Mulberry serial numbers are 100% UNIQUE. So if you Google Mulberry + the serial number of your bag, then no other bag with the same number should appear. If there are matches, it’s very likely that your bag is fake.

Please note that my guide focuses on recent collections, I'm afraid I don't have much experience regarding vintage bags. I've written this guide from my experience - I am by no means a Mulberry expert. I'd place a safe bet that the majority of mulberry bags auctioned on ebay are fake - I made the mistake of buying one! I've since bought a few real bags from Mulberry and have prepared this guide as a result. There are a lot of replica bag websites out there (just google fake mulberry or the likes and you'll soon find some) and it is scary how good some of the fakes are. A lot come with mulberry shop tags, care cards and boxes, I suspect a lot of people buy bags from these sites and re-sell them on ebay passing them off as authentic to make a profit. The bags I feel most qualified to talk about are the ones I have: Bayswater, Effie, Alana, Somerset pouch, Poppy and Belle, the fake bag I bought was a Roxanne.

I have friends who have a Small Mabel, a Blenheim and a Phoebe so I know a little bit about them too. From checking out the Mulberry Website I have also been able to identiy fake Emmys, S omerset Totes, R oxanne Totes, Mabels and East-West Bayswaters. There is another ebayer's guide out there on Annie bags which I found very informative. I have recently purchaseda Del Rey and plan to include some information on this bag shortly.

I'll start with general points then I'll cover bags individually. • Watch out for titles describing bags as 'in the style of' or 'looking like' • Just because a seller says it is 100% authentic - doesn't mean it is eg many say 100% genuine leather Roxanne bag - this could just mean it is genuine leather not a genuine Roxanne • Check out what other items the seller has sold - are they are selling multiple mulberry items?

How likely is someone really going to sell lots of 'unwanted' expensive bags complete with tags at a fraction of their real value? • Check feedback - what have they sold previously, do they have much feedback etc.

Bear in mind though that not everyone will know that they have bought a fake. • Are a lot of their auctions private?? Sellers sometimes use this as a way of disguising what they have sold previously - still check their feedback though as sometimes a buyer will state what they have bought eg 'great bag' • Check the grammar / language used in the sellers description - if they can barely string english together, avoid.

Some fakes come in from overseas. • Are the photos stock photos or photos of the actual bag you are bidding on? • Deal only with ebayers who use paypal - that way there is an element of protection. Paypal by no means guarantees you your money back (I've been stung by this). • The bags tend to come with dust bag, tag and carecard - but very rarely do you see one come with a receipt - you'd think if someone has gone to the effort of keeping the tags on the bag they would still have the receipt. Ask if an original receipt (not a photocopy) is available.

Adobe photoshop cc 2014 crack mac amtlibframework. • What colour is the bag - is it a colour/material that Mulberry have actually produced bags in?? The Mulberry Web page may help you do this (link at the bottom). • Dust bag - the real ones are high quality with a gold tree printed on them (bottom right corner - on both sides) - the fake felt like a dusting cloth and had poor stitching, the tree was printed on but the gold was not as bright. The real dust bag is more of a burgundy/brown colour, the fake was brown.

(photo of genuine bag). Mulberry also produce dust bags in white with a dark tree. • Shop tag - is attached with black string onto the real bags. It was attached by a plastic tie on the fake bag. Fakes do have them attached with string - so don't just go on this alone • Genuine care cards can be brown as shown above or cream as shown below • • The genuine bags do not come with a 'genuine leather' tag in the shape of cow hide.

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