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marissk said:
I don't want to go too off-topic here, but that unfortunately isn't true. The seller is reputable but fake items do slip through (recently several fake MJ bags were listed), which is to be expected IMO with that volume of listings, as no one's perfect. If you question a bag, always double-check whether the seller has 5 feedback or 250,000. Never assume someone else has done their homeworkOh okay...thank you so much for your feedback!
I don't want to go too off-topic here, but that unfortunately isn't true. The seller is reputable but fake items do slip through (recently several fake MJ bags were listed), which is to be expected IMO with that volume of listings, as no one's perfect. If you question a bag, always double-check whether the seller has 5 feedback or 250,000. Never assume someone else has done their homework
I am 99.9% sure these are real, as I own 3 other colors of the same bag, but for piece of mind, please help me authenticate these 2 bags. I couldn't get a clear zipper picture, but both zippers are YKK
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This is supposed to be a "decade" bag, which would make it circa 2002-2003. But there is still something that bugs me about it. First, I would like to see the label. It's likely authentic, but the label would tell a lot. Second, the little "flare" on one of the rounded corners of those squares doesn't look right to me. Maybe if there were more scribbling on the photo, we wouldn't be able to authenticate it at all.Does anyone know the year of this authentic kate spade? LOVE it, but seller won't let me bid!
I should have been more clear, but I was talking about her kate spade listings. I've never seen her list a fake KS, thanks to Dawn!
I'm glad to hear that her KS stuff is authenticated. If you search tPF and/or google the ebay boards, Linda has listed and/or sold fakes of nearly every brand over the years. Whether she has always authenticated Kate Spade or not, I don't know but if so, it's the only brand she's done it with. Although her listings have stated that all items are authenticated before listing, some of the fakes (LV, Coach, Dooney, and Chanel) have been really obvious fakes.
I don't want to go too off-topic here, but that unfortunately isn't true. The seller is reputable but fake items do slip through (recently several fake MJ bags were listed), which is to be expected IMO with that volume of listings, as no one's perfect. If you question a bag, always double-check whether the seller has 5 feedback or 250,000. Never assume someone else has done their homework
I compared it to my own Gold Coast Maryanne in scarlet and the only difference I saw was the inside label. Mine has the new gold "Spade" instead of the leather around the zipper pocket with the gold embossed label. That could be just a difference in the time period when the bag was made. The inside label on the seller's bag is correctly made, when compared to other bags with that style of label. I'm not exactly positive when the cashew color was made and when kate spade switched to that gold "Spade" as the inside label.
