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Hi guys! I was wondering if you could tell me if this site sells authentic bags? I'm interested in the Madison Large Leather 15958 bag in Mahogany but it is marked down quite a bit and there is only one picture so I wanted to get your opinion. Thanks so much!

Link: http://www.coachpurse4sale.com/coach-madison-leather-large-shoulder-bag-brass-mahogany-p-23.html
It's been said dozens of times but it's worth repeating:

With the exception of coach.com, any website with "Coach" in the name sells fakes.

The only reason the pictures "look" okay is because they're stock photos stolen from Coach's own website.
 
Item Name (if you know it): Hamptons Leather Carryall in Berry

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v453/marvelthestars/Front.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v453/marvelthestars/Tag.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v453/marvelthestars/Buckle.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v453/marvelthestars/Hang-Tag.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v453/marvelthestars/Creed.jpg

I'm pretty certain this purse is legit, but could someone please help me verify/authenticate this new purse? I won it on ebay over the weekend and it just arrived today. These are photos that I've personally taken of the purse since receiving it today. I think I can go back and find the ebay link if needed, and I can provide more photos if desired. Thank you in advance!
 
Item Name (if you know it): Hamptons Leather Carryall in Berry

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v453/marvelthestars/Front.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v453/marvelthestars/Tag.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v453/marvelthestars/Buckle.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v453/marvelthestars/Hang-Tag.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v453/marvelthestars/Creed.jpg

I'm pretty certain this purse is legit, but could someone please help me verify/authenticate this new purse? I won it on ebay over the weekend and it just arrived today. These are photos that I've personally taken of the purse since receiving it today. I think I can go back and find the ebay link if needed, and I can provide more photos if desired. Thank you in advance!
Authentic.
 
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...=STRK:MEWAX:IT

please authenticate. i am 100% sure it is fake. but look at the ad i wrote her and she swears its real and is very mad i am claiming it to be fake.

coach embossed leigh
seller carrieanne251983

This was my auction I am ebay seller carrieann251983 and I want to clarify a couple things as I am a little upset reading through some of these posts about my auctions. First off I did snap at first when this person tells me a bag I spent $500 on and got from such a reputable person on another site who was a dear friend to me and I trusted completely is fake I was pi$$ed I thought they were some niave buyer comparing it to the other bag on auction and because they had differences they claimed it as a fake. When I got the bag i never ever thought it to be fake as I thought it was an older version of the leigh and that is why it had some differences. Sometimes coach does that. The revamp a bag and make it a little different the second time around. I have seen that before on coach legacy bags so this is what I thought. Now if you weren't to familiar with the coach legacy line and you got this bag in your possession you would never thing it was a fake. It is a high quality fake as the suede is real,the stitching is even,it even has the correct numbers after the dash ect.I sell coach for a living and I know my stuff and this bag got me. After learning it is a fake I see the things I missed and overlooked but I never thought to even think it wasn't real like i said the person I got it from is a very reputable seller and friend on another site and they quaranteed it authentic and I trusted them. As for the picture theft really was that nessassary to post because I mean we are here to find out if a bag is real or not correct and immediatly upon finding out this bag was not real I ended it I do not condone the sale of a replica bag. I never ever would have listed it as 1000% authentic guaranteed or your money back and keep it if I have any thoughts of it being fake. People make mistakes and yes I did use some pictures I found off of google as I seen half the other sellers on ebay using stock photos so I thought it was ok but I got an email from ebay saying it wasn't and have not since. This lady made me sound like some wicked person and I am not I am a very kind and caring seller and I wanted to clarify that. I apolojized to her as well numerous times.
 
If that is the brown Sig C embossed suede Leigh it was fake. The suede was not right. The creed was wrong - for starters.

See the posts on the previous pages about that bag.

It is not a quality fake. It's a cheap purse party or ioffer bag.
 
Item: 140497412080
Listing: Coach Black Leather Handbag 9966
Seller: marianarosa
Link: http://cgi.ebay.com/COACH-BLACK-LEA...080?pt=US_CSA_WH_Handbags&hash=item20b64c5ff0
Comments: I won this bag from this seller and she sent me the above bag instead. It seemed a little off to me and I sent it back for a refund. I took photos of the bag before I sent it back and here is a photo of the creed I took since it is unreadable in the auction (sorry if it gigantic):

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http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=180610327145&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT

please authenticate. i am 100% sure it is fake. but look at the ad i wrote her and she swears its real and is very mad i am claiming it to be fake.

coach embossed leigh
seller carrieanne251983

You are 100% right.

