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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Hi @Hyacinth and @BeenBurned!

Thank you so much for your inputs. :heart:

I'm super curious about that red flag but I understand why you may not want to post it here. The bag is going back tomorrow for sure.

Thank you again! :biggrin:

There are just some mistakes the fakes sellers make that would be too easy for them to correct, or to use photos from a better fake or genuine bag. We've seen that happen too many times before. But if someone like myself who's not really into the newer styles and concentrates mostly on classic and vintage bags can spot the mistake, there's no doubt in my mind that it's fake.

Using photos that are from dozens of different sources including the manufacturers' websites is also another major red flag. I doubt if more than 10 or 20 of the photos on that seller's website were photographed by her and are of the actual item being sold. The entire website just screams "fakes".
 
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