Come in and share your authenticity tips please!!!

[cocogirl07]

no comments about selling please, and all authenticity questions must be asked in the Authenticate This! sticky in the Chanel Shopping Forum.
This thread is ONLY For people to give tips in.

[coco_coco]

Please help. I am in the process of finding the 2007 chanel clutch (diamond stich with the gunmetal cc closure on top). Ebay as been my resource. Before I buy, did this come in lambskin and caviar? Any tips would be appreciated. Thank you.

[Swanky Mama Of Three]

please people, this is ONLY for you to ADD authenticity tips!
***Start a new thread w/ questions!***

[ashley77]

to be safe, just buy a chanel purse directly from CHANEL stores, NM, Saks...

[ateebi]

the reporter bag i got from ebay has phillips screws not flat, does that automatically make it a fake?
plus the top of the bag (where the zipper is) is soft not stiff like the pictures (or flat). It relaxes and crunches and doesnt stay regit....
what do u think?

[Swanky Mama Of Three]

Originally Posted by Swanky Mama Of Three

please people, this is ONLY for you to ADD authenticity tips! ***Start a new thread w/ questions!***

[lizziebell]

I haven't been on the forum in ages because I've had some health problems. I hope to catch up on some forum reading in the next little while.
Although it's been said many times I'm sure, I'd like to say it again - especially for the Chanel newbies. If you're planning to buy a Chanel bag, buy brand new from an authorized dealer if at all possible. Even though I've been a die-hard Chanel fan all my life, I had to wait until I was nearly 50 to buy my first Chanel bag. I paid full price to buy new at a Chanel boutique & absolutely treasure my first purchase. Then I caught wind of all the "deals" on E-Bay and thought "Wow, here's a way I can own several Chanel bags and stay within my budget". I was sure I knew what to watch for and started scouring the deals. I ended up buying 5 more bags, but it turned out that one of them was a fake!
Even though I got good deals initially, and 4 really great authentic bags, the money I lost on the one fake made the other deals not so great in the balance. By the time I was able to confirm that I had a fake, the E-Bay seller had closed their account & I had no recourse. Although the fake looks quite authentic, and most people would never know the difference, I know, so that bag just sits in my closet... even though it's the one style I most wanted.
I learned a lesson from this experience and have vowed to only buy from an authorized dealer from hereon out, just to be 100% sure of what I'm getting. Have a great day everyone. Happy Shopping!!!

[Nique27]

PLEASE, PLEASE read the thread, this is for authenticity tips ONLY.

There's a place to ask your question in the Chanel Shopping sub-Forum called "Authenticate This!" Chanel.

[arm9047]

PLEASE, PLEASE read the thread, this is for authenticity tips ONLY.

There's a place to ask your question in the Chanel Shopping sub-Forum called "Authenticate This!" Chanel.

[sss4u]

Well, if you own CHANEL bags,when you see a fake one even if it's on internet, you should be able to tell if it's a fake one or not. Because the picture of an authentic CHANEL is quite different from a fake one, it is higher quality leather and you can tell everything is right. Fake ones usually have same serial numbers even for different style. You should always ask for the serial number and browse more often on internet.

[Swanky Mama Of Three]

actually, it's not always obvious.
Also, the serial number doesn't mean much as most fakes have them.

If you have a tried and true tip we'd love to hear it!

[DforFashion]

hi - please ... please ... share with me how to identify fake coco cabas, we dont have CC boutique in Indonesia - so i plan to buy it from multibrands boutique in my home town .... please ... please .... share with me

[Swanky Mama Of Three]

please, please, read this thread.
If you have QUESTIONS, start a new thread!
This is to ADD TIPS ONLY.

[arlann_u]

actually i have a flap jumbo quilted lambskin in camel color, the cc closure is stamped at the lower left of the left c and the zipper is ykk

[checkedy]

hi all, im a chanel newbie..just 1 quick question, are all chanel Caviar quilted flap bags made in france or italy? or could it be only seasonal colors like red n blue are made in italy? please help! thanks alot!