Sam's here sells high-end bags and wallets in spurts. Even though they're not an authorized dealer, I'm not concerned with the bags' authenticity, as they probably use the same channels Bluefly, another non-authorized dealer, does. I say this because I've seen the same models of purse at Sam's and Bluefly at the same time and same price. If there were fakes there, I agree with a previous poster that a "customer" (con artist) probably pulled a switch on them.