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Wed Jul 20, 2011 2:30 pm  |
I'm just curious. A bit wary of ordering makeup off Ebay...how do you know that it hasn't been opened/tampered with? How do I know if it's authentic? Maybe I'm skeptical but there are sellers that are listing higher end, New in box cosmetics (mainly high end brands like Chanel, Mac, etc) for really good prices. Maybe too good, like buyer beware??
I have purchased different skin care sample packets from Ebay and never had a problem - yet with cosmetics I kind of leery.
What do you think? |
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Wed Jul 20, 2011 2:57 pm |
| I only buy from sellers that are running a business. It also helpful to be familiar with the product. I do know (from MUA) there is a ton of fake MAC on eBay. |
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Wed Jul 20, 2011 3:12 pm |
i only buy BB cream & emu oil  |
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Wed Jul 20, 2011 4:04 pm |
| Only buy high-end/brand name products from people with lots of good feedback. They should have at least 98% positive feedback (the number of feedback isn't TOO important because every seller has to start somewhere). I used to buy dermalogica products from eBay and they were just fine. My skin just didn't like dermalogica. If you really want to make sure what you're buying is authentic, call the company (the product's manufacturer) and ask them to run your batch number. If it's not on their file, then it's probably a fake. |
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Wed Jul 20, 2011 4:06 pm |
| I also check the seller's feedback rating and view a few of the comments if I haven't bought from that particular seller before. So far, I've purchased products from Jane Iredale, Obagi, NIA24, Murad, and others and have been pleased up to this point. |
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Wed Jul 20, 2011 4:06 pm |
| I know what you mean. When I buy anything off ebay I try to always make sure they have a good track record - although this does not always mean the product is authentic. I bought a lot of high-end brushes from ebay and how can I possibly know if they are real? The seller was highly rated, had great reviews and I like the brushes.... IDK... Price was good... So I guess I'm okay with it. |
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Wed Jul 20, 2011 8:33 pm |
| sister sweets wrote: |
| I know what you mean. When I buy anything off ebay I try to always make sure they have a good track record - although this does not always mean the product is authentic. I bought a lot of high-end brushes from ebay and how can I possibly know if they are real? The seller was highly rated, had great reviews and I like the brushes.... IDK... Price was good... So I guess I'm okay with it. |
Product authenticity is a huge problem with online shopping, not only with ebay. There are youtubers that purposely bought fake products off ebay to show the difference between the real products. The differences are very minimal for many of the shown products! It's super crazy how real these fake products can get!
Speaking of unauthentic products, beware of the site strawberry.net. It's an online beauty product stores that sells ("claimed") real products. Their prices are not that much cheaper from store products, however, they do give lots of discounts. The thing with this online store is that they sale MANY, MANY fake products along with real products. It's unreal! |
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Thu Jul 21, 2011 1:35 am |
I've bought a La Mer sample that turned out to be a fake! even though the seller had a good rating. My guess is that the buyers had not bought the product from a counter before and did not know better even after they've received and tried the sample, hence gave the seller a good rating.
With more and more reputable sites having nice discounts and free online shipping, I seldom buy my products from ebay sellers anymore. I'd rather pay a little more to get an authentic product.
* I also avoid sellers who can't answer my questions satisfactorily. You know, the kind who, when you ask about the expiry date, tells you that all her products are fresh. I also do not buy products that are not sealed. Products which have been opened and tested are definitely out of the question as hygiene and freshness have been compromised. |
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Thu Jul 21, 2011 10:32 am |
I've had many great buys from ebay, I've bought a good few REN products, devita ss, obagi ss, exfoderm forte and murad from ebay with no problems, I recently bought a MAC eye shadow pallet and set of their brushes, I'd bet my last £1 the MAC products are fakes and the brush set came in a tin with a mac bag (that was fake too).
I do agree it would be more difficult to spot a fake if you are unfamiliar with the authentic goods. I try and find the feedback reviews relevant to what I want to purchase and also check out the negative and neutral feedback as that is what will warn me of possible problems that may arise.
These days you can't tell by the manufacturing batch numbers, it is not that difficult to find out genuine batch numbers and copy those too. |
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Wed Jul 27, 2011 8:57 am |
| I've purchased a few for my wife. I think you just need to be careful about who you are purchasing them from. Make sure they have good reviews and good feedback. |
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Wed Jul 27, 2011 10:41 am |
| I did in the past. But I won't any more, because ebay is getting bigger and I think sellers of fakes think they can get lost in the shuffle among the trustworthy. They can also engineer themselves good reviews in different ways. You do get what you pay for. |
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Wed Jul 27, 2011 10:43 am |
| chloes wrote: |
| I've bought a La Mer sample that turned out to be a fake! |
Choles, how did you figure out the La Mer was fake? Did it smell different than the real thing? |
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Thu Jul 28, 2011 11:21 am |
| syndi222 wrote: |
Speaking of unauthentic products, beware of the site strawberry.net. It's an online beauty product stores that sells ("claimed") real products. Their prices are not that much cheaper from store products, however, they do give lots of discounts. The thing with this online store is that they sale MANY, MANY fake products along with real products. It's unreal! |
In my experience, this is not a fair depiction of strawberrynet. I've been ordering from them for years, not sure how many orders, but certainly more than 50, and never had a problem of any kind.
