Is the Vintage Trends site still working?

[Seb Lucas]

I've bought from them before. I bought a Schott leather jacket from them a couple of weeks ago and although the order went through I got no confirmation of the postage or purchase. I have emailed them 4 times without response. I have not been able to set up an account, despite lodging my details twice. Just hoping the site hasn't gone under, taking my money. I'm wondering how long I should wait before lodging something with PayPal.

 

[ProteinNerd]

No idea re the site sorry but lodge early imo. You can always retract it if they get in touch with you. Leave it too long and you risk missing out.

 

[Seb Lucas]

I found another email address for them and have sent a further email to check what's happening. Hopefully all ok.

 

[l0fielectronic]

Agree with the above. Looks a bit of a sketchy site that too, if we are talking about vintagetrends.com - half finsihed website, no contact details or address listed. Not a site I think I'd buy from, though I guess if you've used them before they must be legitimate at some level. Certanly looks a small/limited concern either way so could be something simple.

You didn't say how long ago you bought the jacket but if its a week or more with no contact or response then I'd try to get your money back but drop them an email as well explaining things and why you have started a claim.

 

[Seb Lucas]

I hear you. It's been 15 days but I am half a world away in Australia, so who knows?

 

[ProteinNerd]

Not looking good Seb. Their last Facebook post was May 2016 and there a quite a few reviews saying they got scammed by them.

https://m.facebook.com/VintageTrendscom-374275255988/

I'd open the dispute asap.

 

[Seb Lucas]

Thanks Prote. I've raised it via PayPal, we'll see. I got a great jacket from them a couple of years ago.

 

[Peacoat]

I have dealt with them before. In the web site I'm familiar with, there is contact info. I have used the email contact with prompt reply.

Doesn't look good at this point, Seb.

 

[l0fielectronic]

I have dealt with them before. In the web site I'm familiar with, there is contact info. I have used the email contact with prompt reply.

Doesn't look good at this point, Seb.

There is an email link on the site, but what I meant was there is no physical contact infomation, no company details/name listed, no address, phone number, none of that.

The shipping page isn't eactly confidence inspiring...

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Maybe the site was thrown together in a rush to list everything. Who knows. Hope things work out.

 

[Peacoat]

I went to the Vintage Trends site, and it appears to be different from the one I used to deal with. On this site they have no peacoats listed, saying, "There are no products posted to this category yet." I thought that odd, so I sent them a message asking what is going on. I got a notice from the site saying the message could not be sent and to contact the site administrator. Most odd.

 

[Seb Lucas]

I was naive to assume that because it worked for me a few years back all was still well. Should have checked it out more thoroughly. Oh well, if it does go wrong I've only lost a modest amount of money and can chalk it up to one of life's lessons. This will be the first time in a decade of buying over the internet that it hasn't worked out.

 

[El Marro]

How disappointing! I bought a peacoat from these guys back in late 2015 after I read about them here. All went very smoothly with that transaction and I used to check back from time to time to see if they had anything new that struck my fancy. I'm sorry to hear about your bad experience Seb and I hope that PayPal will come through with a refund.

 

[Seb Lucas]

UPDATE - hi all, after no contact at all by Vintage Trends - the product never arrived and absolutely no communication was provided - I got a full PayPal refund.

If I hadn't successfully bought from them a few years ago, I would have been more cautious.

The lesson in bloody obviousness for the week is: you can't take anything for granted on the Internet.

 

[ton312]

UPDATE - hi all, after no contact at all by Vintage Trends - the product never arrived and absolutely no communication was provided - I got a full PayPal refund.

If I hadn't successfully bought from them a few years ago, I would have been more cautious.

The lesson in bloody obviousness for the week is: you can't take anything for granted on the Internet.

And they've been around forever. Glad you got it settled.

 

[Peacoat]

Glad PayPal worked out for you. I think the site you worked with is different from the previous site. Graphics aren't the same and other things are different as well.

 

[Big J]

@Seb,
I'm glad you got your money back!
But, that's a real shame about Vintage Trends. It used to be a great store/website, and even though their prices were always at the upper end, they weren't overpriced. I've bought a G-1 and an M-65 from them, great value for my size.
But after I saw this thread, I checked out their site. What a mess. Everything's disorganized and overpriced. In fact, when I looked last week, every single item was just priced $1000!
Used 3rd pattern US ripstop shirts?
$1000!
Motorcycle jacket?
$1000!

I guess the whole business was sold to some hipster who really thinks he knows 'the true value' of vintage?

Try Rockit Vintage in the U.K. They have a good website. I got an N-3b parka from them a couple of years ago.

http://www.rokit.co.uk/

 

[Seb Lucas]

Thanks J - yes if I had stopped ogling the jacket for a minute and looked more carefully at the site I might have realised.

Thanks for the website tip.

 

[CRAZYBUBBA]

Would anyone mind telling me why their m-65s are $1000? [emoji23]

I'd happy sell a few of mine for $200 each.

 

[Seb Lucas]

No idea - but the leather jacket I "bought" was only $175 US for a very good condition 1970's Schott. Looks like they have changed the prices since I was caught out there a few weeks back. They had about 6 jackets costing $1000, the rest were all decently priced. Or so I thought....

 

[Monitor]

Lol! What's wrong with those people!?