Memandangkan wallet aku dah buruk, maka aku rajin2 menggogle cari purse/wallet baharu. Tapi godeh2 akhirnya termasuk kat coach... kelas gitu. Alahai harganya super duper membuatkan aku cuma mampu telan hair liyor sajalah. Apapon kepada penggemar atau bakal peminat jenama ni, di sini aku nak kongsikan cara macamana nak kenal yang ori ke fake? Baca sendiri deh yang aku kopi pes ni dari e-bay ni. Tapi sebelum tuh, sila tarik napas dalam-dalam.... 1 2 3!
THE BASIC WAYS HOW TO SPOT A FAKE COACH BAGS!
PLEASE READ: I am not affiliated with Coach in any way, I am just an
avid collector who love their bags and want to share and help others to
be aware of the signs of a fake coach handbag.because nobody wants to
be scammed and be taken advantaged.
These are just the basic ways to spot right away Coach knock offs
based on the pictures posted here on ebay. I do not claim myself as an
expert, but overtime as I collected and buy Coach and other designer
items and through research, I have learned to spot that "red flags" just
looking at the pictures and I want to share my personal experience, my
opinion and observations especially to those people who are new and who
cannot tell the difference between real and fake. I finally decide to
write a guide about this matter because I can still see people
here bidding on a clear fake items despite a lot of guides written by
other sellers! And like these sellers it makes me itch to see these
bidders being fooled and taken advantaged. I am also a buyer and I know
how it feels having a bag you thought its Authentic and just find out it
is NOT! and worse you paid a lot for that item! It is a NIGHTMARE
and absolutely a BIG DISAPPOINTMENT for us who only want to carry
Authentic brands. These are basic ways to spot fake Coach Handbags.
PLEASE if you have seen these on the pictures posted, BEWARE AND GET
AWAY from that listing!!!
NUMBER ONE: DO NOT BID ON COACH ITEMS WITH PLASTIC
COVER ON ITS HANDLE because it is ABSOLUTELY A FAKE ITEM!!! Me and my
friend visited China Town in New York, just so you know China town sells
different brands of fake items. Their bags have plastic cover on
its handles. I went to Coach outlet and Coach factory, NOT a
single bag is covered by a plastic cover. You also have to note that
First Class Fake Bags does not any have plastic cover, these are the
ones that are made mostly from Korea.
NUMBER TWO: TAKE NOTE OF THE SIGNATURE PATTERN, I
have observed that if the Coach bag has CC pattern outside, Inside the
bag has NONE of it!!! And vice-versa. So PLEASE if you saw a bag with
CC pattern outside and CC pattern inside, PLEASE BEWARE!!! that is a
red flag there! FAKE!
NUMBER THREE: PATTERN IS CC AND NOT GG, so if pattern is GG and advertised as COACH, please DO NOT BID! It is too obvious that it is FAKE.
NUMBER FOUR: TAKE NOTE OF THE SERIAL NUMBERS, If
serial numbers are shown in the photo, PLEASE DO NOT BID an item with a
serial numbers that goes like this NO-56473, This is absolutely fake
because serial numbers consists of both letters and numbers EXAMPLE:
L05K-5732 , usually it has 4-5 last digit numbers and these 4-5 digits
numbers are what they called style number, MOST STYLE NUMBERS DOES NOT
HAVE ANY LETTERS WITH IT BUT SOME THEY DO HAVE A SINGLE LETTER WITH IT!
Please ONLY single letter! I have not yet seen EVER! a style number
with two letters or DO NOT BID if serial numberes are like this, LOK
-5732 , like theres a space in between because this is also ABSOLUTELY
FAKE!, or just 5647 that is surely a fake! serial number start with No.
*THE TECHNIQUE HERE, WHICH IS THE BEST THING TO DO IF SERIAL NUMBERS
EXISTS IS TO GET THAT SERIAL NUMBER OF A CERTAIN COACH BAG, COPY IT,
CALL THE COACH HOTLINE AND ASK ABOUT THAT ITEM, GIVE THE STYLE NUMBER
WHICH IS THE 4-5 LAST DIGITS OF THE SERIAL NUMBER, ask the name of that
item, and its description to see if it corresponds to what is written
in the sellers description. It is BEST to ask the serial numbers if it
is not stated in the auction or if theres an authenticity patch taken
but you cannot see clearly the serial number because it is not pictured
closely or blurred.
