Comments on: Buying Used Chanel - Spotting Fakes

By: Diane

Diane — Sat, 03 Feb 2007 21:19:13 +0000

can you tell how old a chanel puse is or when it was made by the serial number?

Thank you,

By: Sharon Keegan

Sharon Keegan — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 08:26:06 +0000

I was recently given a light pink (leather? lambskin?) bag that is supposed to be authentic Chanel. It has the original white price tag, authenticity card, etc. How can I know for sure?

Thanks

By: kelly petrosino

kelly petrosino — Sun, 26 Nov 2006 18:01:41 +0000

my boss was given a chanel bag, that she believes to be true, I do not think it is. It is an older bag and cheaply done in my opinion, although it has a seriel number stamped in gold lettering on the inside is there a way to check the seriel number for authanticity?

By: CLODAGH

CLODAGH — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 09:05:43 +0000

Hi, I have a Chanel bag that I was told is vintage but I REALLY need an expert opinion on it. Can anybody help? thank you

By: Mars

Mars — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 01:24:52 +0000

I wouldn’t trust it. All Chanel purses have serial numbers on the inside.

By: Carol

Carol — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 23:53:12 +0000

Is this real? It has a tag inside Chanel Made in France. There is not a number inside. This came from a custom closet manufacturer who had in a display showroom & when they closed down gave it in lieu of payroll owed. I am wanting to sell but I don’t want to sell something if its not real. It is leather.

By: jen

jen — Wed, 11 Oct 2006 00:48:37 +0000

I disagree with what you said that vintage chanel never have “metal” Chanel plate inside. There was a time when they made bags with metal plates inside. TY!

By: mili

mili — Mon, 02 Oct 2006 19:54:37 +0000

I always buy my bags in the Chanel store, or in the Galeries Lafayette. I would never buy a fake!

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Sun, 13 Aug 2006 21:11:31 +0000

I bought a Chanel handbag from a friend of a friend. I love Chanel purses but not very educated on them at all, which style types, anything. It was my dream to own one, I really didn’t care to ask if it was real or not. It looked real. I’m just concerned with it actually being real or not.

It has two black short straps coming from the top center and a black flap over the top with silver turn knob. It has the right CC on all the pulls and the inside is a camel colour suede material. Hardwear all matches. NO SERIAL CODE THOUGH? “31″ On one side of the off-white bag and the classic “CC” on the other. It also on the inside has the CC CHANEL Paris on leather written in silver.

I hope this gives you a good discription and can help me out!! thank you!

By: Balustroid

Balustroid — Fri, 21 Apr 2006 07:25:13 +0000

Thanks for the opinion. The bright flashy gold looks very 80’s to me! At the moment, I prefer to stick with 2.55 since one can never go wrong with it. I went to my local Chanel 10 days ago but didn’t see any 2.55 I like (colour wise). There’s always an excuse for another visit to Chanel!