HOW TO SPOT: FAKE GUCCI MARMONT AND PEYTON LOAFERS
| Hung sakit sakit guyssss... (This was and still is sooooo painful).  |
| fake vs real gucci marmont loafers |
I fell hard for the Peyton's last year but found them a bit too expensive so I didn't buy them. But I kept losing sleep over them so I decided to just f@%# it and finally get a pair. When I got to the boutique in Shangrila, they didn't have them anymore and neither did Greenbelt.
Out of frustration, I ended up buying a pair of green Gucci Marmont mid-heel loafers instead. Despite them being an impulsive purchase, I've no regrets.
They are super comfy (I walked around Central, Hong Kong in them all day...they're that comfortable.) and I really adore its quirky but classic style:
Still, I couldn't get the Peyton's out of my mind...my first love. (LOL, rolling eyes)
SADLY, I couldn't find my size even in Hong Kong :(
So I did what any other shoe obsessed person would do...scour the web.
I did this for days until I finally found a gently used pair on eBay in my size!
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| SELLER ID IS jingl_fen (BEWARE!!!) |
(What luck! I thought at the time.) I didn't think twice this time, I clicked the Buy It Now button and immediately settled payment via Paypal (I wanted them to arrive in time for Christmas or New Year's).
The post office EMS notice arrived around December 23 or 24 I think but I had to wait 'til the 27th to claim it cause of the holiday schedule.
27 came and I spent half a day at the Pasay post office waiting for my number to be called.
Paid my tax which came out to be close to Php 6,000.00 only to open the box and find out that what I got was a FAKE PAIR OF GUCCI PEYTON LOAFERS.The pain the pain the pain!
It still hurts but I hate putting money to waste so I decided to write this post to begin my healing process (again, LOL :( )
For your reference...
HOW TO SPOT A FAKE PAIR OF GUCCI MARMONT AND PEYTON LOAFERS
Mind you, this is a really really good fake. If I didn't have an original to compare it with, I might have bought into the scam and not have noticed that what I got was actually not authentic.Okay, first the box.
The yellowish one on the left is fake, the one on the right is real. The real one is whiter and when you touch it, it has a slightly corrugated surface. Thickness might fool you cause both come with quite a substantial weight to them.
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| how to spot fake gucci marmont loafers |
Second, the box barcode and label:
The real one wasn't stuck to the the box, instead it was stuck to a flap of paper attached to the box. I'm not sure if this is the case with all pairs since my old pair of loafers had the barcode sticker attached directly to the box.
Just remember this: print should be crystal clear and not faded at all. Also check for proper english (omg)
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| how to spot fake gucci peyton loafers |
DUSTBAGThe real pair comes with 2 dust bags, one for each shoe, fabric is high quality with perfect stitching along patch border, it's also not wrinkled and the color is slightly different to the fake one on the left.The stitching on fake is haphazard and my Peyton came with only one dustbag. You'll also notice that the material is cheap to the touch unlike the original one which has a satin-y feel. The fake feels more like polyester.  |
| fake vs real gucci dustbag |
Dustbag RibbonsFake comes with corrugated edges, real is just ribbed. |
| fake vs real gucci dustbag |
Below are my authentic Marmont Loafers: |
| green gucci marmont loafers |
And my fake (ouch) Peyton Loafers: |
| spot a fake gucci peyton loafers |
The only thing off about these are the color and thickness of the hardware + the sole. The real one has a bit of golder shade, less antique-y (although not as gold as the Marmont but they share the same sort of "wholeness") The hardware on the fake pair has a bit of a different shape. |
| fake vs real gucci peyton loafers |
The bottom of my real pair: |
| gucci marmont loafers review |
Other than that, nothing. Once you slip them on they feel the same as the real pair. They're just as comfy and the leather feels just as soft and supple as the real pair of Peyton's I tried on at the store.
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| fake gucci peyton loafers |
It just hurts so much cause they are not what I paid for and now I don't know what to do with them!
I hate putting good money to waste so do I just wear them even if they're fake? I still paid around $500-600 for these so I feel bad throwing them out.
