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Hyacinth · Jun 19th, 2009, 11:16 AM

Originally Posted by candyxo

You ladies are so much better than I am...

I was almost conned into buying a "real" coach bag in mexico...for about $70 USD

Thanks to my bf who said, do you really need another purse, I put it down.

I always thought that if it had the price tags and coach tags that they would be real...wow I'd be scared to buy anything not from a coach store after i read this thread!!!

You don't have to be scared, but you DO have to be extremely cautious. There are some excellent sellers on Ebay and Bonanzle who deal only in genuine Coach but you really need to have us look at anything you're thinking of bidding on - post the listing number or URL in the Coach Shopping - Authenticate This Coach thread. And don't buy or bid on impulse, like with that great Mexican "deal". If something looks too good to be true, it almost always IS.

And always use common sense. Coach and almost all other designer bag makers ONLY sell to their own stores and to major retailers like Macy's, Nordies, Dillard's, etc. They do NOT sell to independent internet sites, purse parties, small "boutiques", hair salons, wholesalers of any kind including known or suspected Ebay or other auction site sellers, guys who sell them out of the trunk of thir cars at golf courses, flea market sellers or Mexican street vendors. And they don't sell "seconds" to internet wholesalers either.

The Answers To Authenticity Questions thread has a lot of really good advice:
answers to AUTHENTICITY questions!!!
My post 256 has some advice for new Ebay buyers about the common red flags you should be aware of:
answers to AUTHENTICITY questions!!!

~NIKITA~ · Jun 19th, 2009, 03:41 PM

Originally Posted by bemidjigreen

I love coach, but you know after perusing this thread--I hate to say it but some of these fakes are no more ugly than many of the factory bags at the Coach outlets. In fact, a couple of the designs are more attractive that many factory bags.

Beyond fugly are those factory crossover bags with web handles or any coach bag with the signature mosaics--ick. The very idea of ANY authentic coach having a web handle is just gross.

Coach should really reconsider offering those fugly factory bags if they want to stop the forgers. Its really hard to tell the difference between the two on someone walking by on the street.

Nina_B · Jun 19th, 2009, 04:43 PM

Originally Posted by ~NIKITA~

Ha I thought the same thing!

Nina_B · Jun 19th, 2009, 05:39 PM

aml716 · Jun 20th, 2009, 08:06 AM

http://toronto.en.craigslist.ca/tor/clo/1200090693.html

B-Town · Jun 20th, 2009, 10:13 PM

Blech! Those make me sad for Toronto--no city deserves to be the home of ugly things like those!

Charlie · Jun 21st, 2009, 02:08 PM

Disgusting

http://cgi.ebay.com/Coach-op-art-sab...lenotsupported

mcoop13 · Jun 21st, 2009, 06:33 PM

Originally Posted by Nina_B

Ha I thought the same thing!

Agreed Nikita and Nina...

selkiewriter · Jun 21st, 2009, 07:17 PM

Originally Posted by aml716

http://toronto.en.craigslist.ca/tor/clo/1200090693.html

Those are terrible!

Hyacinth · Jun 21st, 2009, 11:32 PM

Originally Posted by bemidjigreen

I love coach, but you know after perusing this thread--I hate to say it but some of these fakes are no more ugly than many of the factory bags at the Coach outlets. In fact, a couple of the designs are more attractive that many factory bags.

Beyond fugly are those factory crossover bags with web handles or any coach bag with the signature mosaics--ick. The very idea of ANY authentic coach having a web handle is just gross.

Coach should really reconsider offering those fugly factory bags if they want to stop the forgers. Its really hard to tell the difference between the two on someone walking by on the street.

I happen to like some of those crossover bags, but I'm not buying them as "comps" to my classic leather Coaches. I'm buying them as tongue-in-cheek humor at what Coach is doing just to sell merchandise. Plus they're loud, they don't take themselves seriously (or I don't!) and at the outlet prices they're in almost the same price range as a LeSportsac but made a lot better. Who said all your purses have to be serious? I'd rather pay $100 for a decently made Coach Scribble or Graffiti bag that will hold up a lot longer than an LS or even a Vera Bradley in the same price range.

JMO, of course.

Coach10619 · Jun 22nd, 2009, 06:10 AM

A cross between a Zoe and a Carly. It only has 2hrs left and is up over $100, I feel sorry for that unlucky buyer...
http://cgi.ebay.com/COACH-Shoulder-B...3A3%7C294%3A50

mcoop13 · Jun 22nd, 2009, 12:10 PM

I saw my first fake Heritage Stripe bag the other day. It was hideous.

mcoop13 · Jun 22nd, 2009, 03:40 PM

Report this hideous THING:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...lenotsupported

candlee · Jun 22nd, 2009, 09:31 PM

Another Fake Sabrina
http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-AUTHENTIC-CO...3%3A1|294%3A50

mcoop13 · Jun 22nd, 2009, 11:11 PM

Originally Posted by candlee

Another Fake Sabrina
http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-AUTHENTIC-CO...3%3A1|294%3A50

What are the red flags for that one? I don't see any..but I'm new to authenticating the "op art" bags.

Jun 20th, 2009, 10:13 PM	#666
B-Town Member Joined: Mar 2009 Location: WA Posts: 1,086	Blech! Those make me sad for Toronto--no city deserves to be the home of ugly things like those!
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Jun 21st, 2009, 02:08 PM	#667
Charlie Is focused O_O Joined: Apr 2007 Posts: 12,159	Disgusting http://cgi.ebay.com/Coach-op-art-sab...lenotsupported
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Jun 22nd, 2009, 06:10 AM	#671
Coach10619 Obsessed Joined: May 2008 Location: Midwest Posts: 1,215	A cross between a Zoe and a Carly. It only has 2hrs left and is up over $100, I feel sorry for that unlucky buyer... http://cgi.ebay.com/COACH-Shoulder-B...3A3%7C294%3A50
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Jun 22nd, 2009, 12:10 PM	#672
mcoop13 Addicted to Coach Joined: Apr 2009 Location: @ Target buying "Skinny Water" 0 Calories, 0 Sugar, 0 Guilt! Posts: 1,453	I saw my first fake Heritage Stripe bag the other day. It was hideous.
	__________________ Wishlist 1. Whiskey Ali 2. Large Leather Zoe 3. Ergo Pleated Framed Satchel 4. Poppy Glam in Cobalt

Jun 22nd, 2009, 03:40 PM	#673
mcoop13 Addicted to Coach Joined: Apr 2009 Location: @ Target buying "Skinny Water" 0 Calories, 0 Sugar, 0 Guilt! Posts: 1,453	Report this hideous THING: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...lenotsupported
	__________________ Wishlist 1. Whiskey Ali 2. Large Leather Zoe 3. Ergo Pleated Framed Satchel 4. Poppy Glam in Cobalt

Jun 22nd, 2009, 09:31 PM	#674
candlee ~Happy~ Joined: Sep 2008 Location: mo Posts: 233	Another Fake Sabrina http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-AUTHENTIC-CO...3%3A1\|294%3A50

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