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The Purse Forum is a set up to give false credibility and misinformation to insecure buyers for the purpose of assisting members in the sales of mirror image knock-off bags.

I was referred to the purse forum by an eBay seller to 'authenticate' her very expensive bag that I doubted was authentic. The seller was a member of TPF and had hundreds of positive feedback yet I was almost sure the bag on their site a just a very good mirror image fake. I own many bag of this maker and I know the leather quality... it just wasn't there.

When I asked on the purse forum about the bag and gave the link to eBay. It took them... oh about 1 second to respond from 2 different identities that the bag was 100% authentic. Then they sort of high fived each other about how right they both were...YAY... huh?

So I said I had issues with XYZ and what did they think about it, why did they find this bag to be authentic? No response. Then suddenly some 3rd identity chimes in basically saying how dare I question the opinion of these fine ladies who give up their precious time to take my hand AND lead me into the land of authenticity! LO I was cracking up at the indignation, it was so strange and over the top.

Then I went a few pages back and read their previous posts and by luck found the same style bag being sold by a different seller. This time the bag was being dissected and called to question for the same regular XYZ kind of questions I'd just asked! They never really gave substance just said that doesn't look quite right, where is the information? Such bull.

I know these bags very well and knew this was indeed an authentic bag and it definitely compared very much better to the one they'd just given the thumbs up and the high five, yet they said it was in question. The one and only difference that made it compare unfavorably was that the seller was not a Purse Forum member.

When I noted their own remarks to them and asked again why did they have this opinion it wasn't 5 minutes later that I found I was Banned Forever! LOL... I'm not kidding... the notice said... "Banned Term: Forever Reason: No reason stated"! OMG those purse forum hags are a bag of snakes! If you want information go to the makers for it. You should stay very, very far away from these miscreants they're just fake bag pushers and soooooo low.

The Purse Forum site is 1000% inauthentic, fake, a cheap copy of a real information site, not a discussion group nor a site to provide trustworthy information and ''it' should be banned.

Don't buy The Purse Forum! They are a set up to give false credibility for the sales of mirror image knock-off bags.

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Hrluxury
Hrluxury
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May 02, 2020 3:34 am EDT
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https://ripoffscams.com/reports-filed/pierre-paoli-cosette-com-au/sydney-au/pierre-paoli-cosette-com-au-fake-fraud-unpaid-bills-cheating-everybody-sydney-au/900930/ https://www.google.co.in/amp/s//link removed/ https://www.google.co.in/amp/s/www.sitejabber.com/reviews/cosette.com.au/amp. https://www.scamadviser.com/check-website/cosette.com.au.

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Hrluxury
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Apr 28, 2020 3:53 am EDT
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cheaters

hello together,
here is the 2nd review on that company cosette.com.au my fashion republic or pierre axel paoli from sydney from australia.
we wrote several reviews about them last week and all got cancelled from cosette.com.au, cause they are telling that they would sell authentic products, ... but cosette.com.au with the mothercompany my fashion republic and the head of FAKE pierre paoli is deleting just the reviews and using a company called: feefo.com and cosette.com.au is buying the positive reviews, as we attached the documentation from feefo.com and on the other attachments you find the negative

COSETTE Reviews | http://www.cosette.com.au reviews | Feefo

COSETTE Reviews | http://www.cosette.com.au reviews | Feefo
COSETTE Reviews. Find out what genuine customers have said about cosette.com.au. Real reviews from real people.

how it can be that hundred of people are telling and confirming the same like we do that cosette.com.au IS SELLING FAKE FROM CHINA and here is the link with all the real reviews from cosette.com.au and their FAKE BUSINESS
******* - authentic or not?

******* - authentic or not?
I would like to hear the opinions of others who have bought something from them or who have thought about it. T...

pleny of sites that cosette.com.au and my fashion republic is selling fake with their ceo pierre paoli.
on trustpilot their are deleting all the bad reviews with : cosette.com.au is selling fake and my fashion republic is selling fake, but i hope to show you in the end now all the results, cause we made not just a case of our 205, 000$ what cosette.com.au and my fashion republic group stole from us, we inform even the police in australia about the business activity from cosette.com.au and pierre paoli, that it will finally stop to cheat all the consumers and on top even the suppliers from cosette.com.au and my fashion republic group.

the fake bags what cosette.com.au sent to us to our dubai office we inspected from the brand itself and the brand givenchy and gucci is making a case against cosette.com.au and my fashion republic cause of fraud and selling fake items for several years.

i hope in the end that not other suppliers from cosette.com.au and my fashion republic or pierre paoli itself got screw, or at least that our post here will finally stop cosette.com.au and pierre paoli to cheat people and stop selling fake to everybody.

the worst from my fashion republic group and cosette.com.au is, that the clients got screw even with a fake cerftificate from entrupy.com and that a big company like entrupy.com is not cutting the line between them and cosette.com.au, cause their are damaging even the brand name entrupy.com and the clients wont believe anymore the system of entrupy.com cause of the fraud and fake actions of cosette.com.au

we dont think that we will get our money back from cosette.com.au and of course not from pierre paoli or my fashion republic group in sydney, but we hope with our letter and proofs, that we can aware people to buy anything from cosette.com.au in sydney or my fashion republic group and for sure the suppliers of the fake product that they will be catch as well

people like us are loosing hundreds of thousands cause of the rip off story of cosette.com.au

here are all the details from the thief pierre paoli if clients wanna get back their money from cosette.com.au and their fake bags.

