I had no idea there were secret sellers. I find this so interesting, and I am apparently very naive, lol.

I think the entire thing is shady and distasteful.

Exactly. Distasteful is a great way to put it.

It isn't that the sellers don't want buyers (though most of them password protect their sites) it's that the buyers don't want their information all over the web so that the quality goes down or yes, they get shut down.

Some are not all that secret, I found Shaly with basic googling, others will not even sell to new customers who aren't connected through a current customer.

Buyers can't stop sellers from trying to get their name out...if they wanted it all over the web they could get it all over the we, no?

I actually just got my IP address banned by a seller because I shared her information with one other person.

Which is my point. They will get busted if their info was out. It has little to do with buyers not wanted the sellers quality to go down.

I ordered from China, two different places. The bags were flea market quality which was more than I expected. They also were much larger than they appear online. The one bag I thought would be about a large barrel size I actually use for an over night bag now. However; they are so unbelievably inexpensive I think it weighs out.
Anyway, they don't care that I share so here are the websites:


I was just about to post the two websites and when I go to one there is a complaint filed from Chanel posted....check it out.
http://servingnotice.com/sdv/


Here is the other one, and it's still up:

http://lotrade.com/Bags.asp?bigclassid=46&smallclassid=262

I doubt this particular website will be busted considering their info is wide out in the open earlier in this thread, so if they're busted, it wasn't because of me telling one other person.

What part of ILLEGAL is so hard to understand?

Seriously, I'd rather save up for the real thing than get involved in secret passwords for sites selling ILLEGAL goods and worrying about my reputation in an ILLEGAL underground community, trying to track down 'reputable' sellers once their websites are busted...it seems ridiculous. Is it really THAT important that you get a FAKE bag?

I have a hard time believing that a $40 fake can fool anyone who knows anything about such things anyway. Could it fool me, maybe. But I wouldn't be impressed one way or the other. I'm not sure what the big deal is and if it is a big deal to you then buy the real thing!