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CoachHound said:
http://houston.craigslist.org/clo/1344215150.html

Ok, I kow my ID is CoachHound but when D&B came out with this bag I fell in love. Too expensive for my taste but beautiful none the less. Well, low and behold, I found it online on Craigs List of all places. Opinions on this listing? If it's real I'm calling her in the AM to set up a meet to get it LOL Thanks in advance!!!
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Can you get pictures of the front and back of the red, white and blue tags with serial number and also a picture of the top of the strap (showing the hardware)?

So far it looks okay but we don't know that the pictures are the actual item.
 
#933
BeenBurned said:
Can you get pictures of the front and back of the red, white and blue tags with serial number and also a picture of the top of the strap (showing the hardware)?

So far it looks okay but we don't know that the pictures are the actual item.
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I sent her an email asking for the pictures. I am waiting to hear from her, I am just so darn excited! :nuts: When it comes to the tags is there a way a novice like me can tell the real from the fake? I don't want to spend that kind of money and end up getting a fake.
 
#934
CoachHound said:
I sent her an email asking for the pictures. I am waiting to hear from her, I am just so darn excited! :nuts: When it comes to the tags is there a way a novice like me can tell the real from the fake? I don't want to spend that kind of money and end up getting a fake.
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The counterfeiters have learned about the red, white and blue tag and now, the fakes often have them. But if there's a serial number, the font is wrong, the alpha-numeric serial number doesn't have the correct number of characters, and sometimes they even sew the tag in upside down.

It's really not a matter of teaching someone how to tell; it's more that you look at listings, examine the items, details, hardware, construction, etc. and you learn what they're supposed to look like.
 
#935
Ok, I got the pictures of the tags inside. Here's the deal with the bad pictures (LOL) I couldn't resize the pictures with my photo program so I had to use the paint program and cut the image out...as you can tell I am very bad at cut-n-paste :p:D Trust me when I say the actual pictures are MUCH better
 

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#936
CoachHound said:
Ok, I got the pictures of the tags inside. Here's the deal with the bad pictures (LOL) I couldn't resize the pictures with my photo program so I had to use the paint program and cut the image out...as you can tell I am very bad at cut-n-paste :p:D Trust me when I say the actual pictures are MUCH better
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Looks good. As long as you're going to see the bag before you pay for it, make sure it's the same one, you'll do fine.
 
#937
BeenBurned said:
The counterfeiters have learned about the red, white and blue tag and now, the fakes often have them. But if there's a serial number, the font is wrong, the alpha-numeric serial number doesn't have the correct number of characters, and sometimes they even sew the tag in upside down.

It's really not a matter of teaching someone how to tell; it's more that you look at listings, examine the items, details, hardware, construction, etc. and you learn what they're supposed to look like.
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If it is the same bag in that picture this person is selling then it is a good buy for a bag costing 500.00 with takes. It's real and barely used. ;)
 
#940
i am trying to locate the photo of the bag but wanted to ask until then -
are the dooney sellers from hong kong selling authentic D&B items or are they just good fakes?? someone said to stay away from them and i told my friend it was not a good idea but i would check around for opinions anyway before she makes a buy.
 
#941
bag-princess said:
i am trying to locate the photo of the bag but wanted to ask until then -
are the dooney sellers from hong kong selling authentic D&B items or are they just good fakes?? someone said to stay away from them and i told my friend it was not a good idea but i would check around for opinions anyway before she makes a buy.
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Do you mean ebay sellers from Hong Kong or "wholesalers" or suppliers from Hong Kong? Dooney isn't available from wholesalers.

Please post pictures and/or websites.
 
#942
as i said........i am waiting for her to send me the photo or the auction number but she may have left for the weekend already. yes i know that dooney is not available for wholesale and i am not sure if that is the case without the auction info. i have never bought anything from someone in hong kong so i don't know if it would be obvious to her if it is a wholesaler of not and i didn't know how to tell her to make sure it wasn't.
 
#943
bag-princess said:
as i said........i am waiting for her to send me the photo or the auction number but she may have left for the weekend already. yes i know that dooney is not available for wholesale and i am not sure if that is the case without the auction info. i have never bought anything from someone in hong kong so i don't know if it would be obvious to her if it is a wholesaler of not and i didn't know how to tell her to make sure it wasn't.
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When you get more info, please post it.
 
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