one that we can't wait to see answered.

dot com

http://thepurseforumadvisory.blogspot.com is now

http://www.thepurseforumadvisory.com/


but can be accessed the "old way" as well.

They're Not So Smart!

Why didn't someone at TPF think of this?
Leave it to a former member who was "Banned For Life" to come up with these. Someone had their Hermes thinking cap on; these are brilliant!

Hermes Purse Organizers made in chevre (goatskin)










Sunday, December 26, 2010

We would have given her $100 to put one in for "Authenticate This"

We think it would have been well worth the money to see what happens when the dumb Dora's got together with their infinite wisdom to authenticate one of these:


http://purseblogrealpurse-theduchessofh.blogspot.com/


Seems they are quite interested in these but of course can't question their authenticity since the photos were actually taken inside the Hermes store.

http://forum.purseblog.com/hermes/birkin-insert-650534-2.html

Thursday, December 23, 2010

What Are We To Say?

Who needs books, or stand-up comedy acts, or reality tv shows, or chick-lit movies...when you have The Purse Forum.

Read it (and...)

http://forum.purseblog.com/general-discussion/what-could-be-a-better-xmas-for-me-650393.html


Thoughts?

Wednesday, December 22, 2010

"Authenticate This" - truly a comedy show!

Jan 23rd, 2009, 06:09 AM #32
Lyanna Stark
Out of Control

Joined: Dec 2006
Location: SG
Posts: 6,273

"maddox, I'm so glad that our dear tpfers came to the rescue once again! I love the people here and I'm so glad that your mind can be set at rest.

This is a great example of why only the craftsman are qualified to authenticate bags. Although the inconvenience in this situation to maddox is unfortunate, I am pleased to see that the SA here is doing his/her job by at least doing some work and checking... honestly some SAs won't even care and will give you a huge bombshell a few months later if Paris destroys the bag if it is found to be fake.

The product training only comes in place when they need to sell the goods. They were not trained to be craftsman so I will not expect them to know such deep details. I expect them to know the name of the bag, the colour, the size, and what other specs it comes in, you know... things like that.

My SA told me that they had a customer whose bag everyone thought it authentic, even the craftsman, but when it was sent for some repairs and taken apart inside then the craftsman realised it is fake. Food for thought. Can't blame them for being cautious."
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Okay, so the SA's and "even the craftsman" can't tell a real Hermes bag from a fake, but the dingbats on The Purse Forum can tell using photos from 3500 miles away. LOL They truly are miracle workers.

Who's Scamming Who?

Know something we should know?
Send it to us and we'll start a Thread.

purseforumadvisory@yahoo.com


(Don't want anyone to know who you are? That's fine...just tell us so and we'll keep your details confidential.)

Tuesday, December 21, 2010

ANOTHER PURSE FORUM GENIUS

Originally Posted by TammyD
View Post
http://forum.purseblog.com/hermes/article-craftsmen-making-extra-money-on-the-side-649829-3.html#post17467509

"Total BS. Even the "free bags" given to craftsman are made in the workshop by the crafts team and must go through QC and administration. It's never done in secret.

I happen to have met several craftsman from H at various events in Paris on a personal basis over the years, and I can say that they are all tremendously proud of their craft. That's the way French artisans are. I find it very difficult to believe that any serious craftsman would betray their art by selling to resellers surreptitiously on the side like this."


"I find it very difficult to believe that any serious craftsman would betray their art by selling to resellers..."
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Guess she's never heard of Miro, Elsa Peretti, Dupre Lafon, Damien Hirst, oh we could go on with thousands of names of craftsmen and artists that "betray their art by selling to resellers". In the art world they call resellers Art Galleries. In the handbag world they call resellers eBay.

There does seem to be one smarty in that thread though who posted this comment:
dawnjuan
Member
"That's a lovely rose-tinted view of Hermes craftsmen, but not quite correct.
Hermes has gone from having approximately 400+ craftspeople back in the 1990's to now having around 2,000. They did not hire 1500 old men; many of these craftspeople are quite young, in their late teens or early twenties. The salary for this job is in the upper twenties, low thirties. If you were a twenty year old and had the potential to sell a bag for a pure cash profit of around 4,000 euros, I'm fairly certain some of you would do it. Also remember that many of these craftspeople come from very ordinary families (as in lower class or middle class) that couldn't give a fiddlers fart about a Birkin bag, and Mom or Sis would much rather see the child sell the bag for the money.
That being said, there is no doubt that story is fishy and the bag certainly is a screamingly bad fake."

Monday, December 20, 2010

Misinformation Central !

http://forum.purseblog.com/hermes/article-craftsmen-making-extra-money-on-the-side-649829-2.html#


Bienchen
My week of surprises

Joined: Dec 2009
Location: UK
Posts: 1,186

"I think that items by by craftsmen for their own use have the shooting star stamp and can be recognised by that as such.

H will not refurbish these btw."
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100% False!
Honestly, They just make it all up as they go along. If it suits their situation then that is the information that they post. Misinformed Idiots!

The First Intelligent Thing We've Read on The Purse Forum

Balto Bag Lady
Member

Joined: Jun 2007
Posts: 3,165


Hi Nurse, Purse, Pugsy, Skyqueen, Mree, Restricter, B'Mom. I did the unthinkable. I got up early and went to the mall to pick up my new watch. It's pretty. I really need a warm robe and jammies and Paul had a busy shoe department and asked if I minded shopping alone. I said, no problem and toddled downstairs. I was asked by an SA if I was finding everything OK? To which, I replied, No, I need help. I had already found a couple of gowns, but needed a robe. Being shaped like the Liberty Bell, most conventional robes do not fit me. She pointed me to the "robe rounder." The robe rounder was actually a display, not a rounder. There was a rounder, with a couple of robes, gowns, pjs. The SA showed me a hideous black velvet zip up number in a plus size, but it looked like it was made to fit a pencil. I said, no, I want a warm robe, some warm pjs. She said, "go online" and walked away. Nobody at Nordstrom talks that way. I left the gowns I found and was furious. Nobody does that. I'm sure that girl was seasonal help and didn't care if I found a robe or not. The department was not busy. She and another SA were gabbing away. I have enough clout at Nordstrom that I could have gotten her reprimanded, but didn't. So, I went online, didn't see anything and went to QVC found some sufficiently less than hideous robes and ordered them.
So, there you go. Now, I'm just exhausted again.
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Here is our official statement:
We Love QVC! (and HSN)

Monday, December 13, 2010

This Group Has Been Drinking A LOT of Hermes Kool Aid

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See the FULL photo:
http://i55.tinypic.com/1y6fbl.jpg

They look like a bunch of Hermes employees. All those Hermes bags and Hermes scarves and Hermes belts, look like company issue uniforms. Oh girls, we now have Hermes bottled water, fresh from the Seine, $25 a pint. Come and get it...