Originally Posted by INDRIDCOLD http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...=STRK:MEWAX:IT

please authenticate. i am 100% sure it is fake. but look at the ad i wrote her and she swears its real and is very mad i am claiming it to be fake.

coach embossed leigh
seller carrieanne251983



It looks like the seller just removed the listing.
http://shop.ebay.com/carrieann251983/m.html

Unusual to see that style faked, unless I just haven't been paying attention. But it's definitely counterfeit.

You are correct. The bag from seller carrieann251983 is a bad fake and although her other current items appear to be okay, she has a past history of picture theft too.

It appears that she ended the listing early, perhaps after being notified that the bag is counterfeit.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...=STRK:MEWAX:IT

please authenticate. i am 100% sure it is fake. but look at the ad i wrote her and she swears its real and is very mad i am claiming it to be fake.

coach embossed leigh
seller carrieanne251983

This was my auction I am ebay seller carrieann251983 and I want to clarify a couple things as I am a little upset reading through some of these posts about my auctions. First off I did snap at first when this person tells me a bag I spent $500 on and got from such a reputable person on another site who was a dear friend to me and I trusted completely is fake I was pi$$ed I thought they were some niave buyer comparing it to the other bag on auction and because they had differences they claimed it as a fake. When I got the bag i never ever thought it to be fake as I thought it was an older version of the leigh and that is why it had some differences. Sometimes coach does that. The revamp a bag and make it a little different the second time around. I have seen that before on coach legacy bags so this is what I thought. Now if you weren't to familiar with the coach legacy line and you got this bag in your possession you would never thing it was a fake. It is a high quality fake as the suede is real,the stitching is even,it even has the correct numbers after the dash ect.I sell coach for a living and I know my stuff and this bag got me. After learning it is a fake I see the things I missed and overlooked but I never thought to even think it wasn't real like i said the person I got it from is a very reputable seller and friend on another site and they quaranteed it authentic and I trusted them. As for the picture theft really was that nessassary to post because I mean we are here to find out if a bag is real or not correct and immediatly upon finding out this bag was not real I ended it I do not condone the sale of a replica bag. I never ever would have listed it as 1000% authentic guaranteed or your money back and keep it if I have any thoughts of it being fake. People make mistakes and yes I did use some pictures I found off of google as I seen half the other sellers on ebay using stock photos so I thought it was ok but I got an email from ebay saying it wasn't and have not since. This lady made me sound like some wicked person and I am not I am a very kind and caring seller and I wanted to clarify that. I apolojized to her as well numerous times.
Your bag wasn't a good fake at all. But "good" fake or "bad" fake, it's irrelevant.

As a seller, it's your responsibility to know before listing that an item is authentic or it cannot be listed. And that's not just ebay's "rule;" it's the law. Selling counterfeit items is a violation of federal trademark law and sellers have to verify authenticity before listing.

And it doesn't matter where you bought the fake, how wealthy the person was who sold it to you, how trusting you were of them and how convincing they were in assuring you of authenticity.

The fact is that you bought a fake and listed it and fortunately, you learned of the mistake before some poor buyer got scammed.

Instead of getting frustrated with her for being "naive" and not knowing Coach, you should be thanking her for saving your reputation!

I often recommend that a good rule of thumb is that unless you personally purchased an item from a legitimate retailer (such as Macy's, Coach, Bloomies, Nordies, etc.), then you should have it authenticated before listing.

Unless and until you are very good at recognizing fakes, it's not worth the risk to your ebay account to take the chance of selling a possible fake.

As for the picture theft, images that show up on Google searches belong to people! Just because they come up doesn't mean that they're there for the taking. And the same goes for copyrighted stock photos.

In fact, look at any designer website. They state that the images used on the site are there for the intended purpose of allowing buyers to see the item. Any other use of the pictures is disallowed.

Again, if you have any other listings for items that you didn't buy from department stores (and Goodwill doesn't count), please authenticate them.

Edited to add: In reference to the fake bag listing, you state that you purchased from a trusted seller on another site.

However, your listing for the item states the following:

(Since I know it is authentic though and purchased directly from coach some time ago this WILL NOT HAPPEN LOL)

Which is it?
 
