Why I just don't list websites and other observations about buying online

I get a lot of people who get mad that I just don't have some list of websites they can buy from. And they get all in a huff about things. And I usually have to explain things to them, although they do not listen.

First things first, most of your reputable jobbers don't have time for the internet. I go over this in my guide, but you haven't bought it yet, so here you go. They turn inventory fast, sometimes, just in a day. Most do not have the time to take pictures, write descriptions and put this stuff on a website to service the very new, timid buyers that place small orders.

This is real. Most of you that want to buy only over the internet place very small orders. Sure you come and say you have $10,000 to spend and you are opening a store or doing this or that but the reality is that you want to buy over the internet because you are intimidated. You don't want to call a jobber when you know you only have $250 or so to spend. So you look for utopia, a website where you can order all the designer stuff you want online at your leisure. And for the most part, it does not exist.

I look at companies that I see that I know rip people off. Have a long list of customers that have dealt with them and been ripped off by them and yet they get a lot of business. Why? Because they do everything right for people looking for that "utopia." They have all the right brands, they have decent prices, low minimums, you can order online pay by PayPal, you don't have to speak to a person, you don't need to visit a shorwoom or a warehouse, they never ask for any kind of business verification (like a resale permit) and they seem to be everything you are looking for. And they are everything you are looking for because they are not real. Most of them do not own the merchandise they sell. You can tell because they have some no-brand $5 dresses and Diesel jeans. Nobody sells both, you either sell designer or you don't. Believe me, if you're jobbing no-name crap, Diesel isn't going to sell to you. So that should be clue number one. But people ignore the warning signs. Second, they steal pictures from websites like Eluxury, Saks or others. No real jobber steals pictures. Clue number two. Third, they have brand this and brand that. Most jobbers can't advertise the brands they have. Clue number three.

But people still want this. So you buy my guide and you send me a link to some "wholesale designer" website that has all these pictures and all these brands and low orders and you ask me if it's real. To this date, only one of my customers has sent me a link to a legit site. And that was a site I knew about, but just didn't think they were right for my guide. So this means that most of you are finding these scam artists that know how to make a slick presentation and get your money. They range from people selling those god awful counterfeit as all get-out custom Air Force Ones (with fake Gucci fabric) to people selling fake handbags to these overseas people that claim to have unlimited supply of [insert brand name here] merchandise direct from the factory.

I think people have to be more realistic. If this were easy, then there would be no opportunity, as everyone would be doing it. You aren't going to find utopia, on a website, in a warehouse or anywhere. You find what you find and you make it work. So when people are determined to find these ecommerce off price or below wholesale designer apparel, shoes and accessories websites they can order from all day long, I ask them to follow up in a few months because I would LOVE to know how they are doing (snicker snicker). That does exist in other commodity type industries, but not in the designer apparel industry.