Recently, a public judgment showed that the LV counter of Guojin Center sold fake goods, which was sentenced by the court to return the payment and triple the compensation. According to Xiaoxiang Morning Post, LV responded that it firmly denied the plaintiff's allegations and had applied for retrial LV reiterated that the products sold by Louis Vuitton's global direct stores are authentic. Louis Vuitton fully respects the Chinese courts and has taken the initiative to implement the effective judgment. However, Louis Vuitton never recognized in the lawsuit that the plaintiff sold the bags requiring a refund nine months later.
Louis Vuitton firmly denied the plaintiff's allegations and has applied for retrial and appealed to correct the original judgment. According to media reports, on September 12, 2020, Ms. Luo and her boyfriend Gao bought a Vaugirard handbag at the LV counter on the second floor of Changsha Guojin center. The price was 18700 yuan, and the payment was paid by her boyfriend Gao. After the handbag was bought back, Miss Luo suspected that the bag was a fake and sent it to China Inspection and Certification Group Hunan Co., Ltd. for inspection.
On June 3, 2021, the appraisal organization believed that the handbag was not produced by LV company. With the expert opinion, Miss Luo believes that the LV counter is suspected of fraud. She brings a lawsuit to the people's Court of Furong district and requests the court to make a judgment on the LV counter to return the payment for goods and compensate three times the payment for goods. At the same time, she pays the lawyer's fees and bear the litigation costs of this case.
The court found that the store, as a seller, had committed fraud in selling fake goods and should refund the payment for goods and pay three times the compensation. Finally, the court ruled that LV counter should refund Miss Luo's payment for goods of 18700 yuan and pay three times the package payment of 56100 yuan, and rejected Miss Luo's other litigation claims.
It is reported that Miss Luo has recently received 74800 yuan transferred from the counter.