I do a lot of online shopping, and the only other website that I have found to deliver such consistently good service is EDS. I prefer ordering from EDS, but strawberry carries some products not available at EDS.
Perhaps others have had problems with strawberry, but I can only relate my own experience. |
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Thu Jul 28, 2011 1:03 pm |
| GirlieGirl wrote: |
| I only buy from sellers that are running a business. It also helpful to be familiar with the product. I do know (from MUA) there is a ton of fake MAC on eBay. |
Good tips!
I try to follow that for most purchases and have not had any issues yet!
For cosmetics I bought from someone that had a salon and was closing and he was selling a few boxes of random hair products...this was a few years ago-not problems with that.
only other cosmetics I got on ebay was from the closeout place SACS sales- but it is random drugstore stuff they have,some with damaged packaging.
I am/was very pleased with a LaCross nail set I got a few years ago. it was all sealed in the store packaging and the "problem" with it was a lot of the plastic had nail polish spilled all over it...but the items were completely sealed....
Still use those items today.
Ebay can have some good deals,but haven't checked lately as I have too much "stuff"
here. |
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Thu Jul 28, 2011 1:10 pm |
| syndi222 wrote: |
| sister sweets wrote: |
| I know what you mean. When I buy anything off ebay I try to always make sure they have a good track record - although this does not always mean the product is authentic. I bought a lot of high-end brushes from ebay and how can I possibly know if they are real? The seller was highly rated, had great reviews and I like the brushes.... IDK... Price was good... So I guess I'm okay with it. |
Product authenticity is a huge problem with online shopping, not only with ebay. There are youtubers that purposely bought fake products off ebay to show the difference between the real products. The differences are very minimal for many of the shown products! It's super crazy how real these fake products can get!
Speaking of unauthentic products, beware of the site strawberry.net. It's an online beauty product stores that sells ("claimed") real products. Their prices are not that much cheaper from store products, however, they do give lots of discounts. The thing with this online store is that they sale MANY, MANY fake products along with real products. It's unreal! |
I did not know that About Strawberrynet.
I have browsed their site,but was/am always unsure about them.
For high end stuff I usually get pretty good deals at the dept store.
The store(s) I go to usually have a charity evening when you buy a ticket and get that back in credit +catered dinner,goodie bag,every counter has tons of freebies, and if the brands do not have a bonus the store staff makes them up with extra tester items
I had to stop going to those things as I have too much extra stuff...if that is possible.
-even some of the drugstore chains they usually have a big drawer full of extra samples and if you buy something and ask they usually will give you something! |
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Thu Jul 28, 2011 2:49 pm |
Yes, I have bought brushes, glycolic and mandelic peels, and many other things. Quality has been excellent!
However, the coastal scents 88 warm palette, was absolutely fake..there is loads of talc in it. |
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Thu Jul 28, 2011 9:58 pm |
| appletini wrote: |
| syndi222 wrote: |
Speaking of unauthentic products, beware of the site strawberry.net. It's an online beauty product stores that sells ("claimed") real products. Their prices are not that much cheaper from store products, however, they do give lots of discounts. The thing with this online store is that they sale MANY, MANY fake products along with real products. It's unreal! |
In my experience, this is not a fair depiction of strawberrynet. I've been ordering from them for years, not sure how many orders, but certainly more than 50, and never had a problem of any kind.
I do a lot of online shopping, and the only other website that I have found to deliver such consistently good service is EDS. I prefer ordering from EDS, but strawberry carries some products not available at EDS.
Perhaps others have had problems with strawberry, but I can only relate my own experience. |
I sometimes still purchase items from Strawberrynet but I do it knowing that it's a huge gamble. For example, I ordered 3 tweezerman tweezers from them and 2 out of the 3 were real -- you can tell the real from teh fake from the weight of the tweezer and from the 'cut' of the edge. What really put me off and made me extremely angry with Strawberrynet is when I purchased La Mer products from them. I've been a long time La Mer user (I buy my creme from the States since it's almost $50 cheaper than Canada) but one day while browsing on Strawberrynet I saw that it's cheaper to order it from them (with my membership discount) and so I did. BIG MISTAKE! Fake La Mer! The consistency is all wrong! The Strawberrynet's La Mer felt like oil. The colour of the creme was also off (slightly on the yellow side). When I called to ask for a refund for the La Mer creme, they did not question much and did not even complain when I told them I will not mail the products back and trust me, if those products were real, it would have cost A LOT of money. After this experience, I can only say that beware of where you purchase items online. |
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Fri Jul 29, 2011 12:41 am |
I've never had a problem but I do know certain brands like Mac are much more likely to be fake. I wouldn't buy high end eyeshadow like Dior, Yves St Laurent, ect from a selller without excellent feedback either.
