Buying a used Chanel on eBay? Would I be mad to?

[iloveshetlandponies]

I've wanted a Chanel for years and been watching a few on eBay

How likely are they to be fake? Has anyone bought one from there and how did it go? Did you have much recourse if it did turn out to be fake

I would be absolutely gutted to buy a fake or support the fake industry in any way. But at the same time I can only afford to buy used

This is one of the ones I'm looking at

www.ebay.co.uk/itm/404768319698?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=48kFc0tiRZm&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=gBBVmftFSDy&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

It's awful really, fakes cost so many hardworking people time and money.

For what it's worth, I'd say 95% eBay listings in the Chanel handbag category are the real deal. They do have an authentication programme, but I don't know the skills of their authenticators. Chanel is tricky, the rules aren't always rules - for example one time in the late 80s, Chanel used a backwards logo, which seems to be the number one thing 'spot a fake' guides mention. But some authentic Chanel have this reversed logo

Which one, the first one ?

And to me, although I’m no expert. I would buy bags from eBay if coming from the UK but would avoid ones from abroad just because I’m wary of the import fees etc.

OP there are designer handbag reseller groups on Facebook I can recommend if you’d like! Any fakes get spotted and turfed out straight away.

@ThisHonestQuail yes that would be amazing please x

The original bag you listed looks real for sure, just pretty old and not in the best of condition.

Yes it's quite old I think and definitely not in perfect condition

That wouldn't bother me though

I don’t have any old vintage bags from 80s/90s, there might’ve been the odd Gucci fabric leather bag and possibly a leather Gucci one she bought on a trip to Italy. My nana had the designer bag the Queen had, can’t think of the name. This one, no idea why she suddenly bought the Boy bag but was on a trip to London I think to Sloane Square Chanel with her older daughter (DM’s half sister) and she saw this bag and loved it. In black. I’m lucky it has everything needed for resale if I wanted to do so. Nana wasn’t really into designer though, she might’ve liked them but it wasn’t her taste/style, nor were fur coats. She was typically a stunning dresser. My own DM in the 60s had Chanel suits, jackets and bags as she worked in advertising and she never kept them which I was a bit upset about! Yohji Yamamoto, Pierre Cardin and Biba/Quant were other faves of hers. She just never thought to keep those clothes though apart from a couple of YY pieces and does have a couple of designer dresses from that era she kept but not the ones listed above.

I think this daughter inherited the other bags but they’re really not my style. I’m sure any dust bags like you say have disintegrated over time from that era.

My aunt (other one of DM’s sisters) has a huge collection of designer bags, some one offs (a lovely small soft black leather fendi with minimal hardware) but she bought a few of those in Italy as she travelled there for work a lot. I fell out with her over lockdown though and she’d promised to leave me the bags!

I agree with this that the bag listed is not necessarily fake. It's a vintage bag not in the best of shape from a Japanese seller that has good feedback and is selling lots of vintage bags. Zeko who is the trusted person for authentication can be contacted to authenticate it for you. The earlier article about Japanese resellers is by her. She also doesn't call them out as fake but sometimes 'altered'.

To your original question, no I personally wouldn't buy from ebay.

Just to say I am certain this is authentic too. The way the gold has worn on the hardware is right for a bag that age, and various other things make me certain it's another early Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel bag. I love the proportions of this era bags, they are far more rectangular now. Mostly though, it's just a gut thing for me when I see Chanel bags, I can always tell an original from a fake. (Much like breasts 😂)

Edited to say that out of all the Chanel bags linked to so far, I would go for this one. Really though, OP, if you are going the vintage route, try to buy what you know and if you're not sure, don't do it unless a refund is guaranteed.

I sold my vintage flap in vestiares for £1800. So it might be authentic because the conditions already not good. But i still would not buy from ebay. I go to vestiares instead

@iloveshetlandponies

Did you use the review filter and read the negative reviews? No - I would not buy from there.

Have been reading through them, will definitely avoid this one

Even if genuine I don't want to risk extra customs / delivery charges

And if it isn't as described it seems it's a headache to return

I've bought three Chanel bags from eBay in the last 3 months. All were sent for the authentication service. I found it excellent. The first one the authentication came back as replica/ fake! So I got a full refund within about 3 days. The other 2 were authenticated. Very pleased and will use eBay again but only with the authentication service.

And I also bought one from global lux closet. Sasha is absolutely amazing. She Has a fantastic reputation in luxury resale and am thrilled with my purchase from her.

No way you would not sell a real one through eBay. Only caveat would be if it was stolen perhaps.

TBF it’s from a large Japanese business seller. Vintage designer bags are a big thing over there. I’d be happy enough to accept that their bags are genuine.

Xupes

Lol no it isn't. 🙄It's a vintage from the mid 90s. The price reflects the condition not the authenticity. The Japanese consignment market is booming.

So is the Japanese fake market. That listing is too cheap, doesn’t offer the guarantee and there is nothing to show that the bag in the picture is the bag you’ll be sent. So we will have to agree to disagree

These older styles didn't always have names. I've seen it called square single flap.

PMSL no they are not stock images 😂

Honestly OP you won't get anywhere on here, people who know absolutely nothing about the MASSIVE luxury preloved/consignment market spewing unfettered scaremongering and ignorance.

True they are expensive. But the only way to be sure of authenticity

Wrong. Both the seller AND ebay offer a Guarantee for the item - its clearly stated in the listing, stop making things up to suit your own scaremonger narrative.

And how do you propose any seller of any item would "show" that the item pictured is the item that would be received, pray tell?

The only way to establish that is inspection of the item upon receipt.

https://www.selfridges.com/GB/en/cat/?freeText=chanel+bag&srch=Y

Scaremongering narrative? It’s a conversation about a handbag not a political debate. Calm down.