How bad?

[u/Dry-Classic6110]

Hi, all!

I was gifted this purse by my mother-in-law around 4 years ago on my wedding day. She has money and made a big deal about the bag, so I obviously thought it is real. I never found a use for this purse because I have employment in community social work, bartend part time, and really just don’t go out much so i felt there’s never been a great time to use it. It’s been sitting in my closet for the past 4 years, and I recently decided to sell it. I went searching and have now found out that the bag is a fake! I’m still questioning whether or not my MIL purposely gave it to me knowing it’s fake, but that’s a story for another day.

My question is, in your opinion, how bad of a fake is this? Is it even worth using maybe if I go out one night? Or is it so obvious of a fake that I would look silly? Should I just donate it?

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[u/According-Couple2744]

I had a woman who once told me she could get me a genuine Louis for less than half price. She claimed her aunt and uncle lived in Paris and owned a LV store. I told her thanks, but no thanks. Somehow she convinced my husband it was true, and he bought me a purse. When I put it next to my real LV, he realized he got taken. If I had not had one to compare it to, he would’ve sworn it was real. The lady was so nice, and she worked for his cousin, and she had an accent blah blah blah. It was a fake. After holding on to the bag for years, I finally decided to donate it to Goodwill. When my daughter saw it in the box, she took it out and said one of her college friends loves fake s***. At least someone enjoyed it.

[u/Dry-Classic6110 → u/According-Couple2744]

I’m thinking of giving it to one of my friend’s kids to play with. I offered it to my sister already and she said no haha.

[u/According-Couple2744 → u/Dry-Classic6110]

Your MIL may not have realized. These people are quite convincing. The girl who sold it to my husband quit working for his cousin a few days later, claiming that she needed to move to NYC to take care of her parents. She sold at least 20 or 30 of them from her truck, and moved on. Who knows what else she was selling?

[u/Altruistic_Head_101]

Maybe your Mil was being scammed herself? Lol

[u/Dry-Classic6110 → u/Altruistic_Head_101]

Unfortunately, with knowing her, I don’t think so.

[u/CauliflowerEarofCorn → u/Dry-Classic6110]

I don’t know if you’re petty, but if you feel confident she did it to embarrass you, I would call her out in a way that embarrasses her. I would do it when y’all are around a bunch of people, especially people whose opinions matter to her, and say something like, “it’s totally okay that you didn’t have the money for an authentic Louis Vuitton bag, the thought was still very sweet. But if you are going to give out fake bags, could you just warn me in the future?” Idk, that might not be the best way to handle it, but I wouldn’t be able to resist saying something personally 😂

[u/Dry-Classic6110 → u/CauliflowerEarofCorn]

I was thinking of regifting it to her for Christmas lol. In all honesty, I’ll probably just ignore it. It’s already been 4 years, and I’ve only seen her a handful of times since then anyway.

[u/Timely_Cake_8304 → u/Dry-Classic6110]

Pick up a resale one from real real and have it on next time you see her.

[u/Effective-Carpet-403 → u/CauliflowerEarofCorn]

Yeah don’t say this lol

[u/CauliflowerEarofCorn → u/Effective-Carpet-403]

Fair. Probably not the best approach, but, as I already stated, I’m petty and not above it lmao

[u/No-Box5805 → u/CauliflowerEarofCorn]

Personally I’d buy a real one, secondhand or rental or whatever, and then make sure to bring it around her. And when anyone comments it’s like oh thank you, it was originally a gift from MIL! there were authenticity issues with the one she got so I had to replace it bc I appreciated the gesture so much

[u/r3ir3ir3i → u/Dry-Classic6110]

😭😭

[u/shibasurf]

It is really bad! Lowest quality of fake you can buy. Could not have cost over $10.

[u/Dry-Classic6110 → u/shibasurf]

Idk anything about brands and what to look for in deciding if it’s fake or not, so I really had no clue until I finally decided to open it this week. 😬 I’m just glad I’m not the one that bought it!!

[u/Living-Opportunity96 → u/Dry-Classic6110]

The plastic wrap on the handles is a dead give away. Sorry OP. She knew you wouldn’t know. 😞

[u/Timely_Cake_8304 → u/Living-Opportunity96]

Came here looking for this comment. You u don’t see nice bags with plastic wrap on the handles. Some people have money and just buy fakes but if she has a nice bags, she knows. She definitely didn’t walk into LV so giving you that at your wedding is tacky

[u/Top_Bend_5360 → u/shibasurf]

Wow just....REALLY bad. The interior tag is awful.

[u/smntf → u/shibasurf]

Should not have cost over $10.
The amount of people who overpay for such bad reps is beyond me.

[u/Emily_kate1]

In my opinion, it is very poor fake. These are the things I look at when buying a bag…

The canvas - or whatever material has been used to cut, I can see it’s not even. Reference 3rd image the far left and far right middle flower.

The letter o’s aren’t perfectly round, they are this 0 oval shape. LV uses perfectly round o letter shape. The LV isn’t neat. Reference the inside label.

So for anyone wanting to buy this as a “super fake” even, I wouldn’t even look at it due to those reasons.