Saturday, December 11, 2010

The Purse Forum: KNOWN RESELLERS

- mrssparkles (ebay)aka Sylvia Kong (Singapore)
- hermesfsh (Aliyah from the UK, sells to tpf'rs)
- Perlare (ebay: ladyauthentic aka Marianne from Switzerland)
- RMURRAY80 (LittleRock, an RM moderator on TPF)
- BESABONITA (she buys a crap load of RM and Treesje, shows them off, models them, and then resells them. She even admitted to going into a store and buys a bag that was on sale or clearance, then claims she "wants to pass the savings to you!" A lot of her bags are also NWT)
- SCOOBIESMOMMA
- MYSOPHIE (Magjes on tPF)
- Magjes aka MySophie (on Bonanza)
- Thinice130 (sunlitmoon on TPF)
- Annaversary (same name on TPF)
- Shah718 (Desi on TPF...aka Chandni Shah)
- sunlitmoon/thinice130 (bonz ID)
- FlossyFigaro (ebay. aka Sally Austin from London)
- Hermes** (aka Kelly Ackerman)
- MonteCarloClub (ebay- aka Alina)
- Alexis Aiken (Southern CA)
- BunnyMasseuse
- NoShoePolish (Beth's Bags & Things on eBay and Bonanza)
- SwankyMommaof3 (Amanda Brooks)
- DawnQueenB (Dawn Eaton or Dawn Merrill of New Hampshire)

(Post Comments with additional information and we'll update the list. We also welcome the sellers real -legal- name.)

Monday, December 6, 2010

Knit one, Perle Two...

Notice Moderator -
WARNING: please do not delete this post. By deleting this post, you are taking action on behalf of the Owners of this Web site, putting the Web site and Owner(s) at risk of further involvement in this matter. While we would be happy to send a Private Message to this user, unfortunately site policy requires that we remain a member for five (5) days before we are to communicate directly with this user. We strongly advise that you seek legal counsel on this matter before taking action on this post and subsequent messages.

Dear Purse Forum Member "perlerare,"

We have been retained by Boutique Patina in regards to your forum post #17331255 at 10:45 a.m. EDT on December 5, 2010.

Your post (found at Post Ebay/Web Hermes Finds) contains false statements against my Client that carry severe implications. My Client has already forfeited her Sunday afternoon to drive to an Hermes boutique with a resident Craftsman to submit the item(s) you mentioned for a refurbishment with the intent to pursue this matter further with you.

Demand is hereby made that you immediately cease making any further false and defamatory statements regarding Boutique Patina or any of its items for sale on any online venue or medium.

I am sending a separate, more comprehensive letter to the owner of this Web site demanding your contact information, but in the essence of time and urgency of this matter, I am posting here as this is the only way for us to reach you at this present time. I do so to request your voluntary compliance so I may send you formal notice and discuss a satisfactory resolution of this matter before we seek among other things an injunction, a lawsuit for defamation in which we will seek any and all damages incurred by my Client including damage to reputation, damages to current and future sales, and costs to commence and litigate a formal lawsuit.

The irrefutable fact of the matter is that you have declared an item of my Client’s as a counterfeit Hermes product. Hermes has accepted for refurbishment the item(s) in question, signifying Hermes’ ownership of the creation of these products, thereby implying authenticity. Should you further question the integrity of this process for reasons unknown to us, we can visit your claims even more carefully through third party testimony in a court of law.

Again, we will be contacting the owner of this Web site for your information but are asking that you proactively contact us to expedite this procedure and minimize the Web site’s involvement.

If you or your attorney fail to respond to our offices to reach a satisfactory agreement in regards to your seriously defamatory statements against my Client, we will be forced to seek any and all remedies under the law against http://forum.purseblog.com to obtain your contact information so that we may bring proper proceedings against you.

I am asking that you contact my office immediately, at 714-668-9785.

I await your response.

DAVID L. SHIN
Attorney at Law
Shin & Associates P.C.

Originally Posted by perlerare
It is not just you.... And seller has a definitely FAKE Kelly too.
My impression is that they are far from experts. They might sell all kinds of bags, fake and real....If one is interested in their items, they should go through authentication in the AT.

Sunday, December 5, 2010

Classic TPF Idiot ! (This is why The Purse Forum Advisory Exists)

As if the following isn't bad enough, these loud mouth morons are a bunch of lemmings. It's sickening! Their opinions aren't worth the free internet space that they're written in. Additionally, they're a bunch of pathological liars. They claim that they don't read this forum. That's funny. We get thousands of hits a day. Who's reading it, heart surgeons? (If we had a pearl for every time LadyAuthentic read this Forum we'd have enough to make an opera length necklace. Pearl not so rare.)

http://forum.purseblog.com/hermes-shopping/post-ebay-web-hermes-finds-637909-102.html

Post # 1529


mezzopiano
someday is today

Joined: Dec 2009
Location: villa di Como
Posts: 1,681

Default
Originally Posted by meandmylouis View Post
But the bag was originally from our doc999ride
(http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...%253D&viewitem=

This could jeopardize seller reputation.
Please clarify.
Originally Posted by meandmylouis View Post
Dear Mezzo,
The bag is authentic, as stated by one of the very respectable member on the Hermes Find (owner of the other Evelyn PM Barenia & Toile) on your post.
Please kindly revise your post-this could jeopardize the excellent reputation of 2 TPF members (including Doc999ride) that originaly owned this bag.
Thank you
Dear meandmylouis, docride, and all tPF members;

I am deeply sorry to have caused inconvenience to the seller and to have mislead tPF members by mistakenly reported the bag as fake. I asked a Mod to delete my original post.

Friday, December 3, 2010

The Purse Forum: Service or Disservice?

This screen-shot was forwarded to us earlier today (it appears to be from the Hermes>Hermes Shopping>Discuss Hermes resale/eBay seller Thread):

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Here's a direct link to the screen-shot/photo:
http://tinypic.com/r/ncfukp/7

It's difficult to read, but appears to say: "how do any of us know for certain, that you "clutchbag", "purseinsanity", or anyone else here, aren't Jacob Freed (aka Eric Rogers)? I think everyone here needs to think long and hard about this!"

It clearly shows that this Purse Forum Member was trying to be helpful, and point out that since anyone can join, and post on their forum, then no one really knows who anyone truly is. In fact, hundreds of the members could be one single member with hundreds of different screen names.
What is most telling about The Purse Forum is that this post, which is trying to be helpful and alert other members, was deleted within an hour (as was the follow-up comment made to it).

Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Birkin Buyers Beware !

"Birkin Buyers Beware
-Jacob Freed -
Cyper-Imposter and Con Artist"




"To my colleagues, clients and friends in the Birkin world:



Just in time for Cyber Monday, as millions of Americans made holiday purchases with the click of a mouse... Attorney General Eric Holder shut down 82 internet commerce cites. With that in mind, my decision to disclose to you my experiences with an internet seller/dealer of Birkin bags who is a con artist and cyber impersonator, was sealed. He might refer to himself as a "Birkin Bad Boy" but his exploits cost me tens of thousands of dollars, and his reputation has cost more than one seller/buyer to lose vast sums of money, their job, their career in Birkin sales, and more. Read on if you wish to protect your business and clients, or if you are a collector and wish to remain confident in your "click of a mouse" acquisitions."



"Watch List of Aliases* and DBA's

Jacob Freed

Eric Rogers

Lynne Carter

JennaBSchwartz

Hblux

Uber-Luxe

Best Luxury 101

*Note: The above names have all been utilized by the same man, and his company name has morphed numerous times, including the above. He is said to be based in Beverly Hills."



"These revelations began for me in the spring of this year when my website was hacked into and taken over (which coincided with the arrival of Uberluxe on the scene). Months were spent recovering my website and photos, plus thousands of dollars were spent in technical and legal fees, which lead to the roster of aliuses I have listed above. I feel obliged to inform you that the "reveal" he did as JennaBschwartz and the purchases he made under that name, were deceptive as he was then selling to all the resellers on ebay. At one time he was pitting all the resellers against each other so we would not confer, and he was free to create a monopoly where he was the only one selling to all of us."-Createursdeluxe


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Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Regarding COMMENTS

Unlike many other sites we do not delete Comments or Edit them. We publish every Comment that we receive; however, we do not publish Comments that contain foul language.

