Fake Handmade Cashmere from Inari Boutique

A bbb report about a fake_shopping scam that cost someone $50.0. Learn how to avoid falling victim.

My mother, who is Finnish, saw these sweaters and read an article about women in Finland who had been making sweaters by hand for many years. My mother asked me to order one for her. This website claims to be selling handmade cashmere sweaters by women in Finland. However, the sweaters are neither handmade nor are they cashmere. I ordered three sweaters, all of which the website claimed were cashmere. The pictures were of beautiful handknit sweaters. The items received were clearly not handmade and actually had tags inside the garments that said 'Made in China' (not Finland!), and one of them had a tag that said polyester blend. None of them were actually cashmere as advertised, and none of them were made in Finland. One was a kind of thin sweatshirt-looking fabric, and the other two were thin cheap sweaters, clearly not cashmere and not like the beautiful sweaters shown on the website. The one I ordered was the Cashmere Sweater. This is the description given on the website: 'This is no ordinary sweater. This is 40 years of craftsmanship in your hands.' It was a cheap machine-made-in-China sweater, definitely not worth the $50 it was selling for. I reached out to customer service for a refund, but was told they could, 'as a gesture of good will,' refund 10% off the entire order. That was never done either. Beware, Inari Boutique is a scam, do not buy from them! From the website: 'Every stitch is made by hand by the women of Inari — the same hands that have been perfecting this art for nearly five decades. 100% Premium Cashmere. Handmade in Inari, Finland. Timeless geometric design. Soft, lightweight warmth.' However, it is not a cashmere sweater. It is a 100% polyester top, made in China. Clearly it is not handmade. I attached a picture of the one I received as well as the one on the website. Very different. See the sweatshirt-style cuffs on the one I received.

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