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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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Jacynthe said:
Last crazy post...does anyone else think about how these vintage Coaches were made? the people that handcrafted them? Maybe one of the three I was so lucky to acquire today saw Bonnie walk by? I am crazy but a good crazy... right? :nuts:
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I like to think about their previous life. Who owned them? What did they do? What adventures did they have? How did they end up where I finally found them?
 
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BeenBurned said:
To be fair (and hopefully @houseof999 will confirm), I think she ended up getting a refund from Poshmark, but NOT because the item was found to be fake, but because they were "doing her a favor" and refunding even though they didn't agree that it was fake. :sad:
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Ugh yes it was the highly coveted and faked 9955. I never tried to buy that style ever again. The invalid serial number P1L that I'll never forget!
 
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valv54 said:
I like to think about their previous life. Who owned them? What did they do? What adventures did they have? How did they end up where I finally found them?
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Nothing about previous Coach owners, but Coach published a small book of photos about the original Coach plant in NYC back in the late 1970s. I doubt if Cashin was in it, but the photos show the craftspeople, many from Central and South America, who made the bags and the equipment and skills involved in the process. It might be available through your local library system for US residents, and sometimes a copy shows up on Amazon or with one of their sellers.

The Factory, Portrait Of A Leathergoods Factory In Downtown New York City

by
Jeremy Lezin
https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/s...eathergoods_Factory_In_Downtown_New_York_City
 
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Lake Effect said:
I have not purchased from Posh. Not gonna lie, if I stumbled on something amazing, maybe. But since I am not normally on there . . .
Based on the fact that in this thread you have showed honest sellers and honest buyers there get a hard time on Posh, I would rather stick with eBay and online GW, where at least they appear to support the buyer on returns/refunds for a bona fide fake.
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I agree completely. Only one "amazing" thing on Poshmark ever caught my eye. It was a style I'd never seen before and still haven't found a name for, but I'm absolutely sure that it's genuine, and I went over the seller's photos literally with a magnifying glass. It's like a larger version of the Willis (something I've always wished for!) but without a top handle, which I never use anyway. And it was RED. :love: I carried it as my Christmas bag over the last week.
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A sharp-eyed poster saw a similar bag later in the movie "Anchorman" and asked what it was, and after trying to figure it out it popped into my head that I actually owned one. (Hey, the brain slows down a bit as you get older.) Here are a few posts and a film clip, thanks to Vickenator, Catbird9 and LakeEffect for remembering and posting the original clips.
https://forum.purseblog.com/threads/coach-goes-to-the-movies.963513/page-12#post-33166978
to
https://forum.purseblog.com/threads/coach-goes-to-the-movies.963513/page-12#post-33170098

So my one Posh purchase worked out pretty well, but I'm not going to press my luck!
 
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Morgan_Bellini said:
I bought a fake on eBay and the dispute was so nicely handled that I try to do most of my shopping there. EBay paid the return shipping and refunded what I originally paid for shipping plus the full price for the fake bag. No hassle at all! It was actually a great experience.
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Glad to hear that Ebay handled your dispute and refunded you. I was lucky in that regard both times, too.
I thought to use Posh because, well, I was scammed twice on Ebay so I figured that might be the platform most scammers use. I didn't realise that they're just prolific everywhere.
So grateful for this forum and the knowledge shared here! It's saved my bacon.

BeenBurned said:
It's not only some of the sellers on Poshmark who are dishonest; it's the site itself that does nothing to keep a safe site.

Over the years, I've reported hundreds (probably closer to thousands) of fakes to PM using their "report" link and they've NEVER removed a reported listing. Occasionally, an honest seller will end her own listing when informed that an item is fake but that's rare. More likely is that the messenger will be blocked for outing the fake-selling seller!

And in cases where buyers have received fakes and filed disputes, PM's "experts" have denied that items are fake and given scammed buyers a hard time.

As for a particular thread where issues have been discussed, there are many!
This thread has pros and cons. (I've posted cons on it.) Does anyone use Poshmark?

Here's just one post where a member received a fake from a Poshmark seller. Poshmark gave her a hard time, denying that the item was fake, doing her a "favor" by allowing her to send the fake bag to them so their
experts could look at it and even when that happened, their "expert authenticators" didn't think the bag was fake.
https://forum.purseblog.com/threads...ost-for-format.889527/page-1140#post-30612678

Honestly, there are so many posts that it's nearly impossible to find them all!

