C2C Wholesale Cmd Wholesale --False Advertising + Bait and Switch-- Athens, Maine

I am an eBay seller and own a thrift store in Limerick, Maine. Last week, I purchased the following from this company:

Assorted Ebay Sellers Jewelry Dream Lot

Do you sell on Ebay?
Do you want a lot of merchandise you can invest in that will allow you to profit on EBAY handsomely? Do you want a
lot of merchandise that wont cost you alot to get started? Well we have developed the Ebayers Dream Reseller Lot...
This is a resellers lot designed with the top selling wholesale designer jewelry on the market!

In each lot your guaranteed to receive Joan Rivers Necklaces and these sell on EBAY upwards of $28.00 per piece.
Your guaranteed to receive Swarovski name brand jewelry stamped and marked that sells for $40 per piece and up.


When the package arrived, it was missing the Joan Rivers Necklaces and the Swarovski name brand, stamped jewelry.

Robin Flanders responded to my email and told me: "You are looking at an old ad, You should have received Chico Necklaces worth the same value ". She did not address my complaint that "I did receive an item that states it is made with genuine swarovski stones, but this is not a swarovski name brand item as it did not come in an original Swarovski box nor with a certificate of authentication which is the only way to prove the item is name brand Swarovski. " and I thus am unable to resell the item as Swarovski on eBay or any other seller site. She did state: "Also we did not state that come with we were sending box and certificates .. It is a starter lot .. We sell everyday." but did not give me any information to help me determine the authenticity of the "Swarovski name brand jewelry".

Her next email states: "I am sorry you are not happy with your order, but this is in no way false advertising .. All sales are final, You may return your product but you will incur an 25% restocking fee as well as incur the cost to ship it back. We would never give a credit until we receive items to check for damage."


Within a few minutes of sending my emails, the product page located at http://c2cwholesale.com/scripts/prodView.asp?idProduct=1009 was changed. I took a screenshot and was able to catch the photo on the page containing pictures of the Joan Rivers products. This photo was changed within 24 hours and no longer shows the Joan Rivers products.

Robin Flanders gave me a $4 refund for the two Joan Rivers products after I requested full refund. Again, the company has not addressed their claim that they sold me a brand name Swarovski item.

The fact is that I purchased one wholesale package and C2C sent me a different package and admitted it. If Ms. Flanders does not find this to be 'false advertising' then it is certainly blatant bait and switch - which is also illegal. Paypal is investigating and I will be filing a complaint with the Consumer Division of The State of Maine Attorney General. Since I live within driving distance of C2C Wholesale, if Ms. Flanders continues to refuse full refund, I have the option to drive to Athens, Maine and knock on her door with the Athens Police Department, County Sheriff or State Police whom I am certain will be happy to file criminal charges.

Link to photo showing the C2C website page containing the item that I purchased. http://www.nuts4nature.com/c2cwholesale.jpg  Note that the image shows the Joan Rivers items but the text has been changed to state that the buyer will receive "chico" items. The package I received did not contain anything that stated it was "Chico" - I am not familiar with this brand. I researched Joan Rivers and Swarovski items prior to my purchase and those are the items that I am prepared to resell on eBay - as stated in the original advertisement "Ebay Sellers Jewelry Dream Lot".

It appears that I should have researched this company before making my purchase.  I have found this company has used several aliases and many others have lost a lot of money.  I will be including the other 'ripoffreport' posts with my complaint to the Attorney General.  Contact me if you need help with recovery.