Sunday, November 28, 2010

Impact on the Purse Forum gals?

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Reuters journalist Doug Palmer purchases a fake LVMH handbag from a China-based online website, from the Reuters office in Washington, September 10, 2010. (Reuters)



Feds Seize Websites Suspected of Online Piracy


The U.S. government is shutting down websites suspected of copyright infringement or selling counterfeit goods as Congress debates a bill that would give feds more authority to do so.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), an agency within the Homeland Security Department, has seized more than 70 websites in recent days, according to the Wall Street Journal, and posted a notice saying that the domain name has been seized by ICE through court-ordered warrants. The notice also states penalties for willful copyright infringement and trafficking in counterfeit goods.

Neither ICE nor Homeland Security responded to messages seeking comment. An ICE spokeswoman confirmed to the Wall Street Journal that the agency executed court-ordered seizure warrants against a number of domain names but declined additional comment.

"As this is an ongoing investigation, there are no additional details available at this time," she told the newspaper.

Online publications, including TorrentFreak, first reported the seizures which began on Thursday when ICE agents raided facilities operated by a hip hop file-sharing site called RapGodFathers. Other seized sites that share music or sell goods include torrent-finder.com, timberlandlike.com, dvdsetsonline.com and handbagspop.com.

Some of the siteowners have reportedly complained that their domain names were seized without any notice or warning.

The seizures come as Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., vows to block an online copyright enforcement bill that was unanimously approved last week by the Senate Judiciary Committee.

The bill would allow the Justice Department to seek expedited court orders blacklisting websites suspected of piracy.

Supporters say the bill will help put an end to websites, some of them foreign-owned, that steal intellectual property, which is estimated to cost the U.S. economy more than $100 billion every year and results in the loss of thousands of jobs.

"The Internet serves as the glue of international commerce in today's global economy. But it's also been turned into a tool for online thieves to sell counterfeit and pirated goods, making hundreds of millions of dollars off of stolen American intellectual property," Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch, the top Republican on the Judiciary Committee, said in a written statement.

Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., the chairman of the committee, said if "rogue websites" existed in the physical world, the store would be shuttered immediately and the proprietors would be arrested.

"We cannot excuse the behavior because it happens online and the owners operate overseas," he said in a written statement. "The Internet needs to be free – not lawless."

But Wyden says the Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act, or COICA, is excessive.

"Deploying this statue to combat online copyright infringement seems almost like using a bunker-busting cluster bomb, when what you need is a precision-guided missile," he said during a hearing on digital trade. "If you don't think this thing through carefully, the collateral damage would be American innovation, American jobs, and a secure Internet."

Wyden's opposition dooms the bill in this Congress and would force the next Congress convening in January to start from scratch.

The Electronic Frontier Foundation, a San Francisco-based digital rights group, also opposes the bill, saying the collateral damage would be "enormous." The group said if the bill had passed a few years ago, YouTube might not exist today.

"There are already laws and procedures in place for taking down sites that violate the law," the group said in a statement on its website. "This act would allow the attorney general to censor sites even when no court has found they have infringed copyright or any other law."


Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/11/27/feds-seizes-websites-suspected-online-piracy/

Saturday, November 20, 2010

Calling All Detectives

We are keeping a watchful eye on the goings on over at the Purse Forum; ready to jump on any new scam as we see it unfolding.
However, we can't be there 24/7, so if you see something before we do please do not hesitate to contact us and report on any evil doings.
Our aim to alert people BEFORE they suffer any loss.

Thanks!

Sunday, November 14, 2010

Flavour of the month?

Day Date Page Loads Unique Visitors First Time Returning
Sunday 14th November 2010 2356 2145 295 250
Saturday 13th November 2010 2450 2223 2166 257
Friday 12th November 2010 2500 2156 2110 246
Thursday 11th November 2010 2533 2229 2186 243
Wednesday 10th November 2010 2296 2125 297 228
Tuesday 9th November 2010 2473 2208 2171 237
Monday 8th November 2010 2884 2303 2257 246
Sunday 7th November 2010 2624 2178 2145 233

Thanks Vogue for driving thousands of Visitors to our site and helping spread the word of what is really happening at the Purse Forum.

Total pages views this month: 17,974. We wonder how many of them are potential tPF advertisers?

Shouldn't this be the illustration on the Home Page of the Purse Forum:
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Friday, November 12, 2010

Oh YES, they are So Honorable. NOT!

Interesting developments on the tpf japster (Elana) scam thread.
Apparently a member was banned for "spamming" via private message.

"Btw, Callire found out that Elana had been lying to members here in July of last year. She was going to post about it and before doing that sent some PM's. She was banned the same day. She wrote all about it on another forum."

Her "spamming" was alerting other tpf members !!

SHAME ON TPF
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It appears that there are a LOT of people who don't trust The Purse Forum or its owners. Have a read:
http://www.effenhaute.com/forum/yaf_postst2415p8_Warning-be-wary-FutureFashionistacom-aka-JAPSTER.aspx

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COMING SOON TO THE PURSE FORUM
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Monday, November 8, 2010

A reader writes.....

"It really isn't about "kick-backs" or profit sharing.

It's about Elana being V&M's friend and the privileges extended to her. Privileges that other tpf members never were given. She was allowed to promote her business ONE MONTH after joining tpf. Purseblog routinely wrote about special discount offers encouraging its members to purchase from her.

All this information AND MORE is readily available online to view.

They are both making excuses but the reality is they promoted a scammer, did not make it public in a timely fashion delaying the inevitable public outcries of their members."

Jealous.....Dreamers....and now.....

The Biggest on-line reseller of Hermes Birkin's (she's a lovely Createurs) once said that "the Purse Forum is nothing but a group of women that fall into two categories...1) jealous and 2) dreamers. We would like to add to that a 3rd category....Scamsters.

The Jury Can Go Home Now

Vlad has just told everyone that he/they/Megs/The Purse Forum is innocent.

Vlad
Administrateher

Joined: Mar 1980
Location: New York City
Posts: 11,563


"It has come to my attention that there is several places online that are spreading seriously outrageous rumors about Megs and I and our supposed involvement with Elana and her FF business. I figured I would address these and this would be a good place for it.

It has been suggested that we had been benefiting financially over the years from Elana's business with TPF members, getting a cut from her business in some sort of profit sharing. Others suggest that we had known previously about the scams that Elana was involved in and consciously ignored to intervene out of financial interest to simple lack of care.

These allegations are untrue.

We have dismissed several long term members from TPF in the past whom we deemed unfit because we felt that they were attempting to take advantage of our community and its members. Had we known about these shady practices we would have most certainly taken the necessary steps to put a swift end to her involvement with our community.

There was absolutely no "kickback" or financial arrangement with Elana which may have prompted us to overlook the issue at hand. The handful of charms that were sold to support our community in mid-2006 was where our TPF's involvement with FF stopped. I addressed this relationship already a few pages back."

We wonder if the Advertisers will go home along with the Jury?

ISN'T IT TIME TO "AUTHENTICATE" THE PURSE FORUM?!!!

We just found this Thread on a MAJOR fashion magazine's site:

Purseforum a scam?
So I've been procrastinating instead of studying,
and in doing so I've find this site proclaiming the purse forum as a site selling fakes via their authentication threads.

http://thepurseforumadvisory.blogspot.com/

I'm not too sure what the above site is saying in real, but I thought I'll post it here for voguettes to keep in mind in future it they're thinking of using the authentication threads.

