FINAL EVALUATION OF PACKAGE

So,i finall went through EVERYTHING that i got sent from Melinda and all in all it wasn't too bad, although i found 22 fakes within the pigments! I compared them against my originals and also researched some stuff on the net andthese ones were MEGA dodgy.

They didn't have the "Coltainer" or the numbers on the bottom of the jars, they also had dodgy printing, lids (with really bad edges, not sitting flush with the jar) and the stickers and boxes were pretty dodgy. Some of them smelt REALLY bad!!! I didn't even want to touch it.

I have sent Sharon an email and hopefully this gets sorted out!

All in all not a bad ending to this story, let me know how you all went!

UNBOXING

UPDATE> PLEASE READ TIL THE END OF POST.......

LINK TO ICCC> Internet
Crime Complaint Center



Hey all.... i am just going to post some of the emails i have been recieving in regards to packages. I have taken out the email senders names... but this should give you an idea of where everyone stands!

I really wish i hadn't bought from this STUPID woman! I had just finished my makeup course and this was supposed to help me start my kit.... now i have to put those dreams on hold and wait til this stupid claim works out. I will keep you all updated on the arrival of my package. I will be taking Video documentation as well as photos!


Here are the emails:

1>"AHHHH is all I have to say. Mine came from Canada, I took pictures and video taped it. I got fakes, Im really upset about all of this. I am thinking about emailing Mac about all of this letting them know that whoever Sharon/Mel are selling fake Mac. Also why would some boxes come from USA and some from Canada? If this Sharon wasnt on for sooo long why are there boxes coming from the US. Im filling a report on Mon. I have talked to them both but it sounds like a bunch of BS. When you open your box if you accept it take alot of pictures. I can send you a list of the fake colors I got if you want so if you get them you know what colors to look at first. I may also email ebay, thats where I found her the sight was listed on her ME page I think and they need to know about this too. So I have a very busy day on Monday. Why is she only refunding people if the package came from the US?"

2> I was told if I return my cosmetics I would get a refund, ha that didnt happen. I had them sent back by the 22 and have proof it got there. I made my paypal dispute a claim because I didnt hear back from mel and I was sick of the runaround. Paypal decited to close my claim process because it only applies to the shipment of the products. They didnt care I got fake items. Mel also told me she had 9 people look at the Mac and they didnt see anything wrong with it, it was fake though im not a complete moron. I just want to make sure you or anyone else dosnt get my old shipment of crap. I will try to find my list of what I did get and email that to you as well. I hope nobody tries to sell any of this because it being fake it could be a health hazard not knowing what the ingredents are. Thats why I wanted to return it as soon as possible I have 2 little boys and they get into my makeup and I didnt want them getting into that. Also before I forget she said she was going to send me a check and have me sign I wasnt going to press charges, but because I treatened her I would have to wait a few more days ( thats been more that a few days) I also didnt threaten her I told her I was going to call the cops and write Mac and Ebay. Rawww this makes me so angry. Anyways feel free to post my last letter but please take out my name and email address. I will get the list and pics to you soon here is my list of fakes I got though.

This is the list I gave Mel also these boxes are also really easy to scratch up ( Thats one of the signs of it being fake I have heard)

Bright Fuchsia pigments (no ingredients on side of box)

Chartreuse Pigments ( no ingredients on side of box)

Jardin Aires Pigments ( writing in off white eggshell color not white)

Mauvement Pigments ( writing in off white eggshell color not white)

Fairy Lite Pigment ( no ingredients on side of box)

Clear Sky Blue Pigment ( no ingredients on side of box)

French Violet Pigment ( no ingredients on side of box)

White Pigment ( larger than other pots and lid is shiny not matte and no ingredients on side)With this pigment take a authentic Mac pigment if you have one and place them side by side and you can see more clearly, also look at the lid, its a really good give away.

3> I am with you completely - my tracking number is different so maybe just maybe we might get something - however from what I can see from her feedbacks she has only ever sent out Smashbox stuff no MAC so I am in great doubt that we will actually get any MAC and then I bet we don't get what we actually ordered just rubbish - I would be extremely surprised if we got anything else besides smashbox and I don't know about you but that stuff isn't that popular in Aus. I am also of the opinion that this is a lady using two names (hiding under one) and now she has successfully worked a pretty reasonable business into the ground is trying desperately to pick up the pieces and try and resurrect something from the ashes. I am glad you complained to the people you complained to - how do you do that - I probably need to know so I can do it too.

