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Another similar one, please authenticate:

Item: DOONEY & BOURKE All Weather Leather VINTAGE Backpack Purse Cream Camel

Listing number: 331412788721

Seller: 9th_street_treasures

Link: http://www.ebay.com/itm/DOONEY-BOUR...721?pt=US_CSA_WH_Handbags&hash=item4d29bdd5f1

Comments: What stands out to me: logo not centered on the flap, shapes of the strap ends diagonal rather than pointed. Lining looks like like fabric? Uncharacteristic knots on ends of decorative "drawstring" piping (D&B would have tassels, and the drawstring would actually function as a drawstring!)?

Thank you very much.
 
Another similar one, please authenticate:

Item: DOONEY & BOURKE All Weather Leather VINTAGE Backpack Purse Cream Camel

Listing number: 331412788721

Seller: 9th_street_treasures

Link: http://www.ebay.com/itm/DOONEY-BOUR...721?pt=US_CSA_WH_Handbags&hash=item4d29bdd5f1

Comments: What stands out to me: logo not centered on the flap, shapes of the strap ends diagonal rather than pointed. Lining looks like like fabric? Uncharacteristic knots on ends of decorative "drawstring" piping (D&B would have tassels, and the drawstring would actually function as a drawstring!)?

Thank you very much.
Fake too.
 
Please authenticate:

Item: Dooney & Bourke All Weather Leather Backpack/Purse


Listing number: 251747002602

Seller: floydie-toydie

Link: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dooney-Bour...602?pt=US_CSA_WH_Handbags&hash=item3a9d4a68ea

Comments: Quality looks questionable, especially the piping which looks like it might be vinyl. Stitching uneven, no ID label shown. Lining: fabric? Is this really a Dooney?

Thanks!

The bag is fake. Report away!

Wow! That's fast! The listing was removed but here's another similar fake.

Note the inconsistent two-toned coloring of the pebbled (non) leather:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dooney-Bour...0?pt=US_CSA_MWA_Backpacks&hash=item27eb84a27a

Seller paradisetradingpost2014
 
Item Name : Vintage Dooney
Link : https://poshmark.com/listing/Vintage-Authentic-Dooney-Bag-53f760b9ba534022cd03a3b4
I am not sure if that link will work, and also the first bag is not the actual bag she's selling.
I'll comment on the bags shown and I also want to comment on my feelings toward Poshmark.

1. You're correct that the first picture is a different bag and a different style from the bag shown in the third and fourth pictures.

2. Both bags ARE authentic.

BUT you don't know for sure that any of the pictures are the seller's own pictures of the actual bag. Sellers need to show pictures of the actual bag you will receive. Pictures of other bags don't tell you anything about what you're buying, whether what you're buying is authentic or whether the seller is honest.

Another issue I have is with Poshmark. That site has MANY, many fakes and in my experience, doesn't remove fakes nor do they do enough to ensure their members a safe and honest buying experience.

If you plan to buy, verify with the seller that any pictures shown will be her item and her pictures and to confirm, request that she post a picture of the inside of the bag and the serial number tag with a piece of paper with her seller ID on it.
 
This also happens on eBay. There is a current eBay listing for a vintage Dooney & Bourke Essex and I know the item pictured is not the one being sold (http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dooney-Bour...878?pt=US_CSA_WH_Handbags&hash=item566d378276.) The first 3 pictures are lifted from another seller's listing. The 4th picture is (apparently) the actual item being sold, but it is a medium Essex, not a small as shown in the other 3 pictures. I emailed this seller and asked for additional pictures, and she sent me pictures of a medium Essex, a different bag entirely. Very deceptive.
 
This also happens on eBay. There is a current eBay listing for a vintage Dooney & Bourke Essex and I know the item pictured is not the one being sold (http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dooney-Bour...878?pt=US_CSA_WH_Handbags&hash=item566d378276.) The first 3 pictures are lifted from another seller's listing. The 4th picture is (apparently) the actual item being sold, but it is a medium Essex, not a small as shown in the other 3 pictures. I emailed this seller and asked for additional pictures, and she sent me pictures of a medium Essex, a different bag entirely. Very deceptive.

This is a very good reason to stay away from seller summer102505.
 

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