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Please see post #1 for complete Balenciaga authentication rules. All requests must be posted in this thread. Authentications are not done via private message or in any other thread.

See the link below for examples of the photos needed and the format they should be in (clear, close up, forward-facing, no angles, right way up, no bends in tags).

https://forum.purseblog.com/threads/required-pics-for-balenciaga-authentication.741442/

A link to the listing in question is required.

It is an authenticator’s right to ignore a request that is not in the proper format. If the listing you are interested in is missing photos it is your responsibility to request them from the seller prior to posting in this thread.

Thanks and be well!
 
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Whittier said:
Hi @muchstuff,

I have a receipt of stating that she bought it from here https://premiummall.sg
and as I can see the sellers from that store usually go to outlet stores from their posts. But still Im concerned why some parameters are not matching to validate the authenticity of the bag...

Thanks @muchstuff!
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As I said, it's the same situation we've found with a select group of bags, mine included. I'd love to solve the mystery. And as mentioned, I'm sure mine is authentic. The anomalous bags are consistent at least in their inconsistency and the "O" on the tag back.
 
#14,928
Whittier said:
I bought it here in SG Carousel, here is the link:
Cool find: Balenciaga Bag for S$1,000 http://sg.carousell.com/p/278743223
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muchstuff said:
OK, it's a bit of a story. Over the last few years some bags have shown up with some anomalies.
If you look on the tag back, top line, the last symbol is an "O". The bags in question all have that "O".
I'll take this bag as an example. The tag states this is a S/S 2018 bag. It has G21, or giant 21 hardware. G21 hardware was phased out at the end of 2011. The style and colour numbers on the tag don't correspond to the correct style and colour numbers that would normally be on this particular style of bag. Yet from what I can see the details of the bag would lead me to believe it was authentic.
I personally have a Day bag with the "O" on the tag, which is made out of a leather that hasn't been seen since the early 2000s, yet it has a S/S 2015 tag. Style and colour numbers don't correspond either. @aalinne_72 has the same leather in a First bag, with the same tag weirdness and she swears it's authentic. So...
We've been able to ascertain that some of these bags were purchased at outlets. Is the "O" for outlet? We don't know for certain. Did Bal ever make weird, out of season bags strictly for outlet? Seems unreasonable to think so. But I'm sure my bag is authentic. @aalinne_72 is sure as well that she has an authentic bag.
Looking at your bag I see nothing in the construction that would make me say fake. However, I won't commit myself to saying authentic either because nothing fits the parameters that we use to determine authenticity. Sorry if that seems ambiguous, I'm content with my "O" tag...
Out of curiosity, is there any chance of asking the seller where she purchased the bag? Another pic of the other bale would help too.
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i'll add my 2 cents to what @muchstuff said.
I was in Italy last year and i visited Balenciaga Outlet, there i saw with my own eyes long gone bags (Town) with current season tag, bags with inconsistent tags (Z tag of wrong format, like yours), bags with long gone hardware (G12) and leathers (perforated), but none of them had those details matching your bag, so we know for a fact that some of the not-supposed-to-exist ones actually do exist, in very small number and in outlets only.
What i personally dislike from the pics provided - G21, that has been gone for far too long to be legit now. Font on the tag looks different, too. All those tags with "O" in the end had a round O, like a letter would look, while yours look too slim, like a digit.
If i had to say YES or NO, i'd say NO, not authentic.
But this is my OWN opinion, and i always try to stay on the safe side. Better safe than sorry.
Even if the bag is really legit, one odd case made for outlets, etc, it will be a nightmare to re-sell it later.
it would be really great to find the original source of this bag, if that's possible at all :)
and for now it would be great to see better pics, as Muchstuff requested :)
 
#14,929
ksuromax said:
i'll add my 2 cents to what @muchstuff said.
I was in Italy last year and i visited Balenciaga Outlet, there i saw with my own eyes long gone bags (Town) with current season tag, bags with inconsistent tags (Z tag of wrong format, like yours), bags with long gone hardware (G12) and leathers (perforated), but none of them had those details matching your bag, so we know for a fact that some of the not-supposed-to-exist ones actually do exist, in very small number and in outlets only.
What i personally dislike from the pics provided - G21, that has been gone for far too long to be legit now. Font on the tag looks different, too. All those tags with "O" in the end had a round O, like a letter would look, while yours look too slim, like a digit.
If i had to say YES or NO, i'd say NO, not authentic.
But this is my OWN opinion, and i always try to stay on the safe side. Better safe than sorry.
Even if the bag is really legit, one odd case made for outlets, etc, it will be a nightmare to re-sell it later.
it would be really great to find the original source of this bag, if that's possible at all :smile:
and for now it would be great to see better pics, as Muchstuff requested :smile:
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I agree that the “O” doesn’t look as full as usual. But If monk leather could show up as recently as 2015 on my bag I would think that G21 hardware might as well. Didn’t we see another G21 bag not long ago?
Here’s where it gets crazy-making. What if the digit “O” was just a production error? I find that easier to believe than someone making a fake anomaly bag. I’d really like to see another pic of the bales...ETA I had earlier said the colour code was incorrect, it is in fact correct, I confused it with a different bag, sorry.
 
#14,930
muchstuff said:
I agree that the “O” doesn’t look as full as usual. But If monk leather could show up as recently as 2015 on my bag I would think that G21 hardware might as well. Didn’t we see another G21 bag not long ago?
Here’s where it gets crazy-making. What if the digit “O” was just a production error? I find that easier to believe than someone making a fake anomaly bag. I’d really like to see another pic of the bales...ETA I had earlier said the colour code was incorrect, it in fact is correct, I confused it with a different bag, sorry.
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that was G12, if my memory serves me right
 
#14,936
ksuromax said:
maybe i have missed out on it? if you find it, please, alert me as well :smooch:
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ksuromax said:
actually Z was the first one that got changed from the old tag format into current (long strip inside the pocket), they could have not be aware of the coming change??
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I’ll do some research in the next few days and see what I can come up with.
 
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