Beware Counterfeit Forgeries
This is a guest post from Diane’s son Marc. From what I understand, regular blog readers are familiar with my work photographing some of the jewelry Diane sells.
I thought it might be of interest to those who are looking for Tiffany & Co. pieces on eBay to see exactly how easy it is for those lacking moral fiber to buy fake Tiffany and resell it. I was scouring the Internet for some information about a necklace my mother found at an estate sale when I came across an interesting link for a Tiffany jewelry catalog. Thinking it might hold more information about the necklace I clicked over and was utterly shocked by what I found.
Pages and pages of fake designer jewelry. Tiffany & Co., Cartier, Bulgari, Dior, and Chanel to just name a few. All touted, by the manufacturer, to as “100% Copy Original Tiffany Jewelry” and “Top Grade Quality,” with most pieces costing less than $10. You can see engravings and hallmarks in their pictures and orders over $2,000 even get free shipping. I can understand some people might want a fake if they can’t afford an original piece and don’t care about wearing a knockoff, but ordering enough to get free shipping means more than 200 pieces of fake jewelry. Is the person ordering 200 pieces really going to keep those for him/her self? Would you order 200 pieces of fake designer jewelry as stocking stuffers? This is clearly aimed at those who are looking to get into the designer fake market.
Here’s the icing on the cake though. Looking through this website’s news and announcments section, there’s a warning to their customers to be wary of copy-cat websites that have started to spring up. Isn’t this the height of irony?
This manufacturer and whole seller of fake designer jewelry is feeling like they’re getting ripped off!
Take a look at the website [link] and know what you should be wary of buying. If you see any of these items being sold for $20 when the owner could have taken it back to Tiffany’s for $300 you should probably pass on it because it probably came from this factory (or one of there new rivals).
Safe Shopping
It is so irritating about all the fakes out there; I’m fairly educated about ‘em, and have collected Tiffany for a few years, and I’ve still been fooled a few times on ebay! What totally annoys me, is that on ebay, as I’m browsing through the Tiffany listings, at the bottom of the page are ‘Sponsored Links’ (Sponsored Links allow advertisers to bid for ad placement order based on specific search keywords). Anyway, these links are for FAKE Tiffany sites! But, to a novice, they look real; like “Tiffany & Co Jewelry %50 off” is one. I mean, come on! So when unaware buyers click the link, they are taken to the sponsor’s website, where they can buy fake jewelry. So irritating. Take care Marc! Mindy
