True Religion Jeans at Target?

[sygyzy]

Originally Posted by Lysol

you understand we're talking about fake jeans and not balco right? i thought the using the phrase "a very reliable source" instead of just saying "i called true religion" was a bit dramatic in this instance.

You clearly don't understand much the rules of retail. Here's a very common scenario:

Someone posts on a message board that a "reliable source" has told them there will be shipments of a new game system to Walmarts a week early and you can go in and buy them if you ask the game department manager. They have them stored in the back.

You, thinking, "it's just a game system," guilt them into divulging their source. Their source happens to be their sister-in-law who works for the corporate office. You call the corporate office to "verify" before making the 20 mi trip to your local Walmart.

Sister gets fired. All pre-sales get pulled.

Go read Fatwallet.com or any shopping or deals sites. It's people like you, people who can't understand the concept of ambiguity, that potentially ruin it for everyone else.

It's not as cut and dry as you may believe.

 

[Lysol]

 

[j]

Originally Posted by sygyzy

You clearly don't understand much the rules of retail. Here's a very common scenario:

Someone posts on a message board that a "reliable source" has told them there will be shipments of a new game system to Walmarts a week early and you can go in and buy them if you ask the game department manager. They have them stored in the back.

You, thinking, "it's just a game system," guilt them into divulging their source. Their source happens to be their sister-in-law who works for the corporate office. You call the corporate office to "verify" before making the 20 mi trip to your local Walmart.

Sister gets fired. All pre-sales get pulled.

Go read Fatwallet.com or any shopping or deals sites. It's people like you, people who can't understand the concept of ambiguity, that potentially ruin it for everyone else.

It's not as cut and dry as you may believe.
I missed the part where Lysol held a gun to his head.

 

[mrpologuy]

I didn't think this thread would take off like this. I am posting pics tomorrow afternnon.

 

[WatchGuy]

It's funny to think that people make (and buy) fake TR jeans.

 

[j]

Originally Posted by WatchGuy

It's funny to think that people make (and buy) fake TR jeans.
It's funnier that people pay full retail for the real ones.

 

[denimdestroyedmylife]

Originally Posted by Lysol

when i was like 16 or 17 and in high school, this amazingly beautiful, super popular girl i was friendly with from a class we had together but who, due to societal standards, would never be caught dead mingling with the likes of my skateboard riding, punk rocker self, got drunk at a party i was at. after an undecipherable conversation and using my unparalleled charm and wit we found our way to making out behind a porch umbrella. i was proud of myself, told some close friends, they told their friends and eventually an entire town new. what else could this girl do but claim that i was lying? her entire existence was based on her station in the high school food chain. so i was branded a liar and she saved a little face and probably walked away better from the situation after it was reaffirmed that she would never do something so lowly. a few years later some friends of mine ran into her at a bar in our old hometown and got her to admit that she and i had carnal relations. the damage was still done though. same situation.

 

[mrpologuy]

Here is the response I got from True Religion:


Dear True Religion Brand Jeans Online Customer:

We are aggressively investigating the appearance of True Religion Brand Jeans
selling at Target stores, an unauthorized channel not sold by True Religion
Apparel, Inc. We suspect that some counterfeit goods are circulating here in
the United States and the Company is actively working with Federal and State
agencies to identify the source and to prohibit these goods from entering the
country.

Kind Regards,

Customer Service
True Religion Online

 

[TrojanGarb]

Hah, if thats not the most ambiguous response.

"We don't sell to target" "There are fake jeans being made and sold" "we dont like counterfeiters"

Completely unrelated statements, yet somehow they manage to lead the reader to tie them together. So they are actually saying NOTHING, but some will inevitably think target sells counterfeit jeans.

Yep, lawyer sp34k damage control. Notice how they neither deny Target has the jeans nor claim they are counterfeit.

 

[watchman]

Originally Posted by joey_formal

From TR, customers came to the store where I work asking about it so we called and got that as our answer.

as for where TR belongs, I completely agree, granted it sells well for us because people just love that name brand

joey where do you work?

 

[mrpologuy]

I hope detailed pics will clear this up.

 

[topcatny]

Originally Posted by TrojanGarb

Hah, if thats not the most ambiguous response.

"We don't sell to target" "There are fake jeans being made and sold" "we dont like counterfeiters"

Completely unrelated statements, yet somehow they manage to lead the reader to tie them together. So they are actually saying NOTHING, but some will inevitably think target sells counterfeit jeans.

Yep, lawyer sp34k damage control. Notice how they neither deny Target has the jeans nor claim they are counterfeit.

I've given a few responses like that in my career. I always said things like "I know I didn't sell it to them". I left out the part where I know who sold it to them and yes I did sell to them. If I wasn't asked the direct question than I didn't offer the information.

They were careful not to lie but clearly avoided answering the question.

 

[joey_formal]

Originally Posted by watchman

joey where do you work?
denim bar

 

[joey_formal]

Originally Posted by mrpologuy

Here is the response I got from True Religion: Dear True Religion Brand Jeans Online Customer: We are aggressively investigating the appearance of True Religion Brand Jeans selling at Target stores, an unauthorized channel not sold by True Religion Apparel, Inc. We suspect that some counterfeit goods are circulating here in the United States and the Company is actively working with Federal and State agencies to identify the source and to prohibit these goods from entering the country. Kind Regards, Customer Service True Religion Online
well looks like i was correct

 

[ratboycom]

I wonder if any of the Targets around my area have them in the clearance. I would seriously buy like 4-5 pair just to flip in Japan (or yahoo auctions Japan) where they sell for over $400 at say OIOI or other department stores.