NUMBER FIVE: LOOK CLOSELY THE PICTURE, If it looks
soft epecially the handle, and the bag itself then BEWARE better get
away from that item especially if seller only shows ONE PHOTO or if
there are photos and its blurry. It is not worth the risk! Also take
note the color of the bag because for some reason the color of the fake
coach bags are exaggerated, and sometimes they come up with colors that
should not be there. Like one instance, I got interested to a new
without tags and a very nice coach ergo scarf print bag auctioned here
on eBay, it has this pink color combination with it, really rare but she
only have one picture and so I ask for the serial numbers and she give
it to me, and because there's only one picture and its uncommon for an
ergo scarf print to have a pink combination so what I did, I called the
COACH hotline and was able to find out that pink combination does not
exist with that style number she gave me.There is a pink combination but
different style number. So it is absolutely a best idea to ask.
NUMBER SIX: COMPARE, I almost got fooled by a seller
who sell Coach Patchwork Satchel, She had 4 of them listed on her
auction, And I got curious because she posted unusual large numbers of
the same exact bag ( Beware of these kind of listings) and these bags
really looked Authentic, no plastic cover and it does not look soft, it
is probably made in Korea because they made the best class AAA
replicas! I have doubts because there are only two photos, serial
numbers are not shown and pictures are in small size just enough to see
the whole bag and they cannot be enlarge, so you cannot really see every
detail but I manage to compare the item to other sellers who also sell
the same bag AND manage to looked closely the difference, and I
saw that the bag of this seller that sell unusual large numbers of the
same exact bag has a Coach stamped on the metal brass turnlock while
other sellers who sell the Authentic Patchwork Satchel doesn't have that
so I know right away it is fake! It is really very important to
compare especially if you are not sure and you have a single doubt.
Update: Because I just saw people bidding on a fake Coach Patchwork
Satchel just now. I decided to place a photo here so you will know which
is fake and which is not.
AUTHENTIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BIG FAKEEEEEEEE (ENLARGEMENT) FAKES
ORIGINAL LISTING
PLEASE READ: The brass hardware of the authentic one, NO COACH
embossed on it!!! while the fake one even though its blurred beacause I
enlarge it since the orginal picture you hardly notice it (thats why so
many people getting fooled) you can notice that something is being
embossed there which is "COACH" and this is absolutely FAKE!!!! so
please "COMPARE"...see the fake one. seller even present these
paperworks, dustbag and some tag which is not pictured closely and color
too is different from the authentic one. If you want to know the item
number of this listing just ask me and I will give it to you so you can
see closely the pictures in original listing, As I am writing this, the
bid already goes high over $200 and shipping is FREE and seller who list
this is a Powerseller. SO PLEASE BE CAREFUL!!!!!!!!!!!!!
NUMBER SEVEN: Coach made their products from
different countries such as Costa Rica, Turkey, China etc... EXCEPT
KOREA! So if it says made in Korea, Forget about it, It is FAKE!
NUMBER EIGHT: All zippers of Authentic Coach
handbags has a "YKK" letters embossed on it! All zippers that you can
find in a coach bag should have those letters embossed, these are hard
to see on a photo so you have to really look at it closely. If a coach
bag does not have that then you know its a FAKE! Just so you know
this YKK is the highest manufacturer of zippers.
NUMBER NINE: COACH PAPERWORK HELPS BUT DON'T RELY
AUTHENTICITY ON IT! I have ask a coach representative about an item that
is Made in Korea, Well, this is what happend, I bought this bag one
time from ebay, it is a small hobo bag with fur on it, it is advertised
as New Without Tags, It really looks Authentic even when I touch it
outside, you can't tell its a fake. The serial numbers are there exactly
like the Coach bag and says there Made in China, and it is even
complete with all these paperworks, it even has registration
card with it! YKK embossed on zippers as well! One time I touched the
inside lining of the bag and it felt like it is made of a thinner
material, really a little different from an authentic coah hanbag, I
look the stitches at the bottom lining and I saw that the way the bottom
part was stitched together, it was stitched upside out, so you can
still see the lining after the stitches AND worse, I saw this small tag
like in coach wristlets which I hardly noticed and written there is Made
in Korea!!!! Of course I was frantic and so disappointed, But good
thing is I paid the item through paypal. So I was able to get my
moneyback!!!
NUMBER TEN: Familiarize yourself with Coach items by
visiting their stores and through research on the net. There are so
many ways where you can broaden your knowledge on how to spot
fake coach items. Why don't you sign up for coach catalogues for
reference, IT IS FREE! And I am sure would help a lot! Just simply visit
their website and order there.
I know it is not a best feeling to be scammed and
waste a lot of money for these worthless fake items!