I've been looking into how to tell fake bags from real and some are definitely more obvious than others.I know Yoogis closet has a good reputation and say they authenticate all bags, but one on their site actually looked fake to me but I don't know enough about Chanel to say for a fact that it was or not.
Beware of the super fakes
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I've been looking into how to tell fake bags from real and some are definitely more obvious than others.I know Yoogis closet has a good reputation and say they authenticate all bags, but one on their site actually looked fake to me but I don't know enough about Chanel to say for a fact that it was or not.
This makes me so scared as i do have one preowned bag and keep debating another. Is there any physical places to get bags authenticated? If so where? Or is there just no way to be sure when buying preowned. I know there are real ones out there as many of you and I personally have sold bags we buy at boutiques. It's just so scary.
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Do you still have the picture of the super fake you bought? I kind of worry about that too.
Yes, I use those two as well.Do you have a favorite pay per service for authentication? I've been using caroldiva.com, but I'm wondering if I should use her for LV and maybe Etinceler Authentications for Chanel? Any thoughts? TIA.
I don't unfortunately. Here are the words that the women in the consignment store said "It looks and even smells like Chanel but it is a super fake". This was after 30 min. After first 5 min she was saying "It's authentic".
I wouldn't advise to go with the online authentication if you want to be safe.
Superfakes are too good and the price will be high.
Hi,
I just wanted to share this on superfake thread, since I recently purchased this bag, got it authenticated online and evaluation was not-authentic! So scary! Why I got it authenticated is because of sticker is removed/peeled and I haven't never seen auth card like that, messy and missing periods. Here are some pictures I sent and got evaluation as a counterfeit, what do you think?
I just wanted to share this on superfake thread, since I recently purchased this bag, got it authenticated online and evaluation was not-authentic! So scary! Why I got it authenticated is because of sticker is removed/peeled and I haven't never seen auth card like that, messy and missing periods. Here are some pictures I sent and got evaluation as a counterfeit, what do you think?
Yes, I maybe should have done that, but I didn't figure from the pictures seller sent that it could be fake and the price was not at all cheap. I guess I should have asked for better pictures about sticker and card, since when I received purse and found out these two things I became paranoid. But authenticate4u is reliable, so I can trust their evaluation, right? I went to boutique and they will not do authentication..
Hi,
I just wanted to share this on superfake thread, since I recently purchased this bag, got it authenticated online and evaluation was not-authentic! So scary! Why I got it authenticated is because of sticker is removed/peeled and I haven't never seen auth card like that, messy and missing periods. Here are some pictures I sent and got evaluation as a counterfeit, what do you think?
Just looking through your pics, the last/bottom pic you can tell that the stitching does not line up correctly so that's like an indication of being fake. I'm not an authenticator but something tells me there's something off of this purse.
Thank you from replies and good points! I guess that's just because picture is not taken directly from straight angle, because stitching matches perfectly when I look at the bag. From what I understand from authenticate4u is that the stamping in the card is the signal for counterfeit, Chanel wouldn't have made mistakes. 
I went to turkey last year and the amount of fakes sold there was astounding. These weren't dodgy looking stores though - they looked like upmarket boutiques. I went into one, out of curiosity, and the fakes were extremely well made. The shop assistant said that that they buy the real ones and copy from there - they've gotten to the point where they can copy everything identically (including the leather, the stitching etc.) except for the hardware for some reason. That was the one tell-tale sign apparently because the weight of the bag wasn't quite the same as the original as a result.
It was pretty scary - I've been buying Chanel for years and I definitely wouldn't have been able to tell they were fakes by looking at a picture.
It was pretty scary - I've been buying Chanel for years and I definitely wouldn't have been able to tell they were fakes by looking at a picture.