And actually I didn't get all my refund just half of it so I am going to have to go through the fraud department to try and claim some of the rest back which is annoying - takes time and makes me mad - I ordered quite a lot so I am out of pocket by a big amount of money and that is most annoying. The other thing I noticed is that your tracking number does not actually say the package has been picked up, just that they have been notified so it probably hasn't been sent. However if you have a claim in with paypal, hopefully you will get your money back because she hasn't proven that the goods have been sent to you.

4>

OMG! I think I'm gonna be sick!! Please do not trust this woman. She is a con artist!! She spoke to me in the same manner the other night for 45 minutes and promised to send me a refund via western union if I agreed to drop the charges.

We never spoke about shipping insurance...shipping was never an issue. As a matter of fact, there was NO contact w/Melinda from the date I pd. 5/11, until 6/17!!

When you filed the claim against her they put a hold on the funds in her account. Now, she is trying to get this money back.

I am really sorry, but there is NO WAY you will get 1/2 your money back after u rec'v the package. Just remember, even if she was in the hospital for 3 weeks....where was she all the other weeks we tried to contact her?? And where has she been this last week? I spoke to her last Sat. night and she was giving me a refund and never heard from her again. yes, she did want me to retun the mac she sent, but I wanted my money back first.....and she insisted I mail back the product and then she would send me a refund....honestly this mac is just another fraud charge against her.



and it kinda goes on more and more.......... :S so it's just a sample of what i am hearing and correspondance with other people..... whoever you are, YOU ARE SCUM!!!

I have also been gettin emails from "Kiara's Boutique".... another ebay store.... does anyone have information on them. Tried google and nothing came up...

Thanks everyone!!!!! Please stay in touch and update me when you can.

♥Jolina

**UPDATE**


So i just went into paypal and looked up my parcel tracking number....

my impending doom is on it's way to me as we speak!

So as i suspected the package DID leave from the US NOT CANADA as Sharon stated...... (gotta make you second guess everything now huh?) So please enlighten me, why didn't i get my refund as supposedly all the others who got packages sent from the US?

>:(

Label/Receipt Number: CJ26 6353 295U S Class: Priority Mail International Parcels Service(s): International Parcels Status: International Dispatch Your item left the United States from FOREIGN CENTERJERSEY CITY NJ 099 at 11:41 AM on July 6, 2009. Information, if available, is updated periodically throughout the day. Please check again later.	Enter Label/Receipt Number. Enter Label / Receipt Number.
	Detailed Results: International Dispatch, July 06, 2009, 11:41 am, FOREIGN CENTERJERSEY CITY NJ 099 Arrival Electronic Shipping Info Received, July 02, 2009

Cosmetique Boutique on You Tube???

This isn't her is it????

I AM MEGA PISSED!

Here are screen shots of Melinda Dovishaks websites:

THis is her Ebay store:

As listed before she has changed her name several times!!! She is now known as sjukes677 (should be sjukes666!)


She has deleted her store "Cosmetique Boutique" but i was able to get photos of the cached versions of the websites. In these pictures you can see that she had for sale:
1 Lot of 12 MAC cosmetics of your choice $108.00
Lot of 100 Assorted MAC Lipstick $650.00
and a whole bunch of resale lots for Smashbox eyeshadows.



LINK TO FEEDBACK:

http://feedback.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewFeedback2&userid=sjukes677&ftab=AllFeedback&myworld=true

ALL EMAIL ADDRESSES THAT I HAVE CORRESPONDANCE WITH:

sales@cosmetique-boutique.com
ebay@cosmetique-boutique.com
mdovishak@adelphia.net
sales@beautique-boutique.com (<--- it seems she had another store before?)
sjukester10@yahoo.com (<-- this is the address she uses for paypal)
paypal@cosmetique-boutique.com

I will NOT rest until she gives EVERYONE their money back!!!!!!!!!! if you need any extra information please email me! I have a whole file FULL of conversations i have had with her and even the original email with the offer for the MAC $500 lot and $900 lot if you need it for prosecution! I hope the IFCC get the ball rolling soon!

THE PLOT THICKENS!

So for anyone who has read my previous entry you all know about the ordeal I am having with our little friend Melinda Dovishak of Cosmetique-Boutique. She was due to respond to my claim today by using the Paypal Dispute and Complaint Centre but she sent me a private email.

