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Thanks! I've never bought a bag from ebay before, so I thought I'd check on here first to see what other people thought. Looks real to me, but to ease my nerves about ebay, thought I'd check with others first.

Thanks! If any one sees any red flags with listing, please let me know!
 
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whateve said:
Please help with this item:
Item name: Gray Double Zipper Coach Wallet
Listing number: 270729832662
Seller name: jen528030
Link: http://cgi.ebay.com/Gray-Double-Zip...662?pt=US_CSA_WH_Handbags&hash=item3f08c168d6
Comments: I don't think I have ever seen a double zip Coach wallet. With wallets, there is no creed to authenticate. She says she got it as a gift. Has anyone seen a Coach wallet that looks like this? thanks
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Hyacinth said:
I've never seen a double zipper. Coach doesn't add new design elements like that, they stick to 4 or five basic dsesigns for their full-size wallets. All my instincts say fake but please wait for more opinions before you report.

That Carriage stamp looks crooked too. I'd really like to see close-ups of the inside.
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I'm not comfortable about the wallet for the same reasons as Hyacinth commented.

But if the wallet came from the same source as this listing from jen528030 , I wouldn't bid.
http://cgi.ebay.com/Classic-Coach-H...211?pt=US_CSA_WH_Handbags&hash=item3f08c0f9b3

She also sold this fake:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Authentic-Small...629?pt=US_CSA_WH_Handbags&hash=item3f0866e8bd


FAKE:
 
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whateve said:
I think it is totally authentic. The seller has a history of selling authentic bags. Plus this listing has lots of pictures that look like the real thing. I think this style is too new to be counterfeited.
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NOTHING is too new to be counterfeited. In fact, sometimes bags are faked before they've even been released.
 
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CoachVB said:
That is amazing that they are faked before being released. :sad:
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When you think about it, a lot of bags are made months before they actually get released in the stores. And there's lots of indirect evidence that some of the most accurate fakes, what the makers and sellers call AAA or 7-star, are made either by the same people who work at the licensed Coach plants or even in the plants themselves once all the Coach "watchdogs" have gone home for the day.

And how hard is it for plant employees to take photos of new bags just going into production and pass them on to the fakes manufacturers, or for a shift supervisor to sneak several of the actual bags out? I'm sure someone working for minimum wage and who wants to join the ranks of the new Middle Class would be glad to earn a pocketful of extra yuan just for taking a few photographs.

All those things that make people say "They can't do that" or "How could fake bags have the same things real bags do?" need to ask "What's stopping someone from copying this?" and the answer is usually "nothing at all". A creed patch is just a stamped piece of leather. A hangtag, ditto. A price tag or receipt or Care Card - just printed pieces of paper, and copies can be found for sale in lots of places including the wholesale sites that are selling the fake bags.

I've learned to never say that it can't be done. Figuring out HOW it's done can sometimes be surprisingly easy.
 
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