I dont think the whole forum is bad, it's a smorgus board of designer info, but after reading through the blog I'm a little bit wary of them. It's so sad one of my favourite websites is now somewhat tainted.

Sunday, November 7, 2010

Authenticate Them!

THERE ARE LOTS OF "AUTHENTICATE THIS" THREADS IN THE DESIGNER SUB-FORUMS. THEY PRETTY MUCH AUTHENTICATE EVERYTHING; FROM HERMES TO CHANEL, FROM KATE SPADE TO DOONEY & BOURKE.
THE ONLY REASON THEY HAVE THEM IS TO STEER PEOPLE TO AUCTIONS AND SALES OF OTHER PURSE FORUM MEMBERS.
*EVEN HERMES DOESN'T ALLOW THEIR SA's TO GIVE AN OPINION ON WHETHER A BAG IS AUTHENTIC.*
MAJOR AUCTION HOUSES LIKE SOTHEBY'S AND CHRISTIES DON'T AUTHENTICATE BY PHOTOGRAPH.
THIS MAKES NO SENSE. AFTER ALL, THESE ARE SOME OF THE SAME PEOPLE THAT GIVE THEIR CONGRATULATIONS AND PRAISE ON MEMBERS BAGS THAT OFTEN TURN OUT TO BE FAKE. SOME OF THE "HERMES EXPERTS" ON TPF DON'T EVEN OWN HERMES BAGS.
WHY WOULD MEGS AND VLAD BELIEVE THEIR MEMBERS ARE SUCH "EXPERTS" THAT THEY CAN AUTHENTICATE FROM A PHOTOGRAPH?


OH WAIT, PERHAPS WE CAN ANSWER OUR OWN QUESTION.
WE SUSPECT THESE MEMBERS HAVE SOME FINANCIAL BENEFIT TO MEGS AND VLAD, OR THEY WOULD NOT ALLOW ANY AUTHENTICATION THREADS.

http://forum.purseblog.com/authenticate-this/

Friday, November 5, 2010

Interesting Threads....

It would appear the "Banned" button (contrary to their claims) is not working today at the Purse Forum. Perhaps they are holding out for a few more strands of pearls to be sold...

http://forum.purseblog.com/deals-and-steals/futurefashionista-com-40-off-code-black-friday-390295.html#post8780712


Scamming people pays for a lot of pricey bags...

http://forum.purseblog.com/hermes/elijah-and-the-orange-boxes-337514.html#post7413306


Should ANY of these people be trusted? One has to wonder...

http://forum.purseblog.com/hermes/who-have-you-met-from-the-hermes-board-150744.html#post3146901

Rotten Fish?

The IRS should investigate both The Purse Forum, and Future Fashionista.

Thursday, November 4, 2010

Thanks Everyone at VOGUE !

In the past 48 hours we have had 12,543 hits, thanks to a mention on the Vogue site.
Pretty Amazing!

Also, thanks for all the wonderfully supportive emails.

Wednesday, November 3, 2010

Think for Ten Seconds!

There are some of you, no doubt, that read this site and think "these people have way too much time on their hands", or "duh, some disgruntled, former PF member with an axe to grind".
But think about it for ten seconds ...in your oh-so-precious life: How would you feel if you paid $6,000, or $10,000, or $38,000 for a counterfeit handbag, and had absolutely NO recourse? It's no day at the beach. And NO ONE at the Purse Forum is going to cover your losses- of that we can assure you. And if you think you are way too smart to fall for any of their scams...well... we suggest you read the links we've been posting here, because LOTS of people have fallen prey to these scams on The Purse Forum, and they continue to this day.

Also, please note the most important word in the title of this blog: Advisory.

Tuesday, November 2, 2010

Beginning to See a Pattern Here!

So it appears the newest scam over at the Purse Forum is this jewelry scam. I guess the members over there caught on to all the leather (aka "purse") scams, so now the scamsters have moved on to jewelry. What's next, beachfront condos?

http://www.futurefashionista.com/megvladwed.html


http://www.purseblog.com/handbags/future-fashionista-custom-necklaces.html


http://forum.purseblog.com/the-jewelry-box/should-be-careful-when-you-order-future-fashionista-630842.html

Megs
Administrator
Today, 10:33 AM
"Not sure why anyone would believe I can shed any light on this situation - I, like many others, had flawless transactions with FutureFashionista in the past. It is incredibly sad to see what is happening to others now though"

The whole forum needs to be investigated. They are all bottom feeders, scrounging for pennies. They would stab each other in the back for a buck.

***UPDATE:***

START READING FROM POST #250:

http://forum.purseblog.com/the-jewelry-box/should-be-careful-when-you-order-future-fashionista-630842-17.html

Thursday, October 21, 2010

Megs and Vlad Having Financial Problems?

That's the rumor. Which would also mean that the Purse Forum is in trouble. Hmmm...

Sunday, October 17, 2010

What a waste of time? We don't think so.

"Wow - someone's bitter lol. I'm not sure they realize ghat the purse forum is a forum where anyone can post their opinions - they keep saying the purse forum says this - the purse firum says that - it's not a person. The Internet is full of different people with different opinions. Can't believe someone would devote this much time to such a blog - crazy." -Tylula

We recently came across this comment on some handbag forum. We won't mention any real names, but suffice it to say this person who "can't believe someone would devote this much time to such a blog - crazy" has him/herself posted in excess of 900 comments about handbags. The old saying the apple doesn't fall too far from the tree and if the shoe fits...well, need we say more?!

Now with regard to the observation "the purse forum says this - the purse firum (sic) says that -". We suggest that Tylula needs to learn about this great little tool that is at the top right hand corner of this blog- it's called "Search" (it has a little orange "B" in front of an empty white box). If you use that tool you will discover that not once have we ever said "the purse forum says this" or any variation on that phrase. Furthermore, in the event we have ever alluded to the Purse Forum saying something, well in that case we are referring to a general consensus of users on that forum, and/or the Mods and owners making a statement as a matter of Forum fact.

Final note. This blog serves to enlighten people as to the lies and misconceptions that are perpetuated at The Purse Forum. If you don't feel that is the case then you don't have to read this blog. Keep reading and posting wherever it is that you do that sort of thing and with any luck you'll soon be over 1000+ posts (ye whom would obviously never devote so much time to anything of so little importance).

Monday, September 27, 2010

More tPF 'Authenticate This' Issues!

BREAKING NEWS.
PRETTYMONKEY26's CUSTOM ARTWORK STOLEN BY REPLICA SITE.

A reader writes in:

I hope that link [below] will work for you. Maybe you could write a post about it or something. This idiot hasn't been banned - yet! Naturally the last two pages are the best, but it's only five pages, so it's not too bad to sift through. I'm a member over there, but geez, as a lot of people have already said here, it's such a scam and those women are all such posers. The hate and venom that spews from their mouths is just unbelievable. I have seen women putting their "superfake" Balenciagas on there and everyone is oohing and aahing all over them and then a month later it's outed as a fake and all of a sudden it's like, "oh yeah we thought so" What a joke. Keep up the good work here!

Here's the link:


http://forum.purseblog.com/louis-vuitton-shopping/breaking-news-prettymonkey26s-custom-artwork-stolen-replica-site-618075.html


And for more of the on-going shenanigans of the Purse Forum have a look here:
www.complaintsboard.com/complaints/the-purse-forum-c243292.html
and here: goodiecloset.blogspot.com">
and here: www.ripoffreport.com/Search/purse-blog.aspx

Saturday, July 31, 2010

Wonder How Hermes Feels About This?

