This is a high-traffic thread, so if I skip your post please reference back to this to ensure you have everything needed for authentication.
If I skipped your authentication request, it could be because:
1) It's not for a handbag or small leather goods. I don't authenticate clothes, clothing accessories, shoes,
jewelry, watches, cell phone chains, etc., purses and SLGs only
2) I dont authenticate photos of most 17 million series and higher reissue, classic, and boy bags, unless it is from a seller who I know and trust (which are very, very few)
. Recommended authentication services is at the bottom of this post, but most of them dont do photos for these either, due to so many super fakes.
3) Your Request format does not include the information required (see post #1). Format is important. Because, people do searches on TPF all the time, and its important for results to show up for those who 1) also want the same item authenticated and 2) want to do research on the seller. Or the serial number. If we are putting in the work to look at your item, at least do the courtesy of typing in the serial number and following the right post format. Its the least any requestor can do and it helps everyone.
This also applies to follow-up posts - when you have additional information / photos to the request, you will need to re-submit with all the info (seller, serial number, etc) from the previous request, so that we are not link-hopping to find your original one. Additional note: If you are posting photos which belong to an online listing, live or closed, you must include a link to the listing. If people start omitting the link and just attaching photos which belong to an online listing, I will stop authenticating photo-only requests.
4) The photos available for me to view (both through the listing link or additional ones you posted) do not include all shots/angles needed (see post #2), and
especially if it does not include
- Clear photo of front, back, interior shots of the bag,
- a clear, up-front photo of the hologram sticker (if it exists on the bag) and
- the CHANEL MADE IN FRANCE / CHANEL MADE IN ITALY / CHANEL MADE IN SPAIN stamps. (for some items including vintage items, the "Made In" stamp is located in a different location. Need both).
- Hardware, back of zipper pull, back of turnlock plate photos are helpful too
- If the actual bag (the bag itself, not just the photos available) is missing any of the above attributes like the sticker or interior stamping, that is OK and you can still post the request and I will look at it, but it must be mentioned that it's missing/peeled off/rubbed off. Detailed hardware photos become more imperative in these instances.
- On the flip side, there is no need to re-attach the same photos that are already in the listing.
- If you do not have at the very bare minimum the above images, please do not even bother posting a request. You will not get a response. If you are waiting for the seller to email you photos, please wait until you have received them before posting.
5) You have posted a million requests in the last few days and I am starting to feel like a circus animal
6) I already authenticated or commented on that particular listing. Please do a search. Thats why we make everyone else follow the format
7) You are rude. We have feelings, too, and also reserve the right to personally skip or not authenticate for any reason. I will do the best I can, but what I choose to authenticate and not is at my discretion as a voluntary authenticator (operative word,
voluntary).
8) You're not a new member, but it seems that you only use the forum for authentication and not dialogue. Please post more, engage more in the TPF community. If you're new, and an auth reason brought you here, welcome!
9) Something about the bag, the listing, or the seller makes me uneasy, even though everything seems OK on the listing or photos.
10) Due to my limited capacity I will no longer be authenticating listings from Craigslist or Gumtree
I also currently do not authenticate items on Tradesy.com due to my disappointment in the business practices of the company, where they are fully aware of the tens of thousands of misleading listings posted of items that are not in the seller's possession but in a different country, or not available for sale but undisclosed, because it helps them with SEO, traffic and advertising. Authentication in a way potentially helps a sale take place, and I have no desire to assist in the company's profits at this time. Every public shared selling platform has issues with bad listings, stolen photos, etc., but this company not only shows no attempt to fix this issue, but rather partakes in this practice and endorses these sellers, which is why I have singled this site out from others.
Due to counterfeiter lurkers on this thread and others, we are not permitted to post about authenticity attributes or discuss why's or why not's on authenticity. Keep in mind the only proof of authenticity is the item itself, and the only indicator of authenticity is if the bag is made by Chanel. Every "rule" has an exception, so on and so forth. Those "how to tell if your Chanel is authentic" tutorials do more harm then good. It's like if a doctor did a tutorial on how to perform a heart transplant. Does more harm than good, and is more dangerous than if the person knew nothing at all.
Recommended online authentication services for a small fee:
Etinceler Authentications (
etincelerauthentications.com) - based in United States
Authenticate4U (
authenticate4u.com) - based in the UK
Also, please do not PM me for an authentication request unless I've invited you to do so... Please post it here on this thread.
Thanks.
