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Complaint Review: Queen Bee Of Beverly Hills - ebecca Rushing - Huntsville Alabama

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  • Queen Bee Of Beverly Hills - ebecca Rushing 21 LEDGE VIEW DR Huntsville, Alabama U.S.A.

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I was a newbie designer goods seller and happened upon Rebecca Rushing's website, queenbeeofbeverlyhills.com. Shortly after that, Rebecca and I ended up speaking on the phone and she told me that she had a trunk show in Beverly Hills every couple of months and invited me to meet her at the next one.

The day she arrived with all of her handbags, I met her in a little room on the second floor of a building that I believe was on the corner of Charleville and Beverly Dr. She had a southern accent, was ultra friendly and sweet as pie...

The room was filled with designer handbags and there was another woman (jewelry seller) that I believe was from the Los Angeles area. She had some of her handcrafted jewelry all laid out on a small table.

I proceeded to purchase almost $10,000 worth of "designer" handbags. Right before the transaction was completed, a couple of Rebecca's regular customers had arrived and were obviously upset because I'd bought up all of the best pieces. Lucky me.

Within the next couple of months I was trying to learn all I could about selling on Ebay. I also decided to check out some high end department store websites such as Barneys to get a "feel" of how one should describe the bags. While perusing various sites to read their copy, I realized with horror that my bags looked a bit different from some that I'd viewed...

I called Rebecca and told her what I'd seen and of course, she acted surprised and told me that there was nothing wrong with the bags. Period.

At that point I called my credit card company thinking that they would help me out... They informed me that what I would have to do is go to stores such as Gucci and Prada and ask them to take a look at my bags and if they felt something was wrong with them, I would have to get it in writing and then send the credit card company the signed notes...

When I called Gucci and Prada and told them of my dilemma they said that they couldn't help me. It wasn't a service that they offered... The sales person at Prada was pretty snooty about it. A gentleman that I spoke to at Gucci was sympathetic but he said that his hands were tied... it was against company policy...

I called Rebecca , told her what had happened and you can guess the rest... I was out almost $10,000! I was heartbroken when I found out that she was a scam artist and that no one would or could help me.

A couple of other tidbits... her Italian male partner's name is SIMONE (?) SIMONA(?) SIMORA(?)and his phone number (I spoke to him once on his cell) is in Rebecca's name. I believe he is from Florence, Italy. She told me that he is the one who travels overseas to
purchase the bags.

I also recently met a woman who used to sell designer handbags and she told me that she had also met up with Rebecca and that the bags were in fact fake.

Lisa
Tarzana, California
U.S.A.

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#7 General Comment

LMFAOOOO @ LISA

AUTHOR: Zianne - ()

POSTED: Friday, November 07, 2014

First off imma be short and simple. Why in the world would you trust a stranger to spend $10,000 @ one time. It's not about being a NEWBIE IDIOT as you stated its about using common sense. You don't know Rebecca nor do you know how to tell if the bags are fake or not. So wouldn't you think to yourself and say ok I don't know if I can trust Rebecca yet because I don't know her nor purchased from her be for let me just buy a bag or two and then examine it to see if it is real or not. If the bags are real then yes I can now trust Rebcca and now spend $10,000 on these bags that is common sense. And Next just like you made a trip over to the trunk show to purchase thoses bags for $10,000 you can make another trip to the truck show and get a refund if those bags were fake like you said they were. I know if I spend that type of money and the bags were fake imma take me another trip to go get my money back instead of emailing and calling the person. Your MAD DUMMMMM. Stop lying and stop hating on Rebecca tring to live life and survive in this world. Get a life stop being a jealous hater because she making money and your not. Just follow in her footsteps and open your own BUSINESS. POINT BLANK I don't know why people trying to see people fail by posting negative reviews if it anit trust. REMEMBER KARMA WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND I'M SURE YOU ANIT GET NOWHERE IN LIFE FOR BEING NEGATIVE AND SHOWING HATRED TOWARDS OTHERS. GOD SURE DON'T LIKE UGLY AND TRUST THERE IS A GOD.

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#6 Consumer Comment

THEY ARE A TOTAL SCAM. I WISH I READ THIS PRIOR TO GETTING SCAMMED,

AUTHOR: Nina2671 - (U.S.A.)

