| | north of 54 said "The BPS contacted me to say that there is nothing they or I can do since the seller says they did not know the parka was counterfeit. So, I spent $500 on a purchase I never should have made - obviously I didn't do enough research.
I had 2 options - I thought I could donate the parka to a charity but I would have to remove all CG labelling from the parka which I can't do since some of the labelling is not stitched onto the parka but is glued and I would rip the outer fabric.
The other option is just to wear it - however I did attempt to wear the parka for the 2nd time this weekend and the zipper broke apart - pieces falling on the floor. It would cost at least $75 to replace the zipper and I just don't see any value in spending more money on a parka of questionable warmth.
So, the parka has been thrown away.
I would like to tell you some of the reasons why my parka is fake - some would not be obvious unless you compared the real and fake parka side by side - some are obvious and I missed them. Hopefully I can help someone else avoid a similar bad purchase.
1) My parka is not the right shade and it is somewhat glossy in appearance compared to the real one.
2) The outer fabric of my parka is thinner than the real parka
3) The fur on the hood is a different color and texture than the real parka - it is either fake or if the origin of the parka is China then I've been told it is likely dog fur.
4) The real parka has a hologram tag with a serial number inside the parka - mine has no such tag.
5) The pockets of the real parka are lined - mine are not.
6) The fur on the hood of the real parka is stitched onto the hood whereas mine is a strip of fur attached with Velcro
7) The real parka has a YKK zipper (top quality zipper) whereas my zipper that fell apart is labelled VVE (origin of zipper unknown) but obviously inferior quality.
8) How did I miss this one - there are a few misspelt words on the tags inside my parka.
Thank you for your comments and thank you for reading my last post on this unfortunate subject.
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Why would you throw it away because the zipper broke? Was it just the slider that fell apart? Could have had a new one put on for like 5 bucks.
Why would you need to remove all badges if it were being donated? You are not infringing on any laws by donating it, as you are not selling a fake item, just simply giving it to someone else to wear. If a charity would not accept a knock off item for whatever reason, I'm sure you could have just found one of the many homeless people in Brandon that would appreciate the extra warmth. Even if the zipper is broken it would still be perfectly fine to wrap themselves in.
There are a lot of other things you could have done so it didn't just get thrown in the garbage.
Sorry you got scammed, and sorry you lost your money though...not a nice feeling, especially this time of year.