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[QVC PRINCESS]

Has something happened to Bruce Makowsky? I haven't seen him for some time on QVC. Also Macy's and Lord & Taylor here in New York carried his handbags. All of a sudden they are no longer available at either store. Anyone know what's up with him and his line?

[Soccergrandma]

What happened to Bruce Makowsky? He and is his have not been seen or heard from

[Soccergrandma]

What has happened to Bruce Makowsky and his wife?

[this is my nic]

We used to have a QVC outlet in our town, it closed this past Dec.  Anyway, they always had tons of BMak bags.  I was told their stock came from returns and over-stocked items.  Perhaps the demand for his bags dried up or he went in another direction. 

[GingerPeach]

For what it's worth, there is a story that says he owes a partner almost two million for an oral breach of contract.  That amount is likely not so much for Mr. Makowsky since he not only sold his line to a Chinese company for about 400 million in 2008 (per the article here: http://www.thenationaltriallawyers.org/2014/06/6846/), but he apparently tends to flip Beverly Hills real estate making nice profits (per other articles that you can look up yourselves - there are several).

Of course, none of that directly explains why he is not here, although the lawsuit is likely to be one of the reasons.

[bamasec]

Hi, In response to B.M. I bought one handbag about 4 years ago and the first and only. After approx. 6 months, I noticed the straps began to peel from the original handbag material, just like a snake sheds it's skin for a better way of understanding it. I called QVC as I was not used to paying that much for a handbag, and for that price it was actually peeling apart before my eyes. C.S. said there was nothing they could do as they did not have that bag anymore. After that I bet I saw B.M. one more time on QVC. And at that time I had QVC on all the time as background entertainment, while working around the house and at the time they had much more variety than the did not. I remember there program guide would be full of different things. I looked at several customer reviews and the EXACT same complaint was at least 70% of the reviews on that particular bag. It was one of my favorite bags I have ever had. It was red and had alot of gold looking hardware. Did any of you have this complaint? Maybe things got really bad on quality.  Please respond I am very curious.      Alleycat

[bamasec]

Thank you for the information, interesting.

[redhead65]

The information I had stated that he and his wife owed "mega money" everywhere and have left the country.

[Kachina624]

He has moved on to bigger and better things. He never stood behind his product. If it was defective or poorly made he couldn't have cared less. He did a money grab and moved on.

He's now wheeling and dealing in California real estate, have sold his company to a Chinese firm.

[visrn]

I had the same problem with one of his bags.  It was a TSV bag that I really liked, but in less than two months the straps were doing exactly what you described.  I called QVC and they did take it back and refund me.  I think there  were a lot of similar complaints.