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tara t · Marc Jacobs

real or fake?

dot · Marc Jacobs

i'm tempted to say fake by looking at the sellers other products.

tara t · Marc Jacobs

dot... that's what i was thinking too. i emailed him, and he said guarnteed authentic or money back plus 100 $... so i bid, but i don't think i'll get into a bidding war or anything like that.

Farrah · Marc Jacobs

I didn't look at his other products, but the Blake looks good to me. As long as he guarantees authenticity you should be good. Make sure you keep that email though. Just in case...

lsubatgirl · Gucci

I don't know what they are supposed to look like so I can't help you there. I will suggest paying through a Credit Card so that if it is fake and you have problems you can dispute it really quickly and not be charged for it. I did that with a textbook I didn't order and Discover took care of handling the dispute and stoped the charge from the time I complained. I've heard trying to dispute through ebay and paypal are hell so definetly do paypal w/credit card so 3 people will be working on your side and one of the 3 will take care of it for you.

f413 · Kenneth Cole

Did you notice in the photo of the buckle hardware you can see a man's reflection? My impression is it's some sort of scam

LA Gal · Kenneth Cole

I'm always weary of people who sell lots of the same designer bags on ebay, but I checked out the pictures of the multipocket that he's selling and it looks pretty good to me ((I have a multipocket, so I feel like I would be able to tell if it was an obvious fake).

Prissy · Dooney & Bourke

It looks real to me. You should ask him how her acquired the bag.

hotcocoa · Kate Spade

it looks real to me. the other MJ bag he is selling look real as well.

okay, let's suppose they are real... how do these sellers do it? i mean where are these bags coming from that they can list them with no reserve price? does the winning bid end up being close to the retail price anyway or is the winning bidder going to walk away with a really great deal?

i'm wondering because i've purchased two real bags on ebay, one brand new prada and one used (looked like it had been used MAYBE once) LV mono and paid half of retail for them. i keep telling myself that i'll never buy a designer bag off ebay again because even though i know the bags are real... i keep wondering... well, where did it come from then? was it stolen? and if it was... is carrying a stolen bag any better than carrying a fake?

tara t · Marc Jacobs

hotcocoa

i think about that all the time... did they fall of the marc jacobs truck? was the LV store broken into?

funnyluci · Nine West

If I remember right the rose quartz was lined with green or another bright color. I may totally be wrong but I think I remember seeing it. Call Saks and ask someone in the handbag dept. what color the inside is supposed to be. HTH

tara t · Marc Jacobs

i called MJ and the guy said it was lined in red...

so maybe i'm getting a deal :) hopefully.

wish me luck.

esquiress · Marc Jacobs

i think it's real, good luck tara t!

tara t · Marc Jacobs

how much would you guys pay for it?

esquiress · Marc Jacobs

$500 max. besides mj bags go on sale--like last year i got mine (small hobo in the honeydew color) for 30% off at the nordstrom sale (thanks to vanessa for the heads up on that sale!).

ayo · Coach

looks real to me..

I'd only pay $500 too :)

I hope you get it..I'm debating getting that bag too but in a darker color

nyc_shopgirl · Dooney & Bourke

It is probably grey market real. When a designer contracts out to a factory to produce their bags, the factory will over produce the bag and only send the designer what they ordered the extra bags will sell on the grey market for a fraction of the price that its siblings are selling for at an authorized dealer.