Why are there so many Ukranian vendors selling luxury clothing on Ebay, Grailed and Vestiaire? Is it a scam?
>>18679663Depends. Most Slavic women are materialistic and most can’t afford luxury items, so they either manipulate their man into buying legit and the man can buy either, real or fake with or without knowledge, or women buy the items themselves, either real or fake, with or without knowledge. The fakes usually are of good quality. Another note, in Europe you can get tax exemption on business account, even buying luxury items, therefore they can resell items on second hand market with full price and write off the item after some time has passed. Happens regularly with Apple products. It’s a way to appropriate business funds. Yes, it’s illegal. No, I haven’t personally done it. Regardless I’d be sceptical and wouldn’t spend large sums without legitimate receipts.
>>18679663husband died or something have to sell
>>18679663Of course it's a scam, it's always a fucken scam if it's from ukraine. Even if it's not a scam, somewhere down the line, it ends up being a scam
>>18679663I believe a lot of brands pulled out of the region because of the conflict, including Russia. Most of that stock probably went missing and made it's way to civilian hands after being sold at a huge discount.
>>18679933Looking forward to seeing you cubed, pidorashka.
>>18679991This and also people displaced because they had to move to another city further west and either don't have a steady job or need supplemental income to make ends meet so start an eBay shop.Also must be some cultural word of mouth thing, like asking why did so many Vietnamese make donut shops in the US etc. If someone with a really successful operation going talked about it a lot on social media that easily could do it.
>>18679663Nobody in this thread has a fucking clue. Every single reply is just straight up wrong. It isn't fakes, nor materialism, nor the war.For some reason, Ukraine (particularly Kiev) is Europe's main hub for wholesale secondhand clothing. They have warehouses with crates full of piles of the stuff; these resellers go in, spend all day sifting through it, and list the best finds. Understand that Europe does not have some continent-spanning thrift chain like Goodwill. They have local donation boxes that are government-operated, maybe some countries have Humana, and otherwise it's all small local thrift stores or curated boutiqes. The stuff in Ukraine is generally clothing that's been donated in other countries and makes it way over there to be sorted and resold.