I've actually had great luck bidding with small sellers of high end used clothing on ebay with poor feedback. I read the feedback and it's often just people complaining about shipping times. I love cloths and hate spending money so shipping time is not that important to me. |
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Fri Jul 29, 2011 1:37 pm |
Thanks Ladies.
I had no idea that Strawberry net was selling fakes! I am glad I never purchased from them.
Why are there so many fake Mac products on Ebay? Do they look like fakes or just underperform?
I think I will stick to retail for cosmetics - better to be safe. |
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Fri Jul 29, 2011 2:22 pm |
I have many times. I always check the feedback. I usually purchase SK II cosmetics off of ebay. (cannot get here in Canada).  |
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Sat Jul 30, 2011 11:51 pm |
| I have purchase high end skincare products off eBay but never makeup. All the skincare products have always been exactly the same as in store products. I never purchase high end makeup because to me it is simply unnecessary. You purchase skin care products to improve your skin, you purchase makeup to cover it and emphasize your features. Allot of the high end makeup is made from companies that also have siter brands (like for example lancome owns loreal) to me the makeup is exactly the same except for the foundation color ranges (loreal always tends to be quite pale). When purchasing any kind of cosmetic through eBay make sure you do a thorough test on the seller. |
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Sat Jul 30, 2011 11:57 pm |
| I bought both make up and skin care products online from ebay, and was always pleased both with the price and with the items received. Never had a fake. |
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Sun Jul 31, 2011 12:28 am |
| syndi222 wrote: |
| sister sweets wrote: |
| I know what you mean. When I buy anything off ebay I try to always make sure they have a good track record - although this does not always mean the product is authentic. I bought a lot of high-end brushes from ebay and how can I possibly know if they are real? The seller was highly rated, had great reviews and I like the brushes.... IDK... Price was good... So I guess I'm okay with it. |
Product authenticity is a huge problem with online shopping, not only with ebay. There are youtubers that purposely bought fake products off ebay to show the difference between the real products. The differences are very minimal for many of the shown products! It's super crazy how real these fake products can get!
Speaking of unauthentic products, beware of the site strawberry.net. It's an online beauty product stores that sells ("claimed") real products. Their prices are not that much cheaper from store products, however, they do give lots of discounts. The thing with this online store is that they sale MANY, MANY fake products along with real products. It's unreal! |
Do you remember how long ago this happened? I remember watching a news video about strawberrynet and how they sold counterfeit products but that was almost 7 years ago I think. They might have changed their "policies" since then considering there hasn't been any further complaints about them. |
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Sun Jul 31, 2011 12:43 am |
| oasisjc wrote: |
| syndi222 wrote: |
| sister sweets wrote: |
| I know what you mean. When I buy anything off ebay I try to always make sure they have a good track record - although this does not always mean the product is authentic. I bought a lot of high-end brushes from ebay and how can I possibly know if they are real? The seller was highly rated, had great reviews and I like the brushes.... IDK... Price was good... So I guess I'm okay with it. |
Product authenticity is a huge problem with online shopping, not only with ebay. There are youtubers that purposely bought fake products off ebay to show the difference between the real products. The differences are very minimal for many of the shown products! It's super crazy how real these fake products can get!
Speaking of unauthentic products, beware of the site strawberry.net. It's an online beauty product stores that sells ("claimed") real products. Their prices are not that much cheaper from store products, however, they do give lots of discounts. The thing with this online store is that they sale MANY, MANY fake products along with real products. It's unreal! |
Do you remember how long ago this happened? I remember watching a news video about strawberrynet and how they sold counterfeit products but that was almost 7 years ago I think. They might have changed their "policies" since then considering there hasn't been any further complaints about them. |
I am also interested to know? They have some very well priced products?  |
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Sun Jul 31, 2011 2:47 am |
I only order occasionally from strawberrynet because I'm not really into high-end products but when I have, I've always been happy with the product. Also, many of my daughter's friends order from there and I haven't heard of any complaints.
I just now did a search on "strawberrynet and fake products" and allot of hits appeared - there appear to be many people claiming that the particular product they ordered (whether shampoo, face cream, foundation whatever) was fake. Now, maybe I'm a bit naive, but I just can't imagine the logistics of manufacturing fakes of all these different products and duplicating the packaging. It could be that on occasion the products are out of date or just old stock.
I also don't have a problem ordering from Ebay. |
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