pierre@cosette.com.au
mobile numer: [protected]

hope to warn all of you guys and be careful from cosette.com.au and their fake products

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Hrluxury
Hrluxury
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Apr 28, 2020 3:51 am EDT
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Hello together,
I can insure you that cosette.com. au with the founder of pierre axel paoli is selling fake!
Cosette.com with the mothercompany myfashionrepublic pty ltd / group is buying from china their products and I can give you hundreds of proofs! pierre axel paoli and myfashionrepublic group alias cosette.com. au is ripping off even their suppliers by sending back their fake products instead of authentic merchandise what pierre paoli and myfashionrepublic group alias cosette.com. au got delivered.
The whole business of myfashionrepublic group and cosette.com. au is fraud and pierre paoli is the men behind the system,... he manipulate with the entrupy device the client and making from an authentic product a proof and sending it with his fake china merchandise, this is what myfashionrepublic grouop and cosette.com. au is doing! pierre paoli has a lawsuit from our company over 200, 000$ already and the myfashionrepublic group and cosette.com. au shut down their store in martin place as well,...
So this must be a sign of a thief like pierre paoli is with his cosette.com. au
The story with the entrupy device is from his mouth as he told us this story that myfashionrepublic group and cosette.com. au can ripoff the people and making a fortune of money with it.
Pierre paoli and myfashionrepublic group is making this system since 2017 and in 2018 he sent us some of our products back, but what pierre paoli and myfashionrepublic group with cosette.com. au sent back?! all fake items and we are in dubai and trying now to get our money back from myfashionrepublic and pierre paoli with his pseudonym name cosette.com. au. I am adding the proof from the lawyer that all people can see what cosette.com. au alias myfashionrepublic with their ceo pierre axel paoli is doing.
We are making a case in europe against the ceo from cosette.com. au pierre axel paoli as well, cause is is french national, and as a french national he can get for the fraud he is doing with myfashionrepublic group or his cosette.com. au till 3 years of prison, and this we are trying now with our lawyers in europe as well, the next post against myfashionrepublic or cosette.com. au with pierre axel paoli will follow very fast, cause we cant see that cosette.com. au is selling fake to all people and cheating everybody as they want,...

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Cosette Store
, AU
Jan 14, 2019 9:28 pm EST

Hi All,

cosette.com.au have been informed by one of our client that some defamation threads about our business have been posted onto this scam forum https://forum.purseblog.com
We tried to defend ourself by posting a reply but it was deleted within an hour. This forum is definitely a scam and we are now seeking legal advice to remove those fake comments as this is confusing for our clients.

Our business model is based on the inverted seasons between Europe and Australia. When the season ends in Europe we purchase excess stock from well-established partner brands in Italy and in France including labels such as Gucci, Saint Laurent, Givenchy, Balenciaga, Prada… This allows the authorised European retailers to sell their overstock in bulk at a lower prices. We pass on the lower prices to our customers in Australia.
We have found that generally Australian consumers are not used to having such low prices for luxury products and we are proud to change this.

We understand that there is a lot of misinformation on this forum that can be quiet confusing.

For your awareness COSETTE is an authorised re-seller of all labels carried both online and in our retails stores. We only sell authentic products coming directly from the brands licensees in Europe which we re-sell in Australia under the ACCC’ parallel imports law : https://www.accc.gov.au/business/treating-customers-fairly/selling-parallel-imports

Due to the locations of our stores at the MCA Government building in the Rocks and the high end shopping district, our products regularly go through verification of authenticity in order to successfully trade in those locations.

We also have been partnering with the only true authentication Artificial Intelligence system called https://www.entrupy.com
This third party artificial intelligence system is allowing us to check all stock coming from Europe but also to check all stock coming from individuals for our marketplace.

All other authentication companies review luxury designer items with only a few pictures without taking under consideration the year and batch of production of the models for each labels. Few details are changed from one batch to another in the manufacturing process of the models in order to limit the counterfeits. Not taking these under consideration leads to mistakes in authenticating.

Here are few certificates of some of the items we have on sell:
https://cert.entrupy.com/CV32X86
https://cert.entrupy.com/DVT32W9
https://cert.entrupy.com/WHTYDHY
https://cert.entrupy.com/4GY9J2T
https://cert.entrupy.com/V7CT9Q3
https://cert.entrupy.com/J2DKCVB
https://cert.entrupy.com/W8G4MK2
https://cert.entrupy.com/VDR7TGQ
https://cert.entrupy.com/XQ98DJJ
https://cert.entrupy.com/XBGD4JC
https://cert.entrupy.com/9TY47X2
https://cert.entrupy.com/DXBWKRG
https://cert.entrupy.com/B9C3VV7
https://cert.entrupy.com/HGV97C8
https://cert.entrupy.com/937HJCB

At COSETTE we take pride in our reputation for providing luxurious items at affordable prices. All of our items are 100% authentic and brand new. We carry a wide range of designer shoes, clothing, accessories and leather goods that we sell in our retail stores and online. All products come with the branded authenticity/care cards, serial numbers and branded dust bags.

