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And the seller has now changed their name to gorgeous_bag365 and now has no other listings... That seems dodgy. I wonder if they list photos of genuine bags then ship out fakes?
There are a lot of Japanese sellers who all list the same bag, often at different prices. It looks like that might be what happened here since the listing doesn't show sold, it shows unavailable. Maybe one of the other listings sold. They could also have a brick and mortar shop and sold it there.

I don't know why the seller changed their name but they are allowed to do so.

There are also a few sellers who steal pictures from other sellers. You could do an image search on a listing photo to see if it shows up anywhere else.
 
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There are a lot of Japanese sellers who all list the same bag, often at different prices. It looks like that might be what happened here since the listing doesn't show sold, it shows unavailable. Maybe one of the other listings sold. They could also have a brick and mortar shop and sold it there.

I don't know why the seller changed their name but they are allowed to do so.

There are also a few sellers who steal pictures from other sellers. You could do an image search on a listing photo to see if it shows up anywhere else.
Ah interesting. Thanks for the info!
 
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In a fit of pure insanity I purchased this coach 9025 without a creed photo on the RealReal. I knew it was a risk, but I was in for a shock when the creed date and plant code didn’t conform.

Is there a chance it’s authentic or is this a dud?

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It's authentic. I don't know what you mean by nonconformity.
Thanks so much for the quick response! That’s a relief— I thought that with this format (xxx-xxxx) the first 3 digits needed to be letter (for the month), number (for the year), letter (for the factory). Seeing the third digit be a number (2) instead of a letter threw me off.
 
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Thanks so much for the quick response! That’s a relief— I thought that with this format (xxx-xxxx) the first 3 digits needed to be letter (for the month), number (for the year), letter (for the factory). Seeing the third digit be a number (2) instead of a letter threw me off.
That throws a lot of people off. They started using numbers for certain factories around the time this one was made. Turkey was probably the earliest plant to use a number. Now all factories are two digit numbers.
 
Hello, please authenticate this!
Item: Coach Tribeca Shopper (9098)
Obtained: Hand-me-down from my grandma, she doesn’t remember where she got it from.
Measurements: about 9.5” tall, 12” across (opening), and 12” straps

Tried to include lots of pictures!
 

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