Help! Balenciaga Serial Numbers

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#77
Hi everyone, This is difficult and I may have asked previously in another thread. I have an Ebay purchase of a beautiful Bal City in turquoise. The year is 'A' and it is the very shape of the A which began my suspicious mind......

The bag is said to have been purchased from Yoogis closet which is why I went ahead on Ebay UK....But along with the year letter being not as wide as it should be (compared to another bag I have) there is also a quesion mark about the 925 silver symbol missing. The dash (rather than a dot) adds to my unease, (my other A City is a dot) and the imprint on the leather is just not that distinct and clear on this Ebay purchase. Every other aspect is as perfect as you would want from a Balenciaga. But why on earth would replica manufaturers go to so much detail and get the simplest things wrong?

I also think my confusion is added to because this is the year when the dot became a dash! So both could still exist? I am just desperate to know then if the missing 925 symbol is enough to say this is a fake? Or indeed, the more narrow 'A'?

I would be so grateful for any help.
 
#78
patsy123 said:
Hi everyone, This is difficult and I may have asked previously in another thread. I have an Ebay purchase of a beautiful Bal City in turquoise. The year is 'A' and it is the very shape of the A which began my suspicious mind......

The bag is said to have been purchased from Yoogis closet which is why I went ahead on Ebay UK....But along with the year letter being not as wide as it should be (compared to another bag I have) there is also a quesion mark about the 925 silver symbol missing. The dash (rather than a dot) adds to my unease, (my other A City is a dot) and the imprint on the leather is just not that distinct and clear on this Ebay purchase. Every other aspect is as perfect as you would want from a Balenciaga. But why on earth would replica manufaturers go to so much detail and get the simplest things wrong?

I also think my confusion is added to because this is the year when the dot became a dash! So both could still exist? I am just desperate to know then if the missing 925 symbol is enough to say this is a fake? Or indeed, the more narrow 'A'?

I would be so grateful for any help.
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Hi - I think I know the bag you are referring to as the seller told me she bought it on yoogis closet but I don't think there were enough pics on the listing at the time to fully determine whether it it was genuine or not.
You need to post close up and clear pics of the bag in order for the authenticators to deduce whether the bag is authentic.
Here is a link to the type of pics you need to post -
http://forum.purseblog.com/balencia...ics-for-balenciaga-authentication-741442.html

and here is the authentication thread where you can post the pics -

http://forum.purseblog.com/balencia...se-read-rules-use-format-post-838934-198.html
 
#81
I have a question about the serial numbers for the Town bag.
The bag I just bought has the style number listed as 240579, but I also see Towns with the number as 240578.
Would RH or Giant Hardware make a difference in this number?
This site has it listed as: (240578)
9.5" x 13" x 2.5" / 45" shoulder strap
leather tag only 002123
http://www.**********.com/showthread...-Numbers-Sizes
I just posted in the Authenticate this forum, these numbers are very confusing. My bag seems to have the same numbers as one listed for sale online.
Post #3603 http://forum.purseblog.com/balenciaga-shopping/authenticate-balenciaga-please-read-rules-use-format-post-838934-241.html#post26387120
I really need some clarification here. My leather tag reads: 240579 5011 467891 (not 002123)
Post #33 on this page seems to have a similar issue: http://forum.purseblog.com/balenciaga-clubhouse/out-on-the-town-the-town-club-573845-3.html
Thanks all!
 
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#82
rainneday said:
I have a question about the serial numbers for the Town bag.
The bag I just bought has the style number listed as 240579, but I also see Towns with the number as 240578.
Would RH or Giant Hardware make a difference in this number?
This site has it listed as: (240578)
9.5" x 13" x 2.5" / 45" shoulder strap
leather tag only 002123
http://www.**********.com/showthread...-Numbers-Sizes
I just posted in the Authenticate this forum, these numbers are very confusing. My bag seems to have the same numbers as one listed for sale online.
Post #3603 http://forum.purseblog.com/balenciaga-shopping/authenticate-balenciaga-please-read-rules-use-format-post-838934-241.html#post26387120
I really need some clarification here. My leather tag reads: 240579 5011 467891 (not 002123)
Post #33 on this page seems to have a similar issue: http://forum.purseblog.com/balenciaga-clubhouse/out-on-the-town-the-town-club-573845-3.html
Thanks all!
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Yes, the GH and RH would have different numbers.
 
