Fake Allen Edmonds

[MyOtherLife]

Originally Posted by Johnx

I have just bought these AE shoes:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...#ht_599wt_1141

And now I wonder, is they fake?

http://www.allenedmonds.com/aeonline...ategory=127607

Real.

 

[Larson McCord]

This issue was settled 2 yrs ago, as stated who the hell would fake Allen Edmonds?

 

[rathebaindc]

1. why do you people buy things if you think they might be fake
2. do you really think people are making fake goodyear welted shoes and selling them at a profit for $123 on ebay?

 

[hedgehog]

Since no-one expects a pair of Allen Edmonds to be fake - perhaps that's an even bigger reason to be suspicious. There is perhaps an immense market for unexpected fakes.

 

[Johnx]

Originally Posted by TheBurnOut

What makes you think they are fake?

Since the shoes in the allenedmonds have a "logo" inside the shoe. I do not find that on my pair. Maybe it its a older model... Im not sure.

 

[TRA8324]

People sell fake polo and lacoste on ebay all the time...who's to say they wouldn't sell fake shoes.

 

[officeboy]

Originally Posted by rathebaindc

1. why do you people buy things if you think they might be fake
2. do you really think people are making fake goodyear welted shoes and selling them at a profit for $123 on ebay?
Plenty of shoes have fake stitching

Originally Posted by hedgehog

Since no-one expects a pair of Allen Edmonds to be fake - perhaps that's an even bigger reason to be suspicious. There is perhaps an immense market for unexpected fakes.

It's a respected brand, but fairly common so few would suspect "great deals". And knockoffs could be made for probably... $30-40? Seems like it would be harder to fake an EG or Lobb since one would probably be more likely to know what they were getting. (Do stores check $10s as much as $100s?)

 

[Joenobody0]

Originally Posted by Johnx

Since the shoes in the allenedmonds have a "logo" inside the shoe. I do not find that on my pair. Maybe it its a older model... Im not sure.

Are you the dude who started this exact same thread over at AAAC? If so, can you tell me what about the answers over there did you find lacking?

 

[Johnx]

Originally Posted by Joenobody0

Are you the dude who started this exact same thread over at AAAC? If so, can you tell me what about the answers over there did you find lacking?

No, Im not that dude.

 

[potemkin_city_limits]

I love how many people assume that every brand must have fakes. I would think that if a company was able to make a semi decent fake of an Allen Edmonds shoe they would probably just start their own company.

 

[Larson McCord]

Originally Posted by TRA8324

People sell fake polo and lacoste on ebay all the time...who's to say they wouldn't sell fake shoes.

faking a golf shirt is pretty easy, faking a shoe is kinda hard; plus I imagine the materials and getting the look close would make the cost too high to make real money on fake AE's.

 

[Don Carlos]

Originally Posted by officeboy

Plenty of shoes have fake stitching It's a respected brand, but fairly common so few would suspect "great deals". And knockoffs could be made for probably... $30-40? Seems like it would be harder to fake an EG or Lobb since one would probably be more likely to know what they were getting. (Do stores check $10s as much as $100s?)
There's no market for knock-offs of common brands. Why spend $40 making a fake AE shoe you can sell for $120, when you can spend $40 making a fake women's Louis Vuitton shoe (or whatever) and sell it for $400? Genrally speaking, you make knock-offs of brands whose customers care primarily about the label.