**Authenticate This Dooney & Bourke item!**

[aimee0474]

I had not seen that post over on e-bay yet. Yea!

[BeenBurned]

Originally Posted by aimee0474

I had not seen that post over on e-bay yet. Yea!

Congratulations!

[aimee0474]

I just found out from www.dooney.com live help that the 3 digit stamp is an inspectors stamp, which was in many bags made outside the US in 2000, the year the bag was made.

So now I can list this bag and not always wonder about it.

Thanks everyone for the extra help on this one!

[kgreet]

Can anyone authenticate this signature bag for me? The leather strip down the middle is throwing me off.

Here is the link https://sellers.shopgoodwill.com/vie...itemid=5137431

Thank you!!!

[BeenBurned]

Originally Posted by kgreet

Can anyone authenticate this signature bag for me? The leather strip down the middle is throwing me off. Here is the link https://sellers.shopgoodwill.com/vie...itemid=5137431 Thank you!!!

I agree that it looks odd. Usually the strips of leather go down the side, beneath the strap. But otherwise, the bag looks fine. The interior is correct and the tag and serial number are correct with the right font.

[twinsmake4]

What do you think?

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[BeenBurned]

Originally Posted by twinsmake4

What do you think? app5.sellersourcebook.com/users/107485/db1_1251068248.jpg app5.sellersourcebook.com/users/107485/db2_1251068250.jpg app5.sellersourcebook.com/users/107485/db3_1251068253.jpg app5.sellersourcebook.com/users/107485/db_1251068244.jpg

Sorry, it's absolutely fake. Not a Dooney style, imprint is wrong font, exterior fabric is wrong, construction is wrong.

In fact, someone asked about that same wallet on the ebay boards and was told the same thing:
http://forums.ebay.com/db2/topic/Sho...&#msg512733301

[twinsmake4]

Thank you!

[BeenBurned]

Originally Posted by twinsmake4

Thank you!

You're welcome.

Take it back where you got it and request (or demand) a refund. They can't sell fakes.

[CoachHound]

http://houston.craigslist.org/clo/1344215150.html

Ok, I kow my ID is CoachHound but when D&B came out with this bag I fell in love. Too expensive for my taste but beautiful none the less. Well, low and behold, I found it online on Craigs List of all places. Opinions on this listing? If it's real I'm calling her in the AM to set up a meet to get it LOL Thanks in advance!!!

[BeenBurned]

Originally Posted by CoachHound

http://houston.craigslist.org/clo/1344215150.html Ok, I kow my ID is CoachHound but when D&B came out with this bag I fell in love. Too expensive for my taste but beautiful none the less. Well, low and behold, I found it online on Craigs List of all places. Opinions on this listing? If it's real I'm calling her in the AM to set up a meet to get it LOL Thanks in advance!!!

Can you get pictures of the front and back of the red, white and blue tags with serial number and also a picture of the top of the strap (showing the hardware)?

So far it looks okay but we don't know that the pictures are the actual item.

[CoachHound]

Originally Posted by BeenBurned

Can you get pictures of the front and back of the red, white and blue tags with serial number and also a picture of the top of the strap (showing the hardware)? So far it looks okay but we don't know that the pictures are the actual item.

I sent her an email asking for the pictures. I am waiting to hear from her, I am just so darn excited! When it comes to the tags is there a way a novice like me can tell the real from the fake? I don't want to spend that kind of money and end up getting a fake.

[BeenBurned]

Originally Posted by CoachHound

I sent her an email asking for the pictures. I am waiting to hear from her, I am just so darn excited! When it comes to the tags is there a way a novice like me can tell the real from the fake? I don't want to spend that kind of money and end up getting a fake.

The counterfeiters have learned about the red, white and blue tag and now, the fakes often have them. But if there's a serial number, the font is wrong, the alpha-numeric serial number doesn't have the correct number of characters, and sometimes they even sew the tag in upside down.

It's really not a matter of teaching someone how to tell; it's more that you look at listings, examine the items, details, hardware, construction, etc. and you learn what they're supposed to look like.

[CoachHound]

Ok, I got the pictures of the tags inside. Here's the deal with the bad pictures (LOL) I couldn't resize the pictures with my photo program so I had to use the paint program and cut the image out...as you can tell I am very bad at cut-n-paste Trust me when I say the actual pictures are MUCH better

[BeenBurned]

Originally Posted by CoachHound

Ok, I got the pictures of the tags inside. Here's the deal with the bad pictures (LOL) I couldn't resize the pictures with my photo program so I had to use the paint program and cut the image out...as you can tell I am very bad at cut-n-paste Trust me when I say the actual pictures are MUCH better

Looks good. As long as you're going to see the bag before you pay for it, make sure it's the same one, you'll do fine.