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Perfume sales on eBay

Posted by Robin on 30 June 2008 12 Comments

A French court on Monday ordered online auctioneer eBay to pay nearly 40 million euros in damages to Louis Vuitton for selling fake luxury goods, in a ruling cheered as a victory for copyright protection.

The Paris commercial court ruled in favour of six LVMH brands and also barred eBay from selling four perfumes -- Christian Dior, Kenzo, Givenchy and Guerlain -- on its websites.

— From eBay fined for selling fake Louis Vuitton goods online. As most of you know, perfume decants disappeared from eBay a little over a year ago; it will be interesting to see what happens next.

Filed Under: perfume in the news
Tagged With: ebay, lawsuit, lvmh

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  1. Anonymous says:
    30 June 2008 at 2:16 pm

    Wow. Does this mean any fragrances from these houses, in unopened packages, etc.? This is terrible! What about current listings that haven't ended yet?
    Mon DIeu!

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  2. Anonymous says:
    30 June 2008 at 2:23 pm

    I assume it means everything — but in France, not in the US — yet.

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  3. Anonymous says:
    30 June 2008 at 4:31 pm

    Thank goodness it's just France for now. I just scored my first really “good” find (Chamade extrait) for cheap and I wasn't looking to stop anytime soon. But you know what will probably happen in the long run….

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  4. Anonymous says:
    30 June 2008 at 8:27 pm

    Congrats on your bottle, that's a great score — cheap or no. Hope we'll get a few more years, but won't be surprised if they're off eBay eventually.

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  5. Anonymous says:
    30 June 2008 at 10:21 pm

    Not totally true, for there are still decants being blatantly sold on Ebay – see for yourself by searching for “Serge Lutens” or “Montale”.

    As long as a greedy company is able to make “a buck”, they will.

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  6. Anonymous says:
    1 July 2008 at 9:15 am

    A sad time indeed! 🙁 Some of my best (and most cost efficient) finds have been from eBay!

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  7. Anonymous says:
    1 July 2008 at 12:01 pm

    True enough, just meant that they are “officially” banned.

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  8. Anonymous says:
    1 July 2008 at 12:02 pm

    I miss the decants very much…saved me lots of $$$.

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  9. Anonymous says:
    2 July 2008 at 11:50 am

    I think I would go into mourning if many brands were barred from eBay here. Luckily, I don't think our courts are nearly as strict as European courts.

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  10. Anonymous says:
    2 July 2008 at 8:02 pm

    Keeping my fingers crossed…

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  11. Anonymous says:
    11 July 2008 at 3:00 pm

    It's the yet part that scares me.

    I understand the reason, but I have purchsed so many adored and difficult to find fragrances via. EBay.

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  12. Anonymous says:
    11 July 2008 at 9:31 pm

    I don't know enough to say. Today's article said that “grey market” fragrances are not illegal in the US, only in France. Hopefully that saves us.

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