can someone read this date code for me please and let me know the year month it was made or how to read this specific date code?
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The D is the month code: April. The "1" is the year code: 2001. The "5" is the factory code: China. It sometimes gets confusing when the year codes and factory codes are single digit numbers.
Thanks,I just have one more questions for you? Is there a website that lists all the coach dates codes and how to read them?
Ahhh thank you so much for the help!! I'm planning on buying it from a US-based reseller since this is not available in my country but I want to read reviews on the bag first. Thanks a lot!
There are some trusted guides that explain them here: http://www.ebay.com/gds/Coach-Serial-Numbers-the-Basic-Facts-/10000000034886433/g.html
http://www.ebay.com/gds/Coach-Creeds-the-Basic-Facts-/10000000030821024/g.html There is a whole series done by Hyacinth for Salearea that might be helpful. More recent bags don't have the number on the creed at all; it is on a tag sewn inside a pocket.
You're welcome. These are made for factory bags so there might not be many reviews online. You can ask on the forum if anyone has seen them. I'd start here: http://forum.purseblog.com/threads/...scussion-thread.913051/page-173#post-30387450Ahhh thank you so much for the help!! I'm planning on buying it from a US-based reseller since this is not available in my country but I want to read reviews on the bag first. Thanks a lot!
Can someone tell me if this bag is authentic? Nothing is indicating that it's not; all the stitching is clean, the leather is high quality and the branding is cohesive, but I can't find any evidence of the Poppy Pushlock bag in this color. I called Coach and they mentioned that it could be a retailer exclusive, so I'm hoping that's it. Any answer I can get on this would be awesome! Thank you
Can someone tell me if this bag is authentic? Nothing is indicating that it's not; all the stitching is clean, the leather is high quality and the branding is cohesive, but I can't find any evidence of the Poppy Pushlock bag in this color. I called Coach and they mentioned that it could be a retailer exclusive, so I'm hoping that's it. Any answer I can get on this would be awesome! Thank you
Authenticity requests should be posted in the Authenticate This Coach thread in the Coach Shopping forum.
The other authenticators usually check this thread too, and I REALLY want them to take a look at this one. Unless my eyes are much worse than I thought, I'm seeing a style number of F15111. Unfortunately there seems to be a totally different style bag that has the same style number and was apparently made in the same plant and year and within a month of this one. I don't have any photos of this style number in my files. It's always possible that the plant made a mistake when stamping the creed, but I'd like more opinions.
There are 3 listed but only one shows the creed patch and serial number:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Coach-Small...619884?hash=item3f65b9dfac:g:ICEAAOSwu1VW4EJw
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=coach+15111&_in_kw=1&_ex_kw=&_sacat=11450&_udlo=&_udhi=&_ftrt=901&_ftrv=1&_sabdlo=&_sabdhi=&_samilow=&_samihi=&_sadis=15&_stpos=60452&_sargn=-1&saslc=1&_salic=1&_sop=12&_dmd=1&_ipg=50
Whateve and BeenBurned need to take a look at this, they have more experience with newer styles than I do.
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Can someone tell me if this bag is authentic? Nothing is indicating that it's not; all the stitching is clean, the leather is high quality and the branding is cohesive, but I can't find any evidence of the Poppy Pushlock bag in this color. I called Coach and they mentioned that it could be a retailer exclusive, so I'm hoping that's it. Any answer I can get on this would be awesome! Thank you
May I ask where you got the bag? It's situations like this where posting the information requested (actually required) in post #1 of the thread can offer a lot of insight.
I also think you got (not surprisingly) bad information from Coach.
Unfortunately, I believe your bag to be fake. Hyacinth mentions the possibility of a Coach mistake where they may have put the wrong style number/creed on the wrong style of bag but I don't think that's the case. IMO, if that were what happened, we'd see more than one example in which the mistake occurred. A mistake like this wouldn't have been caught on the first one and if it had, that single mistake would probably have been destroyed.
Your bag, the quality and the seeming accuracy of the creed remind me of the "samples" we've seen in the past with either 99999, 00000 or style numbers that didn't match the bag they were on. (i.e., style numbers would be as they are in this case with a valid style number but on the wrong style bag.)
