WIV  - it's the 1:1.  I ordered the damier azur with the light pink inside.  I'm already a little regretful b/c the pink doesn't appear to be the same ballet pink as the original.  Truth be told though, it'll be used as a glorified diaper bag anyway, so no big deal about those little details!

​I'm also not totally in love with the Kelly bag.  What tf was I thinking pretending to carry around a bag that I saw on Neiman Marcus for over $20k?  Although, it IS pretty spot on after studying the details!  My husband and I went out on a very rare date night last weekend, and I carried it, and it was such a pain opening and closing the clasps that it made me not like the purse.  I may try and sell on the re-sell pages. 

​ETA: Sorry, it's NOT called a "clasp" for all of you who work in high-end, luxury fashion.  The "front toggle closure" was a pain in the ass to open and close.  

Last edited by Goldclutch (3/07/2018 10:16 am)

I have kind of the same issue with the Chanel flap bag I got from Ali. It has a second flap inside, and it’s kind of a PITA. My LVs continue to be my favorites, even if I feel basic AF carrying them.

DB - any chance you could post pictures of your Ali LV's? I'm sure I'll buy more in the future. Artsy is probably next on the list.

WIV - what color Birkin did you get? Show us when it arrives, pls!

Also definitely buy some of the bag scarves. They are such good quality and I think they make the bags look more believable in a way- the accessories are less common knock offs than the actual bags. I’ve got a few of the LV bag charms/key chains too, all really nice.

Goldclutch wrote:

I love all of them, Durst!!! 😍😍😍😍😍 thanks so much for posting!!! What is the little clutch called?

Its called the Favorite! Its cut out of the photo but it has a long leather strap so you can wear it as a crossbody. I think it was $150.

Crazy!  I didn't even see that about the shipping costs either, but it makes sense.  I'll wait on the slow boat from China, thank you very much.

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I’m wondering if she’s gets freebies? Must bring them ridiculous money! Or now she can afford the real ones lol

piopio12 wrote:

Why is she selling just straps?!

​lmao!!! I thought the same thing and spent way too much time looking at that picture.  I think she's just showing that the stitching is f-cked up, but is selling the whole bag. 

​FKF - I know, right?!!  How much do those women make?
 

I’ll try to dig up some posts/go into more detail later, but there was some major dramz with Fran and her old co-admin who has now started her own group. In a nutshelll though, the way it works is Fran has an affiliate account with Ali, so she gets a commission from everything purchased through links posted in her group. This is why they are so psycho about people not posting their own links (if you want to share a link with the group, you have to DM it to an admin so they can add their affiliate code to it) and are so “helpful” telling everyone how to fix the app/cart glitches- if you don’t follow the link the right way they won’t get there commission. I know if you add something to your wish list instead of buying it right away they don’t get anything.

As far as the bags Fran is selling personally, those are usually samples she’s ordered to test a new vendor’s quality and/or some gently used bags because she must have a bazillion. You can’t really “return” anything on Ali, and if you did it wouldn’t go to Fran.

She’s making so much money off of this she opened an LLC here in FL (she lives in Tampa). I believe the post with all the drama said in the neighborhood of $80k. Apparently she screwed her ex partner out of some cash. Who knows, there are 2 sides to every story, I just mind my own beeswax and buy bags. ✌️

Also, I always see a lot of the same people posting detailed reviews. Are they, in a sense, auditioning to be admins? Do they track how many people buy on a particular member's review and then ask them to be an admin?

I refuse to ever post a review unless I get paid. 🤑

I’m having trouble finding the FB posts but this popped up around the same time and there was speculation it was created by a disgruntled partner.



https://www.ripoffreport.com/reports/fran-calista/internet/fran-calista-fran-calista-is-a-criminal-running-organized-cyber-crimes-that-includes-wire-1393151

So much scandy in knockoff world!!!

I have so many packages coming and its been like 2 months for some off them!!
Im out of town so im going to make my g/f open them while we FaceTime lol

WhereIsVictoria wrote:

Omg this drama is amazing! I've definitely seen posts where people had gotten defective stuff and the admins took care of it, whatever that means? Regardless, I have 15 packages I'm waiting on right now. Most of it is regular stuff, only a couple of hidden links, and most of it just from browsing the app!

 
Yeah, if you have a problem with a hidden link the admins have relationships with them so they work with the seller to get you a refund/replacement item. I’ve only had issues a couple of times and it’s always gone very smoothly.