POSTED: Thursday, October 30, 2008

THEY ARE A TOTAL SCAM. CLAIM THEY SELL DESIGNER BAGS AT WHOLESALE PRICES. ALSO OFFER COMPANIES ACCESS TO THIS WHOLESALE PRICING FOR A FEE OF 45.00. THEY SEND USER ID/PW THAT DO NOT WORK.
THEY NEVER RETURN CALLS AS STATED. THEIR EMAIL ADDRESSES ARE ALL RETURNED TO SENDER. AND THERE IS NO PHYSICAL ESTABLISHMENT AS THEY CLAIM...

DO NOT GET SCAMMED BY QUEENBEEOFBEVERLYHILLS.COM

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#5 Author of original report

Rebecca Rushing called me...

AUTHOR: Lisa - (U.S.A.)

POSTED: Sunday, May 06, 2007

Before I get into the details of our phone call, I must say something regarding the above rebuttals to my postings. That is to say, that whomever has written them has never once addressed my comment about doing the research, before going on and on about how I'm not telling the truth. Neither of the two of you (if in fact you are who you say you are and aren't Rebecca herself.) have called the companies like Gucci or Prada to ask if Rebecca's company is allowed to sell their designer goods. OR if they sold them to her. I've done the research. Obviously, you haven't.

I'm not going to go on and on about this when all you are virtually saying is that what I'm saying is untrue. Besides that, all you've done is insult me and given me unsubstantiated evidence, nothing concrete.

I've said is that she never did anything to help me when I'd pleaded with her to have a heart and to to do the right thing by refunding my money in exchange for the handbags. This was when I'd first found out something was very fishy with a number of her bags. One day I happened upon this site and figured nothing else had worked to get her attention. so I posted some of the details here.

Obviously she'd received some feedback from a male friend regarding my postings because she miraculously phoned me up.

Initially in the conversation she was very apologetic but she'd also said that she never remembered me having called her regarding our transaction. I told her exactly what had happened and that she'd never helped me to remedy the situation. She remarked about the fact that back then, she had been going through a rough breakup with her then (husband?) and that so much was going on that she was a bit scattered at the time.

I told her that I could appreciate that, but that I'd just lost close to $10,000 of money that was to be used for my small startup business and that I too, had gone through a particularly rough time. Also, I mentioned that even IF she had been going through a rough patch, it was no excuse for not doing what what was right.

She agreed and said that she would try to see how she could now pay me back, that she didn't have the whole sum to send to me but she could see what she could do.

Then the conversation went into an entirely different direction. She went on and on about how I had ruined her reputation online, that her customers were complaining, and how could I expect her to be able to pay me back if word was getting around that she had sold some replicas to me. and then she said, she wouldn't be able to make the money to pay me back because what I'd written would hurt her sales. All during this part of the conversation she was very angry and it escalated.

I was truly perplexed. One moment she was talking about paying me back, albeit in small increments, and the next, she was angrily flipping out about how I'd ruined her reputation. My reaction was "excuse me, but now I'm getting angry because you are trying to turn this around to make me feel badly about something that you did to me? Something is wrong with this picture."

I must also mention that she also made comments about me giving her my word that I wouldn't post any more about her. and also asked me to remove these postings. I told her that there was no way to remove postings from this site because I'd remembered reading about that fact in an article here. She also mentioned me taking back what I'd said by writing that what I'd written had in fact been false. I said that I couldn't, all of a sudden write that I'd lied. lol I said that I'd look like a liar or a person that made up stories and that I wouldn't do that to my reputation.

From the moment she started to rage, there was no use talking sense to her, so I said "look this is obviously not going anywhere because there is too much emotion involved, so from now on, why don't we just communicate via email and in that way, we could get this resolved much easier."

Since then I've written to her two or three times to ask her what her thoughts were and how she was going to proceed. It's been weeks and she hasn't even had the decency to answer my emails. I wasn't going to write anymore about her on this site but she is back to her old tricks. ignoring my request for a refund.

Since we last spoke, I've emailed her four times. The first was to send her a copy of the invoice. I'd mistakenly forgot to attach it so she wrote back letting me know that I hadn't sent it.


>From: Lisa
>Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2007 2:12 PM
>To: queenbeeofbeverlyhills@comcast.net
>Subject: Attached is a copy of the invoice of the handbags that I purchased
>from you.
>
>Hello Rebecca,
>
>Attached you'll find the invoice for the handbags that you sold me and later on I'll send you an email with some information.
>
>Lisa

On Thursday, April 19, 2007, at 03:50PM, Rebecca let me know that I'd forgotten to attach it.


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So I sent her a copy of the invoice.

This is the next email I'd sent her and I haven't heard from her since.

