#shopinuinu

Hey just so you know a lot of the pictures aren't working(I've tried refreshing and my internet is working fine) so it could be that people can't see some of the pics to compare o:

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as inu inu doesn’t have like, a specific plus sized section for me to easily go at and see what all they’ve placed in that category, it’s a bit harder for me to see everything they offer at once to assess the problem accurately, but here are some of the issues you might be running into:

inu inu has original products produced for them that are exclusively sold on their website. there aren’t many of them, but there are enough that i feel like this could be the issue you’re running into. i really wish that they had these things listed out because an original line is smth to be proud of! but…it would probably be disadvantageous since a lot of their more popular items are not exclusives, lol. it’s pretty easy to tell the difference with 90% of their products, and the majority of their items are not originals. most of the things that Are inuinu originals are their more simple pieces like their tshirts or sweatshirts. items with basic silhouettes, with images you’ve seen on tumblr that have either been lifted wholesale or traced and slightly altered, items that appear to be very poorly photoshopped, or items with graphics primarily appearing on the chest in a typical printing area for a tshirt are likely in-house inuinu items. items that are more complex in terms of construction/materials, that have all over prints, detailed items like jackets, or items that are not sweatshirts and tees like skirts or socks, are all sourced products. those sourced products are what you are likely to find on aliexpress. you can also sometimes tell if an item uses vastly different model photography than what they typically post on their instagram. 

different aliexpress listings have different size ranges–you can sometimes find the same tshirt just as a one-size listing, but other places have S-L, and you could find some items that have plus sizes listed from XS - XXL, and others that might list an item as having like a huge range of extended items, sometimes up to a Chinese 8L (about an american 3/4X). the search results when you search by image generally give you a long list, and so you might have to just scroll through a lot before finding one that has your size. it also might just have sizes listed in terms of measurements rather than american sizes–inu inu has quite a few items that they tout as “plus size friendly” that would never be actually listed as plus sized on aliexpress because things are often listed as free size instead. 

some items might still be from aliexpress, but inu inu could have contacted the seller and may be getting custom sized pieces to resell. some sellers on aliexpress are factory direct, and individuals are also able to give them measurements and order custom sized garments through them–not just shops with wholesale items. you can look through an item’s listing or ask a seller to find out more information to see if that’s an option. 

since inu inu has claimed a lot of aliexpress items as being their own original designs (read my initial review for more details on this) various chinese based wholesellers HAVE actually ripped off several inu inu designs, within the past few months. you might be seeing an inu inu original that is a chinese knock off being manufactured in chinese sizes, but this would only apply to their most popular original designs, and only to the tshirts that i’ve described earlier.

if you cared about getting something but didn’t want to continue to support inu inu and wanted to link me a specific item for me to see if i can find it, i’m happy to help with that sort of thing. i know i make the same offer all the time (for various reasons, not just this one) but i really do mean it! i’m here to help. 

them being images are fine. here are the images, for people to see easily:

image above is a screenshot of the aliexpress listing inu inu has taken this review from. review is from an anonymous russian user with the initials K.P., and the review reads: “Order came quickly-within 15 days. the bag is good quality-very tight, drawing a bright, without defects. I found only 1 sticking thread-everything else is perfect. size: 38cm width and 38 length. I recommend the seller.”

here is that review, reposted with the same image on inu inu’s website–you can see that they have changed the review significantly from the translated russian, and taken out details that are negative (like the thread comment) as well. revised review is from Abbey M., and reads “Order came quickly–within 15 days. The bag thing is that a good was very tight, drawing was nice, bright and without defects. Everything else is perfect.” 

interesting side note is that it is highly unlikely you would ever get this item from inu inu within 15 days–as they are drop shipping all of their stuff from China. the russian person on the original aliexpress review likely got their product so quickly because of their proximity to china. just thought i might point that out as well, since it is a piece of information that makes the review very actively misleading. on the above aliexpress image, you can also see that there are other copied reviews, all of which are also on the inu inu site, with altered details. 

this image shows the review images stolen from taobao, as well as reveals the fact that the information in the reviews on inu inu’s site are 100% fabricated–names, ratings, information. 

so, like i said before, extremely sinister, very scammy, and just holy shit–all around bad. 

ask continued: “could you please make a post exposing them so people don’t rely on their reviews”

so just to get this straight–inu inu is stealing reviews (and review images) off of aliexpress and stealing random strangers’ customer photos to try and get ppl to trust their store & buy their shit??? 

i just checked out both of these links and am not able to see the evidence reproduced, and was wondering if this was something you saw called out on another blogger’s page or if it has something that inu inu has since deleted. i went through the reviews on that taobao listing and it might just be something that i’m missing, or inu inu has taken down those reviews to hide their tracks. same goes with the aliexpress example–inu inu’s page for that backpack has zero reviews on it, at least that i can see. this might be something i’m missing, like i said before, but it’s not something i can add to my review unless i have evidence of it or someone else has screencapped it. when i get some time (hopefully later today) i will go through and see if i can see similar things on their other listings, but it would be extremely helpful if you would like to contact me and share more in-depth information so i could catalog it on my big inu inu post. 

though the items are probably the exact same as the items on both of those listings for taobao and aliexpress, and are therefore not necessarily untruthful reviews (since they would still roughly indicate the quality of the items, though they’re 100% not reflective of inu inu as a business or their own customer service), this behavior is extremely shady. like. some real next level shit–people often complain about unreliable or crappy online shops and call them scams (regardless of whether what the shop is doing is something i’d consider a scam or not) but this is like. very legitimately scam behavior, and a huge betrayal of the trust of their consumer base.

and even if they’ve deleted these asks, it’s still such a bad moral judgement that it reflects REALLY horribly on the people running this business, and people deserve to know that shit. the only way i’d feel otherwise is if inu inu would come out and address the issue or apologize for misleading consumers, which i doubt they’d do in the first place, and even then, i know i wouldn’t trust them with my money, at least 

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