How Hermes rep sellers deceive you..
That nice (so to speak) "Tom" you're texting with on WhatsApp about a Birkin can at the same time be "Linda," "Kevin," "Mark." And this isn't a joke. Over the years I've seen how one office of 15 people runs 50 plus different "seller brands" of Hermes reps. Imagine an office in Guangzhou. 10 desks, an employee at each. Each has 3 to 4 phones on their desk with different SIM cards and accounts. One person is at the same time running correspondence as "Mike_Bags," "LuxuryQueen88" and "TopReplicas_Chen." "Anna" is a young girl who specializes in Birkins and Kellys, chats nicely with emojis. "Robert" is a serious businessman who sells Constance and men's Hermes accessories and so on. All of this is one Zhang Wei, 28 years old, who works from 9 to 6. Each "seller" has their own WhatsApp, their own story, individual style, different profile photos and their own catalogs, though the warehouse is one.
The most interesting part is on social networks. They buy accounts with good karma on Reddit with activity history. Then from these accounts they write reviews for their other accounts from which they sell. See the comments "Bought a Birkin from seller (name), quality amazing, look at the photos"? Often these are dozens of accounts of one person. Unfortunately 60 to 70% of sellers use exactly these methods, and on one hand what's the difference. The main thing is the quality is good. Right. But that's the problem. Different accounts equals different prices but. The same quality. Which of course according to them is always "the very best," of course, whether it's a bag for 500 or 2500. So how not to fall into the trap and buy a really good Birkin, Kelly and other Hermes bags. The best way to protect yourself is to concentrate on something else, namely.
Ask detailed questions about Hermes materials and production. Thickness of the gold plating in microns, the difference between Togo and Clemence grain pattern, why Kelly Sellier is harder to make than Retourne. A multi account operator doesn't know this across all personas. After all, they have one pair of hands for several accounts and they struggle to answer quickly, briefly, with template questions. Your goal on the contrary is to pull the person into "a more personal conversation" so you can feel that they're not answering you with a prepared response to the question "where is the leather from" like "our leather is the best from Europe" but with more detailed questions that require more expanded and individual answers. This way you'll put these dishonest sellers in a really difficult position and most importantly you'll immediately understand which of them is actually an individual seller and who is an "account factory" whose goal is simply to sell you bad quality at big (most often) money.
Scale of the problem. This is the norm in the Hermes replica industry on Reddit. As I said earlier, 60 to 70% of active "sellers" are multi account operations. Real independent ones are a minority. Offices in Guangzhou specialize in this. Entire companies run networks of fake Hermes rep sellers. An industry with training, software for account management, databases of bought Reddit profiles. They don't just have their own accounts, they have entire subs and networks with Discord channels. You find yourself as if in an honest environment of people, "real buyers," when in reality all this is created by the hands of sellers to "imitate" this, so you think that's really how it is.
Don't trust the number of positive reviews. Look for sellers who can explain why Togo leather weighs more than Epsom at the same thickness or how to tell authentic saddle stitch from machine imitation. These are just examples. Just remember that when talking to three "different" Birkin sellers you may be talking to one person. Your comparison of prices and offers is meaningless because you're comparing one with themselves.
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