Interesting Thread from the Purse Forum:

Spring Ahead . . . What's in Store for Spring/Summer 2011
LilyHermes:
"I'm back from Hermes and for a few disheartening minutes this morning, I thought I was going to come back empty-handed. The assistant manager was there, and while he turned over the books and sat there with me and reviewed a few, he said, "don't take too many pictures - just a few."

I guess "a few" is subjective, but, of course, I took many more than a few, so ONCE AGAIN, IF QUESTIONED, PLEASE DO NOT TELL YOUR SA HOW AND WHERE YOU FOUND THE INFORMATION." Discreet and vague are the keywords of the day!

But, I would have felt terrible if I let you down, so eventhough I couldn't get shots of a couple of categories like shoes and fine jewelry, I managed to sneak in the rest.

Let me confirm that the theme is, indeed, "The Year of the Artisan," although it seems a bit vague when you look at the offerings, but I think it's Hermes' way to honor their craftspeople, and lets face it, where would they be without them.

Sadly, no new cadena to commemorate the theme. I know that's disappointing for those of you who collect them.

All in all, though, I'd say that it's another strong collection for Hermes with many new bag additions, a library of new colors, and a pretty strong and interesting scarf collection.

The theme is bright, though, highlighted by the new Candy Color leathers, along with lots of white and a great deal of bright and deep pink and red in the scarves and shawls. It's going to be a great year for anyone who loves pink!

Okay, first off, the color charts, which have been shown previously, but I think you can see the various styles each color will be offered in.

Please remember that this is a photo taken from a glossy color brochure, and the actual leathers will vary greatly. Case in point, Sanguine - it looks more red here, but it is really almost a brick color according the assistant manager. It has a lot of orange and brown in it.

Mykonos is just a fabulous gem of a blue - the best blue Hermes has pulled out of the hat in years. It's a true blue, deep and rich and elegant, and it looks fabulous paired with white, which you'll see that they've done when I post the new bags. Those bags look like the Island of Mykonos - all deep blue water and white buildings!

Gris Pearl is a very light, pearl gray, and I asked the manager what it is similar to and he said, it's very, very close to Gris T.

Please note, too, that the leather swatches have not shipped to any of your stores, so there's no reason to call your SA and ask them about colors. They haven't seen anything but the color brochure at this point either.

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Now, on to the Candy Colors, which are truly bright. They are definitely not for everyone; they are definitely not for me, but if you love bright, "highligher" colors (this is what Hermes is calling them), you'll love them.

Please note that there was a printing error on the brochure, and they mixed up the names for Kiwi and Lime. What's marked Kiwi is actually Lime, etc.

I imagine that many who loved Rose Shocking will be in love with Rose Tyrien. It's bright; it's pink; it's girly, but I like it much better than this season's Pink. It's a bit richer and more elegant looking. It does not look like bubblegum.

There is one other bright color that's coming out - Canari, a bright canary yellow, but here's the catch - it's only coming out in Lizard.

And, the other big catch, and this is BIG. The candy colors will only be made in Epsom. All candy color Brikins will be Epsom, and 95% of all the other bag styles will be, as well - Kelly, Bolide, Evelyne, etc.

There is an exception, and that's with the color Lime. In some instances, they are making that leather in Swift and once in a while in Chevre. There's just no figuring it out, though, and just as I was going to try and note the exceptions, a SA came along to grab the book for a consultation with another client.

As a rule though, if you're interested in the candy colors, you're going to have to settle for Epsom.

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On to the big guns - the BAGS!

Here are the Candy Birkins and the color combinations shown are (left to right): Rose Tyrien and Rubis; Lime and Gris Perle; Kiwi and Lichen; Celeste and Mykonos.

Please remember that all of these are in Epsom and Epsom only.

Next up the Kelly and Birkin Tiny, which come in the candy colors in Epsom and Lizard. They're just about big enough to hold an iPhone and a credit card, and the price? Now hold on - $6,025 if I remember correctly. (Before I saw that, I thought, oh what a cute desk accessory. Sure.)

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I think this is one of the most beautiful and seductive bags Hermes has ever produced. Trama this one is for you - the feathered Kelly Cut so-Black.

I couldn't find out what kind of feathers they've used, but from the looks of it, I'm still going with the tips of Coq feathers. All I know is that it's some beautiful plummage! (Sorry, but I couldn't get a price on it.)

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I don't know how I feel about this one, but judge for yourself - the Kelly Picnic in woven rattan and Barenia leather.

My store actually ordered one, so maybe I'll get a look at it when it comes in and will report back.

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Now, this is one I just love (and might have to get . . . ), the Cabas Steeple in Toile H, the Quadridge pattern. It comes in two sizes and features rope handles.

It's a great, casual tote.

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A little something for the guys (but fun for girls too), the Chiquita waist pouch in Veau Sikkim (and only Veau Sikkim!)

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I kind of laughed when I first saw this, but now I'm rather fond of it. Who can't use and emergency H. orange rain poncho tucked into a leather case?

If you can't resist, it's called the In The Pocket Poncho.

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Okay, back to serious matters - the Eclat Birkin. For some reason, this is lined in white (eclat) - YIKES, why? And, the bottom of the bag is white too, YIKES again. It's shown in Mykonos and white and also a brown and white (and unfortunately, I did not get the name on that combination.) I think the leathers are again . . . Epsom.

And, it's cousins - the so-Kelly Eclat in white with the Mykonos lining and strap lining, Kelly Retourne Amazone with the white and colored canvas strap and the Evelyn III Amazone - white with a blue lining and a blue reverse strap.

I think they're pretty, but I still don't get the rationale behind those white linings and bottoms.

The Birkin Club was shown and discussed previously, so I decided not to include the same picture again, but I did confirm that a turn lock will be included at no additional expense.

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Oh, shoot, I know I promised that we'd move along to the scarves, but I can't leave out the Bolide Relax, as I know there was interest in it.

Two sizes will be available (not counting the Bolide Trousses in 31 cm and 26 cm), and they are 47 cm and 37 cm. Only one leather, though - Veau Sikkim. The bags are canvas-lined and will slouch to a puddle on the floor when not stuffed. They're very lightweight though.

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Okay, patient scarfaholics, here they come, and don't be discouraged if you don't like pink and red, there will be many more colorways available. First, the new 90 cm twills, and they are:

L'Art du Temari; Le Pegase D'Hermes (might have to have this one); Mots De Soie; Reve De Corail (like this one too); Concours D'Etriers (I think I want this one!); Fleurs D'Indiennes; Din Tini; Marcelena (huh, where did this come from?); Nirees Imaginaires, and Bride De Gala en Finesse.

I included detail shots of a couple that the flash tried to wash out, as well.

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The 90 cm twill recolorations: Cuirs Du Desert; Alphabet Des Metiers (so glad they brought this one back!); La Ronde Des Jockeys; Doigts de Fee and Grand Manege.

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Next up, the Vintage 70 cm's: Le Boubou H (now, how could you resist THAT name?); Claque Au Vent; H Cheval (love him!); Pois De Soie; Ferronnerie and Les Vouitures Nouvelles.

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I know that everyone is greatly anticipating the cashmere gm offerings too, so I won't withhold them any longer: L'Art Due Temari (Scarfmischief, just for you!); Lujo Criollo; Parrures Des Sables (I think that one is older than I am!); Legende due Poisson Corail; Paperoles. "
etc...

