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I bought one of these and I really don't know why. It's a pepper spray holster. After I received I thought, well maybe I will look it up (after the fact, right?).
Well I found an article that posts a letter from one company owner to another. The company owned tells the other company owner not to sell this product as its fake.
The company owner does research and finds that the guy who emailed him is in competition with the company who originally produced these. Apparently some distributor emailed Dooney and Dooney confirmed they were real.
The problem is, I can only find them on sites that sell personal protection products. And other than the article there is no info.
The actual product is very nice quality. If someone did fake these, they did a good job. The stitching is straight and the leather is leather.
I'm a security guard so I just thought it was neat to have as the wrist strap makes it convenient.
(Sorry I didn't use the format. These are all over eBay with stock photos)

Sheesh. This is another apparent bit of the nonsense on the Internet. It isn't counterfeit and it isn't a pepper spray case. It's a phone case made to fit the first cell phones that came out about 2000-ish. (My phone was a Nokia and would have fit the case.)

I don't believe your item is as old as the phones it's made to fit though. The clear IT plastic/vinyl patterned items are more recent.
 
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This was a gift and I agree that my husband and sister paid too much for the quality that it is. I know the seller showed some of the defects in the post on eBay, but upon closer inspection, the leather seemed too thin and a lot of the details were not as good looking as I expect from a Dooney. So, yeah, that's why it's going back, it's not worth what was paid, to me, anyway.
 
It's definitely authentic.

Some companies make items for specific authorized sellers, i.e., licensed "weapons" sellers, cell phone carriers, etc.

It looks as though this item was made to be sold as part of a promotion by authorized pepper spray sellers. (In my state, you need a permit to carry pepper spray. I don't know whether that's required everywhere.)
 
Please authenticate this:

Item: Dooney and Bourke all weather leather shoulder bag
Listing number: 121480790675
Seller: angiet8367
Link: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dooney-and-...675?pt=US_CSA_WH_Handbags&hash=item1c48d1c293
Comments: Horseshoe Bag knockoff? Logo looks funny, strap looks wrong, stitching in some places looks crooked

Thank you.
It might be okay but I'd want to see a few more details before I'd consider recommending bidding or buying because a couple of things bother me.


If you can request a picture of the back of the tag with the serial number, that would help.

Also, look at the seller's pictures #3 and #5. Both pictures show the interior pocket on the left. One picture indicates that there's a red, white and blue tag (in the wrong place from where it should be) and the other picture doesn't have that tag.

Also, request a picture of the backs of any rivets if they have stamping.

I've never seen the inside of the pocket as white as it appears in the pictures but that isn't conclusive.
 
Seller provided pictures of rivets, showing Dooney Bourke stamp. Also the tag is there, so it must have been covered up by a fold of the leather in the second picture. I could only save thumbnails for posting here, but I'm reasonably satisfied it's authentic.

Coincidentally, I was at a local ranch sale today and lo and behold, there in front of me was a vintage D&B Horseshoe bag, also black and tan, but an older version with the old style DB brass fob, and an inside red white and blue tag. It had the original padded strap too. The seller wanted quite a bit too much for it so I passed...didn't feel like dickering. It was well worn but still had a lot of life in it, and if I didn't already have too many purses (IS there such a thing?) I would have gotten it.

Thanks for your help!
 

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Please authenticate this:

Item: Dooney and Bourke all weather leather shoulder bag
Listing number: 121480790675
Seller: angiet8367
Link: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dooney-and-...675?pt=US_CSA_WH_Handbags&hash=item1c48d1c293
Comments: Horseshoe Bag knockoff? Logo looks funny, strap looks wrong, stitching in some places looks crooked

Thank you.

Seller provided pictures of rivets, showing Dooney Bourke stamp. Also the tag is there, so it must have been covered up by a fold of the leather in the second picture. I could only save thumbnails for posting here, but I'm reasonably satisfied it's authentic.

Coincidentally, I was at a local ranch sale today and lo and behold, there in front of me was a vintage D&B Horseshoe bag, also black and tan, but an older version with the old style DB brass fob, and an inside red white and blue tag. It had the original padded strap too. The seller wanted quite a bit too much for it so I passed...didn't feel like dickering. It was well worn but still had a lot of life in it, and if I didn't already have too many purses (IS there such a thing?) I would have gotten it.

Thanks for your help!
Your attached pictures don't enlarge but I can see enough to determine that the listing is AUTHENTIC.
 
I recently found two vintage Dooneys, and would appreciate authentication. They are both in very good condition, no scuffs or stains, they've both been squashed and are a little stiff, as if they might have been in storage a long time. Neither has a serial number tag or any sign of a removed tag on the interior. Might they be pre-serial Dooneys, or are they just Fooneys? I have lots of pics, so I'll put them in separate posts.
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