answers to AUTHENTICITY questions!!!
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No need to repost this time but your bag is fake.
G0D-7171
ANOTHER ADDITION TO THE FAKES LIST
Leather cosmetic cases with serial number G0D-7171 and which will be on a very badly stamped creed patch with accurate-looking cotton ticking lining are ALWAYS FAKE. Not only do the creed and serial have incorrect fonts, but the genuine style 7171 is a TURNLOCK cosmetic Case with a large front flap with a turnlock closure along with a top zipper. The genuine ones USUALLY didn't have creed patches but there ARE exceptions.
Some of the fakes also come in colors like Bubble-Gum Pink that Coach never used during that time period. Some even have purses to match which are ALSO fake.
The GENUINE 7171 is pictured below, with a fake GREEN creed patch below it.
ANOTHER ADDITION TO THE FAKES LIST
Leather cosmetic cases with serial number G0D-7171 and which will be on a very badly stamped creed patch with accurate-looking cotton ticking lining are ALWAYS FAKE. Not only do the creed and serial have incorrect fonts, but the genuine style 7171 is a TURNLOCK cosmetic Case with a large front flap with a turnlock closure along with a top zipper. The genuine ones USUALLY didn't have creed patches but there ARE exceptions.
Some of the fakes also come in colors like Bubble-Gum Pink that Coach never used during that time period. Some even have purses to match which are ALSO fake.
The GENUINE 7171 is pictured below, with a fake GREEN creed patch below it.
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The fake G0D-7171 also came in bubble gum pink. (*puke*)
This one appears to show style as 7170.
This one appears to show style as 7170.
The fake G0D-7171 also came in bubble gum pink. (*puke*)
This one appears to show style as 7170.
I couldn't read the style number at all. 7170 would be the right number for the Skinny Case, but it still has the sloppy off-center stamping, the barely readable logo, the wrong details on the creed stitching, and of course the wrong color. So it's still kinky as he11. But 7171 seems to be the most common style number on the fakes so far.
And there may NOT be exceptions to the "no creed patch" rule for that style either, check my post 12555 at ATC. I mentioned exceptions here before I took a really close look at that emerald green one
I think the Pink 7170 was stamped with exactly the same stamp that was used in the green one in my post right before this one. The Gs, 7s and 1s look identical, and they apparently used a rotating mechanism just like Coach's because the zero in the pink one is well below the other numbers. And they're both off-center by exactly the same percentage, the left creed borders on both are right on top of the stitching. They were made in the same "plant", probably by the same six-year-olds.
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The fake G0D-7171 also came in bubble gum pink. (*puke*)
This one appears to show style as 7170.
I have a skinny cosmetic case 7170 that has a creed patch but no number. My case has no Coach markings on the exterior. Without a creed, there would be no indication it was made by Coach. I think there might be some relation between a Coach marking on the outside or a creed on the inside.
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I don't know whether you saw my response on ATCoach.
In post #12561, I posted another of love2shopdotbags listings, also 7171 but with a different prefix and slightly "better" quality creed.
http://forum.purseblog.com/showpost.php?p=29788774&postcount=12561
http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-COACH-V...090%2 6pid=100005&rk=1&rkt=6&sd=3911248501 02
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Yes, I saw it. invalid plant code, wrong details in the creed stitching. But it's scary how close they sometimes come.
This is what the creed in the 2016 Rogue bag looks like. Reveal posted here: http://forum.purseblog.com/coach/fall-preview-bag-rogue-933434.html
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Here are four keychains #92715 pave crystal fruit mix. Are they all authentic? The third one looks a little different to me. At first I was going to observe that the number of links between charms must vary and we can't rely on that to authenticate, but then I noticed that my other 3 examples do match. The shape of the links on #3 is different as well.
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I see the differences but I can't see anything else that indicates that it might be fake. And in looking at the listing, she shows the back of the charms and that looks good too.
The only differences I'm seeing (and other opinions are welcome are in the placement of the strawberry and possibly the first link through which the watermelon is attached. I don't know if it's the angle or IRL but it looks thinner.
I do believe the fob is authentic.
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Thank you for alleviating my concerns.
ETA: I believe the fob in question has one extra link in the chain, 9 as opposed to 8 in all the others. The links seem more square at the edges than the others.
I see what you mean. It almost appears that rather than rounded edges, there's more of a corner. It could be lighting or it could just be a different chain from a different factory (where made) or different supplier (from whom Coach bought).
ETA: I will say that I've never seen a fake from the seller. She seems to know her stuff.
Exactly. Which is why I didn't ask in the AT thread.I see what you mean. It almost appears that rather than rounded edges, there's more of a corner. It could be lighting or it could just be a different chain from a different factory (where made) or different supplier (from whom Coach bought).
ETA: I will say that I've never seen a fake from the seller. She seems to know her stuff.