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addicted2coach2 said:
its a sample bag.. it is 9999
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Had you asked before buying, I probably would have recommended against buying and especially against reselling the bag because there's no way to prove authenticity.

Every time we've seen sellers with claimed "sample" bags, those sellers haven't had any proof that their items are samples and in many of those cases, while some "samples" had 99999 style numbers, others had style numbers and creed texts that didn't match the bags they were on and then there were some without any serial numbers.

In the questionable listings we've seen, the sellers either claimed to be ex-Coach employees or friends of employees. But these sellers never had any invoices to prove their items were authentic nor to prove (even to Coach) that the items weren't stolen.

I'll edit the post as time allows to post some of the discussions of these supposed sample bags.

I strongly advise against selling it.

Here are a few references:
http://forum.purseblog.com/coach-sh...e-before-posting-889527-383.html#post28538695

My post: http://forum.purseblog.com/coach-sh...e-before-posting-889527-383.html#post28538529
and Hyacinth's comment: http://forum.purseblog.com/coach-sh...e-before-posting-889527-383.html#post28538674


http://forum.purseblog.com/coach-sh...e-before-posting-889527-371.html#post28510843

http://forum.purseblog.com/coach-sh...enticity-questions-94198-51.html#post23723224

There are many others.

Let me warn you that if a dispute is filed against you, you will lose the dispute. Whether you or your buyer pays for a professional authentication, no trustworthy authenticator will be able to authenticate it.
 
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#10,607
addicted2coach2 said:
its a sample bag.. it is 9999
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BTW, how do you know it's a sample?

ETA: Here's another example of a "sample" bag listing. Notice that the seller (like so many other questionable sellers we'd seen) is located in NY.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Coach-Legac...583984?hash=item3abd924930:g:SIkAAOSwB4NWwjui

And from that listing, the description is especially interesting!

Purchased from sample sale
*the interior zip pocket compartment has an open seam that can easily be repaired. This is standard practice so that they can check how the samples were made at the factory.
**Note, there is no branding on the front of the bag because it was a sample to test out different branding options.


And several more:
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_odk...999.TRS1&_nkw=coach+sample+99999&_sacat=63852
 
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#10,608
I found this little Coach bag the other day. My guess is early 2000s? More pics in the following posts (phone will only let me do one at a time). I don't know the style name.

Dimensions:

Width: 7 inches
Height: 8 inches
Depth: 2.5 inches
 

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#10,616
I am trying to get help on a bag I bought at an estate sale. The creed has serial number D04Q-6833. It also has stamped on the back of the hang tag "Limited Edition Spring 2004". I can't find anything on the purse. I am positive it's not a fake. If it is fake it's the best one ever!
 
#10,617
sbpuckett said:
I am trying to get help on a bag I bought at an estate sale. The creed has serial number D04Q-6833. It also has stamped on the back of the hang tag "Limited Edition Spring 2004". I can't find anything on the purse. I am positive it's not a fake. If it is fake it's the best one ever!
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We can't identify (or authenticate) anything without pictures, particularly when the serial number isn't known to be invalid.

There are some scary close fakes of many styles so without seeing pictures, I'd be disinclined to comment on it.

Refer to post #1 for the pictures we need to see.
http://forum.purseblog.com/coach-sh...-page-before-posting-889527.html#post27792584
 
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