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

[Vlad]

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!

 

[BeenBurned]

Would love confirmation on this one -

Item: Coach Mia Embossed Tote in black
Listing number: N/A (Tradesy)
Seller: Jennifer on Tradesy
Link: https://www.tradesy.com/bags/coach-tote-bag-black-2099626/

Thank you!!!

It seems ok.

I have a comment on my opinion of Tradesy.

I've found them to be totally unresponsive to reports of fakes and detailed reasons why items are fake as well as referring their support team/mods/admin to TPF's various authentication threads. I emailed them directly (not through a listing) in January and listed about a dozen obvious fakes and never got a response.

Supposedly Tradesy either has authenticators or seems to use ***************** a NOT RECOMMENDED authentication service. There have been multiple reports of fakes being authenticated as genuine, genuine items being removed as fake and sellers suspended from Tradesy when their items are authentic.

In a Tradesy thread on the ebay forum, there have been many posts about the problems with the site, the fact that they know their authentications aren't dependable yet they continue in the same way they've been doing business.

IMO, Tradesy is right up there with iOffer, Listia and other sites that don't care about running a safe site or abiding by the law. I don't recommend Tradesy. JMHO.

Seriously? I reported the following seller's EBAY fakes a couple of days ago and they were removed. Now she's selling them on Tradesy. Evidently, their "authenticator" doesn't know Coach keychains because these aren't even close!

New Coach Dog Bone Keychain

Coach Dog Charm Keychain Jack Russell Bone Hyd

 

[Kitts]

BeenBurned - Very good to know and thank you! I'm dismayed to hear that and had no idea.

 

[Hyacinth]

Do you have the item number? Sometimes we can pull up a cache of the listing with the item number and/or the seller's ID.

In the future, please refer to post #1 for the posting format and information we need. Had you posted that information, we could watch the seller.
http://forum.purseblog.com/coach-shopping/authenticate-this-coach-889527.html#post27792584

I should have, I'm sorry. I wasn't thinking, the seller was something like purp-something or purple-something maybe with numbers at the end

Was it PURPLEFROST123 ?

http://www.ebay.com/sch/m.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_ssn=purplefrost123
http://www.ebay.com/sch/purplefrost123/m.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&LH_Complete=1&rt=nc

The one who listed this fake?

 

[Sem1charmed]

Was it PURPLEFROST123 ?

http://www.ebay.com/sch/purplefrost123/m.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&LH_Complete=1&rt=nc

The one who listed this fake?

Yes! That's it! She/he had 2 listings maybe 3 and in smaller print it said 'can not guarantee authenticity'

 

[BeenBurned]

Was it PURPLEFROST123 ?

http://www.ebay.com/sch/m.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_ssn=purplefrost123
http://www.ebay.com/sch/purplefrost123/m.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&LH_Complete=1&rt=nc

The one who listed this fake?

Yes! That's it! She/he had 2 listings maybe 3 and in smaller print it said 'can not guarantee authenticity'

That's interesting.

I found this listing (cache from March 20) but she described it as "authentic." Perhaps after it was removed, she relisted with the authenticity disclaimer you saw.

This was the description:
"Authentic Coach purse. Has a tiny white spot, can see on photo.
Removable strap. Nice compartments. Very nice shape!"


http://webcache.googleusercontent.c...Purse-/151612386390+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us

 

[Hyacinth]

Yes! That's it! She/he had 2 listings maybe 3 and in smaller print it said 'can not guarantee authenticity'

That's interesting.

I found this listing (cache from March 20) but she described it as "authentic." Perhaps after it was removed, she relisted with the authenticity disclaimer you saw.

This was the description:
"Authentic Coach purse. Has a tiny white spot, can see on photo.
Removable strap. Nice compartments. Very nice shape!"


http://webcache.googleusercontent.c...Purse-/151612386390+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us

Yep, I reported the one in the photos I posted just yesterday, don't remember if there were others but there may have been one or two more. I don't keep exact records like BB does, but I probably should.

 

[Sem1charmed]

That's interesting.

I found this listing (cache from March 20) but she described it as "authentic." Perhaps after it was removed, she relisted with the authenticity disclaimer you saw.

This was the description:
"Authentic Coach purse. Has a tiny white spot, can see on photo.
Removable strap. Nice compartments. Very nice shape!"


http://webcache.googleusercontent.c...Purse-/151612386390+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us

Maybe, you're right; she thought saying she couldn't guarantee authenticity, she thought that would keep her out of trouble ?

There was a seller I pointed out to her, her bag was fake. It had one of the known fake seriel numbers; signature c inside and out plus the 'c's didn't line up on the front of the bag where the stitching was. She sent me a message back saying, 'buyer beware. I'm no fashionista'

 

[maramd]

Looks fine.

Thank you! Was happy to see the NYC creed. Annnd, I just noticed I attached the wrong creed photo. Rats. Here is the right photo for the bag.

 

[Hyacinth]

Maybe, you're right; she thought saying she couldn't guarantee authenticity, she thought that would keep her out of trouble ?

There was a seller I pointed out to her, her bag was fake. It had one of the known fake seriel numbers; signature c inside and out plus the 'c's didn't line up on the front of the bag where the stitching was. She sent me a message back saying, 'buyer beware. I'm no fashionista'

"Buyer beware" doesn't excuse a seller from cheating a buyer. Selling a fake, especially knowingly, is still illegal AND immoral, although too many buyers seem to have forgotten what that word means. The best thing to do is post those listings here or in the Hall Of Shame thread and let the reporting system, flawed as it is, do its job.

And as BeenBurned has posted before, contacting a seller directly can cause a LOT of problems, so it's best to avoid it umless you're sure the seller will listen.

 

[whateve]

Thank you! Was happy to see the NYC creed. Annnd, I just noticed I attached the wrong creed photo. Rats. Here is the right photo for the bag.

Oops! That one is an authentic creed too! I love that style!

 

[Hyacinth]

Maybe, you're right; she thought saying she couldn't guarantee authenticity, she thought that would keep her out of trouble ?

There was a seller I pointed out to her, her bag was fake. It had one of the known fake seriel numbers; signature c inside and out plus the 'c's didn't line up on the front of the bag where the stitching was. She sent me a message back saying, 'buyer beware. I'm no fashionista'

"Buyer beware" doesn't excuse a seller from cheating a buyer. Selling a fake, especially knowingly, is still illegal AND immoral, although too many sellers seem to have forgotten what that word means. The best thing to do is post those listings here or in the Hall Of Shame thread and let the reporting system, flawed as it is, do its job.

And as BeenBurned has posted before, contacting a seller directly can cause a LOT of problems, so it's best to avoid it umless you're sure the seller will listen.

 

[maramd]

Oops! That one is an authentic creed too! I love that style!

Thanks again! I like that style too. The first creed was from a gorgeous spectator hobo that I
was getting ready to list. Authenticated previously, of course!

 

[fuzzymummy]

I should have, I'm sorry. I wasn't thinking, the seller was something like purp-something or purple-something maybe with numbers at the end[/QUO
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[Kitts]

It seems ok.

Thank you! Have a great weekend!

 

[uncertain]

Hi again!
I have more pictures of my MEDIUM BLACK BOROUGH BAG IN PEBBLED LEATHER
Images:

It looks ok to me but you might want to wait for more opinions.

Thanks! Waiting for another