This is what it said:

"Hello, I am not sure if you received my previous emails, but I will let you know the situation.

someone who was friend and fellow cosmetics seller hijacked my pay pal account and now I cannot access it at all to view the dispute

IF I refund your money from another pay pal account will you close the dispute?

I was in the hospital for almost 3 weeks and was unable to respond to your emails. and if you sent any emails they were not read by me but by the person who hijacked my pay pal and ebay accounts

your items did not ship to me from my buyer because this buyer is now under suspicious for selling fake items (even tho all the items I have ever received from her were not fake)

I did not want you to get fake items, so I cancelled my order with this girl and am awaiting a refund for the purchase.

I can send your refund via my NEW pay pal account, so when I do will you close the dispute on the original transaction?

I am soo sorry for this problem, it was not intentional...my account was hijacked and pay pal is working on trying to verify this information.

could you please copy and paste the PAY PAL DISPUTE information and send it to me as I cannot access my account."

First of all....if she can't access her account how did she know that there was a dispute in the first place (i can assume that they sent her details to her email account - if that was the case she should see a claim number too....)

Second - i have a feeling this is a "template" letter as it is very generic and not personalized.

Previously other scammed buyers have also been told that she was in hospital for the past 3 weeks which I find hard to believe. I think she is trying to get some sympathy.

I am wondering if this is how she has been able to keep afloat of it all. By getting people to accept refunds from a separate account so that it doesn't reflect in her Paypal successful transactions rating....

Anyways just a little update and i am SO glad that other people are benefitting from my little mishap. It just means she has less of a chance of conning other people!


Also here is the link to the Ebay guide:

http://reviews.ebay.com.au/PLEASE-DO-NOT-FALL-VICTIM-TO-THIS-SELLER_W0QQugidZ10000000012561940

:D

Who NOT to buy Cosmetics from!!!!!

So, a while ago on Ebay I bought some MAC cosmetics from this chick and they were AWESOME! 100% authentic and at an AWESOME price!!!! So when she added me to her email list and started sending me group emails in regards to stock she carries I thought it was LEGIT!

She had an offer for 1 lot of 12 MAC cosmetics for $93.00 which was a MEGA bargain and as I had spent $200 with her last time and had no problems i thought it was going to be okay. But boy was i WRONG!

I bought $500.00 worth of stock and knew there was a delay in recieving stock so i wasn't worried too much and as i said my last transaction with her was legit and was ABSOLUTELY awesome.....

8 weeks later, 1 paypal claim later, NO PRODUCTS and now her website is now down! Another funny thing is that when i lodged a complaint with paypal it stated that the seller is "unable" to communicate and was immediately set to "claim"status.

I can't believe that this has happened... this is the first DODGY experience i have ever had over the internet in regards to buying things online...

The name of the seller is : Melinda Dovishak and her FORMER company is Cosmetique - Boutique. She was a power seller on Ebay... 1128 sales and when i had bought the items she had a 99% positive feedback... now i have checked it she now only has 96.9%.

Here are all the links I have to her websites just as a warning to all of you NOT to deal with her incase she decides to re-start her ebay store (which i think she does still in US Ebay)......

http://www.tradekey.com/profile_view/uid/1873209/Cosmetique-Boutique.htm

http://www.tradekey.com/selloffer_listall/uid/1873209/Cosmetique-Boutique.htm

http://myworld.ebay.com.au/boutique-cosmetique/

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE stay away from her.... even her "successful" transactions on Paypal were at 360 something......

**UPDATE** Melinda also has some other sites registered in her name!!! Her other site is "westend-wholesale.com". When you go to the site it says "website coming soon" so whether she is about to start up another site OR this is an old site that she shut down after scamming other people (it says it was opened in sep08 exp sep09), God only knows..... if ony i didn't live in Australia i would probably take legal action!

http://www.technolojik.net/whois/whois_search/index.php?action=checkit&stld=all&domain=&lookup=Whois%2BSearch&domain=westend-wholesale.com&lookup=Whois+Search

http://westend-wholesale.com/

**UPDATE**

Hey just another update.... she is now trading as "Samantha Jones"....(you know like from Sex ad the City?!) i think this chick is just making random names up now.... if her name even WAS Melinda Dovishak???


http://es.tradekey.com/profile_view/uid/1873209/print/1.htm