Authenticate This DOONEY & BOURKE

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BeenBurned said:
Link: http://cgi.ebay.com/DOONEY-BOURKE-ALL-WEATHER-LEATHER-SATCHEL_W0QQitemZ160302609071QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUS _CSA_WH_Handbags?hash=item160302609071&_trksid=p39 11.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1205%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7 C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318

I'm not feeling the love for this one either. It's not the "neck" of the duck but the lack of detail and dimension to the emblem. It's too flat, the eye is almost non-existent and the font is wrong as well as the size of the font is off.

I've contacted someone for another opinion, but I think someone got scr3wed for $160.

As a comparison, compare that listing to these Gladstone bags.
Authentic #1: http://cgi.ebay.com/Dooney-Bourke-Blk-AWL-Gladstone-Satchel-NEW-WITH-TAGS_W0QQitemZ350126761619

Authentic #2: http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-Black-Dooney-Gladstone-Bag-Great-Condition_W0QQitemZ190258023135

Authentic #3 - this one has the old-style fob: http://cgi.ebay.com/Dooney-Bourke-XL-14-Bone-Gladstone-Satchel-AWL-W-Key_W0QQitemZ350123418246
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Thanks couture_addict, and Been Burned. After the both of you pointing out those issues, I'm positive it is a fake. Thanks for the links of the Gladstone bags, it's a great comparison.

Does anybody know if Dooney did make any Gladstone Bags, with the Dark Chocolate/Brown color? I'd love to know, and try to hunt one down.

Thanks again!!
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I bought this bag off eBay from this person. It seems real and all. Has all the things that people said to look for except I did not see a brass plate anywhere on this bag on the front and on the inside I see no duck on the label just a made in china and above that the dooney and burke tag with no duck but it had the red stitching. I don't even know what the bag name is called. That is what I really want to find out. Can somebody please get me the bag's name. It is a Dooney and Burke. I have a registration card and item number and all that stuff but I can't figure out how to use it and see if its all good. I called Dooney and they said I have to send it in to get it authenticated and I was like no way. Its do or die at this point. So please, somebody please help me.

Here is a link to the picture on eBay. I cant find my camera link otherwise I would post it on flickr or something.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=260332825492


Joe

Sorry for rambling, im just so lost and theres so little time and so much to do. *I posted this thread in ebay forum and somebody suggested to move it here.*
 
#640
Hi Joe,

Here's a link to the bag on the QVC website. I think it's one of those bags that Dooney makes for QVC and it probably was one of their specials because it comes with the matching accessories. Dooney doesn't do that on its own, nor does anyone else include matching accessories. http://www.qvc.com/qic/qvcapp.aspx/...ke-Donegal-Crest-Leather-Trim-ToteBag-wAccess

The bag is called Dooney & Bourke Donegal Crest Leather Trim ToteBag w/Access. I'm sure your girlfriend will love it! :tup:
 
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Slimjimjoe4 said:
I bought this bag off eBay from this person. It seems real and all. Has all the things that people said to look for except I did not see a brass plate anywhere on this bag on the front and on the inside I see no duck on the label just a made in china and above that the dooney and burke tag with no duck but it had the red stitching. I don't even know what the bag name is called. That is what I really want to find out. Can somebody please get me the bag's name. It is a Dooney and Burke. I have a registration card and item number and all that stuff but I can't figure out how to use it and see if its all good. I called Dooney and they said I have to send it in to get it authenticated and I was like no way. Its do or die at this point. So please, somebody please help me.

Here is a link to the picture on eBay. I cant find my camera link otherwise I would post it on flickr or something.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=260332825492

It looks like an outlet sample bag to me. If you call the 800 number and give them the serial number they should be able to tell you the style and verify the info.
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A little help please...
I strongly believe this purse to be authentic. I have a better eye for spotting fake Dooney's than I would a Coach but I have never spent anything approaching $200+ on a purse unless I was at an actual Coach or Dooney Store. So I need some more eyes on this as I am seeing all this stuff about 'quality fakes' and I'm just really second-guessing myself right now.

Anywho--
this Dooney is on sale at d&b.com but it's cheaper with this seller. Retail is $295. (They're asking $198 or best offer).
100% feedback and some feefback referring to the authenticity of the seller's bags in a positive light.

Haven't placed a bid, yet.
Already asked the buyer a series of questions about the bag.
Waiting to hear back from her before I bid.

Thanks in advance.:tup:

Also, can I run my bags by a clerk at the Coach and d&b stores for authentification?
ALSO (lol)--I read that plastic-wrapped straps were indications of a fake. True...?
 

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melaniem said:
The frustrating thing is that was my auction, and the girl that bought it keeps telling me it is a KNOCKOFF but she doesn't care, blah blah blah, and she called all of these department stores in Dallas and they told her there are no made in china tags in the authentic Dooney handbags.

I bought this bag from the Dooney site, which is in the listing and I told her several times that I bought it from Dooney, then she says that I probably bought it off of a site that sells knockoffs. HELLO? :cursing:

Rant over, and thank you.
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That customer sounds like a piece of work. Good luck with that!

--Every guide on eBay will tell you that Dooney's are also made in China. You could even 'google' for the truth if you desired outside sources.
--MY bags are 'made in China' and the authenticity is unquestionable. I bought 'em from the BX(military installation)in '06.

IMO, she is flat-out lying and trying to 'get over'.
I don't think any clerk told her that either. If so--then they had to have been trainees or something. Doesn't seem likely that these companies would put these folks on the 'floor'. But that's the only reason I can think of for them not knowing their own merchandise.<--if that's even the case and I don't think it is.

After all, wouldn't the clerk do a simple 'compare-contrast' (pick one or two Dooney's off the shelf/display case as a point of reference) in order to prove the 'origin-authenticity' question...?
 
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