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wetbandit42 · Marc Jacobs

I am an IDIOT - duped on Craigslist

XtinaStyles · Marc Jacobs

why not just keep it? if you couldnt tell the diff, why do you assume everyone else will? its not like youre prancing around town with a fake LV bag!

wetbandit42 · Marc Jacobs

I mean, I suppose I could keep it, but with the exposed screws, it just doesn't look like it came from C&B. I have a bedroom set from C&B, and this just looks cheap compared to it. I"ll buy the glass top and see if it still looks obvious. If it doesn't then I'll keep it and hope my mom doesn't notice. I can't believe I didn't notice when I went to look at it. cry

ranchera20 · Marc Jacobs

You can't cover the screws up with some type of furniture marker or something?

wetbandit42 · Marc Jacobs

Ranchera - the screws stick out of the wood so there's no way I could cover them up with touch up paint. They're the same color as the wood, but you can still see them.

I feel like emailing the seller but that won't help. It's not like she'll say, "Sure I'll refund your money!"

-- Edited by wetbandit42 on Wednesday 18th of November 2009 08:21:45 AM

Natalie23 · Nine West

you can prob recoup most of your costs on craigslist- $50 isn't bad for a made in china table Im sure some poor college student will snap it up.

personally (lets preface this with the fact that I am an enormous bitch when someone lies to me) I'd call the original owner, and not shut up until they agreed to come to my door take it off my hands and give me my money back as well. or at least give me my money back for the misrepresented goods.

Boots · Gucci

I would definitely try calling the person you bought it from. This is blatant misrepresentation if they listed it as a C&B table. If you know a friend who is a lawyer, it might not be a bad idea to have him or her call as well. Scare them a little if you need to.

That being said, I'd just consider this a learning experience and be glad it was only $50. As for your parents, they're your parents! They expect you to make mistakes every once in a while. Everybody gets taken on something once in a while. I can't imagine from everything you've ever written about your folks that they would judge you harshly for this. It's only a table. I wouldn't spend money I don't have (and I'm only assuming this since you were looking for a cheaper alternative to purchasing the table from C&B in the first place) to cover up an innocent mistake.

Don't be so hard on yourself. Stuff happens. And then you learn from it.

gossipgirl · Dooney & Bourke

Boots wrote:

I would definitely try calling the person you bought it from. This is blatant misrepresentation if they listed it as a C&B table. If you know a friend who is a lawyer, it might not be a bad idea to have him or her call as well. Scare them a little if you need to.

That being said, I'd just consider this a learning experience and be glad it was only $50. As for your parents, they're your parents! They expect you to make mistakes every once in a while. Everybody gets taken on something once in a while. I can't imagine from everything you've ever written about your folks that they would judge you harshly for this. It's only a table. I wouldn't spend money I don't have (and I'm only assuming this since you were looking for a cheaper alternative to purchasing the table from C&B in the first place) to cover up an innocent mistake.

Don't be so hard on yourself. Stuff happens. And then you learn from it.

Exactly! Don't be so hard on yourself!

greendiamond · Marc Jacobs

Honestly, I'd be more disappointed as your parents if I found out you were duped then felt the need to replace the table with the one you thought you were buying to cover your mistake.

You liked the look of the table enough to buy it. Keep it. You needed a table and you got one.

Don't be so hard on yourself.

twinkle_star · Kenneth Cole

Ditto to what everyone else said about not being too hard on yourself. And while $50 may seem like a lot, in my experience dining tables are pretty expensive and once the glass top is on this one it will probably look a lot more like the C&B table. It almost fooled you so I'm sure it would fool other people!

KaffeeKlatsch · Marc Jacobs

Oh that stinks. Sorry. It sucks that someone would be dishonest just to make a sale. If you don't end up returning it, maybe it can be repurposed somehow for some other room or something...that way you don't ruin the effect you were initially going for but still find a way to use it.

wetbandit42 · Marc Jacobs

Thanks ladies - you all are right. I'm being too hard on myself and this was definitely a mistake to learn from. I still feel stupid, esp. b/c if I had gotten on my hands and knees I would have seen the Made in China sticker and then I would have thought about the fact that there weren't supposed to be any screws in the table and it seemed smaller, etc. I think if I had really thought about it, I would have realized this wasn't real.

Boots - I can afford the real version, but I figured if I could get it cheaper on Craigslist, then why not? Unfortunately, it obviously didn't turn out to be authentic.

I am going to contact the seller and see if they'll let me return it, b/c they completely lied. I think I am going to buy the real table at C&B, esp. b/c I got a catalog recently with a 15% off coupon. I want the real deal, and if I can get it cheaper, now would be the time to buy. This one just looks so cheap, and that's exactly what I was trying to avoid. I bought this to replace a cheap, battered Ikea table set. If the seller refuses to let me return the fake table, I guess I'll try and sell it on Craigslist myself.

GD - you're right, my parents probably would be more disappointed that I tried to cover up my mistake. I don't think they would be disappointed per se just by the fact that I was duped, but my mom would definitely lecture me about being naive, which I justly deserve. Hopefully they don't find out that I'm going to replace it.

wetbandit42 · Marc Jacobs

Boots wrote:
If you know a friend who is a lawyer, it might not be a bad idea to have him or her call as well. Scare them a little if you need to.

I'll be an official lawyer in May! I'm sure I can rustle up something I learned to scare them with. Maybe something to do with contracts...

-- Edited by wetbandit42 on Wednesday 18th of November 2009 04:19:42 PM

ranchera20 · Marc Jacobs

wetbandit42 wrote:

I'll be an official lawyer in May! I'm sure I can rustle up something I learned to scare them with. Maybe something to do with contracts...

-- Edited by wetbandit42 on Wednesday 18th of November 2009 04:19:42 PM

Now would be the perfect time to practice what you've learned! :)

Boots · Gucci

wetbandit42 wrote:

Boots wrote:
If you know a friend who is a lawyer, it might not be a bad idea to have him or her call as well. Scare them a little if you need to.

I'll be an official lawyer in May! I'm sure I can rustle up something I learned to scare them with. Maybe something to do with contracts...

-- Edited by wetbandit42 on Wednesday 18th of November 2009 04:19:42 PM

Use it! Sometimes just the mention of a lawsuit will be enough to make these jerks reconsider their actions. Make sure they know that their life will be that much easier if they just refund your $50.

Suasoria · Chanel

I would totally try to return it AND report them to Craigslist.

wetbandit42 · Marc Jacobs

Suasoria wrote:

I would totally try to return it AND report them to Craigslist.

Ooh, I didn't even know I could do that - report them. I totally will!