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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#11,851
Stephanoe1975 said:
So confusing! Well at least there are two for sures and I will most definitely check here first after being suckered a couple of times!
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I have a bag that does not have the location it was made on the patch. I know it is genuine as I bought it from a shop so there is one more thing to make it hard! It must be hard to authenticate styles that don't have the serial number or in this case the location of production?
 
#11,852
maramd said:
Is this creed valid? I am in a polite discussion with a seller. I liked a bag and asked for a photo of the creed. Seller said they removed the listing because of errors. Then seller sent me an email today saying the bag did not have a serial number (still no photo)with a link to the Daria guide about Coach Bean Bags, and was I still interested in the bag. I replied with the part of the guide that stated there were a lot of fakes and said I needed a creed photo. Seller sent me photo and said listing was pulled by eBay and they are appealing. Pretty sure it is a fake and would like confirmation. Seller's ID is tdavido1.
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I agree, the creed is fake and so is the bag.

And the Daria48 post or Guide that mentions Bean Bag creeds certainly doesn't state anything that would make anyone think the creed in that photo was genuine. Unless my memory is going bad, Daria48 says that there were plenty of fake Bean Bag creeds and they all should be authenticated.
 
#11,853
Stephanoe1975 said:
I have a bag that does not have the location it was made on the patch. I know it is genuine as I bought it from a shop so there is one more thing to make it hard! It must be hard to authenticate styles that don't have the serial number or in this case the location of production?
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It can be, but that's when the other details of the bag have to be examined. And somehow, we manage. Ten years-plus of experience will do that.

BTW, when you say you bought that bag from a shop - what kind of shop, exactly? I hope you're not assuming that something bought in a brick-and-morter store like a thrift shop or consignment store is automatically safe to buy?

I'd suggest posting photos of that bag.
 
#11,854
whateve said:
That bag was asked about here: http://forum.purseblog.com/showpost.php?p=29672667&postcount=11813
I can confirm it is fake. The strap attachments had metal brads, rather than being sewn. The creed is a bean bag creed and doesn't have a serial number. A bag made in the 90s would have a number. The creed itself has problems in the size of the cartouche and the spacing.
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maramd said:
Thanks. I will let the seller know the reasons why.
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Hyacinth said:
I agree, the creed is fake and so is the bag.

And the Daria48 post or Guide that mentions Bean Bag creeds certainly doesn't state anything that would make anyone think the creed in that photo was genuine. Unless my memory is going bad, Daria48 says that there were plenty of fake Bean Bag creeds and they all should be authenticated.
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Having looked at tdavido1's other current and completed Coach listings for different bags, I don't think she's purposely listing fakes, however she isn't buying her items directly from Coach (at least not the bean bag bag) and when items aren't purchased from authorized retailers, sellers should have them looked at to confirm authenticity. (Her Willis can't be authenticated because that listing didn't have enough pictures. Hopefully her buyer got an authentic bag.)

The seller can feel free to join TPF and get her authentication questions answered before her account has violations dinging it.
 
#11,857
Hyacinth said:
It can be, but that's when the other details of the bag have to be examined. And somehow, we manage. Ten years-plus of experience will do that.

BTW, when you say you bought that bag from a shop - what kind of shop, exactly? I hope you're not assuming that something bought in a brick-and-morter store like a thrift shop or consignment store is automatically safe to buy?

I'd suggest posting photos of that bag.
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I bought it from shop.ca which is an online retailer. I will post photos anyhow just in case
 
#11,861
maramd said:
Please authenticate, thanks.

COACH LEATHER HUNTER GREEN DRAWSTRING
Item 272095242679
Seller faast2014
http://www.ebay.com/itm/272095242679?_trksid=p2055359.m1431.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT
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Hyacinth said:
I don't think it's genuine. The serial font isn't quite right.
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whateve said:
I agree it is fake. I think you can report it.
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It's not the only fake faast2014 has listed.

This is another and it's another example of a bag with what appears to be a "correct" style number but is a fake.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Coach-6351-...020989?hash=item3f5a3f0c3d:g:8x4AAOSwaA5WjT1y

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