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.

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:
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  • FOR ITEMS NOT LISTED ONLINE:
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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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catthecurious said:
Thank you, ladies! The backpack is no longer there. Now I understand more than ever why the buyers are better not shipping counterfeit bags back to the seller...
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While in this case, the seller wasn't honest and relisted, I disagree with your opinion that disputed "fakes" shouldn't be returned to sellers.

Too often, buyers cry "fake" either because they don't know the brand or because they're looking for an excuse to return it to a seller without a return policy. Often, items are NOT fake and shouldn't have been disputed, but when they are, the seller has the right to get them back. Also, there were cases back in the day (and a few even nowadays) where buyers have gotten refunds plus kept authentic bags!

Even when item is accurately disputed as fake, there are cases where the seller can return and get a refund from whoever sold it to her.

As long as a buyer gets a refund and is made whole, she shouldn't be allowed to keep the item too.

JMHO.
 
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Hello to All! Please authenticate this COACH bag for me. Sorry, only 2 pics. Was shopping today and came across this Coach bag. Did not have any model ID at bottom of creed patch nor any inside interior zip pocket. There was a little black material tag sewn in an inside side seam that said MADE IN CHINA but, had no little dot upper right from word CHINA. Sorry, no pic of that. Also, there was a metal 4 C logo front top center where I might expect to see the Horse drawn Coach metal piece. I became wary. Should I go back to buy it?0318191530.jpg 0318191531.jpg
 
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windowlite said:
Hello to All! Please authenticate this COACH bag for me. Sorry, only 2 pics. Was shopping today and came across this Coach bag. Did not have any model ID at bottom of creed patch nor any inside interior zip pocket. There was a little black material tag sewn in an inside side seam that said MADE IN CHINA but, had no little dot upper right from word CHINA. Sorry, no pic of that. Also, there was a metal 4 C logo front top center where I might expect to see the Horse drawn Coach metal piece. I became wary. Should I go back to buy it?View attachment 4376379 View attachment 4376380
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There is a style that looks like that and the 4 C metal logo was used on some bags. I can't say if it is authentic without doing more research.
 
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DL Harper said:
I'd love to have that reference info if it's okay to share it here. Thanks!
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These worked on my Willis great for the D rings:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Two-Replac...var=660047109518&_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2649

I originally purchased a strap from the same seller but it's not adjustable, which to me isn't true to the style, so returned it. I ended up getting a different from this seller in the 5/8 size:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Adjustable...var=492965858010&_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2649
 

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mzarzano said:
These worked on my Willis great for the D rings:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Two-Replacement-Brass-Nickel-Removable-Briefcase-Purse-Handbag-Luggage-D-Rings/390369971364?ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT&var=660047109518&_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2649

I originally purchased a strap from the same seller but it's not adjustable, which to me isn't true to the style, so returned it. I ended up getting a different from this seller in the 5/8 size:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Adjustable-Leather-Replacement-Strap-Vintage-Coach-HandBags-Purses/192830983743?ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT&var=492965858010&_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2649
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That's the same seller as @whateve posted.
 
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BeenBurned said:
While in this case, the seller wasn't honest and relisted, I disagree with your opinion that disputed "fakes" shouldn't be returned to sellers.

Too often, buyers cry "fake" either because they don't know the brand or because they're looking for an excuse to return it to a seller without a return policy. Often, items are NOT fake and shouldn't have been disputed, but when they are, the seller has the right to get them back. Also, there were cases back in the day (and a few even nowadays) where buyers have gotten refunds plus kept authentic bags!

Even when item is accurately disputed as fake, there are cases where the seller can return and get a refund from whoever sold it to her.

As long as a buyer gets a refund and is made whole, she shouldn't be allowed to keep the item too.

JMHO.
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I find your point of view totally valid, BeenBurned, but I guess there's not a single fool-proof scenario that can resolve a situation like that. I understand why the first buyer was upset and furious, but I also wonder whether she gave the seller any concrete proof of her opinion, and whether the seller relisted the backpack because she was just doubtful due to lack of evidence - or she knew the item was fake but put it up for sale, anyway. In this particular case I personally am having a hard time to decide if either side was 100% right or wrong simply because I don't know all the facts.
 
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