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Item: COACH BLACK SIGNATURE STRIPE DIAPER LAPTOP TOTE BAG 17443

Listing number:31189936
Seller: Beauty-Lux
Link: http://www.bonanza.com/booths/Beaut...SIGNATURE_STRIPE_DIAPER_LAPTOP_TOTE_BAG_17443

Thanks a bunch.
I do not recommend Beauty-Lux (on Bonz) or beauty-lux (on eBay) because the seller "borrows" at least some pictures from other sellers or uses the designers' copyrighted stock photos in many of her listings.

In fact, in the listing referenced above, the gallery picture is stolen from this seller's listing: http://cgi.ebay.com/COACH-SIGNATURE...7381161?pt=US_Diaper_Bags&hash=item5adf896929

And the description is a copy-and-paste of this seller's description: http://bags.bonanza.com/booths/ring...ATURE_STRIPE_DIAPER_BAG_LAPTOP_TOTE_15188_NWT

And it is wrong for beauty-lux to put her watermark on Coach's stock photos!
 
one more for today...I just can't decide which color I like better (coral, teal or blue :laugh:)

item: NWT Coach Gramercy Embossed Patent Leather Wallet 42960
item #: 140537510044
seller: 4coachlover
link: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...&ssPageName=ADME:X:RTQ:US:1123#ht_1330wt_1139

comment: the seller added 2 more pictures (the last 2) per my request for pictures of the actual wallet.

thank you!
This is JMHO, but I don't recommend sellers who use the copyrighted work of others (either stolen website stock photos or pictures stolen from other sellers) in their listings.

And more bothersome than stealing pictures is a seller who puts her watermark on someone else's pictures as in the following:
http://cgi.ebay.com/NWT-COACH-WAVER...049?pt=US_CSA_WH_Handbags&hash=item20b8513851

And many of 4coachlover 's listings do just that. Personally, I wouldn't do business with her.
 
thanks BB! I agree with you about the seller and how she lists but I absolutely LOVE the teal color and her listing is the only one around anywhere! :sad: I'm just not sure if the last 2 pics she posted are authentic.
 
thanks BB! I agree with you about the seller and how she lists but I absolutely LOVE the teal color and her listing is the only one around anywhere! :sad: I'm just not sure if the last 2 pics she posted are authentic.
Nor can you even be sure that the last two pics are her own!

That's the problem with picture thieves. Some are even sneakier; they steal multiple pictures from multiple sources within a single listing.
 
I won this auction and want to be sure it is authentic. You looked at it for me on April 16th and said I needed more pics. Seller had already mailed and I just received it. Thanks so much.

Item: Coach Woman's Shoulder Bag Handmade in USA- FLAWLESS
Listing number: 320683143275
Seller: bandkzufelt
Link: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...=STRK:MEWAX:IT
Comments: I hope this is real. It is really nice and I have cleaned and conditioned it to take my pics. Thanks so much.
 
I won this auction and want to be sure it is authentic. You looked at it for me on April 16th and said I needed more pics. Seller had already mailed and I just received it. Thanks so much.

Item: Coach Woman's Shoulder Bag Handmade in USA- FLAWLESS
Listing number: 320683143275
Seller: bandkzufelt
Link: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...=STRK:MEWAX:IT
Comments: I hope this is real. It is really nice and I have cleaned and conditioned it to take my pics. Thanks so much.


SO SORRY - I FORGOT TO ADD THE NEW PICS OF THE BAG.

https://picasaweb.google.com/113646...?authkey=Gv1sRgCIfk2r_IyLr1Cw&feat=directlink

THANKS AGAIN!
 
Oh dear, they’ve opened a huge, new charity thrift shop in my area and I haven’t even finished with my last batch of rehab projects. I need a different hobby! :sweatdrop:

I purchased 3 possible coach items today that each offer unique but challenging rehab opportunities. Any rehab advice is always appreciated! I will post additional pics with the next message; here is the first bag:

Item: Green and Tan Crossbody (Spectator?)
Listing number: NA
Seller: Savers Thrift Superstore ($8)
Link: NA
Dimensions: 8.5” high, 11” wide, and 3.5” deep

Comments:
The leather is thick and the bag is well-constructed but although it has a creed patch it doesn’t have a serial/style number. It says “Made in the United States” and has a clearance “bullet” on the creed. The turnlock and hardware are unusual and it has a nylon YKK zipper. The hangtag is made of 2 pieces of leather that were glued together but have come apart.

It is lined with a light brown fabric similar to my Italian Gracie bag. Like Gracie, the creed says that it has been "specially treated to maintain a new appearance over time."

The bag is very unique (to my eyes) but it is made of a delicate material and it is in rough shape, so it will take a lot of TLC to bring it back to beauty. I would appreciate your authentication before I invest the time and effort in trying to rescue it.

Anything you can tell me about bag (year, line, name, style number, original price, etc.) would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!
 

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Here are more pics of the green and tan bag, including a photo of the creed. Thank you again!
 

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Here's my second purchase. I have always avoided buying light colored bags and lined bags because they are hard to clean, so what did I go and do? I bought a lined, white, fabric bag! Yikes! :shocked:

I will post additional pics with the next message.

Item: White Nylon Hobo with Suede Trim 1892
Listing number: NA
Seller: Savers Thrift Superstore ($20)
Link: NA
Dimensions: 20” wide along the zipper, 10.5” high, and 4.5” deep

Comments:
It is missing the hangtag and has a YKK zipper (but I know that doesn’t really prove anything!) It was made in 2004. Anything you can tell me about bag (name, original price, etc.) would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!
 

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Here are more photos of the white nylon hobo, including the creed patch. Thanks so much!
 

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