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"    Don&amp;#039;t want to splurge on a new designer bag in the store but also don&amp;#039;t want to risk buying a fake online? Many retailers claim to sell inexpensive, pre-owned luxury items but often these products turn out to be counterfeit. If you are a vendor, many times you will be whopped with a large listing fee. Fei Deyle was obsessed Herv\u00E8 L\u00E8ger and became an expert authenticator, eventually starting a blog selling the designer&amp;#039;s clothing. Soon, she was sought out to authenticate her readers&amp;#039; items. This lead her to create Lollipuff, the only online auction site that pre-screens items to guarantee the authenticity of high-end, pre-owned designer goods. Combining beauty and brains (a MC must) Lollipuff uses a patent-pending authentication process and software to screen luxury goods. Even better, they charge a low, flat rate for you to list your Louboutin pumps, Balenciaga bags, and Chanel clutches, compared with other sites that charge 30 - 60 percent. That means more bang for your buck.  We spoke with Fei about some authenticating tips that we can use for our favorite items. See if you can spot the differences.      Photo: Courtesy of Fei Deyle Herv\u00E8 L\u00E8ger:  \u2022 The Herv\u00E8 L\u00E8ger dress on the left is authentic.  \u2022 On the fake gray Herv\u00E8 L\u00E8ger dress, you can see that all bands used for construction are the same width.  \u2022 Real Herv\u00E8 L\u00E8ger has bands of varying widths strategically placed to flatter a woman&amp;#039;s body.  \u2022 Most counterfeit Herv\u00E8 L\u00E8ger have a thick heavy fabric like real Herv\u00E8 L\u00E8ger, but the fit and stretch is very different.  \u2022 Tags should inspected as well as the overall design of the Herv\u00E8 L\u00E8ger dress.  \u2022 People may attach authentic Herv\u00E8 L\u00E8ger tags to a fake dress.     Photo: Courtesy of Fei Deyle Christian Louboutin:  \u2022 The Christian Louboutin shoes on the left are counterfit.  \u2022 First, Christian Louboutin boxes are made of a dense hard cardboard. The box in the background of the left photograph looks flimsy and is creased in several spots. This is not common for authentic Louboutins.  \u2022 The lining on the inside of the fake shoe is crude and thick.  \u2022  It is common for counterfeiters to place heel taps in a plastic zip bag.  \u2022  For authentic Louboutins, heel taps will come in a tiny red Christian Louboutin draw-string bag.  \u2022 Louboutin bottoms are made of leather covered with a beautiful red lacquer. The counterfeit on the left does not look like leather. \u2022 The Louboutin stamp should look like it was imprinted in the leather.     Photo: Courtesy of Fei Deyle Chanel:  \u2022 The Chanel bag on the left is authentic. \u2022 The most obvious differences to the untrained eye is located on the last image of the Chanel serial card in the right photograph.  \u2022 Chanel serial cards never have holographic numbers or bordering.  \u2022 On the fake, the card has multi-color reflections.  \u2022 On an authentic, it should always be plain gold.  \u2022 11127595 is a commonly used number for counterfeit Chanel.  \u2022  While it may be possible that an authentic has this number, the chances of coming across that number and the item being authentic is vanishingly small as each serial number is unique to each bag.  \u2022  The serial number also suggests that the item was produced sometime in 2006-2008; this is not possible for this bag.  \u2022  Finally, the font for the serial number is totally incorrect. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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