Yulia
Authentication is a total joke
I just wanted to my experience with this authentication service. Typically everyone is complaining about a fact that counterfeits get through the authentication process but the opposite can also happen, like what happened this time. A pair of authentic Chanel CC earrings was sold on Poshmark, which were sent to the authentication team. The earrings did not have stamps - sometimes it happens with Chanel items for various reasons (either they are not present originally, or only one is present or they tend to fall off with time) and anyone with a real authenticating experience would be looking at the small details like quality of manufacturing, crystal placement, ornaments etc - to determine authenticity. So what Poshmark did is they sent the earrings to this third party authentication service, which came back with the response that item is a counterfeit. Reasons were: - Pushbacks are different colour to the colour of the earrings (?!) - it is very suspicious that both hallmarks are missing Hence, they declared item as a counterfeit. 1) Authenticating by pushbacks - are you kidding me??? This is a generic item without any affiliation to the brand or stamps on them. The funniest part here is that 1 day before the earrings were despatched to Poshmark, those poor pushbacks were picked up in person from Chanel New York's flagship store, so that the buyer could enjoy a new set for hygiene purposes. 2) Suspicious that there are no hallmarks? Please, that's the favourite part of Chanel costume jewellery together with the crystals that they like to loose! 3) Have they tried to check the quality of the back surface, crystal placement, small grooves on the sides of the earrings and compare them to the other items? I really don't think so. This is just an example I wanted to share what those "authentication" services rely on when they do their "authentication" and how sheer stupidity and inexperience can allow counterfeits to pass as originals and even vice versa.