subject: How To Distinguish The Piracies From Genuine Chanel Wallets [print this page] Chanel wallets designs are concise and elegant so that they are very popular with women all over the world. But the high price frustrates many females. Many producers take this advantage and pirate the designs. If you want to buy a genuine Chanel wallet, you should know how to distinguish the piracies from the original ones. There are certain features that will help you make things out.
The first thing you can do is to check the material. Most Chanel wallets are made of suede. The color is dark and if you touch it, you can feel the concave-convex on the surface. The surface of the wallet feels fine and has a scent of original leather. The piracies are not made of suede. The surface of the wallet is reflective and has lower elasticity.
Then you can take a look at the shape of the wallet. Genuine Chanel wallets are stiff, while the pirated ones are usually collapsing.
You can check the marks on the wallet as well. The double C on the genuine Chanel wallet is gilded, and the gilding is quite thick. If you have ever checked the pirated wallet, you will discover that the gilding on the false double C is rally thin. Although the color is bright at first, it fades easily.
Another way is to check the chain of the wallet. A genuine chain has a fastener at the hook chain. The fasteners are most shaped in a lions head or double C. The genuine chains are heavier than the pirated ones. Besides, the end of the chain is usually covered with suede and sewed up with double strings. But you may see glue at the end of the chain on a piracy.
The most important distinguishment between the genuine Chanel wallet and the pirated wallets is that the genuine have a fluorescent anti-counterfeiting stick in each wallet. You can find the same serial number with the one on the original package. You can find a trick of amendment on the sticks in the piracies.
Whats more, you can find some hot stamping words on the inner surface of the wallet, which reads Chanel and Made in France or Made in Italy.
All in all, the safest way is to buy a wallet in an excusive agency if you really want a genuine Chanel wallet. If you cannot go to the excusive agency, you have to check the wallet that you buy carefully. You must make sure that the seller is going to give you the invoice so that you can protect you benefit in case that you get a pirated wallet.