Hi Rebecca,

I just visited the Gucci website and if you look at the Gucci Horsebit Hobo you will see the handle looks nothing like the bags (2) you sent me of this particular style.

I would appreciate it if you would please email me and let me me know what's going on in terms of how you are going to compensate me for the handbags/wallets.

Thank you,

Lisa
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This is the last email that I'd sent her and there has not been a response.

Hello Rebecca,

I'm wondering when I'm going to hear from you again? I thought we were in agreement that you were going to look over the invoice and get back to me.

I'd appreciate an update as to what has transpired thus far.

Thanks,

Lisa
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It's been weeks and she hasn't even had the decency to answer my emails. I wasn't going to write anymore about her on this site but she is now back to her old tricks. ignoring my emails and my request for a refund.

Enough Said.

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#4 Consumer Comment

I am Outraged By This False Report!

AUTHOR: B - (U.S.A.)

POSTED: Thursday, April 19, 2007

I am personally outraged by this person's libelous comments about Queen Bee of Beverly Hills. I am a make-up artist to many celebrities and fashion savvy clients. I myself have been a client both at the wholesale and retail level with Queen Bee. Over the past five years I have spent tens of thousands of dollars on their merchandise; I know both Rebecca and Simone personally and have never heard of such b.s. I have watched many celebrities, stylists and others buy beautiful AUTHENTIC handbags and accessories from their showroom. I have bought for myself and as gifts for others - I assure you, there is not one ounce of truth to what this Lisa person is saying. They have been in business for five years; this is the 1st and ONLY incident of this nature ever reported regarding Queen Bee and its reputation. Why wouldn't this woman call Rebecca or Simone before going to such subhuman levels of slander? I know these people; if any buyer ever had a problem they would have corrected it right away.

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#3 Author of original report

PERHAPS I SHOULD OF BEEN MORE EXPLICIT...

AUTHOR: Lisa - (U.S.A.)

POSTED: Wednesday, April 18, 2007

THE REASON THAT I PURCHASED SO MANY HANDBAGS IS BECAUSE I WAS A NEWBIE IDIOT. I THOUGHT THAT I COULD TRUST HER.

BTW, I DID ASK TO RETURN THE BAGS AND SHE SAID THAT THEY WERE FINE (AS IN... THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THEM...IN HER OPINION)... AND WHEN SHE WOULDN'T TAKE THEM BACK I WENT TO MY CREDIT CARD COMPANY... AND THEY WANTED THE INFO THAT I REFERRED TO IN MY FIRST POST. THEY WANTED SIGNED LETTERS FROM GUCCI, PRADA, FENDI, LOUELLA AND ON AND ON...

I ALSO CALLED ONE OF THE MAIN OFFICES OF ONE OF THE COMPANIES... THEY WERE IN NEW YORK... I BELIEVE IT WAS FENDI... AND ASKED THEM IF I COULD SEND THEM A HANDBAG SO THAT COULD THEN SEND ME A LETTER BACK STATING THAT IS WASN'T REAL. THEY DECLINED BECAUSE THEY SAID THAT THEY DIDN'T OFFER THAT SERVICE.

SINCE THEN, I HAVE DONE RESEARCH BY CALLING SOME OF THE MAJOR DESIGNER HANDBAG COMPANIES AND THEY TOLD ME THAT MOST OF THE MANY HIGH END HANDBAGS (NEW...NOT VINTAGE) THAT ARE BEING SOLD AS "AUTHENTIC" INDEED ARE NOT. THERE ARE SO FEW WEBSITES THAT ARE EVEN ALLOWED TO HAVE ACCESS TO, OR SELL THEM. COMPANIES SUCH AS GUCCI, FENDI, PRADA, VERSACE ETC. DO NOT SELL TO QUEEN BEE. TRY CALLING FENDI OR GUCCI AND ASKING THEM IF IN FACT, QUEEN BEE OF BEVERLY HILLS PURCHASES FROM THEM.

GUCCI ONLY SELLS OUT OF THEIR STORES, SOME HIGH END DEPARTMENT STORES AND ON A ONLY A FEW SITES ON THE WEB... SUCH AS WWW.BLUEFLY.COM WHICH IS A HUGE COMPANY. IN OTHER WORDS, YOU HAVE TO BE A "MAJOR PLAYER" IN ORDER TO SELL THEIR MERCHANDISE BECAUSE THEY HAVE A CERTAIN REPUTATION TO UPHOLD.

