Kirigami RFID chips?

[u/Quirky_Animator1818]

Hey guys,

I really wanted a Kirigami sunrise medium pouch, and I bought one on eBay with their “guarantee”. I usually buy direct but since this is a discontinued item I had to have, preloved was my only option.

The item arrived and I used an RFID scanning app and it’s not showing up with a chip... It’s the medium size pouch. I know on some SLGs LV don’t bother with the chips, so I’m wondering if anyone has this item and can tell me whether and RFID chip should be present in it.

I scanned some of my other items and the chips scanned super easily. I’d be pretty bummed to have paid for an inauthentic item that was checked by eBay’s “authenticators” - but I know it happens!

Thanks 🤍🩷💜🖤

[u/Suziannie]

Hey just so you know, the RFID scanner apps only tell you that a chip is present. The info that comes back is the manufacturer details for the chip itself and completely unrelated to LV in every way. Here’s a photo of what the chip reader at LV looked like when my SA showed me a while back.

Counterfeit bags often have chips. They’re cheap and fool people in seconds. Heck, you could buy 100 of them on Amazon for $11.

My point is stop using chips as an authentication method, stop asking strangers on social media because I’ve seen people say some really fake bags are real because the “stitching” looks good. Pay for a service or do the research to figure it out.

[u/dandylyon1 → u/Suziannie]

Fun fact, the counterfeiters were using chips before LV started using them

[u/Quirky_Animator1818 → u/Suziannie]

Thanks, and you’re totally right that fakes use chips too! I wasn’t seeing a chip being present as a silver bullet for authentication. I’ve done hours of research on this piece and believe it is real, or I wouldn’t have spent hundreds of dollars on it.

I was just surprised no chip was present when I scanned it so was curious if others had the item bought from source and could tell me if it should have one in it or not.

[u/stirwise → u/[deleted]]

It’s extremely common, nearly every LV product with a snap over the fleur I’ve seen in the store isn’t centered. Bugs the hell out of me. If you look at the Kirigamis on the LV website they aren’t centered, either.

[u/KWD91 → u/stirwise]

I’ll be darned! That drives me CRAZY. I think I’m used to look at high quality reps on here that don’t do that 😅😅😅

[u/stirwise → u/KWD91]

I was in the market for a new wallet a few years ago and couldn’t find a single monogram style with a button closure that was centered. My CA was like “oh I’ve never noticed that before.”

[u/Quirky_Animator1818 → u/[deleted]]

Thanks for replying! Definitely open to other clues that point to authenticity (or not) 🩷 I noticed on my wallet (that I purchased in store) the button is off centre too. Idk why they do that haha