Beware of the super fakes

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#18
from the Daily Mail article:

'"I remember walking into an assembly plant in Thailand a couple of years ago and seeing six or seven little children, all under 10 years old, sitting on the floor assembling counterfeit leather handbags," an investigator told me,' journalist Dana Thomas wrote in her book Deluxe: How Luxury Lost Its Luster.

'The owners had broken the children's legs and tied the lower leg to the thigh so the bones wouldn't mend. [They] did it because the children said they wanted to go outside and play.'
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If someone didn't believe buying fakes was harmful, tell 'em about this.
 
#19
theilnana said:
I've heard the personal choice argument as well. My cousin, who buys real bags all the time, uses a fake Chanel on vacation. She says she won't travel with her real bags because one was stolen from her hotel room years ago. To be honest I don't buy it. Just travel with a cheap real bag, like a Kate Spade or a Coach bag. But there are people who feel it's okay. I do however see a difference with knowing your buying a fake versus being fooled into buying one. I would never have bought it if I knew :(
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Of course there is a huge difference of you buy it unknowingly. Hope it works out for you as it's a heartbreaking experience. I once bought a fake CHANEL jumper off ebay. That was in 2009 and never again would I put myself into such humiliation. I don't buy the fake on holiday argument either. It's wrong at any time.
 
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#21
I see that this is an old thread, but I hope you don’t mind that I'm opening it again :shame:

I´m not so in to this, so maybe it’s a dumb question, but I´ll try it anyway:

The super fakes:

Does they make super fakes of all brands and of all models? Or are there some models, some vintage models for examples that cannot be a super fake?

I saw that one member wrote that there were some models that they won't authenticate, but I can't find back to which models it was, and I also wonder if that means that there are only a number of models that are made super fakes?

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#22
Han0007 said:
I see that this is an old thread, but I hope you don’t mind that I'm opening it again :shame:

I´m not so in to this, so maybe it’s a dumb question, but I´ll try it anyway:

The super fakes:

Does they make super fakes of all brands and of all models? Or are there some models, some vintage models for examples that cannot be a super fake?

I saw that one member wrote that there were some models that they won't authenticate, but I can't find back to which models it was, and I also wonder if that means that there are only a number of models that are made super fakes?

:ty:
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The members that authenticate bags here in the forum have probably all the right answers to your questions.

My two cents: You can find fakes of almost everything. Just visit for example the silk market in Beijing, it's an unforgettable experience. Though, I would think that the probability of getting a super-fake is a lot higher for classic flaps. It must be difficult to reproduce a bag with all the details, so it may not compensate to produce super-fakes of seasonal models.
 
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Chanbal said:
The members that authenticate bags here in the forum have probably all the right answers to your questions.

My two cents: You can find fakes of almost everything. Just visit for example the silk market in Beijing, it's an unforgettable experience. Though, I would think that the probability of getting a super-fake is a lot higher for classic flaps. It must be difficult to reproduce a bag with all the details, so it may not compensate to produce super-fakes of seasonal models.
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thanks for your reply! I hope there are still some models that are protected for super-fake industry. It is sad that it has become so scary to buy used :nogood:
 
#24
I would like to see a superfake so I could compare to the real. I want to know what exactly gives it away, and if it's only the sticker number, that's worrying. I think I'm pretty good at telling real from fake Chanel too, because the hardware, leather, shape, stitching usually tell the story. I heard someone say before that the smell of the leather is usually a telltale sign too? I don't get why you'd spend SO much for a fake. I would just get a real some other brand or vintage! I guess vintage can be faked too...
 
#25
I live in an area where you can find anything. The fakes are really good. I have seen fakes of all kinds/brands of bags. It seems harder for them to fake the distressed leather such as you see on the Chanel calf leather bags-the caviar is easily faked. The hardware looks good, the leather is OK-the quilts match up and they even have paperwork and stickers on them. The auth numbers are the giveaway if you know what to look for, but otherwise its hard to tell.
 
#26
I find that the easiest way to spot a fake is to look at the chain, the hardware is cut in a way that reflects light and the chain should sparkle as it moves. The fake ones have chains that look dull and would not have that sparkling effect.
 
#27
jetsetheart said:
Ok, so I asked about this in the celebrity and their Chanels thread, but it was deleted/marked as chatter. Maybe this is a better place to ask. What do you think of Paris Hilton's flap in post 7708? It looks "off" to me and this thread has me thinking.


http://forum.purseblog.com/chanel/celebrities-and-chanel-no-chatting-please-12995-514.html
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Interesting, - I asked myself the same question, when I saw this pic, - the bag looks different to me compared with my own black Jumbos... I definitely do not want to offend someone, but could it be...?
 
#30
Sorry to hear that. There are too many fake designer bags out there. Need to get them authenticate before purchase. I rather pay small fee on the big bill. Do you have the picture on the fake bag you bought? I wonder how good those fake bag can be nowadays. Thank you.
 
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