Fake Tiffany VENT

[CurlyGirl]

Actually, apples to oranges because the OP bought a "guaranteed" Tiffany bracelet from a non authorized retailer. The authenticity of Tiffany jewelry is only guaranteed if it is bought from Tiffany itself. If you had booked your package through an authorized travel agent and the above had happened, then, yes, you should be angry, and should get a refund. ...but... if you booked your trip through someone off Craig's list who is not an authorized travel agent, then buyer beware.

I don't really think that if the OP's post had been worded like yours she wouldn't have had so much criticism. I think the issue was that she included a lot of extraneous details, basically boasting her "high end" lifestyle that had little or nothing to do with the subject at hand.

If she had said (and I said this before)

"I took some clothing to a consignment shop that advertises they deal in high end designers. They advertised that their merchandise is guaranteed to be authentic. While I was there I noticed a Tiffany bracelet. I love Tiffany jewelry so I bought it. When I got home I examined it more closely and realized it wasn't real....blah, blah, blah..."

She did not need to go on about how her BF buys her expensive jewelry, about how he bought her expensive shoes and she knows they were expensive because she saw the receipt (tacky, BTW, if they were a gift) about how she could have a LV handbag if she would give up one of her many WDW trips. How people "won't get it." It was all just too much "look how fabulous I am." I think she was trying very hard to impress, and it just made her look sad instead.

I also said before I really don't give a rat's butt how she spends her (or her BF's money) but I am sure that many people were rubbed the wrong way by her "look how fabulous I am and make sure you check out my fabulous self in my pic" post.

Yup. Exactly!

 

[morethananyonex]

Actually, apples to oranges because the OP bought a "guaranteed" Tiffany bracelet from a non authorized retailer. The authenticity of Tiffany jewelry is only guaranteed if it is bought from Tiffany itself. If you had booked your package through an authorized travel agent and the above had happened, then, yes, you should be angry, and should get a refund. ...but... if you booked your trip through someone off Craig's list who is not an authorized travel agent, then buyer beware.

I don't really think that if the OP's post had been worded like yours she wouldn't have had so much criticism. I think the issue was that she included a lot of extraneous details, basically boasting her "high end" lifestyle that had little or nothing to do with the subject at hand.

If she had said (and I said this before)

"I took some clothing to a consignment shop that advertises they deal in high end designers. They advertised that their merchandise is guaranteed to be authentic. While I was there I noticed a Tiffany bracelet. I love Tiffany jewelry so I bought it. When I got home I examined it more closely and realized it wasn't real....blah, blah, blah..."

She did not need to go on about how her BF buys her expensive jewelry, about how he bought her expensive shoes and she knows they were expensive because she saw the receipt (tacky, BTW, if they were a gift) about how she could have a LV handbag if she would give up one of her many WDW trips. How people "won't get it." It was all just too much "look how fabulous I am." I think she was trying very hard to impress, and it just made her look sad instead.

I also said before I really don't give a rat's butt how she spends her (or her BF's money) but I am sure that many people were rubbed the wrong way by her "look how fabulous I am and make sure you check out my fabulous self in my pic" post.

My point wasn't the similarities of the actual situation, it was the fact that people got so offended at the OP enjoying expensive clothing items yet if you replaced Coach/LV/etc. with Grand Floridian Club Level and spending huge amounts of money on that no one bats an eye.

I mean really, posts about wars and how ridiculous it is to spend money on the designer items? I hope those people are going guns blazing over the resort boards and blasting everyone on the CL thread.

 

[NikitaZee]

My point wasn't the similarities of the actual situation, it was the fact that people got so offended at the OP enjoying expensive clothing items yet if you replaced Coach/LV/etc. with Grand Floridian Club Level and spending huge amounts of money on that no one bats an eye.

I mean really, posts about wars and how ridiculous it is to spend money on the designer items? I hope those people are going guns blazing over the resort boards and blasting everyone on the CL thread.

I agree!

