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IMPORTANT READ-ME

Please post authenticity questions related to COACH in this thread. No PMs please.
For further information, please refer to the first post on page 1 of this thread.

Please follow the following requests:
  • Before you submit a request for authentication, please search this thread to make sure that the item has not previously been authenticated by searching the seller ID and/or item number. This is not a thread to ask general questions about COACH, please refer to our main Coach forum for such information.
  • Note that authenticators have the right to refuse any requests. This is a free service, but it is imperative that you help our authenticators by using the following format:
  • FOR ITEMS LISTED ONLINE:
    Item:
    Listing number:
    Seller and site where listed
    Link:
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  • FOR ITEMS NOT LISTED ONLINE:
    Item:
    Where purchased or how obtained
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BASIC PICTURES REQUIRED (but more may be requested): If necessary pictures are in the listing, it's not necessary to upload and duplicate them.
  • Front of item
  • Back of item
  • Full clear and legible creed text and serial number
  • Made in tags (when available)
  • Measurements
  • For bags with turnlock closures, show pictures of back of female side of turnlock
  • For bags with magnetic snaps, show pictures of the male part of the snap so that the numbers and letters on it can be read
  • If applicable, search interior of bag and/or pockets for small white tag with production information and include a picture of that.
Thank you and be safe!
 
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Found this Coach bag at a thrift store. Hoping it is authentic. I gave the bag a good bath but still can't get rid of the blue ink spot on the back. Looks like denim blue ink from jeans. Anyone have any hints on what to use to get rid of it?



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BeenBurned said:
Someone probably wore it with jeans and it's permanent.

Fortunately it's on the back, and not that noticeable.
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I figured it was worn with jeans quite often but wasn't sure if I could even remove the blue dye. Today I attacked it again with Colgate Total Advanced Whitening toothpaste and have to look hard for any blue dye. Never used toothpaste on a purse before.
 
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gingersnap61 said:
I figured it was worn with jeans quite often but wasn't sure if I could even remove the blue dye. Today I attacked it again with Colgate Total Advanced Whitening toothpaste and have to look hard for any blue dye. Never used toothpaste on a purse before.
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Great! I'll have to add this to my repertoire. I wonder if it contains hydrogen peroxide; being in a paste would be easier to use. I have used oxy acne treatment, which is made of hydrogen peroxide. It is a bleach so I would only use it on something white.
 
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go2girl99 said:
Thanks for such a quick reply...I kinda figured it was when i took it out of the packaging.....it feels like plastic. I sent GW a message. There was like 6 of us bidding on the dang thing too. oh well:-s:-s:-s:-s:-s:-s:-s
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just a little update....GW is issuing a refund, they would just like to know what makes it a fake...for their records I guess. What reason should I give them?
 
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go2girl99 said:
just a little update....GW is issuing a refund, they would just like to know what makes it a fake...for their records I guess. What reason should I give them?
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Salearea doesn't have a guide for jewelry (and it would probably have to be updated often) because jewelry details aren't as consistent as leather goods.

Tell them that the style isn't a Coach style, the charms have wrong enameling, wrong fonts, wrong colors and the hardware is incorrect. (If they try to authenticate their jewelry, they're going to make a lot of mistakes! Refer them here! I don't mind helping as long as they aren't self-promoting, i.e., not identifying themselves as Goodwill.)
 
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BeenBurned said:
Salearea doesn't have a guide for jewelry (and it would probably have to be updated often) because jewelry details aren't as consistent as leather goods.

Tell them that the style isn't a Coach style, the charms have wrong enameling, wrong fonts, wrong colors and the hardware is incorrect. (If they try to authenticate their jewelry, they're going to make a lot of mistakes! Refer them here! I don't mind helping as long as they aren't self-promoting, i.e., not identifying themselves as Goodwill.)
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thank you..i will let them know
 
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I recently bought a vintage station bag with the creed number L7U-5130. I had it authenticated by whateve (thank you!) but I just wanted to know if the quality of the leather bag made in Hungary was less than a bag made in, say, Costa Rica or the USA.
 
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maddie t said:
I recently bought a vintage station bag with the creed number L7U-5130. I had it authenticated by whateve (thank you!) but I just wanted to know if the quality of the leather bag made in Hungary was less than a bag made in, say, Costa Rica or the USA.
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You should post this question in either the rehab or vintage clubs.
http://forum.purseblog.com/threads/coach-rehab-and-rescue-club.833400/
http://forum.purseblog.com/threads/vintage-coach-photos-chat.857690/
I don't have any U factory bags in my collection right now so I can't remember, but I'm thinking you are probably right. It's probably why I don't own any.
 
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maddie t said:
I recently bought a vintage station bag with the creed number L7U-5130. I had it authenticated by whateve (thank you!) but I just wanted to know if the quality of the leather bag made in Hungary was less than a bag made in, say, Costa Rica or the USA.
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If I may, I'll offer the following opinion: A while back I had the opportunity to do a side-by-side comparison three #9927 Willis bags that happened to be in the workshop at the same time (two U-plant Hungarian-made from 1998 and a C-plant US-made from 1995). Admittedly, a limited sample, but I will volunteer that I found the quality in materials and workmanship to be comparable. There certainly wasn't the extreme variability I've found in say the leather used on early NYC-made #9525 Stewardess and versus later ones from both US and Costa Rica plants. As to craftsmanship, well that's a worker-by-worker variable that probably isn't 100% consistent from day-to-day either. I do though recall that the U-plant bags were as well put together as the C-plant, if not better. Has anyone else heard of any problems with the U-plant products? And weren't only a few styles ever produced there during the short time the facility was active?
 
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