Please contact us via info@cosette.com.au if you need any more information.

Faithfully

The Cosette Team

Hrluxury
Hrluxury
, AE
Jan 18, 2021 5:41 pm EST
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hello together,
here is the 2nd review on that company cosette.com.au my fashion republic or pierre axel paoli from sydney from australia.
we wrote several reviews about them last week and all got cancelled from cosette.com.au, cause they are telling that they would sell authentic products, ... but cosette.com.au with the mothercompany my fashion republic and the head of FAKE pierre paoli is deleting just the reviews and using a company called: feefo.com and cosette.com.au is buying the positive reviews, as we attached the documentation from feefo.com and on the other attachments you find the negative

COSETTE Reviews | http://www.cosette.com.au reviews | Feefo

COSETTE Reviews | http://www.cosette.com.au reviews | Feefo
COSETTE Reviews. Find out what genuine customers have said about cosette.com.au. Real reviews from real people.

how it can be that hundred of people are telling and confirming the same like we do that cosette.com.au IS SELLING FAKE FROM CHINA and here is the link with all the real reviews from cosette.com.au and their FAKE BUSINESS
******* - authentic or not?

******* - authentic or not?
I would like to hear the opinions of others who have bought something from them or who have thought about it. T...

pleny of sites that cosette.com.au and my fashion republic is selling fake with their ceo pierre paoli.
on trustpilot their are deleting all the bad reviews with : cosette.com.au is selling fake and my fashion republic is selling fake, but i hope to show you in the end now all the results, cause we made not just a case of our 205, 000$ what cosette.com.au and my fashion republic group stole from us, we inform even the police in australia about the business activity from cosette.com.au and pierre paoli, that it will finally stop to cheat all the consumers and on top even the suppliers from cosette.com.au and my fashion republic group.

the fake bags what cosette.com.au sent to us to our dubai office we inspected from the brand itself and the brand givenchy and gucci is making a case against cosette.com.au and my fashion republic cause of fraud and selling fake items for several years.

i hope in the end that not other suppliers from cosette.com.au and my fashion republic or pierre paoli itself got screw, or at least that our post here will finally stop cosette.com.au and pierre paoli to cheat people and stop selling fake to everybody.

the worst from my fashion republic group and cosette.com.au is, that the clients got screw even with a fake cerftificate from entrupy.com and that a big company like entrupy.com is not cutting the line between them and cosette.com.au, cause their are damaging even the brand name entrupy.com and the clients wont believe anymore the system of entrupy.com cause of the fraud and fake actions of cosette.com.au

we dont think that we will get our money back from cosette.com.au and of course not from pierre paoli or my fashion republic group in sydney, but we hope with our letter and proofs, that we can aware people to buy anything from cosette.com.au in sydney or my fashion republic group and for sure the suppliers of the fake product that they will be catch as well

people like us are loosing hundreds of thousands cause of the rip off story of cosette.com.au

here are all the details from the thief pierre paoli if clients wanna get back their money from cosette.com.au and their fake bags.

pierre@cosette.com.au
mobile numer: [protected]

hope to warn all of you guys and be careful from cosette.com.au and their fake products

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expressbags
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Apr 13, 2018 4:36 am EDT
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Why are Tote Bags Popular in India?
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Always, bags have been related with women. If comes to tote bag then we can’t deny the good looks of this amazing bag. Indian women are fascinating the trend with a lot panache and ease. You can easily buy tote bags from online sources, because a tote bag is the best choice for those people who need a flexible bag that can be used to carry different types of things. A beautiful tote bag is a big size bag with well-built handles.
An important thing regarding tote bags is that they are easily available in a huge variety of styles and designs. Actually, it is an important factor which makes these beautiful tote bags very much famous among the young age groups.

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Bardot
, US
Dec 14, 2017 4:51 am EST

You are right. This app should really check purse authenticity. But actually I don't have a problem with that. I buy replicas of Hermes handbags in http://get2lux.cn. They look like original so I don't see a point to spend more money on handbag.

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Turuk Makto
, US
Dec 09, 2017 8:40 pm EST

I posted self taken pictures of a bag I bought from ebay to authenticate.5 minutes later, I saw message that I was banned due to spamming. WTH.

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restingbeachface78
, US
Aug 03, 2017 9:48 am EDT
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Purse Forum is a scam, a sour suck on a lemon. Worthless bag of filth. BeenBurned, AKA, Nancy Burke has been SUED because of her misjudgment and lack of character. Other "popular" posters have been sued as well. Google it. lovelouisvuitton is a psycho stalker and low life and she calls herself an authenticator! The moderator, mistikat is oblivious and stands by those canker sores. They are all frauds. Be careful, they post your personal information on there and will do whatever they can to make you look bad. This is serious stuff, they better watch themselves or there will be a lawsuit against them soon. They are vulgar little maggots. They are a putrescent mass, a walking vomit. Spineless little worms deserving nothing but the profoundest contempt. They are jerks, cads, weasels. Their life is a monument to stupidity. They have all the appeal of a booger. Lepers avoid them. They are vile, worthless, less than nothing. May they choke on the queasy, convulsing nausea of their own trite, foolish beliefs. They are deficient in all that lends character. They have the personality of a used condom, dank and filthy.

