it may seem like a great bargain until you get it home. Fakes are often made from inferior materials, and when they break good luck sending them back. Make sure you get the right size too, because after you foot (no pun intended) the bill to ship them back to China (that's where the fakes come from directly), you probably won't get a refund, that is, assuming they haven't stolen your credit card information already.
There's also the ethical issues, like using child labor in sweat shop conditions, funds being used to finance crime syndicates for human trafficking, terrorism etc. You just don't know where these products come from and under what circumstances they are made.
Suddenly, that bargain doesn't seem so good anymore.
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Using internet resources to spot a fake site
Here's a few simple steps you can take to protect yourself from sites selling counterfeit UGGs.
1. Check the site's registration. All domain names have to provide basic company information at registration (address, name, phone number, country, etc.). Do a whois lookup on the site. Whois is the organization that collects all registration information on every domain. Red flags: Domains registered in China or have private registrations (there's no contact information listed, so only an illegitimate site would hide who they are, right?)
2. Check UGG Australia's authorized online retailer page. If it isn't on that holy grail of a page, then the site sells fakes.
3. Use the Wayback Machine to see how long a site has been live. Has it been around a year or less? If so, it sells fakes.
4. Check fraud forums for what other people say.
5. Using the company's address posted on it's website, use Google Maps to check it out with the street view option. Very cool, and if a business doesn't look for real than guess what it ain't!
1. Check the site's registration. All domain names have to provide basic company information at registration (address, name, phone number, country, etc.). Do a whois lookup on the site. Whois is the organization that collects all registration information on every domain. Red flags: Domains registered in China or have private registrations (there's no contact information listed, so only an illegitimate site would hide who they are, right?)
2. Check UGG Australia's authorized online retailer page. If it isn't on that holy grail of a page, then the site sells fakes.
3. Use the Wayback Machine to see how long a site has been live. Has it been around a year or less? If so, it sells fakes.
4. Check fraud forums for what other people say.
5. Using the company's address posted on it's website, use Google Maps to check it out with the street view option. Very cool, and if a business doesn't look for real than guess what it ain't!
Price look too good to be true?
First rule, is if the price looks too good to be true, then guess what? It's a fake.
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
How to spot fake UGG boots
hello world,
I have decided to start this blog in response to all the fake ugg boot sites that permeate the internet and help people determine which sites are legit, how to spot a fake boot, horror stories, etc.
Hope to hear from you all soon.
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