Guides
Practical, source-cited guides on verifying authenticity and traceability. Every claim is checkable, every figure carries its source.
- Guides
- 7
- Sources cited
- 24
- Law cited
- national
Remedies and procedures
What to do once the purchase has already happened.
Watches
Papers, serial numbers, and what manufacturers actually certify.
- A watch with no papers: what it actually changesA watch without its box or card is not suspicious in itself. What matters is knowing where it came from, and that is a question you can ask.8 min read
- Verifying a luxury watch: what actually worksNo brand offers a public serial number lookup. Here is what can genuinely be checked, and what cannot.8 min read
Fashion and leather goods
Checking before you buy, and recognising what cannot be checked.
- Counterfeit fashion: how to actually verify what you boughtVisual checks no longer separate genuine clothing and accessories from good fakes. Documentary traceability does.7 min read
- Sneakers: why checking the SKU is not the answerNeither Nike nor Adidas offers a public verification tool. And 70% of seized footwear arrives by post, one pair at a time.7 min read
- Luxury handbags: date codes are not what you were toldNo maison publishes its coding system. Every date code chart online is reconstructed by resellers, not official.7 min read
Guides in other languages
Each guide cites the law of its own country and is not a translation.
Français
- J'ai acheté une contrefaçon : les recours qui existent vraiment
- Se faire rembourser une contrefaçon : la voie la plus solide
- Colis retenu par la douane : ce que votre réponse déclenche
- Acheter une contrefaçon : ce que l'acheteur risque vraiment
- Montre sans papiers : ce que cela change vraiment
- Le vendeur refuse de fournir sa facture d'achat
- Vérifier qu'une montre n'est pas volée
- Contrefaçon dans la mode : comment vérifier réellement son achat
- Vérifier une montre de luxe : ce qui marche vraiment
- Sneakers : pourquoi vérifier le SKU ne suffit pas
- Sacs de luxe : les date codes ne sont pas ce qu'on vous a dit
- Acheter sur les marketplaces : ce qui vous protège, et ce qui ne vous protège pas
Italiano
- Ho comprato un falso: quali tutele esistono davvero
- Farsi rimborsare un prodotto contraffatto
- Pacco fermo in dogana: cosa comporta la sua risposta
- Comprare un falso: la sanzione è di 300 euro, non di 100
- Orologio senza documenti: che cosa cambia davvero
- Contraffazione nella moda: come verificare davvero un acquisto
- Verificare un orologio di lusso in Italia
- Acquistare sui marketplace: cosa la tutela e cosa no
Español
Deutsch
- Fälschung gekauft: welche Rechte wirklich bestehen
- Geld zurück nach dem Kauf einer Fälschung
- Paket vom Zoll angehalten: was Ihre Antwort auslöst
- Uhr ohne Papiere: was sich wirklich ändert
- Gefälschte Mode: wie Sie einen Kauf wirklich überprüfen
- Eine Luxusuhr in Deutschland prüfen
- Kauf auf Marktplätzen: was Sie schützt und was nicht