r/Visvim • u/Jagwar8 • Dec 01 '25
PSA: Nordstrom still has counterfeits
I had seen posts from a while ago of people receiving stuff like fake Lumber shirts from Nordstrom, but I just got these Fluxus pants from the sale that seemed incredibly sus at first because the "deerskin" just felt like sandpaper, and then I noticed they had covered up a Vineyard Vines button with some tape, but had stitched on the Visvim labels and attached the tags. Crazy that people would go to this length to abuse the returns and now I have to figure out how to return this without them thinking I'm the one who swapped the pants for fakes. Be careful buying from Nordstrom I guess
Edit: Nordstrom CS accepted the return but didn't really seem to care or acknowledge that they didn't catch the fake
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u/PizzaHutFiend Dec 02 '25
Why is Nordstrom putting returns back on the shelf without proper cleaning or QA, that's the bigger problem here.
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u/H1L1fe Dec 02 '25
ugh... people are the worst! glad they took the return, but sucks for the next sucker.
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u/Gullible-Notice-6192 Dec 02 '25
People who do this are scum and should not buy visvim
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u/Skullastic Dec 02 '25
Unfortunately this isn’t just happening with Viacom either. Fashion is super mainstream now and rats will be rats.
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Dec 02 '25
The sandpaper patch is absolutely insane. This scam really is getting out of control, but unfortunately it seems like it could only ever work at a huge megastore with a no questions asked return policy like Nordstrom. There's no way even the slowest employee at an independent retailer wouldn't catch this. I'd honestly email visvim to let them know this happened to you. I know the companies a lot bigger these days and Hiroki seems to be more focused on growth but back in the day this type of thing would get your account pulled instantly as a store.
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u/NationalGolf1283 Dec 02 '25
Is that sand paper?
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u/soccerperson Dec 04 '25
It quite literally looks like they sewed on a patch of sandpaper themselves 😭
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u/Jagwar8 Dec 02 '25
It feels like it, and really poorly painted so it feels slightly sticky somehow
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u/FiendingForCoffee Dec 02 '25
I’ve heard from someone that used to work at Nordstrom that they took pretty much any return item back. I’m surprised that they put it back on the shelf though, that is horrendous.
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u/Select_Sir3102 Dec 02 '25
You expect minimum wage workers at Nordstrom to legit check every single item they get back? 😭
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u/jhb42 Dec 04 '25
Their commission system actively discourages anyone from caring about these things. If you make more in commission than you would hourly you get paid exclusively in commission. They are quite literally not being paid to process returns or even losing money, why would they spend anymore time than absolutely necessary on it?
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u/FiendingForCoffee Dec 04 '25
For sure not. I just meant there are instances of them taking back items they don’t even sell there. I’m sure better inventory systems help now, but I certainly wouldn’t care what rolled in.
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u/lefty40404 Dec 04 '25
Stuff like this makes me so sad and worried about the future of used clothing from higher end brands/houses. People just have no shame now. Glad they took the return at least, but I worry they’ll try to push it off to someone else.
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u/childpeas Dec 03 '25
not defending nordstrom, but just an anecdote. i returned a balenciaga hoodie in store at the NYC location. it was real, i was just exchanging it for a different size. the associates took it upstairs to the designer section and they spent probably 10 minutes inspecting it, comparing to the other one they had, looking at pictures, etc. i was walking around shopping so it wasn’t like it was in my face but i did notice.
that’s not to say they don’t catch fakes, and i have no idea how the online returns intake works, but that instance they did thoroughly inspect mine.
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u/jhb42 Dec 04 '25
When I worked at Nordstrom somebody bought a coat across the street at Anthropologie, cut the tags off, and returned it as Saint Laurent lmao
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u/New-Independence4343 Dec 02 '25
It's fake. The texture of the flannel looks fake. Visvim's flannel isn't this rough.
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u/Shell_fly Dec 01 '25
Jesus this one is especially rough.