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I am not sure if this is the correct place to post, but I was shocked to order online from Belk.com on their New Year's Sale and receive an obvious fake Dooney Florentine Satchel. I wish I had taken pics. The zipper had two different threads. The interior button didn't have the name on it. The material wasn't leather, but I couldn't tell what it was. I have the same purse and was ordering this for my daughter's birthday. My DH could even tell it was a fake, but ONLY after I got mine out and he could compare the two.

I called Belk. They were extremely nice and refunded me the money at my local store. I really wanted to cut the bag in half and deconstruct it just to see what it looked like.

I guess someone bought an authentic one and returned the fake.
 
I am not sure if this is the correct place to post, but I was shocked to order online from Belk.com on their New Year's Sale and receive an obvious fake Dooney Florentine Satchel. I wish I had taken pics. The zipper had two different threads. The interior button didn't have the name on it. The material wasn't leather, but I couldn't tell what it was. I have the same purse and was ordering this for my daughter's birthday. My DH could even tell it was a fake, but ONLY after I got mine out and he could compare the two.

I called Belk. They were extremely nice and refunded me the money at my local store. I really wanted to cut the bag in half and deconstruct it just to see what it looked like.

I guess someone bought an authentic one and returned the fake.
That's possible but I wish you'd taken pictures of the bag you got. There are many "fake" accusations from buyers who purchased from coach and Dooney ebay stores and we know the manufacturers don't sell fakes.

The assumption that a bag is fake is often a case of the buyer not knowing the particular style, materials, etc.

http://toolhaus.org/cgi-bin/negs?User=ilovedooney&Dirn=Received+by&ref=home
 
That's possible but I wish you'd taken pictures of the bag you got. There are many "fake" accusations from buyers who purchased from coach and Dooney ebay stores and we know the manufacturers don't sell fakes.

The assumption that a bag is fake is often a case of the buyer not knowing the particular style, materials, etc.

http://toolhaus.org/cgi-bin/negs?User=ilovedooney&Dirn=Received+by&ref=home


The funny part was when the SA in handbags was done with my refund, she looked at the purse and said "well, I wonder what I supposed to do with this now?" I asked her if it was so obviously fake and she gave me a look like 'lady, please.' Haha.
 
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