Buy imitation cologne with guarunteed satisfaction?

[Metalloid]

An eBay seller claims to use the same exact ingredients as designer fragrances, and guaruntees full money back plus whatever shipping cost. 1150 positive feedback, 99.2% positive, and I read a few of them, and most of the negatives were from people not recieving their items before Christmas or people who didn't read the listing and thought they had been tricked. I also found a few people who were unsatisfied, and they did get all of their money back.

I was thinking of buying 3.4oz bottles of Clinique Happy for Men and Acqua di Gio for $12 a piece (cheapest I could find was at least $35 a piece for the real thing). I figure if I don't like them, I will get my money back and buy the real thing. Any opinions or experiences???

The eBay seller's name is fragranceconnection in case you want to check him out.

 

[Maximus96]

hm...he sells issey miyaki(sp) too. my GF likes that scent alot and i figured i was going to buy a bottle of that when my cool water runs out. thats a saving of around $40-50...i would like to hear somebody's opinion and experience too

 

[Pepsei]

It's close, but not close enough. If you use it all the time, you can tell. But of course, I only had experience with imitation CK1.

 

[Metalloid]

Originally posted by: Pepsei
It's close, but not close enough. If you use it all the time, you can tell. But of course, I only had experience with imitation CK1.

Did you buy from this guy or from someone else?

 

[Yzzim]

They might refund the money you paid for the cologne, but I bet you won't get any shipping expenses back. So for them to ship it out to you, and then they will probably require you to ship it back, that's probably $10 lost right there.

 

[Maximus96]

the guy is saying its not imitation, just a different bottle w/o the brand name. wonder how much i trust that tho.

 

[Maximus96]

Originally posted by: Yzzim
They might refund the money you paid for the cologne, but I bet you won't get any shipping expenses back. So for them to ship it out to you, and then they will probably require you to ship it back, that's probably $10 lost right there.

the listing shows they refund shipping, and you get to keep it too... very tempted to take the bite and risk $18...

 

[Pepsei]

Originally posted by: Metalloid

Originally posted by: Pepsei
It's close, but not close enough. If you use it all the time, you can tell. But of course, I only had experience with imitation CK1.

Did you buy from this guy or from someone else?

Someone else, but they're pretty much the same, they sell door to door and you can even sample them before you buy.

Personally, I don't use CK1, but If I do, I don't care if it's real or not. However, if I'm buying for someone special, I'll buy the real thing.

 

[Yzzim]

Originally posted by: zaku

Originally posted by: Yzzim
They might refund the money you paid for the cologne, but I bet you won't get any shipping expenses back. So for them to ship it out to you, and then they will probably require you to ship it back, that's probably $10 lost right there.

the listing shows they refund shipping, and you get to keep it too... very tempted to take the bite and risk $18...

wow, that's pretty rare.

Seems like you have nothing to lose then

 

[thirtythree]

Originally posted by: Yzzim

Originally posted by: zaku

Originally posted by: Yzzim
They might refund the money you paid for the cologne, but I bet you won't get any shipping expenses back. So for them to ship it out to you, and then they will probably require you to ship it back, that's probably $10 lost right there.

the listing shows they refund shipping, and you get to keep it too... very tempted to take the bite and risk $18...

wow, that's pretty rare.

Seems like you have nothing to lose then

except your soul.

 

[Xionide]

http://members.ebay.com/ws2/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewUserPage&userid=fragranceconnection

 

[Maximus96]

Originally posted by: thirtythree

Originally posted by: Yzzim

Originally posted by: zaku

Originally posted by: Yzzim
They might refund the money you paid for the cologne, but I bet you won't get any shipping expenses back. So for them to ship it out to you, and then they will probably require you to ship it back, that's probably $10 lost right there.

the listing shows they refund shipping, and you get to keep it too... very tempted to take the bite and risk $18...

wow, that's pretty rare.

Seems like you have nothing to lose then

except your soul.

riiiiiiiiiight

 

[Metalloid]

Originally posted by: Pepsei

Originally posted by: Metalloid

Originally posted by: Pepsei
It's close, but not close enough. If you use it all the time, you can tell. But of course, I only had experience with imitation CK1.

Did you buy from this guy or from someone else?

Someone else, but they're pretty much the same, they sell door to door and you can even sample them before you buy.

Personally, I don't use CK1, but If I do, I don't care if it's real or not. However, if I'm buying for someone special, I'll buy the real thing.

Well yeah, I just bought my gf a 2.5oz bottle of VS Very Sexy for Her 2, but this is for me, so I won't be upset if the bottle isn't the same, as long as it smells the same.

 

[Maximus96]

exactly, it'll look super cheap if it was a gift to somebody else. but for self use, who cares, as long as it smells the same.

 

[Pepsei]

Try it and report back.

 

[LuNoTiCK]

Yea, try it out and tell us how it is.

 

[Metalloid]

Alright I bought the two I was looking at. Will let everyone know how good it is when it comes in (I have a small tester bottle of happy so I can compare).

 

[deftron]

After 100 years, they still can't even make generic Coke that tastes like the real thing...

I doubt if these knock offs are exact chemical replicas.


Think about Sam's Choice Cola... if the biggest corporation in America can't make a decent
immitation of something... how can these smalltime pefume bootleggers.

 

[Maximus96]

keep me updated please

 

[BillGates]

I say skip it and pay the people who had the talent to come up with the originals.

 

[rutchtkim]

bah, id say give it a try, nothing to lose

 

[ThePresence]

I call BS. It probably wears off after 2 minutes, and it probably smells like ass.

 

[3point14]

I would get in on this if my friend just didn't give me a bottle of GIO

Cheers to him :beer:

 

[ThePresence]

Originally posted by: 3point14
I would get in on this if my friend just didn't give me a bottle of GIO

Cheers to him :beer:

Um, guy friends are not supposed to be giving cologne to their buddies. :Q

 

[Hammer]

seems like BS. i don't buy the "precise chemical analysis".