I cannot believe how incredibly stupid they are. I mean rock-hard stupid. Dehydrated-rock-hard stupid. Stupid, so stupid it goes way beyond the stupid we know into a whole different dimension of stupid. You are trans-stupid stupid. Meta-stupid. Stupid collapsed on itself so far that even the neutrons have collapsed. Stupid gotten so dense that no intellect can escape. Singularity stupid. Blazing hot mid-day sun on Mercury stupid. They emit more stupid in one second than our entire galaxy emits in a year. Quasar stupid. Nothing in our universe can really be this stupid. Perhaps this is some primordial fragment from the original big bang of stupid. Some pure essence of a stupid so uncontaminated by anything else as to be beyond the laws of physics that we know. I'm sorry. I can't go on. This is an epiphany of stupid for me.

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L33
, US
Sep 02, 2016 3:46 pm EDT

LOL. I posted an LV lock to authenticate on the LV forum, and apparently lovlouisvuiton was too LAZY to authenticate it for me. She insists on telling me to authenticate using a PAID third-party seller. HOW LAZY IS THAT? I'm about to waste money just to see if my lock is real or not. It only takes her 1 minute to authenticate, but I guess she is too lazy. I guess she would rather authenticate the other clearly fake bags that are posted on that topic. Typical.

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Carlaless
, US
May 10, 2016 7:54 pm EDT
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Have to say I agree to an extent. I have seen how some authenticate and I have watched obvious fakes authenticated as real. I have watched some holier than thou "experts" tell people who have gone to help to basically get stuffed as they aren't an "expert" then go on to authenticate the fake as real... That raises suspicions thats for sure. But if you're ok about assisting in ripping people off, go for it. I have had to shut my mouth while watching some poor girl drop $1500 on a bag that was fake (I knew it was as I have many and have A LOT of experience with the brand) because I was told I have no experience or expertise so get out of their thread...
I definitely wouldn't be using TPF as the sole decider for a purchase. Then again I only buy new so I don't have the problem of buying someones old smelly used (and often fake) bag.

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L33
, US
Apr 25, 2016 11:32 pm EDT

" YOU NEED TO BE SMARTER THEN THE FORUM." - 18th of Feb, 2010 by TPFER

*notices the poor grammar.*
LOL. Ironic. You say "need to be smarter", yet you use piss poor grammar. It's "THAN" not "THEN." Go back to school, please.

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puchikiwi
, US
Jan 29, 2016 8:44 am EST

I have been surfing the Purse forum for a while and finally signed up to post some (what I deemed) insights that might help buyers from buying fake items online. Every time I post something, it gets deleted due to my not being an "expert" which the moderator defines as somebody who posts more than 500 posts. However, if they keep up deleting my posts, I will never become an expert to pitch in. Also, I realized that those so-called experts, one whose name is surfer-chick(?) is, as a fact, a total fraud. Whenever people ask her to verify a scarf, she says that it's authentic even when it's clearly a fake! This is one of the reasons I signed up to posts stuff (to stop people like her from misguiding people). Anyway, with all my deleted posts and the false verification by the "experts" there, I came to a conclusion that Purse forum might be a scam.

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puchikiwi
, US
Jan 29, 2016 8:32 am EST

I have been surfing the Purseforum for a while and finally signed up to post some (what I deemed) insights that might help buyers from buying fake items online. Every time I post something, it gets deleted due to my not being an "expert" which the moderator defines as somebody who posts more than 500 posts. However, if they keep up deleting my posts, I will never become an expert to pitch in. Also, I realized that those so-called experts, one whose name is surferchick(?) is, as a fact, a total fraud. Whenever people ask her to verify a scarf, she says that it's authentic even when it's clearly a fake! This is one of the reasons I signed up to posts stuff (to stop people like her from misguiding people). Anyway, with all my deleted posts and the false verification by the "experts" there, I came to a conclusion that Purseforum might be a scam.

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Jensmith
California City, US
Aug 14, 2014 6:14 am EDT
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yea it is too much difficult to find the difference b/w real & fake LV handbag. In the market there are many seller who sell a fake bag. but you can go to www.wholesale-top-brands.com. I also Bought my bag from this site www.wholesale-top-brands.com & it is a authentic bag. hope its help.

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leeshta
Newberg, US
Nov 26, 2013 4:06 am EST

I was the purse forum member, but deleted the app couple months ago. I don't believe what they say. Why? Because my cousin have a vintage lv speedy 30 bag, and I wanted those " experts" to authenticate it. The bag is real, but I took two sets of pictures from different angles, and posted them for authenticating( u can say I did that on purpose). And guess what, more than one person said they are two different bags, and one of then is fake! What a joke. I then deleted the app.

