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!

 

[iriskin]

Hello! I am new here and really need your help. I bought a vintage Coach bag at Poshmark, but since I live in China, my friend in US just received that bag for me and she is worried it's fake. Please help me authenticate it. THANK YOU in advance!

Vintage Coach Convertible Clutch NYC Bag✨

Shop thricesold's closet or find the perfect look from millions of stylists. Fast shipping and buyer protection. Navy Convertible Clutch Vintage Bag. Great vintage condition with normal wear. Coach creed applies. Made in New York City Cleaned and conditioned Registration number in photo...

poshmark.com

seller thricesold

 

[Hyacinth]

Hello! I am new here and really need your help. I bought a vintage Coach bag at Poshmark, but since I live in China, my friend in US just received that bag for me and she is worried it's fake. Please help me authenticate it. THANK YOU in advance!

Vintage Coach Convertible Clutch NYC Bag✨

Shop thricesold's closet or find the perfect look from millions of stylists. Fast shipping and buyer protection. Navy Convertible Clutch Vintage Bag. Great vintage condition with normal wear. Coach creed applies. Made in New York City Cleaned and conditioned Registration number in photo...

poshmark.com

seller thricesold

There is no need for your friend to be concerned, just make sure that you get both of the straps, the thin matching leather one and the wide yellow one, shown in the photos, and that the serial number inside the bag matches the photos on the Poshmark page.The bag in the photos is an authentic Coach Convertible Clutch, style number 9635 and made in New York City some time between 1980 and 1988.

 

[iriskin]

There is no need for your friend to be concerned, just make sure that you get both of the straps, the thin matching leather one and the wide yellow one, shown in the photos, and that the serial number inside the bag matches the photos on the Poshmark page.The bag in the photos is an authentic Coach Convertible Clutch, style number 9635 and made in New York City some time between 1980 and 1988.

Thank you very much! Such a relief!

 

[fluffyunicorn7]

It would help if you show the tag. Depending on where it is on the tag, it could be a color code.

Thank you. I didn’t think about adding A pic . V5ODV ?

 

[whateve]

Thank you. I didn’t think about adding A pic . V5ODV ?

On that tag, the V5 stands for the hardware color, and the ODV stands for slate. Not all the color codes make sense. This is not an authentication. There is no way to tell if your bag is authentic from the tag.

 

[fluffyunicorn7]

On that tag, the V5 stands for the hardware color, and the ODV stands for slate. Not all the color codes make sense. This is not an authentication. There is no way to tell if your bag is authentic from the tag.

Thank you so very much. Now I understand the tag a little better. The bag has been authenticated thankfully. I was just a bit confused about the codes. I hope you have a great evening.

 

[girlygirl12377]

Hi everyone! I hope you're all doing well! Been a while I need help with this one. I've been doubting because creed doesn't look like Coach creeds and I'll show what I mean in this post. But I really need a few opinions. Thank you in advance


Item: Coach Beat Saddle Bag in red
Listing number: N/A -
Seller and site where listed: For privacy reasons, I won't reveal seller name but it is on a FB group.
Link: Can't link but I'll attach all the pics.
Comments:

No one? Any thoughts at least?

 

[Ladyluvvy]

Red handbag
From my local thrift store
Measures 12” wide at bottom, 10” high and 2” deep

 

[Dahlia Dane]

We need to see the entire creed to be sure. I'm not seeing any problems.

 

[echothrift]

Hi...new to forum and was hoping for a little help pricing a few Coach bags that came into the thrift store today. The first is a yellow Coach Parker Kisslock Leather Satchel N⁰ A0993-13437. Any information wouls be appreciated.

 

[BeenBurned]

Hi everyone! I hope you're all doing well! Been a while I need help with this one. I've been doubting because creed doesn't look like Coach creeds and I'll show what I mean in this post. But I really need a few opinions. Thank you in advance


Item: Coach Beat Saddle Bag in red
Listing number: N/A -
Seller and site where listed: For privacy reasons, I won't reveal seller name but it is on a FB group.
Link: Can't link but I'll attach all the pics.
Comments:

more pics:

I'm having major doubts because of the creed mainly and some doubts about made in tags. But same bags previously posted have a different creed.

No one? Any thoughts at least?

I'm not sure why you're protecting a seller of an item when you suspect that seller of having fake(s).

Without seeing the listing, the seller's history, where the seller is located and other details (as required by TPF authentication rules BTW), I won't comment on the bag except to say that it's a highly and closely faked style, and most of the listings for that bag are from sellers in Japan. They seem to among the sellers that are part of the ring of sellers about whom I've posted on the warning thread I posted: https://forum.purseblog.com/threads/japanese-coach-ring-warning.1012568/

If you have doubts, don't buy. Report them to Facebook and possibly if enough people report, FB may remove the seller.

iMO, honest sellers don't have a problem with buyers who do their due diligence and verify items' authenticity before buying. I'd much rather a buyer confirm an item I'm selling before (or after) purchase if they are suspicious rather than have that buyer filed a "not as described dispute" because they don't recognize legit differences that can be evident in some genuine items.

Even if the items that Facebook seller has are authentic, protecting the seller's identity helps no one.

 

[whateve]

It's fine.

 

[girlygirl12377]

I'm not sure why you're protecting a seller of an item when you suspect that seller of having fake(s).

