Following up on my investigation.....I took my Prada Gauffre shopping tote that was removed from EBay to my local
Neiman Marcus and the woman, Elena who sold me my Cervo was there. She has been working for Neiman's for nine years. She reported they are not allowed to say whether a handbag we bring it is authentic or not, HOWEVER, she did do a complete look over and this is what she said. "I cannot say absolutely it is not real, I have seen some come in that are obviously fake. Everything looks good on this handbag, but I do not like the sound of the leather." She thought the leather sounded "squeaky" and brought a similar bag with the same leather, and I also noticed the difference. The feel of the leather on the NM bag was just a bit softer. She told me to call the NYC Prada store and they will pass on information to where I can get an absolute definate answer. So stay tuned... Thanks for your feedback.