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All orders can be cancelled until they are shipped. If your order has been paid and you need to make a change or cancel an order, you must contact us within 12 hours. Once the packaging and shipping process has started, it can no longer be cancelled.
Your satisfaction is our #1 priority. Therefore, you can request a refund or reshipment for ordered products if:
We do not issue the refund if:
*You can submit refund requests within 15 days after the guaranteed period for delivery (45 days) has expired. You can do it by sending a message on Contact Us page
If you are approved for a refund, then your refund will be processed, and a credit will automatically be applied to your credit card or original method of payment, within 14 days.
If for any reason you would like to exchange your product, perhaps for a different size in clothing. You must contact us first and we will guide you through the steps.
Please do not send your purchase back to us unless we authorise you to do so.
Canvas texture is the first thing I check now thanks to this.
My cousin almost dropped $800 on a fake Alma BB from an Instagram seller. I pulled up this guide and we went through it together over the photos. The monogram spacing was uneven and the hardware engravings looked mushy—two red flags called out right here. She cancelled the order and found a verified one on The RealReal instead. We both keep this saved on our phones now. The bit about seasonal prints needing to be vivid and precise was new to me and caught another fake we almost missed.
Quick read with genuinely actionable tips for resale shopping.
I've been reselling luxury bags for two years and this covers the essentials well. However, experienced authenticators already know all of this—it doesn't go into heat stamps, glazing quality, or canvas color variations between production years, which is where real fakes trip you up.
The font spacing tip is so underrated—fakes always mess that up.
Hardware should feel heavy and smooth—that one line changed how I shop.
Straightforward and easy to reference. The checklist structure means I don't have to reread the whole thing each time—I just scan the relevant section depending on what I'm inspecting.
The pattern symmetry section needs more detail. Saying monograms should match at seams is true but the guide doesn't explain that certain styles are exceptions, which could confuse newer buyers checking Speedy handles or Alma curves.
Texted this to three friends after I caught a fake at a pop-up 🙈
The five-step format is digestible and quick to apply.
My aunt gifted me a vintage Speedy she found at an estate sale. I was skeptical but ran through every point in this guide—monogram alignment was perfect, stitching was tight and even, hardware had weight and clean engravings. The leather even had that rich scent described in the material section. Turns out it was authentic and worth almost triple what she paid. Without this guide I would have let it sit in a closet untouched.
Real LV hardware has such a distinct weight to it once you know.
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Used the dust bag quality tip and caught a reseller trying to pass off a replica with generic packaging. The guide mentions real LV packaging is a complete experience and this seller's box was flimsy with no logo.
Would benefit from photos comparing real versus fake details but the written checklist is a solid foundation.
The smell test sounds weird but it works every time.
Saved to my phone for thrift store runs.
I was browsing a consignment shop in Miami and almost bought a Neverfull GM that looked perfect at first glance. Pulled up the guide and noticed the monograms were slightly misaligned where the canvas met the stitching—exactly the kind of awkward logo cutoff mentioned in the pattern section. The zipper also felt lighter than expected. I walked away and found a verified authentic one at a different shop the next day. The side-by-side difference in hardware alone was striking once I knew what to feel for.
Wish someone handed me this five years ago.
Decent starting point for beginners. Covers the obvious authentication markers but skips over things like the quality of interior lining, date code formats by era, and country-of-origin stamps—all things fakers have gotten better at imitating.
Never buying secondhand LV without checking the seam alignment first.
The receipts-matching-the-product-line detail is clever—never considered that.
Compact enough to use in real time while shopping, which is the whole point. I've tried longer authentication guides before and they're useless in the moment because you can't scroll through twenty pages at a counter.
Quick and clear—I screenshotted the hardware section.
Functional and focused, though adding a section on how to authenticate online purchases from photos alone would make it much more complete for today's resale market.