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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:
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  • FOR ITEMS NOT LISTED ONLINE:
    Item:
    Where purchased or how obtained
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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.
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A reminder - requests that do not include the photos and information listed in the "IMPORTANT - READ ME" post at the top of each page will not be answered.

Even if the item is physically in your possession, we still have to know when and where it was purchased and the URL if it was an online sale or listing.

Thank you for following the instructions.
 
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vintageleather said:
I think I got boned? just got this vintage coach bag I thought was a large plaza, but it looks like someone painted the thing with brown paint, yikes, fake? Ugh also feels like plastic and smells like a bad library

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Is this the same bag from Depop that you've been asking about?

If it is, it's genuine but probably Not As Described. I can't read the listing so that's your decision. There's no way I would accept that, it's been ruined by whatever the previous owner did.

ETA - I see that it's the same serial number, "05(illegible)-1005". The seller RUINED the bag in between your buying it based on the photos and whatever she did to it or slathered all over it after she took those photos. Get your money back, and file a claim under whatever provisions Depop has for items Significantly Not As Described. INSIST ON A FULL REFUND INCLUDING SHIPPING CHARGES. IF THE SELLER WANTS YOU TO RETURN IT, IT SHOULD BE AT HER EXPENSE.

Also please post the seller's name here so others can be warned.
 
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purseonpurseonpurse said:
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Cannot figure out if this is real or not. The purse is supposed to be a Duffle sac but the serial number ( F4D 9954) is for a prairie bag. I have the bag in my possession and I thrifted it from a small thrift store. Measurements 12 height x 14width x8.5 depth

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It's fake. Get your money back.
 
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Hyacinth said:
Is this the same bag from Depop that you've been asking about?

If it is, it's genuine but probably Not As Described. I can't read the listing so that's your decision. There's no way I would accept that, it's been ruined by whatever the previous owner did.
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Yes the same bag from Depop. You’re definitely right, someone ruined this bag, very sad. Thank you for all your help!
 
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vintageleather said:
Yes the same bag from Depop. You’re definitely right, someone ruined this bag, very sad. Thank you for all your help!
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I added a few more comments.

Sorry about the confusion, the damage is so bad that I didn't even realize the photos were of the same bag's creed until I looked at both serial numbers. What the heck did that seller do, and WHY???

If she tries to weasel out of giving you a full refund, scream like hell to Depop! And remind them that all-numeric serial numbers in vintage Coaches made before 1994 were unique to each bag, and that the same serial number proves that the two creed photos are from the same bag.
 
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purseonpurseonpurse said:
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Cannot figure out if this is real or not. The purse is supposed to be a Duffle sac but the serial number ( F4D 9954) is for a prairie bag. I have the bag in my possession and I thrifted it from a small thrift store. Measurements 12 height x 14width x8.5 depth

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MrsBookGuy said:
Out of curiosity, what style is it? I've not seen one like that before.
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If you're asking about this reply by Whateve, the original poster had the correct name right in the question, it's a Soft Satchel 4055 from the Lightweight line and was made in the late 1980s. It was made in several different sizes and I'm not sure which size it is

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From a 1989 catalog, here's the standard size:
4055_Soft Satchel-Fall1989.jpg
 
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Hyacinth said:
I added a few more comments.

Sorry about the confusion, the damage is so bad that I didn't even realize the photos were of the same bag's creed until I looked at both serial numbers. What the heck did that seller do, and WHY???

If she tries to weasel out of giving you a full refund, scream like hell to Depop! And remind them that all-numeric serial numbers in vintage Coaches made before 1994 were unique to each bag, and that the same serial number proves that the two creed photos are from the same bag.
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Oh I am in it now, what a nightmare, no going back now, because before confirming my suspicions here like an idiot I dunked the bag like I knew
what i was doing (I do not know at all) and currently getting the brown paint off this bag. The creed looks better now that there is no paint. What the frig did someone do to this bag? I knew something was wrong right way when I tested an area to get it wet and it didn’t get darker, but instead of pulling back my brilliant brain decided go forward, submerge it. I’ll post the seller’s name on Depop so others are warned. I will also update anyone who is interested with where this ends up if anything I guess it’s a learning experience and I didn’t pay current plaza bag pricing bahaha. There’s a silver lining here somewhere, right? Anyway! seller on Depop is jrubin8
 
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