What to expect when expecting your eBay Won Victoria’s Secret Item:

Here are a few things to expect when anticipating the arrival of a newly-won Victoria’s Secret item. This is a helpful guide for those who are new to purchasing a Victoria’s Secret item from eBay, and it may answer some of your questions regarding the state and condition of your item. It will also be useful if you recently received an item and want to know more about it. This helpful excerpt will guide you through the steps of what you may need to expect when you get your item in the mail, including issues such as a cut or missing label/tag, markings on your clothing articles, and it will address questions about Victoria’s Secret private and branded labeling.

1. The tags on your item may be cut.   

 Do not be alarmed! This does not mean that your item is a fake and/or damaged. Victoria’s Secret, home of some of the world’s sexiest lingerie and clothing pieces, wants to make sure that you aren’t getting ripped off. When they sell their overstock, out of season items and customer returns, they cut the tags to ensure that the items cannot be returned to Victoria’s Secret headquarters. This is for your safety, as you would not want to buy a pair of underwear that has been worn, nor would you want to pay full price for an item that has been returned. The cutting-your-tags policy may seem strange at first, however, it is for the consumer’s protection, and this is one way to identify that your item isn’t fake.

Another thing you might notice about your item is that it may have marks across the labels. For instance, perhaps you bought a pair of London jeans from a Victoria’s Secret auction. The “London Jean” label may be marked through on the inside with a permanent marker. This is done for the same reasons as previously stated above. These markings are to ensure you the finest quality products – and to protect you from being scammed.

The same can be said for a pair of Victoria’s Secret shoes, sandals, boots, and slippers. Victoria’s Secret, though well-known for their sexy lingerie collections, doesn’t just sell lingerie. They also sell clothing, shoes, and accessories. You may buy a pair of boots in an auction, only to receive them and find an “X” on the bottom soles of one of the boots. This is so you don’t pay a lot of money to wear the same boots that some sneaky smelly-foot person returned after wearing for a while. Make sure to notice in the description before bidding in an auction whether or not the boots are new or used – and always expect to find an X on one of them.

What if you get something that doesn’t have marks or cut tags? There can be many reasons for this. Ask a seller before buying what the circumstances of the auction are. Sometimes, in a rush to cut all the tags of overstocked items, a few are missed. Other occasions arise, also, that result in tags that aren’t cut. The main thing to be aware of, when expecting your items, is that cut or marked labels are nothing to be worried about.

2. The Label on your Item May Not Say Victoria’s Secret

Victoria’s Secret is known world-wide for their sexy clothing, shoes, and of course, their lingerie. So how come you bought a cute little tank top in a Victoria’s Secret eBay auction and the label doesn’t say Victoria’s Secret? Please, do not throw a fit – VS carries many Private Labels through which they produce their clothing and shoes. Private labels are labels (names) that ONLY Victoria’s Secret uses to make and sell their clothes and shoes through. This means that VS uses their own private labels to produce sexy clothes and shoes without putting their VS name on it – think of it as not putting all of your eggs in one basket. Private labels by Victoria’s Secret include Moda International, their most used and sexiest clothing label, Colin Stuart, one of their main shoes and boots label, and London Jean, their most famous and LOVED Jean label.

However, in order to save money and be more efficient in production, VS also buys and sells Other Brands through their catalog – and these other brands also end up in overstock and warehouse lots. So you bought an item that was not VS, but you bid on it in a VS auction. Don’t panic. This may be normal. Sometimes, VS doesn’t feel like carrying tons of items, but they like the style and sexiness of a certain item from a certain collection, just for example let’s say J. Lo velour sweat pants. VS says “hey J. Lo company with the pretty pink velour sweat pants, we like some of your stuff, but we don’t want to carry all of it. Can we just sell of few of your things in our catalog?” This is good for both companies and manufacturers, because J. LO (as an example) gets free advertising and associates itself with one of the Nation’s top lingerie and sexiest clothing line, and VS doesn’t have to worry designing a whole new item and go through the long and staggering process of production.

Some Other Brands that you can expect to see in Victoria’s Secret auctions are J. Lo, Steve Madden, Lotus, Nine West, Betsey Johnson, H. Starlet, Kenneth Cole, Skechers, Calvin Klein, Hanky Panky, Hale Bob, Roberto Cavelli, Chantal Thomass, Spoylt, DIBA, Report, Bronx, Diesel, Pazzo, Bebe, Richard Tyler, Guess, Chooka, UGG, Pony, etc.

Arm yourself with information.  Know before you make a purchase what to expect.  Expect to find your favorite Victoria’s Secret discontinued items, get fantastic deals and expect to need more closet space.  Happy shopping!