Coach Gals, Would You Go Through with the Purchase?

[QueenLouis]

I agree with Whateve, there's NO way a counterfeiter is going to bother making such a detailed fake. Why should they, when the style is more than 5 years old and they can make 5 cheaper fakes for the same cost in materials and labor as just that one duffle?

We KNOW how to recognise fakes in that style, and that ain't no fake.

Maybe you didn't get the EXACT bag that's in the photos, but you got one in the same condition. If your only problem other than her lying about the photos is that a few small appliques are in a slightly different position my a centimeter or two, do you really think that's a valid reason for questioning the bag's authenticity? You paid a LOT but you also got a bag that you apparently felt was worth the price whan you bought it (and that many of us would still give our eyeteeth for!), and now you're having second thoughts and putting yourself into a state of mind where you won't even enjoy using it. And that doesn't make sense to me.

If it bothers you that much, leave Neutral Feedback and put the bag up for sale.

It doesn't bother me at all that the positioning is different. (ETA: It's just what proved that the bag being sent was not the bag for which photos were provided in the listing.)

It worried me that the seller has proven to be a liar, even when specifically asked (not just a poorly worded, deceptive listing) and that further research on the forum revealed the seller to have one fake currently listed, and has been called out previously on the forum for a handful of fakes.

The fact that the seller has been proven to be a liar, who has listed fakes, is what worried me so much about the authenticity of ANY of the bags they are sending, especially when the bag being sent is NOT the one for which ~ 20 photos were provided.

 

[ledobe]

I agree with Whateve, there's NO way a counterfeiter is going to bother making such a detailed fake. Why should they, when the style is more than 5 years old and they can make 5 cheaper fakes for the same cost in materials and labor as just that one duffle?

We KNOW how to recognise fakes in that style, and that ain't no fake.

Maybe you didn't get the EXACT bag that's in the photos, but you got one in the same condition. If your only problem other than her lying about the photos is that a few small appliques are in a slightly different position my a centimeter or two, do you really think that's a valid reason for questioning the bag's authenticity? You paid a LOT but you also got a bag that you apparently felt was worth the price whan you bought it (and that many of us would still give our eyeteeth for!), and now you're having second thoughts and putting yourself into a state of mind where you won't even enjoy using it. And that doesn't make sense to me.

If it bothers you that much, leave Neutral Feedback and put the bag up for sale.

Just emphasizing what Hyacinth said about that bag and our eyeteeth!

I'm not going to comment on what feedback to leave but dang I love that bag. Whatever you decide on the feedback, enjoy it! I had to settle for the matching wallet which will go well with my plain buckskin Bleecker duffle if I can ever bring myself to use it.

 

[QueenLouis]

Just emphasizing what Hyacinth said about that bag and our eyeteeth!

I'm not going to comment on what feedback to leave but dang I love that bag. Whatever you decide on the feedback, enjoy it! I had to settle for the matching wallet which will go well with my plain buckskin Bleecker duffle if I can ever bring myself to use it.

Ooh, I love the buckskin! I got that in the flap bag when it first came out. If I remember right the release date was right after Christmas, and I called ASAP after seeing it in the catalog, and had it put on hold at my local boutique.

 

[Hyacinth]

It doesn't bother me at all that the positioning is different. (ETA: It's just what proved that the bag being sent was not the bag for which photos were provided in the listing.)

It worried me that the seller has proven to be a liar, even when specifically asked (not just a poorly worded, deceptive listing) and that further research on the forum revealed the seller to have one fake currently listed, and has been called out previously on the forum for a handful of fakes.

The fact that the seller has been proven to be a liar, who has listed fakes, is what worried me so much about the authenticity of ANY of the bags they are sending, especially when the bag being sent is NOT the one for which ~ 20 photos were provided.

Yes, she's a liar. And your fellings and probably even any Neutral FB you leave her aren't going to change her. So say what you have to say in Feedback, and as a Neutral, not a Neg, and then go on with your life. Enjoy the bag and forget the person you bought it from. Unless other members here ask for opinions on the seller, and than you can post exactly what you think of her and her selling methods to your heart's content. Life is too short to let the arseholes win.

And BE CAREFUL what you wear when carrying that bag, DON'T wear any kind of denim or other fabric that has a tendency to transfer color or rub off, or with any piece of clothing where some of the color is still coming off in the wash.

 

[Hyacinth]

Just emphasizing what Hyacinth said about that bag and our eyeteeth!

I'm not going to comment on what feedback to leave but dang I love that bag. Whatever you decide on the feedback, enjoy it! I had to settle for the matching wallet which will go well with my plain buckskin Bleecker duffle if I can ever bring myself to use it.

You and me both! The wallet was all I could afford, and it's still wrapped up in a little outlet dustbag waiting for just the right occasion.

 

[QueenLouis]

Yes, she's a liar. And your fellings and probably even any Neutral FB you leave her aren't going to change her. So say what you have to say in Feedback, and as a Neutral, not a Neg, and then go on with your life. Enjoy the bag and forget the person you bought it from. Unless other members here ask for opinions on the seller, and than you can post exactly what you think of her and her selling methods to your heart's content. Life is too short to let the arseholes win.

And BE CAREFUL what you wear when carrying that bag, DON'T wear any kind of denim or other fabric that has a tendency to transfer color or rub off, or with any piece of clothing where some of the color is still coming off in the wash.

Absolutely!

 

[ledobe]

You and me both! The wallet was all I could afford, and it's still wrapped up in a little outlet dustbag waiting for just the right occasion.

Hyacinth, we're not getting any younger. I think we need to let them out of their little dustbags and out into the world!

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[Hyacinth]

Hyacinth, we're not getting any younger. I think we need to let them out of their little dustbags and out into the world!

But they're still so young and helpless! It seems like only yesterday that they were coming home with us all wrapped up and tucked into their cute little striped Coach shopping bags...