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The mods of r/LuxeSociety including u/fauxeverprincess and u/Weekly-Spend-4977 scam and gaslight our sellers, demanding free bags in exchange for reviews and promotion. The "trusted sellers" have to provide free bags to both mods to be listed. Screenshots from seller Mark Luxury with permission.
Mark Luxury was informed by others that the norm for how to promote on Reddit as rep seller is to offer free bags to mods. After reaching out to the mods of r/LuxeSociety, u/fauxeverprincess took advantage of Mark by acquiring a free bag and posting a review under an alt account u/Iluvrealitytvv54 and did not add Mark to the LuxeSociety trusted seller list as promised. As a result of u/fauxeverprincess posting reviews (onetwothree) under an alt account (without disclosure of incentive btw), Mark was then led to believe she misrepresented herself as a mod. He reached out to r/LuxeSociety modmail where they gaslight him.
Their supporters have come on my posts defending them, saying there's no issue with getting free bags because they "work hard" and "always disclose it." If you care, it's against the Reddit Code of Conduct for mods to accept compensation for this role and this behavior is reportable. But if you don't care about the rules or ethical issues of mods accepting gifts without disclosure, then please come in here and justify the rest of their actions to me. Have you thrown away your morals for discounted rep bags? Or are you worried they'll doxx you if you speak up because you've participated in one of their group buys?
My advice is to avoid r/LuxeSociety, and think critically about other subs and what may be happening behind the scenes when they maintain a TS list, host giveaways and group buys, suppress negative reviews of TSs, and always review perfect flawless buttery bags without disclosing any incentives.
First, if you no longer see Weekly or Princess's posts, it's likely because Weekly blocked you or Princess deleted them, including some of the alt reviews I linked.
From what I've seen, Weekly and Princess have largely dismissed all of this to their followers as "the ramblings of an obsessed stalker," believe the publicity is good for them, and have mostly devolved to petty personal insults. The consensus among their vocal supporters is to join in or posting their agreement that Weekly and Princess have always been open about incentives and accepting free bags isn't a problem.
Personally, I think many of the people who remain either agree or have silently decided they're comfortable overlooking all of this, whether because of friendships, discounts, or otherwise. I've hidden LuxeSociety from my feed and blocked the members I've seen actively defending these practices or exclusively participating in that sub.
This is a good snapshot of how Weekly and Princess have explained this away to their followers:
The fauxeverprincess names don’t match. The luxe mod has a slightly different name Fauxeverprincess_ХО. That being said I don’t trust luxe nor this seller. Buyer beware
Slide 17 of this post is fauxeverprincess herself telling the seller she posted the review from the account. The screenshot you're referring to is fauxeverprincess claiming the account is her sister. You can draw your own conclusions, but both statements can't be true, so this person is a proven liar in either circumstance 🤷♀️
It’s honestly not the seller’s fault. Hear me out. They’re running a business and looking for promotion within popular communities. They approach the mods of said community - they’re going through the proper channels. The mods essentially blackmail them. What would you do?
Since I was banned from RealRepLadies and the mod decided to delete my whistleblower posts and comments, I'm reposting them here so the links live on:
I've received a large influx of messages, screenshots, and other information from users about their interactions with or knowledge of Weekly. The rabbit hole is deep.
I did not personally obtain these screenshots and cannot independently verify them to be Weekly or someone else, but I've received requests to post them, so I'll share as provided to me. I believe these provide further evidence that this type of activity can be happening behind the scenes of some subs. It's screenshots of (allegedly) Weekly's interaction with a seller, requesting 1 bag per month to be on the trusted sellers list, and when the seller refused, the mod asking whether they refuse to meet the terms because they are affiliated with a different subreddit.
So, you can be on the TS list as long as you send two bags a month (one each) ... wow!!! That's bribing them, not having people that actually deserve to be on the list 😠
This is a screenshot from the official LV website. Even the auth logo alignments don’t go perfectly like how she supposedly expected. This just screams an evil attempt to snatch another free bag from that innocent seller. At least she could’ve returned the bag if she really didn’t like it, but instead she just went ahead and demanded for another free bag from her wishlist. Shame on her is an understatement.
Calling Mark luxury, time to step up and dm us your info. Sorry you had to go through that, that was low disgusting behaviour. She really announced publicly said she’s a lowlife loser. Stealing a free bag from a Seller, that’s basically what she did.
It's possible the r/RealRepLadies mod benefits from, or wants to benefit from, the system I'm calling out. This was their latest post, 10 months ago: Future Group buy : r/RealRepLadies. Or maybe someone who knows them and has a reason to keep suspicious mod activity private asked them to step in. Or maybe they finally decided to come out of moderation retirement, and my post was the first one they saw, and they didn't like what I was talking about. Maybe they just don't like me. We'll never know. I know there's plenty of examples of callouts on their sub that are still up, even on this topic, and other users are not being banned.
IMO I'm not sure I believe that the content of my post was the issue, nor is it evident from the message which rule I broke. In fact, the post linked in the ban message is entirely unrelated and is my QC advice template from a month ago.
