I just find it is weird they have so many of these bags on EBAY before COACH releases them to the stores. It not like these bags have been out on the shelves for a couple of months and they found them on sale someplace or at an outlet.
The pebble leather tote I had problems with was leather and the zipper looked good. The wording on the creed was a little off and like I said - they had sewn the pockets in on the wrong sides. (Which for me was the signal it might be fake and I needed to return it ASAP) The lining looked just like the lining on the real one I went and compared it to. These days they can fake anything. I was watching a show on PBS where they showed the fake bag trade...they even make fake car parts. I had no idea.
When I questioned the seller about my problem bag he said he buys these in "bulk" and hadn't inspected the bad he sold me. So he was "honest" and gave me the refund. When I said the bag he sold me didn't look like the bag I compared it to - a little smaller and the grain of the leather wasn't the same. He ignored those comments and said he would give me a full refund.