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Lydia J
, US
Jul 19, 2013 3:08 pm EDT

The Purse Forum is a total fraud. These women are literally crazy. They all huddle together and put in their two cents about what is authentic and what is not and then slam you for asking why they think it's not authentic. Like, "How dare you question the almighty bababebi, she gives her precious free time to us to give us her opinions, so DON'T ASK QUESTIONS!" Really? Why not? If they are so good, then they should be able to back it up. I have been a member for years and have monitored everything that goes on, especially in the CHANEL and HERMES "Authenticate This" threads, and I can tell you that they truly have something going on behind the scenes. They have said that authentic bags are not, and that total fakes are authentic- which ended up being their own that they were selling. SHAME ON THEM. Not only that, but they have an entire army of people following them, just waiting to lick their ### if they ask. So ridiculous. It's sad that people will literally believe anything these people say and that the people that are trying to sell their absolutely authentic bags are getting shut down and taken off of eBay just because of what some self-claimed "expert" says. Wake up people. The women that are the authenticators are just a bunch of phonies trying to self promote their own bags and will get wicked in a second if you try and question or ask them to explain their decisions. They do not work for Chanel, Louis Vuitton, or Hermes. Someone started up the website and started having followers like any other BAG OBSESSED woman would do... and everyone started to believe everything they said. Don't be fooled. Learn your ###, figure out what's fake and not fake by doing research and looking at real bags. Don't just listen to what some random person on the internet is telling you what to do.

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Purse Forum is a Scam 2013
Lady Lake, US
Apr 05, 2013 12:39 pm EDT
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Absolutely no sweat @fraud 4sure. I have also submitted this information in the form of a complaint, just in case anyone might not see it here in the comments section. These people must be stopped, and those who rely on them need to be warned.

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fraud4sure
Adamstown, US
Apr 05, 2013 10:47 am EDT
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Thank you for that attorney's phone number. I hope that Hermes owner recovers her losses and reputation damaged by those criminals. Please let us know the outcome of the lawsuit.. Maybe if enough of us contact that attorney, we can turn it into a joint, class action suit. Thank you.

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Purse Forum is a Scam 2013
Lady Lake, US
Apr 05, 2013 8:18 am EDT
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These people have absolutely no business authenticating anything, and authenticate obvious replicas that their own members sell on Ebay consistently. Their are literally hundreds of complaints on the internet in numerous locations that you should read before you blindly believe what they are telling you. The simple fact of the matter is that any one of us can report ANY item on Ebay for any number of reasons and have the listing removed. THIS IS NOT PROOF THAT AN ITEM IS COUNTERFEIT! Individuals simply have to do a better job at determining WHO they are getting their information from before they jump in with both feet. If you rely on their not-so-expert opinion simply because you saw a link that said "authenticate this Chanel, or LV, or Hermes, etc." you do yourself a great disservice, and set yourself up to be victimized by a classic BAIT AND SWITCH SCAM.

Take a look at this below...perhaps those who believe the Purse Forum site is legitimate should consider this, and those who have been defamed by Purse Forum should seek the same actions as this seller did...

"Dear Purse Forum Member "perlerare, "

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

I await your response.

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

WHY THEY DO IT...The Purse Forums main goal is to report their competitions listings by reporting them to Ebay for removal, thereby paving the way to sell their counterfeit handbags as "authentic." Sadly, they have commandeered a host of individuals who believe what they are saying whole-heartedly, and without good judgement simply report everyone that purse forum rejects. Again, these people ARE NOT qualified to authenticate anything! Their goal is to monopolize the market on high end bag sales online.

3. Consider this, why do they now only deal with authenticating items through auctions, and insist that the buyer (or questioner) provide the ID of the seller. This makes it easy for them to authenticate an item, without actually looking at it, based on WHO the seller is and to, in one word, without explanation cry FAKE on all other items. Why won't they authenticate items without a link from Ebay...well, because individuals have caught on to their scam and have embedded pics of obvious replica bags on their website claiming they were being sold by members of the purse forum on Ebay...one glance at the members name and these purposely faked photos of counterfeit bags were immediately called AUTHENTIC. Now that you have to provide the link, instead of being allowed to attach photos directly on the Purse Forum website, they have an extra layer of protection from being exposed as the scammers they truly are.

4. Consider this ludicrous statement made dozens of times on their website. "Louis Vuitton sales associates are not qualified to authentic the handbags they sell." Really? Now, why wouldn't a person who handles and sells these bags daily be more qualified to tell you if your bag is authentic than nameless faceless individuals who claim to be nothing more than collectors. Do Purse Forum "authenticators" have the necessary qualifications, well of course not.

5. Beware of listings on Ebay that tell you to "feel free to have one of the authenticators over on the Purse Forum authenticate this bag." That is your first indication that you are being had, and being lulled into a false sense of security. At the very least, these people do not have the requisite skills to authenticate anything, and at worst, are scamming you into buying replica bags from them. Do not believe them when they say that they do not sell any of these items...they may not sell them from the Purse Forum platform...BUT, they most certainly sell them on Ebay, and protect one another in their scam at all costs. Spend some time bouncing back and forth from their site to Ebay, and it is curious to see just how many members have SO many purses to sell, so frequently, at such a colossal loss. This should be an enormous red flag to those who look to this website for authentication.

