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Damselfly said:
Please take a look at this...

The first part of the serial number caught my eye... isn't this one flagged for authentication? And style#..is this a lunch tote?

Item: Vtg COACH Purple Wine Leather Cross Body Bag Purse made USA

Seller:http://www.ebay.com/usr/b***a827

Item#:161256760689

Ebay URL:http://www.ebay.com/itm/161256760689?_trksid=p2055120.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT


At first glance I thought, "Yippeee, a Sonoma nubuc".... then I noticed the fabric lining was not blue lines. So, is this a lunch tote?
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There definitely is something wrong here. It isn't a lunch tote. It looks like a Sonoma small bucket but it has the wrong style number. Although the N plant code was used for US for awhile, I don't remember ever seeing a Sonoma made at that plant and 1994 might be a bit early. The black fabric lining looks too shiny to be cotton. I wouldn't take a chance on this one.
 
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Hi, I hope that I am posting this in the correct place. I am a huge Coach fan and have a pretty good collection of fobs as well. I have one that when I had it authenticated, the two people who were looking at it actually disagreed. One thought it was real and the other said fake because it didn't have an imprint on the back of the tiny hang tag. It's really well made and I've seen a very few floating around but never a style number. I'm really just wanting to know if anyone has seen this fob and if it's authentic. If you could help me I would greatly appreciate it.
 

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#1,593
Damselfly said:
Please take a look at this...

The first part of the serial number caught my eye... isn't this one flagged for authentication? And style#..is this a lunch tote?

Item: Vtg COACH Purple Wine Leather Cross Body Bag Purse made USA

Seller:http://www.ebay.com/usr/b***a827

Item#:161256760689

Ebay URL:http://www.ebay.com/itm/161256760689?_trksid=p2055120.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT


At first glance I thought, "Yippeee, a Sonoma nubuc".... then I noticed the fabric lining was not blue lines. So, is this a lunch tote?
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whateve said:
There definitely is something wrong here. It isn't a lunch tote. It looks like a Sonoma small bucket but it has the wrong style number. Although the N plant code was used for US for awhile, I don't remember ever seeing a Sonoma made at that plant and 1994 might be a bit early. The black fabric lining looks too shiny to be cotton. I wouldn't take a chance on this one.
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I don't believe that bag is authentic. AFAIK, N was for Mexico, but please wait for other opinions on this one.

That said, I don't recommend b***a827. She has this other fake:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/COACH-Fur-a...599?pt=US_CSA_WH_Handbags&hash=item258b8d90b7
 
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chrismissfarm said:
Hi, I hope that I am posting this in the correct place. I am a huge Coach fan and have a pretty good collection of fobs as well. I have one that when I had it authenticated, the two people who were looking at it actually disagreed. One thought it was real and the other said fake because it didn't have an imprint on the back of the tiny hang tag. It's really well made and I've seen a very few floating around but never a style number. I'm really just wanting to know if anyone has seen this fob and if it's authentic. If you could help me I would greatly appreciate it.
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I believe it's authentic but I don't know of a style number either. I'll keep looking.

Please post a picture of the bottom of the bag fob.
 
#1,595
Two.time.bags said:
Item: Waverly tote
Item no: 380836295689
Seller: ggerg23
Link: http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/AUTHENTI...689?pt=US_CSA_WH_Handbags&hash=item58ab9cb409
Comment: has J8Y prefix
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BeenBurned said:
Please wait for other opinions on this because I"m not authetnicating. I wanted to point out another post for a bag with the identical serial number and the description of the problems seem to match the listing that ggerg23 has:
http://forum.purseblog.com/coach-shopping/authenticate-this-coach-763164-69.html#post22601683
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Hyacinth said:
Without ever seeing a proveably genuine one, I'm convinced that any J8Y- prefix is probably fake unless proven otherwise. This one has the too-rounded stitching at the handle bases and the strange leather zipper pull.

What is a big red flag is that the serial font by itself is EXACTLY the same and the serial has exactly the same details as the two pictures below of an absolutely positively 100 percent FAKE Signature bag with off-center Cs and a 1998 year code - compare the two to the red "Bleecker" - NOT Waverly! Satchel that two.time.bags asked about, shown as picture #3.

ETA - One tiny difference I noticed - the "8" in the probably fake red Bleecker SEEMS to be upside down - which tells me that these fake numbers were all individually hand-set into some kind of base that allowed them to be removed and switched around as needed, unlike the rotating serial number stamp that Coach used up until around 2000. All the digits in the J8Y- photos in my files are lined up and spaced EXACTLY the same which means a rotating stamp was NOT used to stamp them - they're too perfect.

However to me that's really not enough solid evidence for them to be reported unless there are screamingly obvious mistakes in addition to those small ones. That's the kind of fake that would fool 99.999 percent of the sellers on Ebay or anyplace else. I wouldn't report it but I wouldn't buy it either. JMO. (But if anyone knows the seller fairly well they might want to refer her or him to these posts and let them decide for themselves what action to take.)
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Hyacinth said:
I noticed that one yesterday - the stitching at the base of the handles isn't quite right. It's probably not a clear enough problem to be reportable but anyone thinking of buying it needs to hit the Back button.

I AM reporting it, and the problems really are subtle. The big thing is the stitching on the main part of the bage at the bases of the straps and the width of the straps themselves. Here's exactly what my report says, compare the fake to the genuine one I mention in my report:

serial number in listing has a known fake prefix J8Y-, stitching on the base of the handles is the wrong shape and should be "flattened" on the bottom edges, handles are too thin and not stitched right, stitching all over esp. around the base is sloppy with overlapping stitches, also uneven stitches - see the close-ups of the stitching around the bases in pictures 1 & 2. The top of the bag in pic#2 also has really sloppy stitching.