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Here's the link where you can read the thread in its entirety and see most of the Hermes look-book:
http://forum.purseblog.com/hermes/spring-ahead-whats-in-store-spring-summer-2011-a-610527.html

Monday, July 26, 2010

Do people WORK, or?

There sure are a lot of people who visit this site from their work computer. And more and more there are people visiting this site from law firms and court houses. This is the standard search that brings them here:

www.google.com/search?hl=en&source=hp&q=fraud purse forum&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=


We can only assume that we aren't the only ones who think the Purse Forum is some fraud forum, judging (sorry for the pun) by the search term that brings all these legal masterminds here.

Saturday, July 24, 2010

Shout out to HILO, HI

Just a little word of advice: HideMy*ss doesn't work.
We are very pleased that you chose to visit us so many times a day. We will try and post new content more regularly to keep you ammused. Nice to see that even the Mod's stop by daily for a visit. Hopefully you're learning something!

Sunday, July 18, 2010

Megs + Vlad from the Purse Forum

ARE REGULAR VISITORS TO THE PURSE FORUM ADVISORY:

Number of Entries: 27
Last Entry: 18th July 2010 06:23:33
Multiple visits spread over more than one day
Chrome 5.0
MacOSX
Returning Visits: Multiple
Location: Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States
Comcast Business Communications IP:(75.149.242.198)
Entry Page: thepurseforumadvisory.blogspot.com/
Referring URL: forum.purseblog.com/private.php?do=showpm&pmid=4794162

Friday, July 16, 2010

What's that Old Saying?

One man's Grail is another man's $7,000 handbag? Something like that...

GRAIL ALERT! HERMES Birkin 35 bag Black Box/Pal. BNIB !

Member id ladyauthentic


$7,000.00
(Reserve Not Met)

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=190415953650


Is it only Christies auction house that can sell a Birkin these days?

Friday, July 9, 2010

it's called The Purse Forum ADVISORY

In another Forum someone with user ID "tylula", in referring to this forum, writes:

"I just think it;s unhealthy to spend that much time and energy hating an internet forum. I mean - everytime the creator of that website sits down to type or read or even think about it they are filled with anger and negativity.

I'm not a crazy hippie lol - but I just think that's such a waste. Negative feelings like that can seriously be bad for your health -- if you want to dwell on negative feelings do it for something worthwhile - like hate for people who abuse children or something - not a purse website."

Perhaps tylula hasn't thoroughly read this Advisory. The purpose of this Advisory is to warm people to the nefarious activities that take place within the Purse Forum. Just as there are people whom have "hate for people who abuse children or something" we here at the Advisory have hate for thieves and liars; and are trying to do our own smart part, in some way, to help prevent someone from being scammed by yet another Purse Forum ruse.
Now, if we really wanted to knit-pic just think about what tylula wrote. Perhaps he/she should think about all the time and energy he/she spends babbling on some forum (about material objects) when she could be using all that time and energy to actually help someone (an abused child or something, perhaps). Just sayin'.

Tuesday, July 6, 2010

Should The Purse Forum be re-Named?

After spending way too much time looking at all the handbag photos posted in various "Reveal" Threads on the Purse Forum, our Team of Experts here at the Advisory thinks that the Purse Forum should be re-named. A more appropriate name would be The Counterfeit Purse Forum. Or, if they wanted to go short and sweet: The Fakes Forum.

On another note, it would appear that those whom actually buy at the brand-name stores (Dior, LV, Chanel, Coach, Hermes, BV, etc) are no longer posting on the Purse Forum. We think they have, shall we say, smelled the coffee, and realize it's not the real deal. (More like decaf crystals. Ick.)

Thursday, July 1, 2010

Purse Forum Advisory Roadtrip

We're taking the Purse Forum Advisory crew on a Summer Roadtrip. If you live in any of the following areas drop us a line and we'll meet you at the local Waffle House and give you all the handbag dish!
Our stops along the way:
Austin TX; Winchester Va; Midland Tx; Racine WI; Marlborough CT; Hayward CA; West Palm Beach FL; Bronx NY; Livingston NJ; Thiensville WI; Seattle WA; Richmond VA; Seattle WA; Newport Beach CA; Castro Valley CA; Olathe KS; Alexandria VA; Poway CA; Waltham MA; Haverford PA; San Diego CA; Denver CO; Hilo HI; Fort Lauderdale FL; Perth Amboy NJ; Santa Monica CA; and a few other stops.

Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Something Fishy! (and we don't mean tuna)

Ever notice how if someone contradicts a Mod at the Purse Forum they are most likely going to be SKB (sofa king banned).
Something stinks there and it isn't rotting fish. We are determined to get to the bottom of it. We'd love your help and Comments. If you have any thoughts send them along!

Sunday, June 27, 2010

Seems we have some new fans

In the past week we've had no less than 117 page views by people from leggomyhandbag:

leggomyhandbag.com/forum/index.php?topic=1065.0;topicseen

We'll compile a list and post that shortly.

Wednesday, June 23, 2010

What's Most Disturbing...

...Is that if you are lucky enough (lucky? well, that's debatable) to be one of the "Mods" over at The Purse Forum (soon to be The Purse Former), you can say anything you want, whether it's the truth or not, then everyone of those a** lickers kiss up to you as if you are the Pope or Tomas Maier.

On the bright side, it seems that there are a lot of gals who are waking up to what's actually going on there and are searching for information. As we say in Sausalito, the truth reins supreme.

On top of that, most important designer's are distancing themselves from that hate-spewing, lie-telling, site that tries to pass itself off as a "forum". Big design houses are mega-corporations and they don't want to be associated with counterfeit merchandise, which the Purse Forum is riddled with...which the Purse Forum is really all about...peddlers of fakes. Really just a bunch of wannabees selling crap behind a bunch of clever user IDs. (The Rebecca Minkoff's of the world still need moron's like Meg to tout their bags.)

Once again, AVOID having your name, and computer IP, in any way associated with The Purse Forum. Honestly, nothing good can come of it.

*******************************************
Send us your Purse Forum nightmare's and we publish them.....providing they are truthful. We're not afraid of shady characters.

Monday, June 21, 2010

Interesting New Comment (received thru cyberspace)

Well, seems this subject is getting to be everywhere on the internet. Glad you found us on the complaints board. Myself and several of my friends have just about single handedly wiped out the eBay purse board.

They really did it to themselves, we just 'helped them along' by giving them a huge dose of their own medicine.

It's good to see that there are other wise and intelligent folks who see this scam for what it is. Good for you!

Sunday, June 6, 2010

The Purse Forum - Lies and Scamsters

I GUESS WORD IS REALLY GETTING OUT. IT'S AMAZING HOW MANY MAGAZINES, NEWSPAPERS AND TV STATIONS NOW ARE READING THIS BLOG AND/OR CHECKING IT OUT, FOR ONE REASON OR ANOTHER. IT WOULD APPEAR PEOPLE ARE NOW GETTING MORE AND MORE SUSPECT OF SOME POSSIBLE, SHALL WE SAY "ULTERIOR MOTIVES" BEHIND THAT FORUM. AT THE END OF THE DAY, LIARS AND CHEATS ARE EXPOSED AS JUST THAT- LIARS AND CHEATS. IT NEVER FAILS. DON'T TRUST ANYONE AT THE PURSE FORUM AS FAR AS THE DISTANCE FROM YOUR NOSE TO YOUR MOUTH.

Monday, May 10, 2010

The "Waiting List" that Never Was.

