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Beccabaglady said:
That was my opinion too whateve - and it just didn't "feel" right, if you know what I mean. It also has a dash under the "o" in No. instead of a dot. It was in the case at GW this morning, and I had to make a quick decision with a brain that hadn't had its regular fill of coffee, lol. I figured if it was fake, at least I was saving someone else from getting taken this morning. I'll be returning it later tonight and letting them know it's a Foach! Thanks so much for your input - my instinct is pretty good, but I always like to have an expert opinion!
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You're welcome. It is very good fake. Usually fakes have errors in the zipper pull and the buckle attachment, and sloppy stitching. Is the inside pocket too big? That's another indicator of a fake.
 
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whateve said:
You're welcome. It is very good fake. Usually fakes have errors in the zipper pull and the buckle attachment, and sloppy stitching. Is the inside pocket too big? That's another indicator of a fake.
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Ooo, good question. Do you know what the correct measurement is? PM if you don't want to broadcast it. I'll measure and let you know.

ETA - the stitching on this one is really quite good - that was one thing that was puzzling me.

ETA #2 Found one on the bay from the same month http://www.ebay.com/itm/VTG-COACH-T...899?pt=US_CSA_WH_Handbags&hash=item43c24e5f23 There's another difference that I'll message you about
 
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Beccabaglady said:
Ooo, good question. Do you know what the correct measurement is? PM if you don't want to broadcast it. I'll measure and let you know.

ETA - the stitching on this one is really quite good - that was one thing that was puzzling me.
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I'm afraid I don't know. I don't have either of my duffle sacs anymore because they were too big for me. I didn't think to measure the pockets before I got rid of them. The pocket should be about 1/3 of the size of the opening, I think. Here are a few photos of mine I had saved. The green one is vintage, the red one is from 1996.
 

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whateve said:
I'm afraid I don't know. I don't have either of my duffle sacs anymore because they were too big for me. I didn't think to measure the pockets before I got rid of them. The pocket should be about 1/3 of the size of the opening, I think. Here are a few photos of mine I had saved. The green one is vintage, the red one is from 1996.
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Bingo! It's way bigger, plus the corners aren't as rounded.
 
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Beccabaglady said:
Thanks Hyacinth, my camera phone sucks so I bought it and will just return it if it's wrong. I just didn't have enough coffee in my system to judge for myself. :smile1: Here you go:













Let me know if you need more pics. THANKS!
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I don't think it's genuine. Compare it to this listing for the same bag - the D plant was still using the old-style creeds that said Made In The United States on the bottom line:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/VTG-COACH-T...899?pt=US_CSA_WH_Handbags&hash=item43c24e5f23

and here's a listing from several months later that still has the old creed:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Authentic-C...531?pt=US_CSA_WH_Handbags&hash=item3cd8c1682b

Here's a photo of a different style but from the D plant in the same month in 1994:
 

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eBay recently updated their TOS. When I logged in the other day, I clicked "Agree". Apparently when you do this, it puts you in the Global Shipping Program and does not tell you. I had to go back in and change my settings, excluding everywhere but US. It took out all of my shipping settings (I only had shipping set up for US and the second part on SYI listed as No International Shipping).




fuzzymummy said:
Hi, it is interesting that this seller says she does not sell outside of the US and yet when I look at all her listings she uses the Global Shipping Option. I have seen this before in listings where sellers state they don't offer international shipping yet the GSO is right there on the listing. When sellers opt for this shipping option don't they know where they are sending something? I have had 2 sellers state that they thought I lived in Canada but were instructed to send the item to Erlinger Kentucky which I believe is a shipping hub for Pitney Bowes.
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fuzzymummy said:
That is so interesting. I had no idea that was the way it worked. Very recently a seller and I mutually agreed to cancel a couple of transactions because they were completely unaware of the Global shipping program. I had originally messaged them with thoughts to shipping charges for multiple items and they were going to charge me an additional 9.00 for shipping even though I had already paid outrageous shipping (and import charges). They were stunned when they heard the final total for my purchases. They told me that eBay said they had the USPS priority shipping option when they questioned it. I'd really like to know who gets all that cash including the import charges because I never pay those charges when regular shipping is offered.
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The global shipping program is hated by buyers because the charges are outrageous.

Here's a thread about it from the ebay forum.
http://forum.purseblog.com/ebay-forum/ebays-global-shipping-program-i-wont-buy-sellers-835316.html
 
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fuzzymummy said:
That is so interesting. I had no idea that was the way it worked. Very recently a seller and I mutually agreed to cancel a couple of transactions because they were completely unaware of the Global shipping program. I had originally messaged them with thoughts to shipping charges for multiple items and they were going to charge me an additional 9.00 for shipping even though I had already paid outrageous shipping (and import charges). They were stunned when they heard the final total for my purchases. They told me that eBay said they had the USPS priority shipping option when they questioned it. I'd really like to know who gets all that cash including the import charges because I never pay those charges when regular shipping is offered.
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I despise the GSP. I have bought a couple of items from buyers who only use that system because they don't want the hassle of filling out forms and shipping it themselves. In addition to the high costs they use FedEx and I'm never home when they deliver and have to muck around making alternative arrangements rather than just picking it up from the PO. Like you fuzzymummy I have cancelled transactions because sellers didn't realise they were locked into the GSP and when they called ebay they get this load of bs about how it's safer and it makes it easy for everyone because all charges are covered and the buyer won't have to pay customs etc. I buy all the time from the US and UK at the cheapest possible shipping even if I have to wait longer for it, and have never paid anything extra and have never lost anything. It's just another way ebay makes money, like encouraging sellers to do free postage so they can get their 8.99% on the postage as well as the sale.
 
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