Item: 140497412080
Listing: Coach Black Leather Handbag 9966
Seller: marianarosa
Link: http://cgi.ebay.com/COACH-BLACK-LEA...080?pt=US_CSA_WH_Handbags&hash=item20b64c5ff0
Comments: I won this bag from this seller and she sent me the above bag instead. It seemed a little off to me and I sent it back for a refund. I took photos of the bag before I sent it back and here is a photo of the creed I took since it is unreadable in the auction (sorry if it gigantic):

DSC01100.jpg
Please wait for other opinions on the authenticity but I think you might have erred in a couple of ways.

1. The time to authenticate and request additional pictures is before bidding.
2. If #1 wasn't done, the time to authenticate is BEFORE accusing the seller of selling a fake and BEFORE sending it back.
3. I'm not a classic leather Coach expert but I don't see any problems with the listing, the pictures in the listing or the creed photo you posted.

But other opinions are certainly welcome. Even if I'm wrong with #3, I stand by #1 and #2.

ETA: I'm confused. The listing you say you won is still up and running. What is the link to the listing you won?
 
Umm if you read through the whole post you would see Is said these were my first thoughts when she came to me telling me it is fake I thought she was a naive buyer after a couple more conversations with her I started to get concerned myself and then she told me I should post it on here but then she did it herself and when others agreed with her the auction was immediatly removed and I thanked her numerous times for her helping me out as I told her I would rather have found out now than had an unhappy buyer or a dispute ect. As for the part in my auction about the bag being purchased directly from coach I copied and pasted that from another of my auctions before relizing my mistake. Hey look I am the first to admit I was wrong in this case and am not trying to get in an argument over it. I just don't appreciate my name being smeared through the mud because of a mistake I mad. I have learned my lesson and will not ever let this happen again. Honest sellers do make mistakes in this case I did.
 
ETA: I'm confused. The listing you say you won is still up and running. What is the link to the listing you won?

I'm not Warcraft Wench, but ..... if you look closely at the "Comments" section in Warcraft Wench's post, the word "bag" is actually a hyperlink to a different auction that ended on Dec 27. I *think* what she's saying is that she won the auction that ended on Dec 27 (ie. click on the word "bag"), the seller sent her "a" bag, warcraft wench did not trust the bag, warcraft wench took a picture of the creed but returned the bag, and now that bag (I think) has been relisted in the auction that is currently running now. ??????

(I'm hoping I"m at least close? Basically, what it boils down to is that there are actually two auction links provided in warcraft wench's post. One is the current auction she gives after the word "Link", and the other auction is a completed auction that you get to by clicking on the word "bag".)
 
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I'm not Warcraft Wench, but ..... if you look closely at the "Comments" section in Warcraft Wench's post, the word "bag" is actually a hyperlink to a different auction that ended on Dec 27. I *think* what she's saying is that she won the auction that ended on Dec 27 (ie. click on the word "bag"), the seller sent her the bag, warcraft wench did not trust the bag, took a picture of the creed but returned the bag, and now that bag (I think) has been relisted in the auction that is currently running now. ??????

(I'm hoping I"m at least close? Basically, what it boils down to is that there are actually two auction links provided in warcraft wench's post. One is the current auction she gives after the word "Link", and the other auction is a completed auction that you get to by clicking on the word "bag".)

Yes, that's right. The machine marks in the creed were a red flag to me.
 
Umm if you read through the whole post you would see Is said these were my first thoughts when she came to me telling me it is fake I thought she was a naive buyer after a couple more conversations with her I started to get concerned myself and then she told me I should post it on here but then she did it herself and when others agreed with her the auction was immediatly removed and I thanked her numerous times for her helping me out as I told her I would rather have found out now than had an unhappy buyer or a dispute ect. As for the part in my auction about the bag being purchased directly from coach I copied and pasted that from another of my auctions before relizing my mistake. Hey look I am the first to admit I was wrong in this case and am not trying to get in an argument over it. I just don't appreciate my name being smeared through the mud because of a mistake I mad. I have learned my lesson and will not ever let this happen again. Honest sellers do make mistakes in this case I did.
You guys will probably be seeing alot more of me now as I will be authenticating any bag I am uncertain of from this point on. I never had a bit of uncertanty on this leigh replica I quess I should have though as the more I thought about it the more I realized their was red flags that I over looked in this case I believe I was the naive buyer lol.
 
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