Shaun King is accused of scamming customers out of money for his private clothing brand.
King’s clothing line, A Real One, is touted as an organic clothing company reportedly made from all organic materials by Black-owned farmers, designers and distributors. Prices range from $59 for t-shirts and hoodies for $165.
There was an initial uproar on Black Twitter when the brand launched, for scamming Black people into buying expensive, relatively bland clothing from the company in the name of justice.
Now, there are more issues brewing as those who decided to pay $165 for the hoodies, have not received their orders.
Twitter users couldn’t help but leave their comments on the situation, including some of the customers who have been scammed.
hello, it has been 8 months since shaun king launched a “private clothing line” that sold $165 hoodies, there hasn’t been an update since October, the entire instagram has been deleted and the last existing comments were people saying they still hadnt gotten their orders
— ashley ray (@theeashleyray) May 12, 2022
lmaoo the website is still up and accepting purchases because of course he will still take your money https://t.co/Te5dG9eeeP
— ashley ray (@theeashleyray) May 12, 2022
sh••n took them peoples money for his clothing line……..you will be shocked to learn what happened next pic.twitter.com/qcJrrDLmnG
— Cleopatra Jones Jr. (@theKelizabeth82) April 7, 2022
— 𝔾𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕥 𝕌𝕟𝕔𝕝𝕖 𝔹𝕠𝕓 (@Greatunclebob) May 12, 2022
Why hasn’t this guy gotten a mainstream media takedown yet? When are we going to get a Netflix docudrama?
— c’mon baby light my gas (@akmonday) May 12, 2022
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According to Newsweek, King sent an email saying the clothing line accusations were inaccurate.
“This is a complete fabrication.
2 things:
1. We had nearly 3,500 orders and shipped EVERY order. All of them. Some 2-3 times. Out of those 3,500 orders about 150 people moved, or had shipping problems. For those 150 people, we resent the orders or processed refunds.
2. We just emailed our entire customer base to ask ANY customer that might have fallen through the cracks to email us. 2 people replied saying they wanted exchanges or refunds for orders they had trouble with.
“Out of those 3,500, we also had 75-100 customers who had errors in their email addresses or phone numbers that may be hard for us to reach. When we then run those potential customers with errors up against all of the orders that were delivered, we don’t see a single customer left with a contact info error that hasn’t received their order,” the email continued.
“Still, we are standing by to help any customer that has a single issue or problem.”
What do y’all think?
