Beware of "Swarovski" deals!

[dezili]

"Tigerbin" and "Goodbuyfirst" fairly frequently offer various jewelery pieces with "Swarovski" name in the title.

However, they both engage in what could arguably be called misleading advertizing, especially if one only looks at the email that RFD sends to "Deal of the Day" subscribers.

Take for example a recent DOFTD:

"Only $18 for Swarovski Crystal Sterling Silver Earrings....". This is misleading. The earrings are not of "Swarovski" brand, even though the crystals themselves may be. Further down in DOFTF text, one sees the following statement:

"Get a pair of unisex Swarovski Elements crystal stud earrings..." Again, misleading, because of capitalization. This would imply a product made by "Swarovski", from their "Elements" line or series.

Correct description of the item would be: Crystal stud earrings, made with Swarovski elements No caps on "elements".

In this second example, it's a case of failure to disclose pertinent information. Email title says:

"Only $24 for Swarovski Teardrop Earrings ($65 Value)...."

But only if you open the deal page from RFD website you see that the image contains the wording "Made with Swarovski elements".

As many people know "Swarovski" is a very strong brand in its field, and for sellers to arbitrarily decide to "brand" their products this way is far from a fair practice.


Emailed alert

[kilobomb]

bumping topic - as i've seen many of these more often sold for $10-$30 and promoted as regular price at +$200, which may be the case if it was a genuine item.

some more info from Swarovski site: http://www.swarovski.com/Web_CA/en/customer_service?contentid=10007.42692



Crystallized ™ - Swarovski Elements

Swarovski is one of the world’s largest crystal suppliers to jewelry manufacturers as well as to the clothing and lighting industries. Third party manufacturers mark these products by attaching the ingredient branding label “MADE WITH SWAROVSKI ELEMENTS”, or by describing them as "made with Swarovski crystals", or as “Crystallized™”. However, these manufacturers may not refer to their products as Swarovski products. Furthermore, these products are not sold by Swarovski and do not necessarily meet its quality standards or qualify for its warranty conditions.

Visit SWAROVSKI ELEMENTS
http://www.swarovski-elements.com/.

[winterfreshgrin]

just also a quick note, Swarovski ELEMENTS uses the Swarovski crystals however the jewelery and manufacturing is all done in China, not Austria.

[starry101]

Every deal site runs these deals now, I see them every day on TeamBuy etc. You can buy "Swarovski" crystals at craft stores, the are nothing special. Its sad the way they advertise these things and people fall for it thinking they are buying a Swarovski brand item.