This is one of those times when I admit to you that I was scammed and taken advantage of. I don't pride myself on being too observant or clever, but I hate it when I'm taken over and lied to when I should have seen it coming. I should have seen it for what it was; instead, I saw it for what it could have been - my mistake.
It was just after Christmas, and as you know, you can buy clothes on sale during the season because they're on sale. Most clothes are sold at higher prices the season beforehand - you can get a bikini in February for a regular price, but in July, you can get it for half price; you get my point. Well, I wasn't buying bikinis, but the sweatshirts on sale seemed reasonable, and since I had purchased them from the Love in Faith site before, I trusted them. The problem, as it turned out, the problem was that it wasn't the Love in Faith people I was buying from! I got swindled yet again!
In 2024, I was taken by three separate companies who used a credible site as a means to piggyback and sell items that are typically sold by those credible sites for so much less; and all the while, I believed I was getting the merchandise from a credible site. It was then explained to me by my banker, that fraudulent companies (usually Chinese) will use Wayfair, Temu, even Patreon, and other sites to piggyback on - and when you buy, you actually send your money to a third-party vendor that the credible company allows to sell their wares on -- BE CAREFUL when you hit the PAY BUTTON to see where it is going!
I bought three sweatshirts and two tee shirts from Love in Faith this past January. Then, after a few days, I checked my bank, and there was a withdrawal for the same $38.02 from a company called Wovenfit. I hadn't knowingly purchased from them, so I waited to see what would happen -- I should have just shut it down, but I am one who typically gives someone a chance to be a fool. I think I need to change that practice.
By February 5, I hadn't received the package, so Wovenfit sent me a tracking site showing the package had been delayed in China but was now in Los Angeles and was on a truck or plane for Oklahoma City. If I could just be a little more patient. They would refund me 20% of my purchase. I didn't want a discount, I wanted my winter clothes in the wintertime! I should have known better. By Valentine's Day, I had had enough! I wrote to them and canceled the order, demanding my payment to be refunded immediately. They wrote to say it would be 15-25 business days -- and that's when I went all TRUMP on them.
I wrote back to them, telling them that I would now report them to Attorney General Pam Bondi and ask for severe tariffs to be placed on them for any and all sales they do in the future. I told them that my over 1M followers would read my reviews. I told them I wouldn't tolerate being lied to again and that I would take every measure to close down their little scheme as well as to weasel them out individually if possible -- and low and behold -- as if by a miracle -- my money was back into my bank account the next morning!
Can these RATS be any dirtier? They can. The answer is yes, they can be. They prey on the average person who trusts a good company or brand to do business with. They steal from hard-working people and think that they'll get away with it. Google WOVENFIT and find their reviews. I wish I had done that before I ever got involved with them. On Monday, I will close that bank card and get another one, but dang! I hate it. I hate that I have to. It's 100% my fault for not being all eagle-eyed and on task, but one shouldn't have to be that way 24/7/365!
Please, learn from my mistakes. PLEASE be more careful when you hit the PAY BUTTON! Know where you get your merchandise from, and though it seems impossible to say this, I am saying it. I won't trust another foreign site. I just can't. I've been burned by them too often.
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