A Letter to Smart Handbags Customers

December 29, 2015

Dear Valued Smart Handbags Customers,

First of all, thank you for all your support, without which I wouldn’t have made to a top-rated AliExpress seller with 100% positive feedback for the past 2 years in business. Therefore, again, I would like to extend my sincere gratitude.

Secondly, I believe some of you have already noticed that my store is no longer available on AliExpress, and that I have not been responding to your message. Even though I’ve been very meticulous about AliExpress rules, I can’t prevent my customers from uploading pictures of the products received in the review section when they are trying to express their happiness and excitement about their purchases. These pictures, however, lead to my store shutdown. Not only was my AliPay account frozen, I have also lost most of your contact information. Now I have put up a new store (please email me for my new store address) but I will ONLY accept AliExpress orders from existing clients. Any new customer who wants to order from me, please order through email or Facebook messages and make payment through Western Union or Bank Transfer. 

I will also need your assistance and cooperation in the following aspects:

1.       Please ALWAYS contact me by email (deluxepurses@gmail.com) or Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/stupidsmartsmith) for prices and procedures before you order.

2.       Please do NOT include any banning word like brand names or “replica” in your order comment or message. Instead, please email or message me on Facebook about your order details after the order is submitted;

3.       Please NEVER upload any pictures of the actual products received if you want to submit a review on AliExpress, I would appreciate if you could simply give a rating and leave some general remarks about your shopping experiences. Do NOT include ANY banning words in the review section.

Lastly, wishing you a happy and prosperous new year!

Yours Sincerely

Smart Smith

Why Can't We Find A Nice Monogram Empreinte Replica?

Here we have a very complicated situation about the Monogram Empreinte line. We all know that this line was not well replicated at first. The leather is shiny. The LV print is deep. Those are the 2 major flaws. Most factories make this quality grade for this line, which includes the Speedy, the Artsy and the Lumineuse. They call it 1:1. This line was at first selling well, because it was (still is) one of LV's high-end designs, and hence very popular. However, problems arise. With customer reviews spreading throughout the Internet, more people find out the flaws, and more purchases turn out disappointing. Sales have therefore shrank. Most rep factories are stuck with a large quantity of stock (that's why you see a decline of prices for this line). 

In the meanwhile, there is still a huge demand in the market for this line. A few factories decided to make a better version, the original leather, with matte leather and shallow print, just like the authentic, they started with the most popular style - the Speedy. Now there is a new situation. There are people who want the correct version, whereas there are more people who don't know how the authentic looks, they still want the older version, just to be consistent in quality, as most of these people are resellers. A couple of factories are still making the changes by meeting them half way, that is to make the original leather shinier and the print deeper (not as shiny and deep as the 1:1 though). But it doesn't seem to work.

Now all factories are caught in a dilemma, as of now neither grades are selling, and they decide not to produce any new batches once the current stock is cleared. This is the reason why you can not locate any good replica of the Monogram Empreinte line.

It's hard to explain, but I was certainly thrilled to know that some factories are making this line in original leather but very disappointed to be told that the correct version is not selling, and they are not making them any more.