I think that is your bag. You can see the sewing she is talking about in the front left corner of the flap for the first picture, and the right corner of the flap for the second picture. It looks the same in your pictures. The color can look different depending on lighting and cameras.
Still she is wrong. The bag was represented correctly, is authentic, and the sewing she is talking about is visible in your photos. Coach sewing wasn't perfect.
I agree, there's absolutely NOTHING fake about it. Stitching three pieces of thick leather (one of which is just a thin strip of piping or binding) together AND doing it around a 90-degree corner often lead to less than exact positioning and stitching and all of us here have genuine Coaches to prove it. If the buyer doesn't believe that, she should try it sometime.
If the buyer had ever read the Salearea Guides, that "Coaches are always perfect" nonsense was one of the things I mentioned. Please pass these links on to her and strongly insist that she read them:
All Salearea Guides:
http://www.ebay.com/gsr/i.html?uid="salearea"&rmvSB=true
Coach Authenticity Guides - Facts and Myths
http://www.ebay.com/gds/Coach-Authenticity-Guides-Facts-and-Myths-/10000000062607882/g.html
"Let's look at some of the Rules that have caused the most problems....
THE "COACHES ARE ALWAYS PERFECT" RULE
Not in my lifetime or in yours. Perfection costs money, how much are you willing to spend?
Coach plant employees make plenty of mistakes, especially in new plants, some of the stitching at early Chinese plants was more like waves than lines. Older bags had plenty of mistakes too, especially in how the creeds and serial numbers were stamped. Sometimes even the wrong style or serial number was stamped, but any bag with that kind of mistake needs to be authenticated at Ebay's Shoes & Purses Forum before buying or selling..."
Most important is that the creed and serial number stamping and fonts of the bag in the listing are
absolutely correct for the time period and plant - that bag is genuine. BTW, the
stitching in those corners is actually pretty even, the original
cutting and placement of the binding of the leather is also a bit wobbly. And yes, the bag in the listing is EXACTLY the same one the seller received.
Sellers can't be responsible when colors show up differently in their photos! A dozen factors affect how colors appear on a computer - cameras and computer monitors DON'T render or see colors the same as the human eye, and camera and computer settings can also make a big difference in the apparent colors. The type of lighting used can affect colors - not just the obvious difference between natural daylight and artificial lighting but also the KIND of artificial lighting. Incandescent, flourescent, halogen, CFL, photography lamps, phone cameras, etc, not to mention colors reflected from the background or the walls of the room where the photos are taken will ALL affect the color that eventually shows on the computer or phone screen. I NEVER expect colors of clothing or handbags in an Ebay listing to be the same in the photos as they look on my living room on a sunny morning and anyone who does is making a big mistake.
Houseof999, That buyer is wrong, period. And feel free to use what I've posted above if she tries to file a dispute with Ebay.