Stiching on the top leather zipper pull is also a mess, the contrast stitching is too light, and the strap handles are too narrow, they should line up at the base with the stitching on the body of the bag.

Here's a genuine one:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Coach-Vinta...397?pt=US_CSA_WH_Handbags&hash=item3cd8d030cd



Unfortunately there's another fake listed by an experienced seller with similar problems and the same J8Y-9303 serial number:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/AUTHENTIC-C...314?pt=US_CSA_WH_Handbags&hash=item19e9a402aa

ETA - and here's another fake with a totally fake creed, nothing about it is right including the formatting and the wording, please report:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Authentic-C...572?pt=US_CSA_WH_Handbags&hash=item338ba2fc6c


ETA - below is a pic of a genuine bag to show what I mean by saying about the fake "stitching on the base of the handles is the wrong shape and should be "flattened" on the bottom edges..."
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Before reporting this listing on Bonz, I want to verify that the bag is indeed fake. It was posted here in February for authentication, removed and relisted and removed again in March.

Now it's listed on Bonanza:

Title: AUTHENTIC COACH RED LEATHER WAVERLY TOTE #9303 VGC/EX
Seller: ggerg23
Link: http://www.bonanza.com/listings/Authentic-Coach-Red-Leather-Waverly-Tote-9303-Vgc-Ex/155855995

And the creed with the J8Y prefix. I don't know whether this is the one where Hyacinth commented on the upside-down 8 in the prefix or if there was another, but this creed appears that way too.

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TBH, I'm surprised and disappointed to see this bag relisted on Bonz after having been removed from ebay.
 
#1,596
BeenBurned said:
Before reporting this listing on Bonz, I want to verify that the bag is indeed fake. It was posted here in February for authentication, removed and relisted and removed again in March.

Now it's listed on Bonanza:

Title: AUTHENTIC COACH RED LEATHER WAVERLY TOTE #9303 VGC/EX
Seller: ggerg23
Link: http://www.bonanza.com/listings/Authentic-Coach-Red-Leather-Waverly-Tote-9303-Vgc-Ex/155855995

And the creed with the J8Y prefix. I don't know whether this is the one where Hyacinth commented on the upside-down 8 in the prefix or if there was another, but this creed appears that way too.

s3.amazonaws.com/bonanzleimages/afu/images/1191/5733/85/726070696_tp.jpg

TBH, I'm surprised and disappointed to see this bag relisted on Bonz after having been removed from ebay.
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We've concluded that anything with a J8Y prefix is fake. The zipper pull is the wrong shape.
 
#1,597
BeenBurned said:
I don't believe that bag is authentic. AFAIK, N was for Mexico, but please wait for other opinions on this one.

That said, I don't recommend b***a827. She has this other fake:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/COACH-Fur-a...599?pt=US_CSA_WH_Handbags&hash=item258b8d90b7
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I have an authentic 1994 N plant in the US creed in my files. I believe it was used for a short time for a US plant before being switched to Mexico. The listing has been removed. There were plenty of other problems with the bag besides the plant code.
 
#1,598
chrismissfarm said:
Hi, I hope that I am posting this in the correct place. I am a huge Coach fan and have a pretty good collection of fobs as well. I have one that when I had it authenticated, the two people who were looking at it actually disagreed. One thought it was real and the other said fake because it didn't have an imprint on the back of the tiny hang tag. It's really well made and I've seen a very few floating around but never a style number. I'm really just wanting to know if anyone has seen this fob and if it's authentic. If you could help me I would greatly appreciate it.
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I'm pretty sure it's genuine. there were several identical ones listed a few years ago by a highly trustworthy Coach seller. She didn't have a tag for the Tote fob but listed them as a #1743, maybe a re-release of the slightly different "Single Handbag Fob" and I'm inclined to agree with her. The bag styles are different and the newer Tote style uses a different hangtag but the attention to detail on both styles is the same (notice the zipper and buckles on the Tote), see the seller's pictures below.
 

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#1,600
Daniac said:
I went thrifting this weekend and found a few coach bags. The following two are up for auction at my local Salvation Army. I may bid on them if they are legit.

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db.tt/kPkgtPFE

db.tt/RvUE4ESw
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Daniac said:
This is the second bag that I'm interested in.

https://db.tt/Ph1uGCJs

https://db.tt/oC5Gnn0h

https://db.tt/Uuyu8Xp8

https://db.tt/hD2K84iv

https://db.tt/Q69MfPqW

https://db.tt/GubEzRcO
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They both look good to me but please wait for more opinions, newer styles aren't my specialty.
 
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#1,604
BeenBurned said:
seller cleaningout122013

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Coach-Blue-...pt=US_Women_s_Accessories&hash=item27e0d54724




seller dovetalesantiquesandhome

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Coach-Authe...620?pt=US_CSA_WH_Handbags&hash=item338c6d8c14





seller luisnmari11

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Coach-Vinta...986?pt=US_CSA_WH_Handbags&hash=item3f3287c01a




seller crazybassx2

http://www.ebay.com/itm/COACH-Winte...pt=US_Women_s_Accessories&hash=item43c75de3fd
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Hyacinth said:
All Poofed except the last pink monstrosity. Did you mean to post these in the Hall of Shame?
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I apologize. I "rearranged" my bookmarks and my "authenticate this Coach" is where my "Coach hall of shame" link used to be.

I knew these were fake and the post was supposed to be in the Hall of Shame.

ETA: The good thing about my posting error in this subforum is that the exposure finally sent enough reports to ebay and the listing is good for the fake winter mix fob from crazybassx2.
 
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