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Prompt payment. No problems   25-May-09 19:03
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A pleasure to deal with - friendly & 100% reliable. SUPERB - thank you!   12-May-09 14:08
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Cheap designer fakes on eBay.
I first visited Ebay four years ago, looking for an Hermes scarf as a gift. Two hours of looking at listings soon left me confused. There seemed to be a lot of items for sale that did not look right, even to my untrained eye. Three years on and far too much time spent on the Internet leave me fairly confident at spotting Hermes fakes. I hope to be able to pass on some of this information to other innocent Ebay users, to help them avoid paying top designer prices for cheap imitation goods. Please have a look at My Guides on the easy way to avoid the worst blunders, and some close up looks at some of the most common fakes regularly being listed. If you find the guides helpful then please click on the YES box. This moves them higher up the GUIDES AND REVIEWS list and makes them more accessible to others. You can leave comments in the Guest Book, and contact me through the Ebay mail system. Remember to give me your email address if you want me to reply! Thanks, Geoff.

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geoff.clarke(150Feedback score is 100 to 499) About Me
29-Jun-09 23:10:48
Contact Hermes in the US, Customer Service Dept, Phone: 800-441-4488 Option 1. Their email is:service.us@hermes.com and opening times Monday to Friday,9 a.m to 6 p.m.
kikilarue(740Feedback score is 500 to 999)
29-Jun-09 13:04:37
Hello. I appreciate all the information on your site. i have some very very old scarves. How would I contact hermes archives? I attended a scarf exhibition in Boston(Skinners Auction house). I photographed all the scarves, their titles and dates at that time.Thank you again. Best Wishes, J.H. Bagstudio@aol.com
goodmom9(80Feedback score is 50 to 99)
06-May-09 19:56:46
I cannot thank you enough for putting in the time and energy to share your invaluable experience with us all. Have pored over your excellent reports for weeks before taking the plunge (!)on my very first Hermes ...THANK YOU FOR YOUR GENEROSITY.
geoff.clarke(150Feedback score is 100 to 499) About Me
17-Apr-09 03:14:40
It sounds like "Charreada" from 1990 by Jean de Fougerolle. I have seen it in the colours that you describe. If it is then it has the title top centre border. Email me if you need further help.
gigi.949(0)
17-Apr-09 01:37:25
My friend and I were vintage shopping and she picked up a Hermes silk scarf. I don't know much about them and we are trying to determine if it's real or fake. It's tan with red and blue and it has cowboys lassoing horses and it looks rather old. Ever heard of anything like this?
geoff.clarke(150Feedback score is 100 to 499) About Me
29-Mar-09 20:05:53
This particular design is not the least bit unknown! Aladin is from 1972 and by Francoise Heron. Store labels are very common in this period, both from Harrods and more commonly from the US stores which were required to put on a country of origin label before Hermes included this on theirs. They do not indicate that the scarf was a special issue.
cotswoldcrone(37Feedback score is 10 to 49)
29-Mar-09 18:41:50
i echo the perfect red box, from whom i made my first-ever ebay purchases a few weeks ago ... since when, and you will understand this, i've become mildly obsessed with trawling thru ebay, looking at scarves ... am intrigued by one in particular, about which i feel v. dubious - item no. 330317103089. even messaged the seller, but no - they're convinced it's a special edition for harrods ... not sure of the ethics involved, but cd you perhaps tell me if it wd be sensible to be suspicious of a care label like this, in the context of an otherwise unknown and unsigned design? it's pretty, and maybe reasonable value at £50 - but, but, but ...
geoff.clarke(150Feedback score is 100 to 499) About Me
02-Mar-09 08:52:40
Try The Purse Forum ... they are very helpful on this type of query ... http://forum.purseblog.com/hermes/
lafemmeamrcn(2)
02-Mar-09 02:45:07
Geoff, I have a shirt that looks like an Hermes that I would like to sell on ebay, but I'm not sure if it is not a fake. I went to Hermes NYC yesterday, 28 Feb, to see if someone could authenticate it for me, but they said they don't do authentications. They did say that it looked like one of theirs. If you took a look at the photos do you think you could let me know if it's real or not. My ex-hubby gave it to me for my birthday years ago. Thanks. Oh, my ebay ID is lafemmeamrcn.
monicajafan(27Feedback score is 10 to 49)
01-Feb-09 07:57:02
Thank you so much. I am a research fanatic! I was given a Hermes scarf by a German company and after reading your info I'm pretty convinced it is truly Hermes. It meets so many of your qualifications. It is titled Colours and (roughly drawn smiling face) Fantasy, dated 2004 and signed by SophieK. Herme's-Paris marked in design. The care instructions are identical to your samples sewn in 3 corners w/background color thread. I have it in the original box with tissue, the original brown identification ribbon and was very confused as to what it all meant till I read your guide. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge. It is a work of art to me something I definitely enjoy admiring. If you are familiar with this info, I would appreciate you confirming this info. I understand you are not in the free appraisal business, but would surely enjoy hearing what you might think. Thanks, M. Drake

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