Oh, and there was even a time when "BeenBurned" was a member there and was tagged to authenticate a bag. Unfortunately, because the dishonest seller didn't like being called out for having a fake, the dishonest site admin decided that BB wasn't allowed to be a member there!

In other words, they supported their dishonest seller over someone who was trying to help.
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Truly can't thank you enough for sharing all this information! I'll browse through the threads and educate myself a little more.
It's unbelievable that PM would support scammers in all these little ways, and seem to do nothing at all to prevent fakes being posted. I don't want to support a platform that won't support me when I'm cheated, so I'll stick to Ebay when hunting for discontinued styles.
 
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Jacynthe said:
Last crazy post...does anyone else think about how these vintage Coaches were made? the people that handcrafted them? Maybe one of the three I was so lucky to acquire today saw Bonnie walk by? I am crazy but a good crazy... right? :nuts:
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Crazy here right along with you. I am still a sucker for a NYC bag. There is something about that Creed, indicating some body was working in that loft, being paid a living wage. I never miss an opportunity, whether I am posting or talking about a bag to highlight it was crafted in NYC! I am lucky to have a girlfriend who really enjoys my thrift story telling.

Hyacinth said:
Nothing about previous Coach owners, but Coach published a small book of photos about the original Coach plant in NYC back in the late 1970s. I doubt if Cashin was in it, but the photos show the craftspeople, many from Central and South America, who made the bags and the equipment and skills involved in the process. It might be available through your local library system for US residents, and sometimes a copy shows up on Amazon or with one of their sellers.

The Factory, Portrait Of A Leathergoods Factory In Downtown New York City

by
Jeremy Lezin
https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/s...eathergoods_Factory_In_Downtown_New_York_City
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Thanks for reminding me to put that on my list of things to find this year. I also look at the pictures of employees in the vintage catalogs.

Hyacinth said:
I agree completely. Only one "amazing" thing on Poshmark ever caught my eye. It was a style I'd never seen before and still haven't found a name for, but I'm absolutely sure that it's genuine, and I went over the seller's photos literally with a magnifying glass. It's like a larger version of the Willis (something I've always wished for!) but without a top handle, which I never use anyway. And it was RED. :love: I carried it as my Christmas bag over the last week.
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A sharp-eyed poster saw a similar bag later in the movie "Anchorman" and asked what it was, and after trying to figure it out it popped into my head that I actually owned one. (Hey, the brain slows down a bit as you get older.) Here are a few posts and a film clip, thanks to Vickenator, Catbird9 and LakeEffect for remembering and posting the original clips.
https://forum.purseblog.com/threads/coach-goes-to-the-movies.963513/page-12#post-33166978
to
https://forum.purseblog.com/threads/coach-goes-to-the-movies.963513/page-12#post-33170098

So my one Posh purchase worked out pretty well, but I'm not going to press my luck!
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This!!! Lol, enjoy that beauty.
 
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Hyacinth said:
I agree completely. Only one "amazing" thing on Poshmark ever caught my eye. It was a style I'd never seen before and still haven't found a name for, but I'm absolutely sure that it's genuine, and I went over the seller's photos literally with a magnifying glass. It's like a larger version of the Willis (something I've always wished for!) but without a top handle, which I never use anyway. And it was RED. :love: I carried it as my Christmas bag over the last week.
View attachment 4624696

A sharp-eyed poster saw a similar bag later in the movie "Anchorman" and asked what it was, and after trying to figure it out it popped into my head that I actually owned one. (Hey, the brain slows down a bit as you get older.) Here are a few posts and a film clip, thanks to Vickenator, Catbird9 and LakeEffect for remembering and posting the original clips.
https://forum.purseblog.com/threads/coach-goes-to-the-movies.963513/page-12#post-33166978
to
https://forum.purseblog.com/threads/coach-goes-to-the-movies.963513/page-12#post-33170098


So my one Posh purchase worked out pretty well, but I'm not going to press my luck!
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Darnit, I saw one of these the other day on one of the sites and of course with my hrmp "extensive knowledge of all things Coach" gave it a cursory glance thought nice try fake willis doesn't even have a top handle and moved on.The only thing I can tell you it was not GW or ebay.:blush:
 
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