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Weirdest Experience of the year...

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  • #32
    jcrowbar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 343 ✭✭jcrowbar


    Fell for the old Italian jacket con myself a few years ago. I do look good in a pvc jacket though :rolleyes:

    This is worth a read: Irishtimes.com - Scams and cons: don't be fooled by the usual suspects


  • #33
    Abrasax
    Closed Accounts Posts: 977 ✭✭✭Abrasax


    They do this all over Europe, but the stuff can be pretty high quality at times.
    When Armani etc. are getting contractors to do this stuff they'll give the material, buttons, labels,lining etc. to several differebt contractors at once and take the goods from whichever contractor finishes quicker or with the best quality. So there's a possibilty the the goods are bona fide in part.
    Season wise, they'll be up to date.
    Quality wise is a different story. Just examine the stitching for quality and straightnes, see if the lines on the garment line up, check the separates sections are symmetrical, smell the leather to make sure it's the real thing etc.
    You could have a bargain.
    And haggle, always haggle. You'll probably get him down to about 50 to 66.6% of the original asking price.
    Got the tips from a mate who worked in the garment industry, who told me what to look out for.
    Bought an Armani leather jacket one time and brought into another friend in a shop who couldn't tell it from the real thing.
    And just wipe the fact you're supporting mafia enterprise from your mind in order to complete the transaction with a clean conscience.


  • #34
    Pherekydes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 16,339 ✭✭✭✭Pherekydes


    Same thing happened to a friend and me in Paris many years ago. I wasn't interested in the slightest but my pal bargained him down to a pittance for what looked like a beautiful leather jacket, but then he just walked off! LOL, the Italian was pissed off.

    Afterwards, my pal said he had no intention of buying, but just wanted to see how low he would go.


  • #35
    Kasabian
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,688 ✭✭✭Kasabian


    Why would people buy leather jackets


  • #36
    Pot Noodle =
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 955 ✭✭✭Pot Noodle =


    I got 2 for €70


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  • #37
    ironictoaster
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,244 ✭✭✭ironictoaster


    Same thing happened to my friend a few years back. Some stranger selling a laptop in a laptop case for €60. He ended up paying €60 for a cheap laptop case and an argos catalogue...


  • #38
    Danbo!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,942 ✭✭✭Danbo!


    been going on for a while.
    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055118764

    And this guy also said he knew it was a scam but it seemed like a good deal.
    http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/pricewatch/2008/01/14/leather-scam/

    Doesnt anyone watch the real hustle?? Its worth it just for Jess :cool:


  • #39
    mathie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,103 ✭✭✭mathie


    Holsten wrote: »
    This happened to me too.

    I laughed and drove off.

    Actually sounds like the same guy.

    Sergio Georgini?


  • #40
    Erica<3
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 384 ✭✭Erica<3


    could be just trying to sell his clothes. or yeah, it could be a scam, but you could smell the leather, good quality real leather has a particular smell off it.


  • #41
    Abrasax
    Closed Accounts Posts: 977 ✭✭✭Abrasax


    lonad wrote: »
    Why would people buy leather jackets

    To hook up with grinds teachers.


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  • #42
    McNulty737
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 226 ✭✭McNulty737


    I remember around 2 years ago a red van pulled up beside me and sitting in the front were two absolute tinkers. The driver asked me the way to the nearest tesco, so i pointed him in the right direction and he goes 'tanks, tanks....cmere listen do you want the bargain of your life?'. I just said no thanks and walked away because stranger pulling up to you randomly on the street with bargain = scam (especially if theyre travellers).


  • #43
    --LOS--
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,028 ✭✭✭✭--LOS--


    Scráib wrote: »
    Ah I was conned, pure and simple, I don't think I'd even be able to wear them without remembering how I was idiotic enough to buy them in the first place.

    It's a learning experience, but I should have learned this one years ago.

    What's the problem, you liked the jackets to begin with, you don't like them now coz they're not the real deal? If you couldn't tell the difference yourself, what difference does it make even if they aren't real leather, you didn't really pay real leather prices for them.


  • #44
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 18,046 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    I just feel sorry for the sales rep who is genuinely on the way to the airport and needs to get rid of legitimate gear...
    These stories just create an unfair stereotype. :(


  • #45
    Liam Byrne
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,152 ✭✭✭✭Liam Byrne


    creggy wrote: »
    Same thing happened to my friend a few years back. Some stranger selling a laptop in a laptop case for €60. He ended up paying €60 for a cheap laptop case and an argos catalogue...

