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SheriDahlin said:
Thanks Whateve..soon she will be CLEAN too!!!!!
First, though Im battling a duffle sac covered in black shoepolish...ugh!!!:smash: I cleaned my washing machine at 1am,(why??) now its black again!!! TO THE MOON with these shoepolish freaks..
enjoy the weekend!! CHEERS!! S.
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You're welcome! You're washing shoe polish off in your washing machine? I never would have thought of that.
 
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whateve said:
I have concerns. The font on the creed and number doesn't match any authentic creeds I have from that plant. Every authentic version I can find of this style was made in Costa Rica, later than yours. The style was introduced for Holiday 1998 so a 1997 production date is possible but somewhat unlikely. All the Costa Rican bags I've seen were made in late 1998.

The stamping on the snap doesn't match any authentic snaps I've seen. I have a picture of a fake snap in my files. I can't read the writing on it, but it appears to have writing in the same places as on yours. The authentic snaps I've seen from this time period, including one I own, have the words "USA PAT and others" along with a number and a symbol. You can see it in the next to last picture of this listing: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Coa...991?pt=US_CSA_WH_Handbags&hash=item1e91bcee5f

The shape of the tabs for the strap look uneven and the stitching on them is very sloppy.
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Two.time.bags said:
Thanks whateve. The suede inside looks shaggy and it wasn't responding to rehabbing either. I was stupid not to check before shipping. There was no creed shot in the listing. Fortunately I bought it less than 45 days ago. I will contact the seller.
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Magnetic snaps that say "Magnet" - I haven't seen any stamped "magnetic" before - are always fake.

Those tabbed leather ends on the strap are really bad too, both the cutting and the sewing.
 
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maramd said:
:sick:Eeeewww! Sure looks fake to my non expert eyes. Seller says it is trimmed with "sequence" and the color is "pastals." Sheesh.

COACH LARGE PATCHWORK TOTE BAMBOO HANDALS CARRYALL PURSE
Item 221541322765
Seller raymax64
http://www.ebay.com/itm/221541322765?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT
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the misspelling of "sequins" to "sequence" happens more often than you would think,
and one of my favorites is "in tack" for "intact"
AT least they probably used a spell checker!
 
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