Bitch Please… FAKE Iron Heart?

[Oaktavia]

@GraemeE said in Bitch Please… FAKE Iron Heart?:

@sabergirl said in Bitch Please… FAKE Iron Heart?:

we should all get as much secondhand shit as we can, because overconsumption is the final nail in the coffin of earth.

This 100%

And it’s fun to find the old stuff!

[Jord]

Like many of you, I look around for iron heart items that are hard to come by or are for sale for a bargain, I noticed today that eBay in the UK are offering authentication for iron heart now… which makes me wonder who is actually confirming they’re genuine? I’m pretty sure this just came around this week (at least in the UK) as I search eBay about 5 times a day looking at new listings…

Do you guys have this in the US or other selling platforms? How trustworthy is this service? (If the item is under £200 you need to pay £20 for the service…

If this would be better suited elsewhere in another thread feel free to move the thread, mods.

[goosehd]

@Jord was in the process of moving it and to my knowledge IHUK is not offering this service.

To answer your specific question: I do not know who is certifying the items on eBay nor their credentials.

[Jord]

@goosehd Thanks mate I think it's eBay's "authenticators" that do the authenticating... But without actually being on the forum/working at a retail partner/IHUK they would never know what's genuine...

[Jord]

I hope someone else that might have knowledge can chime in, I don't need something authenticated especially if I know what I'm buying... at least it avoids the "bait and switch" from someone using photos and sending a different product though.

[will6er]

I sold some high value genuine trainers / sneakers that they authenticated as fake! Apparently this is quite common

[goosehd]

There are only a handful of people on this forum that I would trust authenticating old products. There are tons of products throughout the history of Iron Heart and quite a few of them that were never sold outside of Japan. All of this makes authentication difficult.

[Jord]

The more I've read into it, it seems they're actually verifying the "condition" of which it is listed at, not sure if they actually authenticate it being real which goes against the point of the service for me... especially for £20!

[GraemeE]

@goosehd said in Bitch Please… FAKE Iron Heart?:

who is certifying the items on eBay

When you select this option in the US the seller mails it to an ebay hub where "experts" authenticate it before sending it on to the buyer

This service seems much more suited to authenticating more mainstream brands like Nike or any number of the brands now owned by LVMH

[J-IV]

The forum is basically my one stop shop for this kind of “authentication checks.” I typically use the search tool and scour old threads to the best of my ability.

To @goosehd point, there are some forum members with insane amount of knowledge here should I need anything further. Though it’s really hard to tell without physically handling the product. Buy with caution, as they say..

[goosehd]

…and as this discussion will inevitably end up here, this is a reminder regarding Legit Checks from the member rules:

**LEGIT CHECKS.....

If you want to ask the community whether an item that you suspect to be fake, is legit or not, then you MUST include where you have seen it for sale, or where you bought it from. It would also be useful if you say why you think the item is suspect with accompanying photos if relevant. If you do not, then your post will be deleted. If the seller is not a legitimate Iron Heart retailer (list on the Iron Heart website), then your post will also be deleted.

I'm pretty sure if you know the seller is dodge, then you know the answer.**