U's Bargain Shoppe Corner: 2011

Thursday, September 15, 2011

AUTEHNTIC VS FAKE COACH IKAT

AUTHENTIC Coach Madison Sabrina Khaki Gold IKAT Purse 13584

FAKE COACH IKAT

Please note the QUALITY of the 2 bags. General rule for a Signature bag the interior will never never ever have a Signature lining. The Coach creed serial number is wrong. For IKAT is year 2009 bag the serial number will be alphabet follow by 4 digits number and follow by 5 digits style numbers. The wording in the Coach creed patch is so different from each other. Look at the printing on the fabric of an original Coach Ikat.

Buyers please beware and know well what you are buying or else risk the possibility of losing money to unscrupulous sellers.

I am not affiliated to Coach in anyway. I am just a lover of bags.

AUTHENTIC COACH OPTIC SIGNATURE BROOKE BAG PURSE BLACK 16620

This article is just to show you some Coach bags general rule that the Signature C will not break at the seam (last picture-Coach Soho pleated hobo bag) but these does not apply to "Optic" style (Pic#1 and Pic#2). please check out the pictures. You also can check some previous articles I wrote to emphasize how to differentiate an original and fake Coach by looking at this feature.

I am not affiliated to Coach in anyway. i am just a lover of bags.

Tuesday, June 28, 2011

FAKE COACH KRISTIN BAG!

FAKE! FAKE! FAKE! SELLING ONLINE! BUYER BEWARE!

http://cgi.ebay.com.my/New-Coach-Kristin-Op-Art-Beige-Handbag-/110708436968?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_207&hash=item19c6bcafe8

This link is still active on 29 June 2011.

- one look at the fabric it is good quality and look as though an authentic Coach Kristin bag.

- the flaws : Fake Coach dust bag, the snap button on the front pocket, hardware of poor quality and price tag never hang together with the Coach hang tag.

- no interior picture shown by the seller.

I am not affiliated with Coach in anyway.

FAKE vs AUTHENTIC COACH KRISTIN WALLET

FAKE COACH KRISTIN WALLET!

BUYERS BEWARE!

http://cgi.ebay.com.my/brand-new-coach-wallet-/110708260965?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_207&hash=item19c6ba0065

http://cgi.ebay.com.my/NWT-Kristin-Leather-Coach-Wallet-/110708263422?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_207&hash=item19c6ba09fe

The links above active as at 29 June 2011.

* compare the metal button : inside and out. The snap button for Kristin collection is a piece of metal completely fold down to the end of the flap and meet with another metal plate inside the wallet which the snap reside. The fake one only half way outside and check out the inside snap button.

* Coach do not have those wallet box

* The Coach script on the fake wallet look real! Becareful!

* Take note the clear window ID. The fabric lining is printed with double C. The CC is not the authentic Signature C. Usually you can only see tattersall lining for Bleeker wallet or lozenge for Hampton collection. From my experience I never see Coach signature inside the wallet lining.

* the Coach lozenge of an authentic wallet is always embossed on the bottom right hand corner of the wallet.

* if you can spot the coin compartment the zipper pull. Authentic Coach will always come with a leather pull.

* You can see the wallet is very poor quality and the stitches is not consistent and poorly done!

AUTHENTIC COACH KRISTIN WALLET!

I am not affiliated with Coach in anyway. I just love their products.

Tuesday, May 31, 2011

AUTHENTIC COACH CREED AND SERIAL NUMBER

HISTORY OF COACH CREEDS & SERIAL NUMBERS.

I cannot said that an expert in this area especially on the older version of Coach bag but I am doing my best to do research in this area. I have compiled some information on this so that anyone will have a clue what an authentic Coach bags are. I am a member of The Bag Forum and The Purse Forum and thanks to the information from experts that I have been able to write this article and also based on my experience in handling so many pieces of Coach items.

In the 1960's Coach bags had either a metal identifier tag or a simple impression of the Coach logo, no creed no serial number. I have managed to find an example of this

COACH BONNIE CASHIN CARRY SATCHEL BRIEF BAG

COACH BONNIE CASHIN KISSLOCK LEATHER BAG

Coach introduced the creed without any serial # sometime in the late 60's/early70s. The word "leatherwear" is under the word Coach and the wording of the creed at this time was all caps "THIS IS A COACH BAG. IT IS MADE OUT OF A COMPLETELY NATURAL GLOVE TANNED COWHIDE. THE SCARS, SCRATCHES, VEINS AND WRINKLES ARE NATURAL CHARACTERISTICS OF FULL GRAIN LEATHERS". Under the creed is in all caps, "MADE IN NEW YORK CITY, U.S.A." ALL Coach bags made after the introduction of the creed and before serial #'s were introduced were made in NYC. Note that there are gaps in the creed in the lines describing the "scars, scratches, veins and wrinkles"

When Coach added serial numbers to the creed in the 1970's they were "all numbers" in the format "xxx-xxxx" as shown below. The last four digits do not correspond to the style number, each bag had a unique number.

COACH VINTAGE LEATHER BAG

COACH CASHIN ERA NY BLUE LEATHER WATERMELON BAG BRIEF

COACH BONNIE CASHIN LEATHER BRIEFCASE

(Below the serial number : COACH BAG REGISTRATION NUMBER)

It was not until the 1990's that Coach introduced the modern registration format of letters and numbers, with the last four digits being the style number (or in the case of some of the newer bags after 2000, the last five digits). These registration numbers are not unique to each bag. The wording of the creed was also changed to all caps "THIS IS A COACH BAG. IT WAS HANDCRAFTED IN (country of origin) OF COMPLETELY NATURAL GLOVE-TANNED COWHIDE. THE VARIATIONS IN THE GRAIN ARE CHARACTERISTIC OF NATURAL FULL GRAIN LEATHER." There are no longer gaps between any of the words.

COACH CAMEL BURNISHED LEATHER LEGACY HIPPIE BAG PURSE

COACH 9340 RED LEATHER HIPPIE SADDLE BAG

Here are some other examples of authentic Coach creed and serial number :

You notice that some do have some marking on it like "X", "N", "Bull eye" and "ES". The bull eye is the most common seen.

I saw this information on the Bag Forum which dated back year 2007 :

BULL EYE - Factory outlet (But I do see some store item with this mark)

FS - Final sale

ES - Employee sale

X - TJ Maxx or Marshall's

N - Nordstorm Rack