Without seeing the listing, the seller's history, where the seller is located and other details (as required by TPF authentication rules BTW), I won't comment on the bag except to say that it's a highly and closely faked style, and most of the listings for that bag are from sellers in Japan. They seem to among the sellers that are part of the ring of sellers about whom I've posted on the warning thread I posted: https://forum.purseblog.com/threads/japanese-coach-ring-warning.1012568/

If you have doubts, don't buy. Report them to Facebook and possibly if enough people report, FB may remove the seller.

iMO, honest sellers don't have a problem with buyers who do their due diligence and verify items' authenticity before buying. I'd much rather a buyer confirm an item I'm selling before (or after) purchase if they are suspicious rather than have that buyer filed a "not as described dispute" because they don't recognize legit differences that can be evident in some genuine items.

Even if the items that Facebook seller has are authentic, protecting the seller's identity helps no one.

I don't know if this seller is selling fakes or not. This bag has been on my wishlist for a while and I was interested but the more I looked at it, the more fake it seemed. I asked two other people before coming here and one said this looks off and the other said this is 100% fake.

The reason I didn't list the seller's name is because it's FB and they have their full first and last name on there. Besides, the one thing I don't know but giving the benefit of the doubt, is that this seller doesn't know she's selling a fake. BUT there's also a chance that she does know and doesn't wanna reveal so because she's sold bags before on that FB group.

I asked her where she got it and she said a friend got it for her from overseas. She responded to all my questions, provided all the pics but when I asked her to authenticate, she said she's not familiar with the process. Also, someone commented on her post asking if the bag is from Asia and she said "I believe so" which makes me question if she maybe knows it's fake? I don't know. I hope this explains my thought process. Also, thank you for replying.

FYI, She's not a Japanese seller, I'm part of a FB group called Reetzy Addicted - Community and Marketplace and she posted there. I can't share the post because there is no share button. It's a private group.

Edit: She's based in the US btw.

 

[BeenBurned]

I don't know if this seller is selling fakes or not. This bag has been on my wishlist for a while and I was interested but the more I looked at it, the more fake it seemed. I asked two other people before coming here and one said this looks off and the other said this is 100% fake.

The reason I didn't list the seller's name is because it's FB and they have their full first and last name on there. Besides, the one thing I don't know but giving the benefit of the doubt, is that this seller doesn't know she's selling a fake. BUT there's also a chance that she does know and doesn't wanna reveal so because she's sold bags before on that FB group.

I asked her where she got it and she said a friend got it for her from overseas. She responded to all my questions, provided all the pics but when I asked her to authenticate, she said she's not familiar with the process. Also, someone commented on her post asking if the bag is from Asia and she said "I believe so" which makes me question if she maybe knows it's fake? I don't know. I hope this explains my thought process. Also, thank you for replying.

FYI, She's not a Japanese seller, I'm part of a FB group called Reetzy Addicted - Community and Marketplace and she posted there. I can't share the post because there is no share button. It's a private group.

Edit: She's based in the US btw.

Whether she's aware or not, it's HER responsibility as a seller to KNOW and VERIFY that her items are authentic.

Based on what I've bold-faced in red above, I'm guessing that the "overseas" origination and "Asia" belief imply that it came from Japan and my belief is that it's "questionable" at best.

ETA: And to add, part of the reason why there's the requirement here of the seller ID and link to listing is that it allows us to look at sellers' other listings and history and see if there's a pattern or if the possible sale of a fake might be an honest mistake.

Keep in mind that we volunteer our time and knowledge and want to help honest buyers and sellers and don't want to help fake-sellers hide the details that prove their items fake nor do we want to help the counterfeiters make better fakes. (They're already pretty darned good at that!)

Some of the forums here on TPF won't even read, much less give detailed reasons why they don't respond or authenticate when requests don't have the required information. You've received detailed information why we ask for what we want to know. And it's not to invade on a Facebook user's personal identity. If that person wants to protect her ID, she wouldn't be on Facebook!

Clearly, she didn't have it authenticated before listing it, something that is ALWAYS recommended when reselling an item that the owner didn't personally purchased from an authorized retailer.

Just so this seller knows (and you may consider enlightening her), the law doesn't care about "honest" mistakes. The anonymous Facebook seller did NOT follow the law when listing her item and for that, I don't recommend her.

 

[Hyacinth]

Hi...new to forum and was hoping for a little help pricing a few Coach bags that came into the thrift store today. The first is a yellow Coach Parker Kisslock Leather Satchel N⁰ A0993-13437. Any information wouls be appreciated.

The Parker is genuine, made in 2009.

We do not give pricing information or guesstimates of value. It's against forum rules and also is highly dependent on current selling and auction prices (which can vary hugely over just a few years or even months) and of course on the physical condition of the item as well as supply and demand. The best guide to current prices is to search Ebay using the name Coach and the style number of the bag (the last group of usually 4 or 5 numbers to the right of the last hyphen, in this case 13437) minus any letter like F that's in front of that group of numbers making up the style number. Searching in the "Completed" category will show the selling prices in green. For instance, these are CURRENT listings for that style:

Coach 13437 in Clothing, Shoes & Accessories for sale | eBay

www.ebay.com

and these are COMPLETED listings, some may have been relisted, only the GREEN number is the actual selling price:

Coach 13437 in Clothing, Shoes & Accessories for sale | eBay

www.ebay.com

There's also a for-pay site called Worthpoint that can supply selling prices.