A little experience > I have been shopping for a COACH bag for a birthday present to myself.  I thought eBay would be the place to get a bag at a good price as these bags are so expensive.  I was totally surprised at the huge amount of new and so called "authentic" COACH purses - hundreds of them!  Lots of the styles just came out as COACH releases new bags all the time, mainly at the beginning of each season, and couldn't figure where all these Sellers got all these new bags to list.  HMMMMM.....

Well, after already purchasing a fake Louis Vuitton on eBay (didn't know it was fake at time of purchase), I thought I'd write about an experience I had today.  I went to a store that was recommended to me that has COACH knock-offs.  The girls that referred me to that store, told me one good way to tell if a COACH bag is fake, is if it has white stitching.  COACH never, ever uses white stitching.  I purchased a knock-off today from that store and let me tell you, does it look like the real thing!  Yes, leather trim, well made, but bottom line > still not real.  I only paid $75.00 for a very large tote replica, that came with everything that you see folks offer on this site.  The dust bag, gift tissue, the white COACH tag attached > everything!  My faux Louis Vuitton came the same way with all the perks that would make you think the bag was the real magilla :-).

Please > I'm not saying all the name brand, have to have purses on eBay are fake.  There are tons of honest Sellers but the problem is, who are they?  I just caught an eBay store with only Coach handbags for sale and what did all of them have?  The white stitching.  So, all I can say, is BUYER BEWARE!  Just with any thing in life, if it looks to good to be true, it probably is.  At least I know my bag is fake - a good fake - but fake.  I just don't want other Buyers to spend a ton of their hard earned money paying a high price for a bag that isn't the real thing. 

I understand eBay monitors authenticity, but with so many Sellers, and tons of listings, I can understand they can't look at each one individually.  So, that's when it's up to you, the Buyer, if you see any item you know is not authentic, please report it to eBay.  It's really simple, and it helps the honest Sellers out there.

I hope this helps at least one person from refraining the "what a deal" purchase, only to find the money the spent went down the tubes.