 

[beaucoup]

LLBean, Keene, Columbia, REI, Garmin .......

Some really great labels there.

 

[Tiger926]

Actually, apples to oranges because the OP bought a "guaranteed" Tiffany bracelet from a non authorized retailer. The authenticity of Tiffany jewelry is only guaranteed if it is bought from Tiffany itself. If you had booked your package through an authorized travel agent and the above had happened, then, yes, you should be angry, and should get a refund. ...but... if you booked your trip through someone off Craig's list who is not an authorized travel agent, then buyer beware.

I don't really think that if the OP's post had been worded like yours she wouldn't have had so much criticism. I think the issue was that she included a lot of extraneous details, basically boasting her "high end" lifestyle that had little or nothing to do with the subject at hand.

If she had said (and I said this before)

"I took some clothing to a consignment shop that advertises they deal in high end designers. They advertised that their merchandise is guaranteed to be authentic. While I was there I noticed a Tiffany bracelet. I love Tiffany jewelry so I bought it. When I got home I examined it more closely and realized it wasn't real....blah, blah, blah..."

She did not need to go on about how her BF buys her expensive jewelry, about how he bought her expensive shoes and she knows they were expensive because she saw the receipt (tacky, BTW, if they were a gift) about how she could have a LV handbag if she would give up one of her many WDW trips. How people "won't get it." It was all just too much "look how fabulous I am." I think she was trying very hard to impress, and it just made her look sad instead.

I also said before I really don't give a rat's butt how she spends her (or her BF's money) but I am sure that many people were rubbed the wrong way by her "look how fabulous I am and make sure you check out my fabulous self in my pic" post.

Although I don't feel it's my business to comment on the OP's lifestyle or how she spends her money, there were a lot of extraneous and irrelevant details in her original post. She posted them for a reason...perhaps to profile herself as a lover of fine jewelry and high-end items, so that people would feel sympathy for her? That being said, I feel there have been a lot of inappropriate comments in this thread too.

When you say in your post though that most people aren't going to get it, then that sets up a negative tone, IMHO, and people will then not be sympathetic to your plight.

As many of us have said many times, it was not an authorized Tiffany reseller, so from that standpoint, there is nothing that Tiffany can do, but if the store owner knowingly frauded her, or broke her own refund policy, then perhaps there might be something there?

OP hasn't returned yet, so not sure if any of us are going to know the final outcome?

Tiger

 

[badblackpug]

My point wasn't the similarities of the actual situation, it was the fact that people got so offended at the OP enjoying expensive clothing items yet if you replaced Coach/LV/etc. with Grand Floridian Club Level and spending huge amounts of money on that no one bats an eye.

I mean really, posts about wars and how ridiculous it is to spend money on the designer items? I hope those people are going guns blazing over the resort boards and blasting everyone on the CL thread.

I agree, some went overboard, but I think it was in response to the fact that the OP herself went overboard. As I said, I don't care how she, or anyone else, for that matter, spends their money. ....but, all those unnecessary details were included to invoke some type of response. Unfortunately for the OP, it was not the response she hoped to get.

Although I don't feel it's my business to comment on the OP's lifestyle or how she spends her money, there were a lot of extraneous and irrelevant details in her original post. She posted them for a reason...perhaps to profile herself as a lover of fine jewelry and high-end items, so that people would feel sympathy for her? That being said, I feel there have been a lot of inappropriate comments in this thread too.

When you say in your post though that most people aren't going to get it, then that sets up a negative tone, IMHO, and people will then not be sympathetic to your plight.

As many of us have said many times, it was not an authorized Tiffany reseller, so from that standpoint, there is nothing that Tiffany can do, but if the store owner knowingly frauded her, or broke her own refund policy, then perhaps there might be something there?

OP hasn't returned yet, so not sure if any of us are going to know the final outcome?

Tiger

Excellent point. As I said before, this little comment was very condescending. It did set a negative tone to the whole post. People only responded in kind.