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

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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.

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  • 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:
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    Listing number:
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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.
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#28,441
Good afternoon ladies. In my unending quest to find a workable BT Patricia, I made an offer on this bag, which was accepted. Can you have a look (the creed pic is not great) and let me know what you think? I will be sending a better creed picture when I receive the bag.Thank you in advance.

Item: Coach tan leather messenger /Patricia
Listing number: 183169193288
Seller: dhanabing
Link: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Coach-Tan-...rentrq:abbff6681620ab66b0044e75fffb848d|iid:1
Comments:
 
#28,442
LaVisioneer said:
Hi everyone,

Could someone authenticate this bag?

I wanna jump on it, but the creed/serial number seem suspicious. The font seems funny and the serial number seems like there was another glued on top of it. The serial number seems to indicate it was made in February 1994 (I think it's B4F-9983), so maybe as they just started the new serial number system it got messed up?

item: Coach Regina 9983
listing number: NA?
seller: Poshmark, trainerchick99
link: https://poshmark.com/listing/Classic-vintage-Coach-bag-5ac53498a44dbeec3caf46ad
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It's fake.
 
#28,443
Gingerone said:
Good afternoon ladies. In my unending quest to find a workable BT Patricia, I made an offer on this bag, which was accepted. Can you have a look (the creed pic is not great) and let me know what you think? I will be sending a better creed picture when I receive the bag.Thank you in advance.

Item: Coach tan leather messenger /Patricia
Listing number: 183169193288
Seller: dhanabing
Link: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Coach-Tan-Leather-Vintage-Cross-body-Messenger-Bag-Purse-Handbag-Flap/183169193288?_trkparms=aid=111001&algo=REC.SEED&ao=1&asc=51027&meid=60836e36fd0b4211affc4b292a9bd7b4&pid=100675&rk=1&rkt=15&sd=183169193288&itm=183169193288&_trksid=p2481888.c100675.m4236&_trkparms=pageci:0e172927-3c27-11e8-bbe7-74dbd180dc73|parentrq:abbff6681620ab66b0044e75fffb848d|iid:1
Comments:
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I can't see it well enough to authenticate, but I don't see any problems. Post a better creed picture when you receive it.
 
#28,447
LaVisioneer said:
Thank you, I'm glad I did not purchase it! Are there any follow up steps I should take?
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Since it's Poshmark, reporting it probably wouldn't do any good. Their attitude about fakes and refusal to remove them when they're reported is one big reason why we don't recommend dealing with them. Even if you post a message in the Comments, the seller will probably just delete it and block you. And of course she'd remove the creed photo so that someone else who isn't familiar with Coach creeds would be more likely to buy it without questioning it.

Just make a note to yourself to avoid Poshmark seller " trainerchick99 " in the future.
 
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#28,450
LaVisioneer said:
Thank you, I'm glad I did not purchase it! Are there any follow up steps I should take?
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Hyacinth said:
Since it's Poshmark, reporting it probably wouldn't do any good. Their attitude about fakes and refusal to remove them when they're reported is one big reason why we don't recommend dealing with them. Even if you post a message in the Comments, the seller will probably just delete it and block you. And of course she'd remove the creed photo so that someone else who isn't familiar with Coach creeds would be more likely to buy it without questioning it.

Just make a note to yourself to avoid Poshmark seller " trainerchick99 " in the future.
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I agree with Hyacinth. You can get in trouble with Poshmark if you post a comment telling the seller it is fake.
 
#28,451
whateve said:
I agree with Hyacinth. You can get in trouble with Poshmark if you post a comment telling the seller it is fake.
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Yup. I got a warning from Posh Mark that my comment was not their guide compliant. My comment "it's not Authentic and doesn't even match stock photo" of a fake Dinky was reported by the seller. She is still selling that fake I think.
 
#28,454
First impulse buy after a long hiatus - if someone could take a look at this, it would be much appreciated! I can take any additional pictures if needed. Thank you :)

Item: COACH Large Flap Shoulder/Handbag
Listing number: 302687625448
Seller: honey608
Link: https://www.ebay.com/itm/COACH-Larg...RgLi7L9SD17uc3cwO%2Bo%3D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc
Comments: I was reading through the authentication threads, and saw somewhere that Patricia wasn't introduced until 1994? So 1992 as stated in the listing could not be correct?
 
#28,455
Riezky said:
First impulse buy after a long hiatus - if someone could take a look at this, it would be much appreciated! I can take any additional pictures if needed. Thank you :smile:

Item: COACH Large Flap Shoulder/Handbag
Listing number: 302687625448
Seller: honey608
Link: https://www.ebay.com/itm/COACH-Large-Flap-Shoulder-Handbag-1992-Looks-Unused-/302687625448?_trksid=p2047675.l2557&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT&nma=true&si=A8fFwdYbRgLi7L9SD17uc3cwO%2Bo%3D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc
Comments: I was reading through the authentication threads, and saw somewhere that Patricia wasn't introduced until 1994? So 1992 as stated in the listing could not be correct?
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I don't know WHERE the seller dug up that 1992 date. We often remind members that aLOT of sellers can't be depended on to even get the names, the dates or ages, or whether or not a bag is a "Bonnie Cashin" right because most sellers are totally clueless, don't know how and where to do any research, or read the wrong "guides" at Ebay or on the internet.

This one is a genuine Patricia's Legacy and was made in August 1995.
 
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