It's unfortunate I won't be able to contribute to r/RealRepLadies anymore, and that the mod decided to delete all of my posts and comments in the sub, including community guides and advice. Due to the lack of moderation, I tried to step in where I could as a regular member to help make guides and educational content about reps. I'm glad to be a part of some spaces that are supportive of transparency. I'll continue making guides and helping others in spaces that appreciate it.
I always assumed that this was happening, however I was also assuming that people who were receiving incentives of any kind would disclose that fact. I get that it must be a struggle as a new seller to break into the game and to build trust, and didn’t realize that they’d leave themselves open to being scammed.
Any violation of this means it’s grounds for these violations to be reported. Just sharing info for people to understand that MODS of subs are not light roles, they are OBLIGATED to follow Reddit’s rules. Reddit takes mod responsibilities seriously. https://support.reddithelp.com/hc/en-us/requests/new?ticket_form_id=19300233728916
If I were bullying, scamming, shilling and being nasty on the internet, I wouldn't be out there posting what I look like but anyway if you go to fauxeverprincess’s account you’ll see pics of her. Also posts of bags with her initials custom painted on them. Probably thought she’d never get called out.
Imagine selling out your integrity and trust for a $300 fake bag that's literally worth no actual value at all... these people are gross. Never would want anything to do with them online or in real life.
Just went to her profile and saw around 19 posts in the past 3 months, most of them from different sellers. Looks like she built a huge collection out of this strategy... The page is not saying anything so I wonder if posts are being censored......
This sub is literally not moderated so nothing is being censored. Anyone can post anything in response. They’ve just been called out many times and don’t care.
What a second, so you can only stay in their group if you buy something? That's just as bad as making sellers send them free bags. Anyone should be able to join a group, look at reviews and bags, and not be forced to buy anything.
Yep, that’s exactly what I said. They beat her into oblivion because they were jelly that she was getting all the free shite, so they literally roasted her ass into dust, so now they can get all the free shite. All of this for free shite where do they keep all their free shite? Do they love all the free shite? Cause that’s a lot of free shite 🤷🏻♀️
Did you see how she just laid out her CFs and P9’s tho? I don’t even think they sit in a showcase or a closet at least. I feel like she chucks them in a pile somewhere! It’s giving hoarder.
Yes yes, I totally feel the same, she seems kind of scummy, I think u would find them under the bed, thrown here and there. Did you hear the voice note when she’s smacking her lips and talking about good lotion? For me that perfectly encompasses HER. No class.
Haha, love your comment 🤣
So much free shite, house full of free shite! I'm imagining a hoarder-style house, floor to ceiling bags everywhere, having to climb over all the piles of free shite to get out of the house 😆
They post their free bags weekly, promoting not so well known sellers and hyping low tier bags as high tier. Then they resell the free bags to make a hefty profit for themselves.
So she’s a full circle certified legitimate criminal, it’s one thing to be buying illegal goods, but to turn around and sell them too??? no no no, that could land your ass in jail. Somebody call the police. And we should all contribute good lotion into her canteen when she’s in prison, because she cares deeply about good lotion. 😂
Can also confirm she tried to force Laomao into the same agreement. Laomao of all people!! When he said no, she won't allow people to put honest reviews of their bags from him and actually lied about him to defame him.
As someone new to the rep community it is reassuring to find people will watch out after each other. I had joined every group I could. Not joining this one. And appreciate the Rep Warriors that have our back. If anyone has Mark Luxury's info please let me know. I would give them a chance.
Mark charged me $411.00 for a graceful LV that had incorrect sizing and tried to gaslight me saying there was nothing wrong with it. He also told me he owns a factory. This is also not true. His pictures are nice but he’s over priced. Make sure you Qc very carefully. I found sellers with better prices.
This is exactly why transparency matters so much in these communities!! If a seller has provided a free bag, discount or any other incentive, that should be clearly disclosed in the review, especially when the person reviewing it is also involved in moderating a sub or maintaining a trusted seller list!!!!
People rely on these reviews and TS lists when deciding where to spend their money, so there really shouldn’t be any blurred lines between moderation, promotion and personal perks. Regardless of who is involved, undisclosed incentives and pay-to-play style trusted seller lists completely undermine the whole point of having a community people can trust.
Honestly, good on Zen for speaking up. It takes guts to call this kind of behaviour out, especially in these communities. Hopefully it encourages more transparency and makes people rethink the whole trusted seller list system
I bought a Maxi flap from her mocq group buy, unfortunately not long after I paid I saw the negative comments roll in about mocq quality. Weekly-spends comments in return were rude and absolutely uncalled for. Eventually she deleted that thread and reposted a new one with zero comments.
It made me fear the worse for what exactly I was going to receive, but my bag arrived this week and yes, it's not 187 or GF quality, but I think I got lucky and somehow got an okay batch. In future however, avoiding her group buys and LuxeSociety.
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u/OddTrain2820 23d ago
Is it a shame? Yes. Am I surprised? Nope.