HELP!
More details on my story plus how to spot a fake, shoes when worn, etc in the video below:
I already reported the issue to eBay.com but they have been virtually useless. Also filed a dispute which I have already escalated to a claim on Paypal but I have yet to hear back from them.
Please please help me decide what to do with these shoes. Thank you! And please, don't make the same mistake I did, these people are cunning.
The pair I got was listed from Australia but my package came from China! I think this is a big group of professional scammers around the world trying to earn a fast buck from unsuspecting online shoppers like me.
I hate putting good money to waste so do I just wear them even if they're fake? I still paid around $500-600 for these so I feel bad throwing them out.
HELP!
More details on my story plus how to spot a fake, shoes when worn, etc in the video below:
I already reported the issue to eBay.com but they have been virtually useless. Also filed a dispute which I have already escalated to a claim on Paypal but I have yet to hear back from them.
Please please help me decide what to do with these shoes. Thank you! And please, don't make the same mistake I did, these people are cunning.
The pair I got was listed from Australia but my package came from China! I think this is a big group of professional scammers around the world trying to earn a fast buck from unsuspecting online shoppers like me.
Comments
I can wear unbranded stuff but not fake (!!!)
Paypal should be able to assist you on this - they should not have released the payment to the seller yet. Crossing fingers and toes for that!
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Good news: I decided to bypass eBay completely and try to work it out directly with the seller. After six eBay messages containing about ten close-up photos of indisputable evidence that the (originally thought to be authentic by me) counterfeit Gucci Jordaan shoes I'd bought off eBay from Yaling Wang of NSW, the seller asked me to ship them back to her. When I replied that it's illegal for me to use a federal postal service to post dangerous and/or illegal goods, she said she'd pay for the rerun postsge, as she said they're good shoes, wouldn't on-sell them, and wanted to see if she or one of her relatives could fit into them. Hmm... I replied that if she wanted them back, the only way was for her to pay me first for the return postage, and to refund me the full amount of the shoes plus my original postage cost to shop the item from NSW (Wollstonecraft, in case anyone here ever needs to know). I think she realised it was more civil to do it this way, rather than my going through eBay, or my going through PayPal requesting a refund from her through their refund system. Fortunately for her, she paid all the monies due to me within forty eight hours. So, I'm posting the counterfeit shoes that are now technically no longer mine, using a federal postage service that she's now paid for. The seller and I worked this out bwteen us, by my issuing her a request for money to be paid - not to be refunded - to me. However, in the note that PayPal asks us to attach for requests for funds from others, I stated clearly that this was for a refund for counterfeit shoes unknowingly bought by me, and that within 48 hours of receievng her payment, I would post back these counterfeit shoes to her.
I'm not sure if this is a standard way of dealing with counterfeit sellers - to issue them a direct invoice to return the full amount (rather than requesting a refund via eBay or PayPal) after providing a stream of photos and detailed, typed evidence that the item is indeed counterfeit. However, this is one instance when I was either very lucky (and happen to have three other pairs of the same
shoe in different colours to compare the counterfeit one to) the seller has knowingly sold me counterfeit goods, and on my discovering and listing everything wrong with the item with photos, then chose to be reasonable and work so fast to refund me; or whether the seller genuinely didn't realise it was counterfeit (again, hmmm...) and just wanted to have the whole ugly affair done with.
The seller messaged me about four times after that, asking me if her payment that was currently being withheld by eBay, would be refunded to me- so that I would get her refund, plus a refund from eBay. This made me wonder if she really is clueless. I replied that since I've got her refund in my account now, and haven't gone through eBay or PayPal'a Request a Refund/Request to Return An Item system, but rather, through PayPal's Request Funds From Friends system, any further emails asking her to make another refund to me are fake emails. After googling why eBay has withheld my payment from her for 21 days, I saw she only has one piece of feedback and one item sold. That should have told me everything. So, I've been very lucky this time. I won't make the same mistake again. In-store purchases at authentic stores for me for everything from now on, for everything - regardless of price-point, budget socks, or high-end shoes.