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7:19 PM Tuesday, July 28, 2009I’ve had my doubts about these:
RoesToesShoes
<a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5626343">http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5626343</a>
Gift basket of commercial crap:
babybundlesandmore
<a href="http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=28133880">http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=28133880</a>
Fake Louis Vuitton Shoes (and not vintage either)
MissHoneyVintage
<a href="http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=25959696">http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=25959696</a>
<img alt="" src="http://ny-image0.etsy.com/il_430xN.73783264.jpg" class="alignnone" width="430" height="322" />
Dude, the LV shoes. OMG. You have GOT to be kidding me.
EtsyCallOut September 15, 2009 at 1:47 PM
There are 3 resellers featured in the Storque today.
Nobody at Etsy pays any attention.
EtsyCallOut September 15, 2009 at 1:47 PM
This store is an outrage, I flagged it last week, but of course it's still there:
http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=6175653
She is selling all kinds of tacky non-handmade, non-vintage items. Such as this Sanrio change purse:
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=28199640
And these barely used Adidas shoes:
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=28217928
Or how about this China made marijuana ashtray?
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=28201605
She even has a Hello Kitty section:
http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=6175653§ion_id=6281730
EtsyCallOut September 15, 2009 at 1:47 PM
YARD SALE!
EtsyCallOut September 15, 2009 at 1:47 PM
And the shoes are dirty too! Yuck. She'd be better off wearing them some more until they are truly filthy and then selling them as "well-worn" to the pervs on ebay.
There's good money in perversion. Or so I have been told.
EtsyCallOut September 15, 2009 at 1:47 PM
Who are the Stroke resellers?
EtsyCallOut September 15, 2009 at 1:47 PM
Well here's one.
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=24838628
A pic right out of a fashion magazine. Unless Etsy sellers with 0 sales can afford to hire top models
EtsyCallOut September 15, 2009 at 1:47 PM
I don't think AlinaIovita is necessarily a reseller. Just because you have good pictures doesn't mean you're a reseller. She could easily have a friend who's a photographer and another friend who's working on getting her portfolio together, and they're just trading favors with each other. If you're an artist you tend to be surrounded by a lot of other creative people.
Just saying. :)
EtsyCallOut September 15, 2009 at 1:47 PM
ahahahaha! I flagged those last night. Could only flag em as not being vintage, not as the crappy fakes they are. OMG.....
EtsyCallOut September 15, 2009 at 1:47 PM
RESELLERS DREAM doesn't have anything in the shop anymore.
EtsyCallOut September 15, 2009 at 1:47 PM
a louis vuitton model posing for an etsy seller. must be nice to have those kind of friends...
EtsyCallOut September 15, 2009 at 1:47 PM
It's a Louis Vuitton model? Well damn. That kind of blows my theory into pieces, doesn't it?
EtsyCallOut September 15, 2009 at 1:47 PM
Looks like she's a fairly established designer however. Check out her website:
http://www.alinaiovita.com/about.htm
If she actually makes each garment with her own hands, or if she "just" designs them is another question though.
EtsyCallOut September 15, 2009 at 1:47 PM
re: alina- even if she just dyes them or embellishes or whatever she would be considered to have handmade her garment as per etsy rules
now those resellers of garage sale crap need to be kicked out asap. they make us all look bad
EtsyCallOut September 15, 2009 at 1:47 PM
Flagged these over and over. FYI ANY Multi-color LV is from 2003 or later and is more than likely FAKE.
LV has been around since the late 1800s and there are many vintage LVs, but more fakes than originals.
EtsyCallOut September 15, 2009 at 1:47 PM
Gosh, are those Louis V shoes? A bit hard to tell since the photo may have been taken while trampolining.
EtsyCallOut September 15, 2009 at 1:47 PM
I've been flagging these nasty knockoffs for weeks! They're still there!
They should hire me to nail crap like this. I know fake from real, vintage from not, and I know how to read the damn LV date codes!
EtsyCallOut September 15, 2009 at 1:47 PM