Of course they will tell you that I am simply a slanderous disgruntled seller, but what else can they say. You will have to do the research yourself, and that ALL of these complaints are written by the same person...COME ON...really?

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fraud4sure
Adamstown, US
Oct 13, 2011 2:08 am EDT
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TPF SUCKS! Plain and simple. Their purpose is to obtain business from naive buyers who believe thst the regular 'authenticators' are graciously donating there time so that others can be sure to buy authentic purses. lol! Give me a break! Do you have any swam land in Florida you want to sell me (?) cuz I sure am NOT buying any of your purses!

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Mister Man
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Jul 23, 2010 12:16 am EDT
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Oh, and btw "Kate, " no one was buying the Purse Forum. it wasn't for sale.

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Mister Man
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Jul 23, 2010 12:13 am EDT
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This all boils down to one word- jealousy.

Most of this is spurred by one woman, Jerri Pope, known as Purseservere @ Bonanzl- she can't get along. She was removed from these forums when she couldn't play well with others and now she's vindictive. She lies about her location, the condition of her bags, her "Italian" leather worker, Tony, on and on. She was confronted about this stuff and other unethical practices on TPF and EBay. ALL these pages are her response. This is how big her jealousy gets.

There are other people who write some of this sometimes but she was and is the driving force. and it's pointless to talk with her. she can't have conversations. Read through these pages and it's pretty clear. She'll end up booted off of effenhaute next.

So in the end we say move on, nothing to see here...
This all boils down to one word- jealousy.

Most of this is spurred by one woman, Jerri Pope, known as Purseservere @ Bonanzl- she can't get along. She was removed from these forums when she couldn't play well with others and now she's vindictive. She lies about her location, the condition of her bags, her "Italian" leather worker, Tony, on and on. She was confronted about this stuff and other unethical practices on TPF and EBay. ALL these pages are her response. This is how big her jealousy gets.

There are other people who write some of this sometimes but she was and is the driving force. and it's pointless to talk with her. she can't have conversations. Read through these pages and it's pretty clear. She'll end up booted off of effenhaute next.

So in the end we say move on, nothing to see here...

This all boils down to one word- jealousy.

Most of this is spurred by one woman, Jerri Pope, known as Purseservere @ Bonanzl- she can't get along. She was removed from these forums when she couldn't play well with others and now she's vindictive. She lies about her location, the condition of her bags, her "Italian" leather worker, Tony, on and on. She was confronted about this stuff and other unethical practices on TPF and EBay. ALL these pages are her response. This is how big her jealousy gets.

There are other people who write some of this sometimes but she was and is the driving force. and it's pointless to talk with her. she can't have conversations. Read through these pages and it's pretty clear. She'll end up booted off of effenhaute next.

So in the end we say move on, nothing to see here...

This all boils down to one word- jealousy.

Most of this is spurred by one woman, Jerri Pope, known as Purseservere @ Bonanzl- she can't get along. She was removed from these forums when she couldn't play well with others and now she's vindictive. She lies about her location, the condition of her bags, her "Italian" leather worker, Tony, on and on. She was confronted about this stuff and other unethical practices on TPF and EBay. ALL these pages are her response. This is how big her jealousy gets.

There are other people who write some of this sometimes but she was and is the driving force. and it's pointless to talk with her. she can't have conversations. Read through these pages and it's pretty clear. She'll end up booted off of effenhaute next.

So in the end we say move on, nothing to see here...

This all boils down to one word- jealousy.

Most of this is spurred by one woman, Jerri Pope, known as Purseservere @ Bonanzl- she can't get along. She was removed from these forums when she couldn't play well with others and now she's vindictive. She lies about her location, the condition of her bags, her "Italian" leather worker, Tony, on and on. She was confronted about this stuff and other unethical practices on TPF and EBay. ALL these pages are her response. This is how big her jealousy gets.

There are other people who write some of this sometimes but she was and is the driving force. and it's pointless to talk with her. she can't have conversations. Read through these pages and it's pretty clear. She'll end up booted off of effenhaute next.

So in the end we say move on, nothing to see here...

This all boils down to one word- jealousy.

Most of this is spurred by one woman, Jerri Pope, known as Purseservere @ Bonanzl- she can't get along. She was removed from these forums when she couldn't play well with others and now she's vindictive. She lies about her location, the condition of her bags, her "Italian" leather worker, Tony, on and on. She was confronted about this stuff and other unethical practices on TPF and EBay. ALL these pages are her response. This is how big her jealousy gets.

There are other people who write some of this sometimes but she was and is the driving force. and it's pointless to talk with her. she can't have conversations. Read through these pages and it's pretty clear. She'll end up booted off of effenhaute next.

So in the end we say move on, nothing to see here...

This all boils down to one word- jealousy.