So it would seem that Hermes has pretty much played everyone for the past 25 years, with a web of lies and deceit, regarding the Birkin waiting list. There never was a "waiting list" and now even Hermes is stating that it never existed. Read for yourself:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/04/30/hermes-australia-says-bir_n_558910.html

It's also interesting to note, back on Sept 24, 2008, an Hermes salesperson in the States told a customer in the store that "There is no such thing as putting your name down on a list for a Birkin". Again, read it for yourself....and, since it's on The Purse Forum we all know that it must be the truth! (Comment #87)
http://forum.purseblog.com/hermes/the-jypsiere-342458-6.html


Saturday, May 1, 2010

Dumb Mods and Authenticators at tPF

We just did a random cursory Search of the Purse Forum to see how many times Mods and others have discussed the "Birkin Waiting List" and/or perpetuated the Myth of such a Waiting List. Guess what? Our Search turned up more than 400 Results. If the Mods (and Owners) of the Purse Forum can't even provide correct information (as in, there is No such thing as a Waiting List- as Hermes has stated) how can anyone expect them to Authenticate an Hermes handbag? Or any handbag, for that matter! Just pathetic!!

Tuesday, April 20, 2010

The Purse Forum Authenticators....

Frankly_Fashions writes:

I rank sites but I buy from them first and then rate them and if I find one selling fakes I tell them privately and I have found a lot of sellers don't realize they are selling a fake and are thankful for the help in authenticating their merchandise.

However, I got bent out of shape with the Purse Forum when they rated a site as selling fake when I know without doubt they sell the real thing. The site was www.exquistefashions.com, they are small but I can see have a lot of great potentials and I hate to see it shot down by a bunch of idiots who don't know an authentic handbag from a paper bag. It was a slap in my face; it was like saying I rated a site as selling real goods when they say they are actually selling fake. My job depends on whether I know the difference!

I work for a major marketing firm who works with the biggest names designing houses in creating their advertising profiles and how to best present them to the world. These people on the Purse Forum are not qualified to authenticate the items they do. I see where they have cause much destruction in the designing industry. The reason so many people believe them is far too many people confuse behaving catty and pretentious with being sophisticated and knowledgeable while the two have nothing in common.

I hope these vigilantes know it is unlawful to stalk people online as it is in real life and Ebay need to wake up and smell the coffee before they let these people drive away all their best sellers. And I see the owner of Bonanzle must be 2 years old if they believe or employed this group to authenticate their handbag sellers. This same group destroyed Overstock's handbag auction market and is well on it's way to destroying the latter two, Ebay and Bonanzle and will do so, unless the owners wise up and stop listening to them.

Monday, March 29, 2010

AUTHENTICATE THIS!

If you are a victim of the Authenticate This group of idiots operating out of the Purse Forum please send us a message (you can contact us through the "Comment" link and we will not publish it, but will contact you privately). These ditz bags are possibly acting illegally. They are not Experts, and have no right authenticating anything (well, perhaps they could athenticate a peanut butter sandwich). They are having an impact on honest sellers and at the same time giving incorrect information to buyers.

Sunday, March 28, 2010

the Purse Forum or The Liars Forum?

Hello... (again) here is another from the archives of The Purveyors of Fakes. It shows the kind of people on this forum - sick little people with nothing to do but cause problems for honest folks on eBay.

Lovely64 on TPF exposed as a neurotic liar*.

Lovely64 wrote on : Feb 10th, 2010, 05:19 AM

I am extremely upset and disappointed with Jane from Janefinds. I bought something from her and paid on the 28th. Before I paid I shared my concernes that it may not arrive intime for me leaving on a trip on the 12th of February. She then emailed me back saying that she was shipping it FedEx with signature confirmation so I would have it within 3-4 days.

I then went ahead and paid her. She emailed me back saying "got it, will ship FedEx, you will have it soon". After one or two days I emailed asking for the tracking number so I could arrange for someone to be here and collect it at the door. She gave me a number for PRIORITY MAIL! She didn´t ship FedEx, nor did she ship express!!! She didn´t even ship it on the 28th or 29th like she said but on the 1st of February!

Nedless to say, the package has not entered Sweden yet. I just phoned the Swedish PO and they said that even if it arrives today there is absolutely no chance I will have it by tomorrow. I will be leaving at 4.30 am Friday the 12th.

Sorry about the rant but I am soooooooooo annoyed. I needed it in time for my trip and she was fully aware of that. She promised FedEx or I wouldn´t have bought it!

Lovely64 Feb 10th, 2010, 06:07 AM
I have requested a refund but I´m waiting for her reply. The problem is that even if I wanted the item I won´t be here to pick it up and it will automatically be sent back to her! Promising FedEx just to make a sale and then turning around shipping Priority to Sweden is below cheap! I didn´t even get an opportunity to call off the sale or have a say in the matter. She just went ahead and shipped using the cheapest way. The purchase wasn´t mega expencive but $1500 isn´t exactly lose change either! Such a shame, I´m irritaded beyond words.

I am glad you didn´t end up buying from her christymarie, and thanks for your kind words. I won´t buy form her again either! Customer service is vital to a business. Even I stretch whatever means possible to make my buyers happy when I´m selling on ebay, and I´m not a business.

Seller: Janefinds Feb 10th, 2010, 08:07 AM
Firstly, when an international buyer is advised that the safest way to ship from the USA and ensure on time delivery is by using FedEx (the only service I use), and then refuses to pay $89 because it's "too expensive and FedEx always hits me with customs", then it's quite ironic to blame the seller on a public forum. Secondly, you did not purchase an Hermes Bag, you purchased a Roberto Cavalli jacket. In fact you didn't even want to pay for shipping at all and I ended having supplement your shipping cost! I've been doing this for a long time, in shipping like anything else you get what you pay for.

Lastly, it's appalling that you are posting a flat out lie that I shipped the cheapest way possible, when I simply did what you asked. If you changed your mind, that's one thing, but please don't use this forum as a way to create false sympathy from users that only hear one side of the story. To ad insult to injury you immediately contact PayPal and I get a charge back. I don't have the coat and I don't have the money. Well done.

I have many longstanding international clients, all extremely satisfied with my product and my communication.
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*It should be noted that Lovely64 is not the only neurotic liar who posts on the Purse Forum. Other members whom have been called out for lying include: flossyfigaro, gigi123, gracekelly, 24 faubourg, lovehermes, etc etc. The list is endless and best left for another post.

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Shout out

to Baltimore/Hostventures (just down the road from me) and London/Bulldog Communications. Thanks for stopping by! (and of course it goes without saying that we love our Comcast Business IP user from Fort Lauderdale- big kiss!)

Sunday, March 21, 2010

the Purse Forum: Before and After

A Classic Example of what is wrong with the Purse Forum.

From MONEY TALKS: Anyone Written A Book?

This first entry is the Original posting by publishingguru:

Today, 02:16 PM #10
publishingguru
Member

Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 1
My friend got a mid six-figure advance for his book....and was a first time writer. And since then he sold the manuscript to 9 foreign publishers, each in a separate deal; and on top of that his book has been optioned by a major Producer to be made into a movie. His book's title is Bringing_ Home- The , Birkin. I don't suggest taking any of the advice you read here too literally. (Just like the advice given out by the Handbag Authenticators).


This is the post After it was edited by a Moderator:

Yesterday, 02:16 PM #10
publishingguru
Sofa King Banned


Joined: Mar 2010
Posts: 2
My friend got a mid six-figure advance for his book....and was a first time writer. And since then he sold the manuscript to 9 foreign publishers, each in a separate deal; and on top of that his book has been optioned by a major Producer to be made into a movie.