IT'S THE SAME WITH TIFFANY JEWELRY. YOU KNOW HOW MANY SITES SAY THAT THEY SELL TIFFANY? IT'S OUTRAGEOUS. TIFFANY DOESN'T SELL TO RETAILERS...
TIFFANY SELLS OUT OF TIFFANYS.

IF YOU ARE SO SURE THAT WHAT SHE IS SELLING IS REAL... CALL THE DESIGNERS AND SELL IF THEY WOULD
SELL TO A SITE CALLED QUEENBEEOFBEVERLYHILLS.COM. I THINK NOT.

ALSO, THE WOMAN THAT I MENTIONED IN MY FIRST POST? THE ONE THAT HAD TOLD ME THAT REBECCA'S BAGS WERE REPLICAS? THIS WOMAN HAS BEEN IN THE DESIGNER HANDBAG BUSINESS FOR YEARS, IS VERY SOPHISTICATED ABOUT SUCH THINGS. SHE LIVES IN ONE OF THE MAJOR FASHION CAPITALS AND ONLY PURCHASES THE BEST FOR HER FAMILY AND HER CUSTOMERS. SHE IS WHAT I WOULD CALL AN EXPERT...

I COULD SAY MUCH MORE ABOUT HER BUT I DON'T WANT TO REVEAL HER IDENTITY UNLESS SHE CHOOSES TO STEP FORWARD... IN FACT, I'LL CONTACT HER TO SEE IF SHE WANTS TO GET INVOLVED.

LETS JUST SAY THAT SINCE I WAS RIPPED OFF, I'VE DONE MY RESEARCH... AND I HAVEN'T EVEN REVEALED IT ALL. I HAVE MY REASONS BUT MAYBE LATER...WHEN IT WOULD BE MORE APPROPRIATE.

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#2 Consumer Comment

QUEEN BEE RIP OFF? READ BETWEEN THE LINES

AUTHOR: Shelly - (U.S.A.)

POSTED: Wednesday, April 18, 2007

I HAVE PURCHASED HANDBAGS FROM QUEEN BEE OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS AND WILL CONTINUE TO. REBECCA RUSHING DOES NOT OR WILL NOT EVER SELL FAKE HANDBAGS. THEY ARE BEAUTIFUL AND DEFINITELY NOT FAKE. IN MY OPINION THIS PERSON THAT IS TRYING TO DESTROY HER CREDIBILITY OBVIOUSLY HASN'T DONE THE RESEARCH SHE CLAIMS TO HAVE DONE.

WHY WOULD SOMEONE WITH THIS MUCH CAPITAL INVEST IN $10,000 WORTH OF HANDBAGS BEFORE MAKING SURE THEY ARE AUTHENTIC FIRST? DID SHE RETURN THEM? NOT IN HER REPORT.

IF SHE HAD A PROBLEM REBECCA WOULD ABSOLUTELY TAKE THEM BACK ASK YOURSELF THIS QUESTION: WHY WOULD REBECCA RUSHING SIT AT A TRUNK SHOW WITH AUTHENTIC HANDBAGS AND KNOWINGLY SELL $10,000 WORTH OF FAKES TO SOMEONE. DID YOU NOTICE THIS LISA MENTIONED REBECCA'S REGULAR CUSTOMERS? YES, SHE HAS REGULAR CUSTOMERS-BECAUSE THEY KNOW SHE IS REPUTABLE AND SELLS ONLY AUTHENTIC HANDBAGS!

DO NOT FALL PREY TO THIS ABSURD RIP OFF REPORT. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO BELIEVE THIS REPORT AND WHO ARE KNOWLEDGEABLE IN THE ITALIAN HANDBAG INDUSTRY, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO TO HER NEXT TRUNK SHOW AND SEE FOR YOURSELF.

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#1 Author of original report

I Found Out Some Additional Information... That Might Be Useful

AUTHOR: Lisa - (U.S.A.)

POSTED: Thursday, April 05, 2007

I have been perusing the internet and have noticed that she has been advertising/marketing her business on all sorts of websites.

One of the sites had this posted:

Queen Bee of Beverly Hills, for the first time, will be opening their showroom to the public on the first Saturday of every month starting April 2nd. Queen Bee is the direct importer of authentic designer accessories. They have an excellent reputation for selling the finest Italian labels at below wholesale prices.

Address: 170 S. Beverly Dr.
Suite #305
Beverly Hills, CA 90212

(btwn. Wilshire Blvd and Charleville Blvd.)

Her other trunk show locations:

Atlanta

Nashville

Birmingham

Seaside Florida

Mobile



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