Another difference I've noticed on the probable-fakes vs. authentic bags is that most of these types of fakes have a lining fabric where the grain appears to be on the bias rather than horizontal as shown on the authentic bag. (I can't see the lining fabric too well in your pictures but what I see doesn't look right.)
I also think the font varies slightly with it being slightly thicker on your bag.
No one with any of these bags has ever shown proof that any of the "sample" bags were genuine, no one has ever had proof (by way of an invoice or receipt from Coach) that the bags came from them and although some were said to have been sold to employees, none of the employees to provide evidence proving their claims.
I suspect your bag was one of these type of bags. They can't be proven authentic and although more than likely fake, it can't be proven either.
I certainly wouldn't recommend trying to sell it because it can't be authenticated and there'd be no way to fight a counterfeit dispute.
The following is a side by side example of creeds with the IDENTICAL serial number, including month, year and plant.
ETA: I've attached a couple of other pictures. Notice the slight differences. (Your brown poppy tag is blurry so it's difficult to see if the texture of the fabric is the same. For the pull, note that the questionable one has a thicker and smaller ring and smaller, thicker chain links.
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This thread is for identifying items which you already know to be authentic.
When you don't know if genuine, authentication requests should be posted here. See post #1 for the posting format.
http://forum.purseblog.com/threads/...-1st-page-before-posting.889527/#post27792584
Thanks for responding! Sorry it took me a few days to get back to you.
I got the bag from Plato's Closet, which is a secondhand store in the US. I wound up going back to them with the bag on Friday and they gave me a partial refund (which was the difference between what I paid for the bag vs what they would charge for this style of bag if it wasn't Coach) and I kept the bag. I've accepted the fact that it's probably fake, but at least it's still cute. I guess? Regardless, thanks so much for your response
They should have given all your money back since it is illegal to sell fakes. Don't ever sell it yourself or give it away without first destroying every part that is marked "Coach." In my town, they won't accept Coach unless it comes with the price tag and receipt, because they know they aren't qualified in authenticating.Thanks for responding! Sorry it took me a few days to get back to you.
I got the bag from Plato's Closet, which is a secondhand store in the US. I wound up going back to them with the bag on Friday and they gave me a partial refund (which was the difference between what I paid for the bag vs what they would charge for this style of bag if it wasn't Coach) and I kept the bag. I've accepted the fact that it's probably fake, but at least it's still cute. I guess? Regardless, thanks so much for your response
Can someone tell me if this bag is authentic? Nothing is indicating that it's not; all the stitching is clean, the leather is high quality and the branding is cohesive, but I can't find any evidence of the Poppy Pushlock bag in this color. I called Coach and they mentioned that it could be a retailer exclusive, so I'm hoping that's it. Any answer I can get on this would be awesome! Thank you
Hmm. I'm not sure I'm comfortable with Plato's Closet's response.Thanks for responding! Sorry it took me a few days to get back to you.
I got the bag from Plato's Closet, which is a secondhand store in the US. I wound up going back to them with the bag on Friday and they gave me a partial refund (which was the difference between what I paid for the bag vs what they would charge for this style of bag if it wasn't Coach) and I kept the bag. I've accepted the fact that it's probably fake, but at least it's still cute. I guess? Regardless, thanks so much for your response
Did you request a refund? Do you mind carrying a fake? Do you realize that you're stuck with a bag that you can't resell anywhere once you get tired of it?
Personally, the horrors of the counterfeit industry upset me enough that I wouldn't want to carry a fake despite how "cute" or well-made it is and I'd have demanded a refund because I wouldn't knowingly carry a fake at any price. But that's my own feelings and I've done a lot of reading on the subject over many years so my contempt is probably stronger than that of most.
But the bottom line is that (even in cases like this where it could be considered a "good" fake), it's Plato's Closet's (and any seller's) responsibility to verify and confirm authenticity before selling something. They should have To reduce the price to the level of a generic or non-Coach bag doesn't make this sale they made any more "legal." (On this point, I'm not blaming you as the buyer. You aren't required to know what you're buying and you had the right to assume that they complied with the law.)
What they should have done (IMHO) is to apologize profusely and given you a full refund. At that point, they could either have taken the bag back (for destruction or to return to original owner) or allowed you to keep it free of charge.
That's actually a commendable policy to an extent but are they aware that tags and receipts are faked or genuine receipts can be used to "prove" authenticity of fakes?
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