Hello everyone ! -
SayWhat - 15-08-09
Hi,
new one here, this is my story.
My name is Ali, im 28 years old and i live in Slovenia. I recently bought my first pair of soops (superstar II white/black) and got hooked
. I waited for so long because i was wearing mostly skate shoes before and because superstars are really expensive in my country. So as soon as i got my mastercard i ordered my first pair (they are legit as far i can tell, i've been lurking around this forum for a while now so i picked up a some basic knowledge about spotting fakes). Ok, so the first pair was nice, but here comes trouble. I've found some nice adicolor for my gf to buy and i ordered it from...wait for it....shell-toes.com :S (ok not soops but anyway). I ordered it from ebay from some guy and as soon as i got notice from customs i knew there was something fishy going on. The guy was selling from uk, but the trainers were sent from china or singapore or i dont know where. Of course the customs looked the package closely and reported me to a law firm which is representing adidas here in Slovenia, because i was ordering fakes (which i didnt know at the time). I went researching about shell-toes and thats how i found this awesome forum and realized i ordered fakes. So that law-firm said they must sue me if i dont state my case (as u can imagine i was pissed as f**k). So i did, we've made an agrement and they said im clear but they are keeping the trainers as the customs are going to destroy them. That guy refunded me when i explained what happened so i got my money back, but imagine my surprise when the customs said they will sue me, because i ordered adidas trainers and got fake ones :O, i was the victim ffs, sue his ass because he's selling them not me. As u can imagine im kinda done with ebay hunting for now and going to be real careful with my orders.
So thats me, looking for my second pair now...
Have fun guys and happy huntin.
RE: Hello everyone ! -
mr.pure - 15-08-09
Shit.
Welcome aboard Ali.
Bloody nightmare.
RE: Hello everyone ! -
flyingcod - 15-08-09
Greetings!
Bloody eck, what a story!
Shame you got burnt on fakes (nearly happened to me with THAT site) but glad you've found this place, doubt you'll get stung again.
Buyer beware!
Welcome.
fc
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Grimmy - 15-08-09
Welcome to the forums, Ali!
What a nightmare with the fakes!! Most of us here have been struggling with fake soops at one point or another but I don't recall too many having things gone quite as bad as yours did.. Good that you got out of it all ok.
Unfortunately eBay is filled with fake soops and to find the legit sellers seems to be getting harder and harder by the minute, especially if you're after certain more limited series which have been counterfeited more than i can count with my 11 fingers.
RE: Hello everyone ! -
SayWhat - 15-08-09
Hi,
thnx for the welcomes
I found my next soops. "Adidas Superstar TLux Black Nubuck", i've found it on rareadidas.com. I just hope the guy that runs the site will be willing to send it to me as i dont see my country in the list of countries hes shipping to. I've sent him a msg, now i awaits...hope not to long
.
I really like soops that are not too flashy, so that kind of soops will be my start
Have fun...
RE: Hello everyone ! -
Lorrie - 15-08-09
Welcome along. Thank you for the great intro and I'm sorry that you got burned by the fakers.
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Minty - 15-08-09
Welcome, nice intro! At least you got refunded.
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DasBill - 15-08-09
See its that kind of story that inspires me to try think of a solution to wesites selling fakes.
Least you got your money back fella
Welcome.
RE: Hello everyone ! -
Samo - 16-08-09
Welocme to the forum, sorry to hear you got burnt.
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steve-o - 16-08-09
welcome aboard
being sued aside... atleast your country is doing something about it, fake crap passes customers here in Australia with ease
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SayWhat - 16-08-09
(16-08-09, 07:12 AM)steve-oimagery Wrote: welcome aboard
being sued aside... atleast your country is doing something about it, fake crap passes customers here in Australia with ease
Yea, when i talked to the guy at the customs he said that everything that comes from china gets a cavity search
so theres a a little to no chance to buy fakes here. I mean someone could probably get through with 1 or 2 pairs if the one who sent it marked it as gift and the price is low, but if u ordered more pairs youre going to get f**ed. And thats not just Adidas, all big brands have a strong antifake policy and are represented by law firms just waiting for a call from customs.
btw.: still waiting for a reply from rareadidas.com for new "Adidas Superstar TLux Black Nubuck". Anyone knows the guy who runs the site? I need new trainers
have fun...
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streak - 16-08-09
^^ it's our very own mr.shoeshotta. PM him fella..
Oh and welcome BTW
RE: Hello everyone ! -
mr.pure - 16-08-09
He'll soon get back to you I'm sure.
Wish the UK gave that sort of a shit about fakes.
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SayWhat - 16-08-09
(16-08-09, 10:30 AM)streak Wrote: ^^ it's our very own mr.shoeshotta. PM him fella..
Oh and welcome BTW
yea thnx , i just saw i already got a pm from him...im still a little messed up from yesterday
thnx anyway...yeey new soops, ordering now...
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sab - 16-08-09
Thats just bloody scary. Oops. well am sure u will get the help u need to avoid that happening again.