#84
mere girl said:
Hi - I think I know the bag you are referring to as the seller told me she bought it on yoogis closet but I don't think there were enough pics on the listing at the time to fully determine whether it it was genuine or not.
You need to post close up and clear pics of the bag in order for the authenticators to deduce whether the bag is authentic.
Here is a link to the type of pics you need to post -
http://forum.purseblog.com/balencia...ics-for-balenciaga-authentication-741442.html

and here is the authentication thread where you can post the pics -

http://forum.purseblog.com/balencia...se-read-rules-use-format-post-838934-198.html
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Good grief Ive only just seen this reply.....thanks so much. Frustrating to the point of imploding, I cant upload pics on here because it doesnt support icloud !!!! But are you talking about Ebay UK about two months ago? The seller got me to buy it through paypal as a gift payment (dur!) which is why I cant legitimately return it.....I also dont think the shoulder strap is the right quality....doesnt feel like thick leather like my other bags. But its the odd shape of the A that started me looking.....and just a tiny bit of overstitching on the black stitching.....but yes, Im just gabbling on because a picture tells a thousand words which I cannot post !!!!
 
#85
patsy123 said:
Good grief Ive only just seen this reply.....thanks so much. Frustrating to the point of imploding, I cant upload pics on here because it doesnt support icloud !!!! But are you talking about Ebay UK about two months ago? The seller got me to buy it through paypal as a gift payment (dur!) which is why I cant legitimately return it.....I also dont think the shoulder strap is the right quality....doesnt feel like thick leather like my other bags. But its the odd shape of the A that started me looking.....and just a tiny bit of overstitching on the black stitching.....but yes, Im just gabbling on because a picture tells a thousand words which I cannot post !!!!
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Can you use Flickr, DropBox or any of similar websites?
Was it this auction?
 
#86
patsy123 said:
Good grief Ive only just seen this reply.....thanks so much. Frustrating to the point of imploding, I cant upload pics on here because it doesnt support icloud !!!! But are you talking about Ebay UK about two months ago? The seller got me to buy it through paypal as a gift payment (dur!) which is why I cant legitimately return it.....I also dont think the shoulder strap is the right quality....doesnt feel like thick leather like my other bags. But its the odd shape of the A that started me looking.....and just a tiny bit of overstitching on the black stitching.....but yes, Im just gabbling on because a picture tells a thousand words which I cannot post !!!!
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I tried to message you so you can send me pics to look at on my email but you haven't had enough posts for me to be able to do so...don't think I should put my email address on the forum.
can you put them on a photobucket link at all? Sorry, I'm not very tech savvy.
 
#87
mere girl said:
I tried to message you so you can send me pics to look at on my email but you haven't had enough posts for me to be able to do so...don't think I should put my email address on the forum.
can you put them on a photobucket link at all? Sorry, I'm not very tech savvy.
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Mere Girl, Ive just seen myself that I need 10 posts as well -- I think this is quite odd, because it encourages people just to talk nonsense?! But thanks so much for your offer of help....Im just about to leave for the east coast, but will get back on asap. Whereabouts are you location wise? And hopefully I will do enough posts for you to message me privately at some stage. Cheers for now!
 
#88
Sssy said:
Can you use Flickr, DropBox or any of similar websites?
Was it this auction?
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Oh how clever are you!!?? Yes it was though.....well spotted. Im such a techno dunce these days!! would love to know your thoughts, but as mentioned Im on my way to the coast....However, I do have net access so will log on as soon as Im there and finished sorting stuff out. Thanks so much for finding the ad.
 
#89
patsy123 said:
Oh how clever are you!!?? Yes it was though.....well spotted. Im such a techno dunce these days!! would love to know your thoughts, but as mentioned Im on my way to the coast....However, I do have net access so will log on as soon as Im there and finished sorting stuff out. Thanks so much for finding the ad.
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Ha ha nothing to do with being clever :) This bag was listed before by different seller and was reported as a fake one and listing was taken down. Later it showed up again. Seller was very rude when I asked about it. The metal plate didn't have 925 symbol. Too many red flags. Handles were off as well. Previous listing had better pictures but unfortunately I didn't do screen print or so. I believe ladies here commented on this auction ( but I'm not sure )
I kept this listing to remember to avoid this seller ;)
 
#90
Sssy said:
Ha ha nothing to do with being clever :) This bag was listed before by different seller and was reported as a fake one and listing was taken down. Later it showed up again. Seller was very rude when I asked about it. The metal plate didn't have 925 symbol. Too many red flags. Handles were off as well. Previous listing had better pictures but unfortunately I didn't do screen print or so. I believe ladies here commented on this auction ( but I'm not sure )
I kept this listing to remember to avoid this seller ;)
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Sssy thanks so much. I dont think it was ever purchased from Yoogis closet either. I just get fed up with Ebay now. I currently question one whose laces were bound in a circle and in a polythene bag....Seller said it was a million percent genuine -- only two photos though? But Im absolutely sure the laces are too thick to be genuine....giving it a miss anyway. But when people totally assure you, it gets harder to work out fact from fiction......
 
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