Discount Coach Handbags

Here’s the scenario: After you just bought these great discount Coach handbags on eBay, the day finally comes and your beloved postman delivers the package you have been waiting for. You open the package, pull out the handbag and show it to your best friend. Your friend, a self-declared expert in Coach handbags states “You’ve been had, it’s a fake!” Your heart sinks as you realize she is correct.

The best way to avoid this scenario is do some homework before you hit the buy button. To help you out, here are some tips on how to ensure your potential discount Coach handbag purchase is for an authentic Coach handbag:

Signature C

On authentic Coach handbags, the Signature C can be found imprinted either on the outside of the handbag, or on the liner inside the handbag. It is never printed on both the outside and the inside. Commonly, fake Coach handbags have the Signature C printed on both the inside and the outside.

The Signature C on authentic Coach bags is not malformed on seams. It takes a lot of handwork to ensure the Signature C is properly formed when stitching together the two ends of material. The makers of fake Coach handbags rarely match the seams and the Signature C looks disjointed (see above image).

Quantity Available

Coach Handbags are painstakingly made by hand and the quality control policies at Coach Leatherworks prohibits any second-quality handbags from leaving the factory. Therefore, the actual production runs of a given handbag design are very limited. It is very plausible a department store or Coach retailer may only have available a couple handbags of an identical Coach handbag design.

Fake Coach handbags, on the other hand, tend to be manufactured in large production runs of one identical handbag design. If you find a dealer selling a large quantity of identical Coach handbags, you can assume the vendor is selling fake handbags.

Construction Materials

The zippers used in authentic Coach handbags are made from a high-quality stainless steel. Fake bags use cheaper, and stiffer aluminum zippers. On authentic Coach handbags, if it looks like leather, it’s real leather. No vinyl or leatherette is used. Also, most fake Coach handbags are a mix of fabric with leather or leatherette trim. All-leather fake Coach handbags are non-existent due to the cost of the materials and fabrication.

Other Warning Signs

Dont assume the handbag is authentic just because bag is pictured with Coach brochures or a Coach imprinted cloth bag. These items come with the fake bags,too (see the above picture). Authentic bags have an embossed leather credo tag with text that is evenly spaced and clearly readible. The credo tags on fake bags are printed in ink, or if embossed, lettering is hard to read and uneven.

These are just a few pointers, but should be enough to give you a better hand in your shopping for discount Coach handbags. Just remember, if the deal seems to good to be true, it probably is.

If you have your own suggestions on how to authenticate Coach handbags, please feel free to share them here.

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