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Now, you might say there is nothing wrong with this, perhaps the Moderator felt that publishingguru was saying something unacceptable. But how would you like it if you posted:

"I do NOT like Rebecca Minkoff handbags"

and then a Moderator came in an edited your post to:

"I like Rebecca Minkoff handbags"

Therein lies the fundamental problem with the Purse Forum. Plain and Simple!
(Hey, what can you expect from a guy that titles his photo of animal cookies, "Zoology", and includes a dinosaur. Moron.)

Thursday, March 18, 2010

tPF "Authenticators" don't seem to know a sock from a shoe....

I do not know why people keep sending bags to be authenticated on the purse forum sometimes, but this week the TPF bitches came together to admit that they really cannot tell a fake bag to a real one… its all down to the old chest nut of “provenance” –

Provenance -from the French provenir, "to come from", means the origin, or the source of something, or the history of the ownership or location of an object. The term was originally mostly used for works of art, but, on tpf, it really means:
1. Is it one of us selling it?
2. Is it one of the sponsors of TPF selling it?
3. Is it one of the well known sellers on eBay whose friends are on tpf…
All fucking rubbish really, but here they are:


Today : March 17th 2010
From nikkisable:
Item: birkin 35 lagoon togo
kindly help me authenticate this bag. appreciate any comments, thnks!
[http://forum.purseblog.com/authenticate-this-hermes/authenticate-hermes-bag-please-read-rules-use-format-569658.html#post14635113]


From Mistikat
Is this private sale from a reseller, a consignment shop, a web site? , an online ad? Please provide more details as to the provenance of the bag.

From Mistikat
I'm not sure who your private seller is but most of these pictures come from Luxury Zurich. The blindstamp pictures were taken from elsewhere. These are stolen pictures and your seller cannot have this bag in their possession, unless they ARE Luxury Zurich. This is exactly why we like to know the details of a "private sale".

From Perigord
Agreed "Private sale" can mean anything. When nothing at all is known about the provenance or the source of a bag, authenticators are left to wonder whether this is from a decent source...a creep on a street corner...or, rarely, an actual seller knowingly bringing a fake to the forum to see if it will pass muster on the internet...
It helps the authenticators help you by asking for details about where the bags come from. With Mistikat's great eyes, she was able to ID the actual source of the images. If there is a disconnect--as in this case--you know the news is bad.
Knowing the context of the sale is really critical. Without context, any authentication can never really be complete.
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And another interesting read from the archives:

BostonSkygirl18; Oct 31st, 2009, 12:53 PM

Ladies of the Purse Forum and in particular Grace Kelly – Let me say two things right off the bat: (1) I am the owner of the 35cm Etoupe Birkin that Sydspy posted for authentication, and that Grace Kelly so ungraciously indicated was not real; and (2) I am an attorney living and practicing in the Boston area. In my profession I live and die by my ethics and reputation.

I love the Hermes brand and I have been loyal to it. I buy and use nothing fake. If I cannot buy the real thing, I wait and I save for the day that I can. I work damned hard to afford my Hermes bags. I personally purchased the Etoupe Birkin at the Boston Hermes store on May 12, 2008 for $8,300 from a Sales Associate that I have purchased no fewer than 10 bags from (including two other Birkins). I am known by all of the Sale Associates in the Boston store and I have certainly carried the bag into the store on numerous occasions. The bag was specially ordered for me by the Sales Associate and was still in shrink-wrap when she brought it out to me for inspection. I don’t know what else could make the bag more real.

That a person would so unceremoniously classify another person’s property as being fake is appalling. Hermes bags are mythic in their quality and status and are thus, by definition, prone to being copied. We all know that. There are plenty of unscrupulous people out there looking to make a quick buck from the uninformed. I for one have always appreciated the fact that I could turn to the “Authentic This Hermes Bag” thread to see if I bag I was interested in on Ebay or from a consigner’s website was real or not. However, now that I am on the other side of the denouncement, I am not quite so appreciative, or happy. At the end of the day, whether I sell my Etoupe Birkin does not matter. There are fates worse than owning another Birkin bag. But, what I cannot stand for is the doubt that has circled around ***.

As an aside, were we not as a community admonished to read Jag’s thread of October 22, 2009 about civility. The Purse Forum is supposed to be a fun place to go to learn, communicate and yes ogle other people’s pretty handbags. This was not supposed to be a place were nameless, faceless people get to cyber-bully and ruin hard won reputations. If you have not read Jag’s thread, I implore you to do so. G—save us all from purported experts. I for one feel a little bit like Alice in Wonderland who fell down that rabbit hole.

With respect,
BostonSkygirl18, Esq.

Sunday, February 28, 2010

Is the Purse Forum a BIG Front? a Scam?? All for the purpose of marketing counterfeits??? Do Vlad and Megs work on commission????

Well, appears that someone from Hermes artisan decided to put herself / himself forward. The TPF members do not like it at all... here is what they are are saying today:

I bet j'adore.d will be SOFA KING BANNED from TPF before long!!

Perlerare
J'adore.d, a warm welcome to tpf !
You might be french but in this forum you are requested to post in english only . (read the rules again pls).

Also, I wonder if you are aware that a very lovely member here was fired by Hermes (he was working in a store in north america) because basically he was a member here.

Perigord:
First, welcome.

If I may ask, please post in English--a requirement here. I do read French, and I see that you are commenting on the purse first brought to our attention here by Jasmine in post #4162. Your post begins with an exact translation into French of her original question in that post. Though you say at the bottom of your post that it is authentic, others here have described it as fake, and I find I am in agreement with them when I go back to that post and look at the images. Personally, this bag does not give me warm and cuddly feelings of authenticity...

I am a little confused about the post you make about the authenticity of the two Lindys (the etoupe and the orange), because of what is happening when I click on the links. When I click on the links in your post, both show that they have been removed by eBay. For some reason, when I click on the links in the original post inquiring about these bags (post #4171), both links come up. Clueless about why this is happening with these two sets of links to what appear to be the same auctions.


Hermes employees do not make their presence known here; the house of Hermes does not, I believe, condone any self-identification by any Hermes employee. Perlerare is correct!


OPEN MESSAGE TO TPF AUTHENTICATORS:
1. The French Employment law prohibits the restrictions on personal life. French employees of Hermes cannot be prevented from participating in web forums during their personal time and in their personal capacity. This would be against their human right.

2. You are shitting yourself now, being proved to be useless at authenticating Hermes bags... ha ha ha!

Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Are the Owners of the Purse Forum Crooks???

My my my, this is certainly informative and surely makes one wonder...

http://www.complaintsboard.com/complaints/fraud-amp-harassment-from-the-purse-forum-on-ebay-c291013.html

Monday, January 18, 2010

What's happening today???

448 New, Unique Visitors to this site today! (And it's only 3:40pm.)
Wonder why? Most curious. And that's not counting the 38 Visits from Lynn Fisch (aka Melliesmom/FloppyKelly/PocketEdition)...
I guess things must be pretty dull (what else is new?) over at the Purse Forum. What, isn't anyone posting any new counterfeit bags there today? Yawn...

I just love the gal's at tPF who post those $40K croc Birkin's and Kelly's, with pix that they take in their living room or bedroom, and the furniture and woodwork/moldings look like some $400/month (actually you pay $100/week) low-rent housing project in East Butt-F*ck. I wonder what the woodwork looks like at 6101 Banyan Terrace ? Hmmm...