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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Two.time.bags said:
Yes you can offer less than the BIN. I sell using that method as I can't be bothered with auctions. I list with a BIN at a slightly higher price than what I want for it and ask for best offers which might be $5 to $20 less than the BIN. If a buyer really wants the item they will grab it at the BIN. Also buyers like best offers because it gives them a chance to 'haggle' with counter offers and if they get it less than the BIN they feel they got a bargain.

Auctions are good for buyers, but not necessarily for sellers, as a buyer does not always end up paying the maximum that they are willing to pay. A BIN facilitates that.



I get ridiculous offers sometimes. A bag with a $150 BIN gets an offer of $25. It's hard not to be offended. Sometimes I can't help myself and decline with a comment like "you can't buy a plastic bag for $25".
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I always try to be respectful when I make an offer. I usually do 20% below the BIN. Sometimes my offer gets scooped up so quickly I go "dayum!" but I have become pretty good at assessing what something is really worth and what I'm willing to pay for it. I'm not offended if my offer is rejected because I have offered what I am willing to pay without lowballing the seller. Recently I bought some gold charms that had auctions with different end dates. I emailed the seller to see if I could get combined shipping and he was saying, there's no guarantee you'll win. I said, "I'm sure I'm going to win" but he was pretty skeptical. I won them all because I use a sniping service and pay what something is worth.
 
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Item: Coach Bleeker Mini Preston in Seamist
Listing Number: 221717204293
Seller: guerreiro03
Link:http://www.ebay.com/itm/COACH-Satch...293?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item339f600d45

Item: Coach Bleeker Mini Preston in lemon
Listing number: 301294159239
Seller: puffypufferpuffs
Link: http://www.ebay.com/itm/NWT-COACH-B...239?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4626880587

Comments: Hey guys....I'm behind on wanting to join the mini preston club :p. Please let me know if you think that these r authentic. Thanks for your help!!!
 
#3,175
J9MKlover said:
Item: Coach Bleeker Mini Preston in Seamist
Listing Number: 221717204293
Seller: guerreiro03
Link:http://www.ebay.com/itm/COACH-Satch...293?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item339f600d45

Item: Coach Bleeker Mini Preston in lemon
Listing number: 301294159239
Seller: puffypufferpuffs
Link: http://www.ebay.com/itm/NWT-COACH-B...239?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4626880587

Comments: Hey guys....I'm behind on wanting to join the mini preston club :p. Please let me know if you think that these r authentic. Thanks for your help!!!
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I'm not comfortable with the listings from either seller. Both appear to use at least some (if not all) photos from other sources and/or stock images.
 
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whateve said:
You don't follow your own advice! You got it for 56% of the listing price. Which is why sometimes it is worth making a lowball offer.
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I negotiated with the seller before she re-listed. It was originally at $50 with no best offer option. I asked her some questions about the condition and also pointed out the correct date. I didn't get her reply until the next morning - time zones again - by which time it had ended. I would never usually make such a lowball offer. She listed it with a high BIN so no-one else would grab it before I did. Nice person.:smile1:
 
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