Hi there! I very stupidly bought a beige Longchamp Planetes medium tote from eBay without first consulting tPF and it arrived a few days ago, unfortunately I believe it's fake. The seller is adamant that it's real but I compared it to my larger black Planetes tote that I bought from Paris last year and there are several obvious differences. Could these differences be due to styling changes/age of the bag? I told the seller (mommysellsthings on eBay) that i am taking it into a Longchamp boutique to have it authenticated and she said that their opinion would be "worthless" if they aren't familiar with older bags...
There's a long list of things that give me pause, but here's a few of the most obvious ones:
- zipper isn't YKK
- zipper pull doesn't show level of detail it should, i.e., you don't see the horse's reins. The connector also looks cheap and thin, almost like a paperclip
- horizontal line under Longchamp logo on flap
- paper tag looks wrong. no interior tag either.
- "leather" doesn't feel like leather, and there's a stamp on the underside of the flap
shouldn't this say "Planetes"? Also, current selling price is $155, but she says she didn't buy this recently - "found it in the back of her closet while her kids were at camp"
Thank you!!!