    That's not quite the same, tbh.

    In the OP's case, he bought the jackets that the hustler showed him.

    Maybe that's the same as getting an Advent instead of an Acer, but it's definitely not an Argos catalogue.

    I would even argue that some of the high-street shops are bigger hustlers, selling stuff for way over a reasonable price just because of the brand name, and as pointed out earlier the brand name outsources them anyway.


  • #46
    Ann22
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,006 ✭✭✭Ann22


    No different than buying them at any market Scráib. If you like them fcuk it. You got two lovely jackets that you like for €110. You did alright. Your man's probably pist off he didn't get more out of you. In fact in actuality you scammed him:).


  • #47
    weiland79
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,320 ✭✭✭weiland79


    Sounds good to me. I bought a 'geniune leather' Gstar jacket off ioffer last year. Turned out to be plastic so if they actually are made from leather i would say result!


  • #48
    blubloblu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,226 ✭✭✭blubloblu


    This scam is decades old.


  • #49
    ya-ba-da-ba-doo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 884 ✭✭✭ya-ba-da-ba-doo


    creggy wrote: »
    Same thing happened to my friend a few years back. Some stranger selling a laptop in a laptop case for €60. He ended up paying €60 for a cheap laptop case and an argos catalogue...



    How could you be so thick as to not look at the laptop you're buying, especially in dodgey circumstances?


  • #50
    tony1kenobi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,755 ✭✭✭tony1kenobi


    ejmaztec wrote: »
    The missus was very tempted in England, when some guy was flogging bottles of "Channel No 5" for a quid out of an old suitcase at a market. She laughed at him when she noticed the spelling on the label.

    About an hour later, we saw two cops chasing him.

    Did the guy look like Jason Statham?


  • #51
    stovelid
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,252 ✭✭✭✭stovelid


    ejmaztec wrote: »
    Don't these jackets dissolve in the rain?

    Nah, you're thinking of Replicant tears.


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  • #52
    peanuthead
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,111 ✭✭✭peanuthead


    jcrowbar wrote: »
    Fell for the old Italian jacket con myself a few years ago. I do look good in a pvc jacket though :rolleyes:

    This is worth a read: Irishtimes.com - Scams and cons: don't be fooled by the usual suspects

    What's the 419 one all about? I've gotten loads of them and I know they're scams, but I don't know the point of them.


  • #53
    kowloon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 14,186 ✭✭✭✭kowloon


    The real scam is the jackets being sold for ridiculous money over a brand name. There are many ways to part a gob$hite and their money without resorting to dealing from a van.


  • #54
    Elliemental
    Closed Accounts Posts: 924 ✭✭✭Elliemental


    ejmaztec wrote: »
    The missus was very tempted in England, when some guy was flogging bottles of "Channel No 5" for a quid out of an old suitcase at a market. She laughed at him when she noticed the spelling on the label.

    About an hour later, we saw two cops chasing him.


    Lmao! The Channel is probably where the contents came from.:D


  • #55
    Wilsonudevil
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11 ✭Wilsonudevil


    He pulled over to talk to me today in D4!

    Wish I'd seen this thread before hand then I could've pinched his glasses.


  • #56
    lemonjelly
    Closed Accounts Posts: 141 ✭✭lemonjelly


    Do the the jackets work? I mean do they fit well, look good and all.

    Might buy them off you if you're not happy :p


  • #57
    franklyon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 617 ✭✭✭franklyon


    peanuthead wrote: »
    What's the 419 one all about? I've gotten loads of them and I know they're scams, but I don't know the point of them.


    go to this site it explains all you need to know www.419eater.com


  • #58
    bmw535d
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,160 ✭✭✭bmw535d


    i've won the Spanish lotto about 5 times already.

    anyone else get those stupid letters in the post saying you won 50 billion in the Spanish lotto with out buying a ticket?


  • #59
    Celly Smunt
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 9,463 ✭✭✭Celly Smunt


    bmw535d wrote: »
    i've won the Spanish lotto about 5 times already.

    anyone else get those stupid letters in the post saying you won 50 billion in the Spanish lotto with out buying a ticket?

    wow that would really help me fund the poor african man who lost all his family in a war who's looking to set up a life elsewhere,that money i could donate to him


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