Showing posts with label long term reseller. Show all posts
Showing posts with label long term reseller. Show all posts

12 September 2018

Etsy long term reseller DREAMWEAVER4U2 adds new fake vintage to her shop #etsysellsvintage

Last featured here on June 05, 2018 Etsy long term reseller DREAMWEAVER4U2 is at it again:  listing contemporary mass made jewelry, accessories, and clothing as either "handmade" by her or as "vintage".  Weeks ago her shop underwent a serious house-cleaning, with all of the sweatshop goodies deactivated.  Now, they are sneaking back.  Let's have a look!

This goth-style hand bracelet with adjustable ring is pretending to be "vintage".  The Description says it is "Never worn storage store stock".  Two units in stock, priced at $22.






Since this is a contemporary product, anyone can buy this "never worn" -- and for a lot less money.  Get it here for less than $8.  It's on sale here for just 99 cents!  A reseller on Luulla has it for $15.  Not vintage.

The other sweatshop goodie reactivated is this pentagram cage bra pretending to be "handmade" and last called out in my companion blog in May 2018


Will add more fake "vintage" from DREAMWEAVER4U2 as it (re)appears.

05 February 2017

Etsy long term reseller fabthings10 claims necklace imported from China was handmade by her in the 1970s

Etsy long term (but small sales volume) reseller, fabthings10 , opened in 2015.  As I type, the shop has just one listing for a brand new mass made necklace imported from China that the seller pretends is "vintage handmade from the 1970s", according to the item's Overview:

Overview

  • Vintage handmade item from the 1970s
  • Ships worldwide from United Kingdom
  • Feedback: 3 reviews
  • Favorited by: 13 people

Nine units in stock, with 1 already sold.






Not designed or made by the seller.  Available wholesale from AliExpress priced at less than $4.00 per unit.  Although the Chinese merchant used the word "vintage" in their AliExpress listing title, it's new.  Note the contemporary lobster clasp in the photos, used by manufacturers of cheapie fashion jewelry beginning in the early 1990s.  Generally, describing any item listed on Etsy as "vintage handmade" is a sure sign the seller is deceptive -- which is definitely the case with the mendacious fabthings10,

Etsy vintage sellers claim their Bubble Necklaces from a decade ago date from the 1950s through the 1990s #etsysellsvintage

It seems that yard sales are infested with Made in China statement necklaces from a decade or so ago.  Almost as soon as these styles began ...