Most of this is spurred by one woman, Jerri Pope, known as Purseservere @ Bonanzl- she can't get along. She was removed from these forums when she couldn't play well with others and now she's vindictive. She lies about her location, the condition of her bags, her "Italian" leather worker, Tony, on and on. She was confronted about this stuff and other unethical practices on TPF and EBay. ALL these pages are her response. This is how big her jealousy gets.

There are other people who write some of this sometimes but she was and is the driving force. and it's pointless to talk with her. she can't have conversations. Read through these pages and it's pretty clear. She'll end up booted off of effenhaute next.

So in the end we say move on, nothing to see here...

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JustMyOpinion
, US
Jun 16, 2010 1:37 pm EDT

For anyone who no longer wishes to associate w/ TPF, there is a new forum started by some former PFers

www.effenhaute.com

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Notgoing4it
Mese, US
May 07, 2010 9:48 am EDT
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Wow...not one person responded to this thread. Guess lots were glad to see HER back! lol!

ast Post Apr 11, 2010 2:39 AM by: ghughes07
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Just wanted to say "welcome back" Chesire & Daria!
Apr 10, 2010 6:52 AM
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Hi Ladies!

So good to read your posts again!

I've been busy moving my Mom to my city and haven't posted or listed in about a month.

It's soooo refreshing to see you both posting again. A BIG thanks for all the wonderful experience & knowledge you offer!

Have a wonderful weekend!

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Re: Just wanted to say "welcome back" Chesire & Daria!
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Thanks, but we're only part-way back.

It's one of them "optical delusions".

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Re: Just wanted to say "welcome back" Chesire & Daria!
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You're too funny!

Good to see you back...even if it's part-way.

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chloehandbags
, GB
Mar 12, 2010 9:54 am EST

Further to my comment, above, I just wanted to add that I am as sure as one can be that the Purse Forum was not; 'set up to give false credibility and misinformation to insecure buyers for the purpose of assisting members in the sales of mirror image knock-off bags'.

Any misinformation that is given on the Authenticate This threads is down to a few misinformed, biased, or dishonest members; it is not down to the policy, or ethos, of the site or its owners.

What must be remembered, is that tPF is a public forum and as such, anyone can join and start giving their opinions on an AT thread.

On the whole, any misinformed, biased, or dishonest members will soon be winkled out by the other, honest, authenticators.

However if, especially in the early days of tPF, a seller of superfakes had been absolutely determined to mislead tPFers, it might well have been possible for them to have installed a lot of 'friends' on the relevant AT thread and in the designer sub-forum, in general and to have had these 'friends' say only good things about them and their bags.

Then, this sheer force of numbers might have ended up influencing other, completely innocent, members to believe the hype, from then on and even to, inadvertantly, help perpetuate the lie...

I think this is, almost certainly, what had happened, on the AT thread I referred to in my previous comment.

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chloehandbags
, GB
Mar 12, 2010 6:07 am EST

I am a tPF member and helped authenticate Chloe on tPF, for some time, from not long after tPF started.

I am not a reseller and did it for no other reason than to try to help people.

I stopped because, like many of the other volunteers, I was beginning to find it utterly soul destroying, as the majority of 'askers' no longer appeared to be people just trying to find their dream bag; but sellers promoting their own bags, flippers hanging around waiting for cheap auths to snap-up, fake sellers trying to see what would 'pass' and unethical paid authenticators looking for free authentications to sell-on, rather than learning themselves, or employing someone else who had.

Not to mention that, sometimes, some of the more idiotic fake sellers would come on and pretend to be authenticators and tell people things were fine, when they, most certainly, were not...

On the whole, I think most of the regular authenticators are trustworthy, but I have seen people (NOT on the Chloe AT, but elsewhere) saying that items were, automatically, authentic just because they were being sold by a certain seller (who I know for a fact to have sold superfake Chloes, in the past); so I'm not going to pretend it doesn't happen because, sadly, I know it sometimes does.

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CassandraBirkin
Rio, GB
Mar 04, 2010 10:47 am EST

For the most part, authenticators do a good job in getting rid of fake bags on eBay... but I think its is super stupid and nieve to think that the "authenticators" are doing it for nothing.

They are there to promote bags sold by them and their friends. All authenticators are resellers - they hide behind their user name with the sole purpose and intention to get listing by other sellers removed. That is why they insist on eBay listing details... don't like other listing as only eBay will remove listing of bags after tpf members complains.

Just today we see the Hermes Authentication site where GraceKelly called a bag sold by Archimnelly a fake - why? becuase Archimnelly is not one of them... (despite 930 positive feedback) So Archimnelly came on line and defended his listing. GK did not have the grace to apologise... there is bad blood between them since last September 2009.

This is just wrong and distasteful... for that I hope the likes of GraceKelly burn in hell.

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Aspire2Clarity
Los Angeles, US
Feb 18, 2010 10:32 pm EST

The Purse Forum has provided invaluable information to me when I first decided to purchase a high end designer item. I believe buying from anywhere else besides the store itself always has some risks associated with it. Therefore, you would have to take the opinions of the these people with a grain of salt. Ultimately, the decision has to come down to you whether you would take the risk of purchasing an item or not on eBay. I don't think you can hold them responsible for anything.

