{"id":72385,"date":"2017-11-21T14:00:51","date_gmt":"2017-11-21T07:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/buying-cut-price-designer-shoes-from-hmomastery-has-proved-a-costly-mistake\/"},"modified":"2017-11-21T15:05:16","modified_gmt":"2017-11-21T08:05:16","slug":"buying-cut-price-designer-shoes-from-hmomastery-has-proved-a-costly-mistake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/buying-cut-price-designer-shoes-from-hmomastery-has-proved-a-costly-mistake\/","title":{"rendered":"Buying cut-price designer shoes from hmomastery has proved a costly mistake"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nI sent off for two pairs of shoes and only discovered when they didn\u2019t arrive that the company was in BeijingI ordered two pairs of Opening Ceremony Cici Classic shoes from hmomastery.co.uk, which sells \u201cdesigner\u201d shoes and clothing at drastically reduced prices. They usually cost around \u00a3200 a pair. I paid \u00a3122.38 on 29 September by Lloyds debit card. On 3 October the money was taken from my account by retailer DESIGNER ONLINESHOP in Beijing. Eventually, a pair of shoes \u2013 the wrong ones, Adidas Yeezy Boost 350 trainers \u2013 arrived from China with no delivery note. I\u2019ve been advised they are from Kanye West\u2019s expensive label, but are in fact counterfeits. I complained by email asking if I needed to return them to China at my own expense, and received a reply saying I should keep them. Further emails requesting the supply of my original order have led to an offer of a measly 15% refund and them telling me that the trainers in my possession are \u201cvaluable\u201d. Should I simply put this down to experience and warn others? PJ, Twickenham Continue reading&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : theguardian.com&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/money\/2017\/nov\/21\/designer-shoes-hmomastery-costly-mistake\" target=\"_blank\">Buying cut-price designer shoes from hmomastery has proved a costly mistake<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; I sent off for two pairs of shoes and only discovered when they didn\u2019t arrive&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72385","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-iPv","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":69256,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/designer-who-invented-foldable-shoes-during-the-financial-crisis-now-turns-over-1m\/","url_meta":{"origin":72385,"position":0},"title":"Designer who invented &#039;foldable&#039; shoes during the financial crisis now turns over \u00a31m","date":"October 17, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"\r \r \r Source : telegraph.co.uk\r Read more...Designer who invented 'foldable' shoes during the financial crisis now turns over \u00a31m","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":5548,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/how-do-i-become-a-fabric-designer\/","url_meta":{"origin":72385,"position":1},"title":"How do I become &#8230; a fabric designer?","date":"February 23, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Vanessa Lawes began her career working in print studios and now designs for well-known brands such as Marks & SpencerIf you shop on the UK high street, there is a strong chance your wardrobe contains some of Vanessa Lawes\u2019s work. 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