Fake MAC from StrawberryNet?

[stingray]

Do we now think it's as good as certain that the pans with ridged circles on the bottom are fake shadows? I seem to have most of my ebay shadows with these circles on them, so if they're fake I'd like to try to tell the sellers and get refunds. One of the sellers is CharlyandEmily and I notice today that she's only got one shadow left for sale, so maybe she's no longer going to sell them?

 

[julie150463]

Stingray
I sent a couple of the ridge pan eyeshadows to the MAC Quality Assurance testing lab a few days ago - waiting to here for a definitive answer. They took 3 days to email me no idea how long this will take.

 

[stingray]

Thanks! I hope they don't take too long to come back to you, I'm sure I'm not the only one who'd like to know

 

[Kana]

i bought deep purple and emerald green pigment van strawberrynet to compaire them to my fakes from closetmustgo. i was hoping that these would be real, but ofcourse they are not!!
they are the same as the ones from closetmustgo, and again fake!

 

[panda0410]

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Originally Posted by Kana i bought deep purple and emerald green pigment van strawberrynet to compaire them to my fakes from closetmustgo. i was hoping that these would be real, but ofcourse they are not!! they are the same as the ones from closetmustgo, and again fake!

ah, you're not having much luck! try cheryl here in the sales thread - she only sells authentic mac pigment samples, and she knows them ALL off the back of her hand - shes had them all

You wont get fakes from her!

 

[Xqueeze_me]

It was on earlier.... I don't know what to think or say... :S

BUT it's funny!!

 

[Kana]

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Originally Posted by panda0410 ah, you're not having much luck! try cheryl here in the sales thread - she only sells authentic mac pigment samples, and she knows them ALL off the back of her hand - shes had them all You wont get fakes from her!

I Know!! terrible isnt it!
i really believed that strawberrynet would not sell fakes......
i will get some here at specktra.
do you girls know this site:

thebodyneeds mac pigment samples lip balm

what do you think??
fakes or not?

 

[panda0410]

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Originally Posted by Kana I Know!! terrible isnt it! i really believed that strawberrynet would not sell fakes...... i will get some here at specktra. do you girls know this site: thebodyneeds mac pigment samples lip balm what do you think?? fakes or not?

I think that there is a risk that SOME of them could be, but I dont think they all would be. The problem with buying from stock pics is that you dont know what you are getting from one jar to the next, unless they can provide receipts from a MAC store then I would be worried. Its entirely possible they they are authentic, but I would be cautious just the same.

 

[wolfsong]

You can also get 100% authentic samples from here:
http://www.halocaustic.co.uk/

(click the 'hair' link on the left and scroll down on the next page)

Halocaustic is a member on here that has been very helpful with all this 'very good fakes' business (along with Panda, Xqueeze_Me and Cheryl), so you can guarantee that one isnt going to slip past the net, so to speak

I cant personally recommend anyone else but her and Cheryl though (at least for samples), as you never know.

 

[wheresmytea]

I bought 4 pigments and one glitter from SN and I'm pretty sure they are fakes. I've posted on the Australian Vogue forums about it, post 490 and onwards.

 

[julie150463]

I had a couple of pencils from them today and was surprised to see the package came from Hong Kong. Enough said perhaps?

 

[stingray]

This may come as no surprise, but StrawberryNet have an eBay store... eBay UK Shop - Strawberrynet Store:. Their location? Hong Kong.

 

[panda0410]

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Originally Posted by stingray This may come as no surprise, but StrawberryNet have an eBay store... eBay UK Shop - Strawberrynet Store:. Their location? Hong Kong.

lol...HK...hahahaha!!!

 

[wheresmytea]

Well that's where they are based, didn't you guys know that?

 

[panda0410]

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Originally Posted by wheresmytea Well that's where they are based, didn't you guys know that?

Its the connotation of the location thats funny

 

[wolfsong]

We should have known lol!

 

[wheresmytea]

I used to think it was a good thing, my stuff would arrive in 3 or 4 days, now I'm not so sure

 

[Xqueeze_me]

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Originally Posted by wheresmytea I bought 4 pigments and one glitter from SN and I'm pretty sure they are fakes. I've posted on the Australian Vogue forums about it, post 490 and onwards.

Thanks, wheresmytea (and i_heart_makeup!) for the response.

I've also included Chartreuse and Deep Purple comparisons in the Vogue MAC thread.

Eek. I keep repeating myself in the thread: Page 53 Australian Vogue Forum - New all-in-one MAC thread.

 

[SpringDancer]

After realizing my MAC products from SN are probably fake I've contacted them, with explanations and photos of the products.
10 minutes later, the following (probably written beforehand) answer was recieved:

Dear Customer,
Thank you for your e-mail.
As you may be aware, we source our products from suppliers around the world. As such we are able to obtain items from several markets around the world.
Some companies who sell items in several different markets sometimes make small changes to their products in order to better suit that particular market. Therefore an item of a particular brand may vary slightly from country to country. For example a product sold in Japan may differ slightly in colour or formulation to the same item sold in the USA.
The changes are normally very small and will not greatly affect the performance of any particular product, so the product can still be used by those people more used to the item as it appears in their local market.
We hope this answers you queries and if there is anything further you require, please feel free to contact us again.

Your Sincerely,
Rosalinda
Customer Services
Perfume, Skincare, Makeup & Cosmetics from Strawberrynet


Your thoughts?

 

[rockin]

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Originally Posted by SpringDancer Your thoughts?

Standard fob-off email, by the looks of things.