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TPFER
, US
Feb 18, 2010 8:49 am EST

Unfortunately it is an ongoing problem. Items for sale on bonanzle, ebay, ecrater, etc...end up listed on the site and authenticated by friends of the seller. VLAD and MEG (TPF website runners) are well aware of the fact and of the complaints. YOU NEED TO BE SMARTER THEN THE FORUM. DONT BE NAIVE. Think about it, someone can sign up and post for 6 months and become chummy chummy with everyone just to sell their items on ebay, bonanzle, etc...THE ONLY THING THE FORUM SHOULD ADVISE MEMBERS OLD AND NEW is to "WISE UP, DONT BE SO NAIVE" They arent official authenticators for LOUIS VUITTON - THEY CANT BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE. I am TPFER but I'm no fool. Most women there dont have a collection. They own a couple at a time and sell the rest on ebay, bonanzle, etc...for example some members show u one purse at a time, never their entire closet. Also, they keep pushing the UGLY ARTSY on folks. ITS UGLY PERIOD. ITS AN UNFINISHED PURSE. YES THE HANDLE IS PRETTY BUT YOU ARE PAYING FOR A HANDLE, FEET AND NO STYLE TO A FOLDED UP BAG? THESE WOMEN DONT HAVE SERIOUS JOBS. IF THEY DID how are they online ALL THE TIME? Do their workplaces allow it. MODS are the biggest joke of all. They hit up resellers of items to give them credit on the forum to bring in more customers - and what do they get A BIG FAT DISCOUNT.

TPF can be a great resource - just be careful! PEACE

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LoveCoach More
Davenport, US
Feb 18, 2010 4:54 am EST

If you are such a super-PRO at spotting these fakes you speak of, start your OWN super authentication site! I'm NOT saying that here and there 10 star quality mirror image bags don't fall thru the cracks, but I'm sure it's a VERY LOW percentage!

These men/women DONATE their time for a productive cause, why don't YOU do the same.

PS~Double your dosage of MED'S...the owners of TpF are in CONTACT with most design houses so get with the PROGRAM!

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Jaydensmommy
Minneapolis, US
Feb 18, 2010 3:04 am EST

TPF is a free website that is available to whomever seek the opinions of the senior authenticators of a certain purse or line. Sorry you feel this way, but the LARGE MAJORITY of those who visit the website come away with POSITIVE feelings. Sorry yours wasn't such and you feel the need to attempt to tarnish the name of someone who has a much better comprehension of a line of designer goods then you. And if you actually had such a strong comprehension of such goods, you would not have longed on to TPF to get an opinion.

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thebagluver
Melbourne Metro Area, AU
Feb 18, 2010 1:04 am EST

i only disagree on one point here - even home made medication would not help the poster...TPF is doing the greatest job possible to stop buyers being scammed. but of course it does not suit scammers that much... they would rather not have TPF...

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Christian'sGirl
, CA
Feb 17, 2010 9:46 pm EST

I totally agree ^
the ladies ( and some gents ) on TPF are making it possible for many buyers to safely purchase authentic designer handbags. Members of the purse forum are strongly against the production and sales of counterfeit handbags. We do whatever we can to report fake auctions and sellers on various different websites in order to protect buyers from getting scammed. Authenticators prefer to not disclose why a particular bag is fake. You never want to put too much information out there because anyone can view the posts, including those scammers. Anyone can state their ridiculous opinion bashing others because they dont like the truth that they are faced with, or simply cannot handle the fact that they are wrong.
There are about 246, 898 other proud purse forum members that will back me up on my opinion, however.
To anyone reading this, Please disregard this posters opinion about TPF. They have no idea what they are talking about.

Proud TPF member, Christian'sGirl

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sophie123456789
Manchester, England, Greater Manchester, GB
Oct 27, 2018 7:32 am EDT
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I would recommend that the people check out how TPF "authenticates" and any real authenticator will tell you why an item is NOT authentic, if you do a bit of digging, most of the people there are having businesses or selling, so seriously, I take their authentication not seriously, and somebody who is "a proud member" of a club that lets anybody in, well, I guess that says it all

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What I think
Canyon Country, US
Feb 17, 2010 8:22 pm EST

This poster is a total ###. I hope nobody takes her remarks seriously. Come by the Purse Forum anytime you wish to join us. She's obviously too stupid to understand the information given to her, although I had nothing to do with that. There are many authenticate forums and we try to help buyers not get scammed on eBay. But apparently she didn't understand the help she received. Good riddance, I say, hope she doesn't come back...oh yeah she can't come back, she was banned. People only get banned for bad behavior which is obviously what happened in this case. Sad. Maybe people should take their prescribed meds before posting in open forums. Duh!

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sophie123456789
Manchester, England, Greater Manchester, GB
Oct 27, 2018 7:26 am EDT
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Only if the seller is a member of TPF then the items seem to be regularly deemed authentic, it is quite suspicious, also the only qualification to "authenticate" are 500 posts, seriously, that is a bit weird.

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