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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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lazysundays said:
Hi Hyacinth! Got the bag finally. Can you tell me what this colour is?

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THIS is why I HATE to get involved in guessing colors and why I almost never do it unless there's a catalog that verifies the color.

Looking at the seller's original photos, there are 2 different shades of tan, the majority of the pics look like BT and the creed photo looks like Camel.
https://poshmark.com/listing/Coach-Rambler-Legacy-9061-5da4a420689ebc75b1f91a6f
Now your photo is a different shade from the seller's photos, it's about halfway between her colors.

The Holiday Preview 1998 catalog lists ONLY Mahogany, Black, British Tan and Navy so that's what I'm going with.

ETA - SORRY! Whateve was faster out of the gate. :biggrin:
 
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#42,190
Jacynthe said:
I am obviously spending this cloudy afternoon looking at vintage Coach on several buying sites. :nuts:
If I remember correctly, P1T are fakes. Please let me know. Thank you!
Item: vintage Coach backpack
link: https://www.etsy.com/listing/674870...=sr_gallery-5-13&organic_search_click=1&frs=1
seller: JP1977
Comments: If this is a fake, that is a lot of money to spend! :annoyed:
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It's fake. My sympathies to any potential buyer.

Even though Google is totally useless at proving anything's genuine, it usually manages to find posts here and elsewhere about confirmed fake numbers. Buyers need to do their own research before buying.
Searching for "coach serial PIT-"
- right in the first post which is a copy of the Daria48Fakes List. Her List is posted here at tPF along with a few follow-up posts that add to or correct information in the main List:
https://www.google.com/search?q=coach+serial+PIT-&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8

searching for "coach serial P1T-"
same link as above in the second position plus 2 other links to posts here at tPF saying that the number is always fake.
https://www.google.com/search?ei=LN...&ved=0ahUKEwiFj9yO76vlAhUDIKwKHXIsDZcQ4dUDCAo

And the Daria48 Fake Coach Numbers List, Posts 37 to 44, read to the end of the thread:
https://forum.purseblog.com/threads/salearea-guides.983575/page-3#post-33239557


It gets to a point where people have to look before they leap. Etsy isn't much good at removing reported fakes either. If anyone wants to try reporting the fake to Etsy, please do.

Anyone who buys ANY highly faked brand without checking is just asking to be ripped off.
 
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Jacynthe said:
Item: Vintage dark brown Coach flap (?)
Seller: Forever Creative Collectibles
link: https://www.bonanza.com/listings/Vi...wn-Leather-Flap-Crossbody-Purse-Bag/635385684
Comments: 120$ is a lot of money to pay for a counterfeit made in Korea! Correct me if I am wrong that this is not fake please. Thank you!
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This is another case where a quick Google for "coach purses or handbags made in Korea?" would have given the seller a clue:
https://www.google.com/search?q=were+coach+purses+or+handbags+made+in+Korea?&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8

BeenBurned, you usually have good luck with getting Bonanza fakes pulled - do you want to give it a try? Korean POS with fake zipper pulls and much-too-short inside pocket zipper.
 
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Hyacinth said:
This is another case where a quick Google for "coach purses or handbags made in Korea?" would have given the seller a clue:
https://www.google.com/search?q=were+coach+purses+or+handbags+made+in+Korea?&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8

BeenBurned, you usually have good luck with getting Bonanza fakes pulled - do you want to give it a try? Korean POS with fake zipper pulls and much-too-short inside pocket zipper.
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Thanks Hyacinth and BeenBurned, that would be such a shame if someone buys this.
 
#42,193
Hyacinth said:
It's fake. My sympathies to any potential buyer.

Even though Google is totally useless at proving anything's genuine, it usually manages to find posts here and elsewhere about confirmed fake numbers. Buyers need to do their own research before buying.
Searching for "coach serial PIT-"
- right in the first post which is a copy of the Daria48Fakes List. Her List is posted here at tPF along with a few follow-up posts that add to or correct information in the main List:
https://www.google.com/search?q=coach+serial+PIT-&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8

searching for "coach serial P1T-"
same link as above in the second position plus 2 other links to posts here at tPF saying that the number is always fake.
https://www.google.com/search?ei=LN...&ved=0ahUKEwiFj9yO76vlAhUDIKwKHXIsDZcQ4dUDCAo

And the Daria48 Fake Coach Numbers List, Posts 37 to 44, read to the end of the thread:
https://forum.purseblog.com/threads/salearea-guides.983575/page-3#post-33239557


It gets to a point where people have to look before they leap. Etsy isn't much good at removing reported fakes either. If anyone wants to try reporting the fake to Etsy, please do.

Anyone who buys ANY highly faked brand without checking is just asking to be ripped off.
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I understand what you are saying Hyacinth, but newbies to Coach may not be aware of how many fakes are out there. I knew the newer ones, ie sigs etc, but did not think the older ones were counterfeited. Lesson learned! And as always, thank you and the others for your time and help :flowers:
 
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whateve said:
Reading this thread and examining the bags I bought. When you have them in your hand, you see and feel things that can't be seen in pictures. Most of the fakes I've handled don't feel right. That made me look at them closer and discover where there were differences from the real thing.

When we tell you something is fake, look at it closely and see if you can figure out all the things on it that are wrong.
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Yes, whateve, I see that the fake Anderson's leather is stiff and not soft like a real Coach. Thanks!
 
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