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unfortunately, she said she already sold the keychains to some poor victim...If I were to even consider buying the bag, (for which she has a buyer she thinks) I would need more pics.

Don't worry, I have made it a point to help report the fake items every chance I get to be part of the "solution". Thanks for doing all that you do!
 
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item: 100% Auth COACH Blue Ostrich DELPHINE Satchel HAND BAG
listing # 390083583774
seller: CLOSETCOMPASS
link:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=390083583774

comments: SELLER WAS ADVISED THAT THIS BAG WAS FAKE AND HAS LISTED IT ANYWAY


The authenticity of this bag was discussed at the ID This Coach thread and although at least three Coach experts have advised the owner that the bag is fake, the seller has listed it on Ebay anyway.

Here is my comment, I strongly advice any potential bidders to read it. The opinions are my own. I usually don't cross-post but in this case a LARGE amount of money is involved.

http://forum.purseblog.com/coach/id-coach-item-post-any-coach-item-name-408306-47.html#post12137746

a WARNING TO POTENTIAL BUYERS:

A poster here who asked for a Coach to be ID'd and was told by three experienced members that the bag was not only questionable but probably fake has ignored our advice and listed the bag for a very high price on Ebay with NO proof of authenticity and against our advice.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=390083583774

Once again, I'm telling seller " closetcompass " that we don't believe this bag is genuine. We've explained our reasons why in Posts # 655 THRU 664, and 675 THRU 677
This seller asked at the PurseForum for info about this bag several days ago and was told by myself & others that we didnt think it was genuine. Here's the posts from the ID This Coach thread, starting here:
http://forum.purseblog.com/coach/id-coach-item-post-any-coach-item-name-408306-44.html#post12074132
http://forum.purseblog.com/coach/id-coach-item-post-any-coach-item-name-408306-45.html

The seller has also posted a supposed comment in the listing which is implied to be from Coach but which was never mentioned during her posting and which is questionable at best. Also it's not up to the buyer to send the bag to Coach for authentication, it's up to the seller to prove authenticity.

The seller posted this in her auction:
"The legal department of Coach will authenticate this bag for a fee of $25 plus shipping and proof that you purchased this bag online."
"We contacted Coach and their policy is to not authenticate a bag that one is about to sell, but they will authenticate a bag that was just bought."
THAT IS COMPLETE NONSENSE. COACH DOES NOT AUTHENTICATE ANYTHING WITHOUT PHYSICALLY SEEING THE BAG, AND A SELLER CAN SEND A BAG TO THEM FOR OFFICiaL AUTHENTICATION BEFORE LISTING WHICH THIS SELLER SAID SHE WOULD DO AND OBVIOUSLY HASN'T. Coach has NOT authenticted this bag in any way and the comments that are implied to be from Coach are no such thing. In fact, Ebay REQUIRES that name-brand items like designer purses be proved authentic BEFORE listing and Coach has no objections to doing so AND providing a Letter of Authenticity for the seller to show in her listing.
Also Coach doesnt require any proof of where you bought a bag to authenticate it - more proof that the seller has NOT contacted anyone at Coach about authenticity.

I'm posting this because I personally STRONGLY believe this bag to be fake and the statements made in the listing contradict totally what the seller told us here in this forum. Statements that are implied to be from Coach DON'T conform to how we know they do business and handle authentications OR how they make bags for "special" employees. I'm also still waiting for Coach to ackowledge that they
1- falsified the country of origin as required by US Federal law
2- falsified the contents of the bag, again as required by law
3- failed to provide the "special" employee with a federal tax statement declaring the value of the "gift", again as required by federal law.

If the seller can prove she has written confirmation from Coach that the bag is genuine, along with the phone number of a member of Coach's Authentication Department who I can call and verify that the seller's statements are accurate, I'll withdraw my comments. Until then my statements stand and I strongly recommend that this listing be ignored.

BTW, I find it absolutely FASCINATING that when I clicked on one of the seller's photos to save it for posting in this thread, THE CATEGORY AND TITLE OF THE PHOTO STARTED WITH "GARAGE SALE".
HERE'S THE PHOTO URL:
http://homepage.mac.com/jkaton3/GarageSaleImages/GarageSale_1250636408_33534.jpg

Interesting title. Poor choice of words, maybe, but interesting.

There's a listing for a genuine Delphine bag here:
http://cgi.ebay.com/New-COACH-OSTRI...bags?hash=item230138ab94&_trksid=p3911.c0.m14
 
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Hyacinth said:
BTW, I find it absolutely FASCINATING that when I clicked on one of the seller's photos to save it for posting in this thread, THE CATEGORY AND TITLE OF THE PHOTO STARTED WITH "GARAGE SALE".
HERE'S THE PHOTO URL:
http://homepage.mac.com/jkaton3/GarageSaleImages/GarageSale_1250636408_33534.jpg
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Since you mentioned the properties of the picture, I'll mention that I did the same thing and found that the name on the album, jkaton3 is another tPF ID of the member who'd asked about the ostrich bag. (It was my understanding that we can only have ONE tPF ID. Is that correct?) -- Google the name of the album owner, jkaton3.
 
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BeenBurned said:
Since you mentioned the properties of the picture, I'll mention that I did the same thing and found that the name on the album, jkaton3 is another tPF ID of the member who'd asked about the ostrich bag. (It was my understanding that we can only have ONE tPF ID. Is that correct?) -- Google the name of the album owner, jkaton3.
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Not to butt in, but jkaton3's profile says she is a "Wardrobe Manager for Closet Compass" which links us back to the seller ID. Either the same person, or someone who works for the group selling these items.
 
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cz22 said:
Not to butt in, but jkaton3's profile says she is a "Wardrobe Manager for Closet Compass" which links us back to the seller ID. Either the same person, or someone who works for the group selling these items.
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LOL! You're not butting in. You're helping to prove that someone isn't being completely straight with us.
 
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Good grief!! This is rich!

Her ME page: http://members.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewUserPage&userid=closetcompass

AUTHENTICITY & ADVICE
Everything we sell is a million times authentic. Unfortunately, some sellers on eBay may try to sell non-authentic items or find bargain basement items to sell. This is not us. Beware of purchasing Gucci, Prada, Chanel and other highly faked items online unless you are comfortable with that seller's reputation and knowledge of that item. Ask to see the fabric tags which supply the style numbers, origin, and year. Go to the forum and get other sellers opinions and also consult www.purseblog.com. Contact the seller and request more detailed information and photographs of the manufacturing tags that are supplied. Utilizing these steps makes for better buying!
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BTW, the listing is gone.
 
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