Authenticate This COACH - **see first post for format**

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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:
    Comments:

  • FOR ITEMS NOT LISTED ONLINE:
    Item:
    Where purchased or how obtained
    Comments:
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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lthrbagadikt said:
Thank you so much @Hyacinth! The sellers away so asking for a closer creed pic will do me no good. It's missing the long strap.. what do people do with their long strap? So many listing are like that!
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I never use the long strap on larger bags like this, so I can understand how they get lost. I have all my unused straps hanging on a belt keeper in my closet in case I ever decide to sell the bags.
 
#17,072
whateve said:
I never use the long strap on larger bags like this, so I can understand how they get lost. I have all my unused straps hanging on a belt keeper in my closet in case I ever decide to sell the bags.
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Haha! Do you have a british tan long strap I can use? I bought a bag style 9635 with no straps and it has no top handle to carry it unless I carry it like a clutch. :)
 
#17,075
lthrbagadikt said:
Haha! Do you have a british tan long strap I can use? I bought a bag style 9635 with no straps and it has no top handle to carry it unless I carry it like a clutch. :smile:
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Ah, no. For that style, I would use the long strap. I have some top handle bags like the Madeline asked about that I don't use the strap for. These bags are much bigger than the convertible clutch and are just too heavy for me with the long strap. Often I can fit the shorter straps over my shoulder.
lthrbagadikt said:
So is penny a different bag?
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As far as I know, they never used the name penny for any vintage bags. They used it for the 2012 Legacy collection.
 
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#17,081
I don't know where else to put this but just wanted to update you all on my Posh Mark refund issue. I filed my case explaining the bag had invalid serial number and attached photos of the stamp and hardware. So after I filed my case it went under case in review. I kept checking PM but there were no updates or notification on there. My case was in review but on the 6th it suddenly went to "delivered" status. I clicked on it and found they closed my case saying it didn't qualify for return with no further expansion. I finally emailed support at poshmark with the link to the authentication post and demanded an explanation why. I got a reply today saying they requested additional information and photos. I never saw that request on poshmark. Long story short I had old email set up on Posh and never saw the request. So today's email said because they didn't hear back from me they closed the case. After reading my email they decided to help me as a one time courtesy and requested additional photos of all the stamp and all hardware logo AND a "made in" tag from inside the bag.
I'm not going to vent here about how this makes me feel that TPF authentication isn't enough for them. Instead I decided I should share the photos I submitted to them as additional proofs. So hopefully these photos help people recognize the counterfeit items and not buy them even if the items are declared "Authentic" by the sellers.
 
#17,084
The fake strap is also much thicker than the real one. My strap is from an authentic Willis bag. I am not knowledgeable enough to know whether the straps used on trail cases are identical as I don't own an authentic trail case. Authenticators, would you please confirm I'm comparing apples to apples and not oranges? [emoji23]
 
#17,085
houseof999 said:
The fake strap is also much thicker than the real one. My strap is from an authentic Willis bag. I am not knowledgeable enough to know whether the straps used on trail cases are identical as I don't own an authentic trail case. Authenticators, would you please confirm I'm comparing apples to apples and not oranges? [emoji23]
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Since straps are removable and can be lost or replaced with a different one, we never use a removable prop to determine authenticity of the item it's one. (Fake straps are often seen on genuine bags and genuine straps have been on fakes.)

The creed with an invalid prefix is the most important detail that proves that the Poshmark bag is fake.
The P as the month code (first P in prefix) is never on an authentic Coach item.
The P as the plant code (second P in prefix) would never be on a US-made back. P one of the codes used for a Costa Rican plant.

if Poshmark "authentication team" doesn't recognize something as basic as translating the serial number, they need to get a new team of experts.
 
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