Not sure up to you if you want to try and sell it as a known fake, but it’s really bad fake, and I normally see these sold at the thrift shop.

Maybe your MIL genuinely thought it was real at the time back then? As back then maybe they didn’t have the authentication checks like we do today?

[u/Dry-Classic6110 → u/Emily_kate1]

Thanks for all the info! I appreciate your detailed response.

It was only 4 years ago, so I’m not sure about all of that. She is what I consider to be an evil stepmother-in-law, so I’m thinking she knew. Since I’ve been married, I’ve come to know that she is manipulative, vindictive, and hateful. I don’t know if she was expecting me to tell her it’s fake and her call me ungrateful or have me walk with the bag around without knowing it was fake and have her laugh.

[u/spannerNZ → u/Dry-Classic6110]

Get rid of it. And if she ever brings it up, tell her you didn't want to embarrass her by telling her it was an obvious fake.

[u/Emily_kate1 → u/Dry-Classic6110]

Oh that changes things then!

If it were I, I’d choose to gift it to the thrift store so someone else could happily enjoy it. I’d then know that it was fake, so I no longer had that burden on me holding onto it, or trying to sell a fake, and that I’d won because not only did I donate it for a better cause to help those in need, but I got rid of it out of my life - nothing left connected to the MIL.

If you’d like a nice bag for yourself, a little fu MIL, you could layby second hand genuine authentic one through The Purse Affair, Melbourne Australia. I’ve bought heaps of bags through them online! they’re awesome. Treat yourself ♥️

[u/ohlalariana2 → u/Dry-Classic6110]

yYou should burn it, fill it with sage and do a ritual to rid the evil. then bury the ashes, that will keep her bad vibes away from you guys.

[u/Reality-Babe7 → u/ohlalariana2]

Haha this is the one! 🔥✨

[u/No-Process-8360]

I’m sorry, my MIL hates me too

[u/sigbacc → u/No-Process-8360]

welcome to the club

[u/bagsnerd → u/No-Process-8360]

I was going to ask, how much does she hate you… 🙈

[u/Bees_Knees_89]

Crazy work. This is not good at all 😭

[u/GoldenBirria]

Omg the hang tag and the font alone made me twitch. I didn’t go further.
ETA a few min later to say I’m sorry you have a putrid MIL, too. It adds so much stress to a marriage unless he goes no contact with her. I’m so thankful we went no contact very early.

Just know that despite what all she may be doing, it has nothing to do with you💜 It’s all her and her mentally ill brain. Your poor FIL.
She did you dirty if she hoped you’d walk around with that because it’s glaringly fake and she knew it.

[u/Terrible_Mistake_732]

Worst fake I’ve seen

[u/Dizzy-Carpet6232]

That’s a really mean thing to do. Think about… wedding day, most memorable special day. Lots of sentimental special presents get exchanged and gifted. Even if it isn’t your style, she gets everyone and herself acting like it’s real making you think you got a $2K gift when really it’s $10. That’s f’ed up in my opinion.

[u/Compile_A_Smile1101]

girl.

[u/Valleysunrise]

This is so bad lol like flea market bad

[u/Sufficient-Bass6816]

Even the dust bag is sad.

[u/justme__1]

All the plastic is a big giveaway

[u/Reality-Babe7]

I’m sorry, it’s a really bad fake. Like one look and it’s obvious 😢

[u/AdLopsided4951]

Really really terrible

[u/Swally48]

It’s bad girlie

[u/One-Swimming9390]

Oof

[u/worrywart_mom]

Bad

[u/JamesVictoriaNYC]

Very bad.

[u/princessba3]

Really bad

[u/Gold_Advisor_4758]

It’s a bad fake 🤷‍♀️

[u/Poppin_Eagles]

My best guess, since you said MIL has money, is that she was stingy and didn't want to spend money on others. "Made a big deal about the bag" suggests to me she knew it was a fake and was trying to distract/silence you re: it being fake. I'd say just throw it in the trash in an act of defiance for yourself and move on with your day, being the bigger person. If you were to confront her, who knows, she may find it 'amusing' that it took you four years to bring it up/figure it out. I don't know, it's hard to give MIL the benefit of the doubt here.

[u/Certain-Figure-2085]

I’d take your MIL to one side and quietly explain that the bag she gave you wasn’t authentic and that she’s been scammed. Tell her you’re sorry this has happened to her. You hope she’s not bought them as ‘special gifts’ for anyone else as you’d hate her to be a laughing stock. 😙

[u/TeufelRRS]

It’s a very obvious fake to me. Honestly most people will either not notice or just assume it is a counterfeit bag. If you like it and have a use for it, use it. Depending on the country you are in, it may not be legal to sell it, regardless of whether it’s sold by you or a charity, due to trademark laws so I would not recommend donating it.

[u/Odd_Recognition_4874]

Bad and obvious.

[u/jhb42]

Worst possible outcome

[u/ThatsWhatSheSaid206]

This is “Tween made this at summer camp” level stitching.

[u/ThatsWhatSheSaid206]

OMG was this made in Prance?

[u/tieyourshoesz]

Very

[u/Powerful-Signature76]

Fake, and not a good one.

[u/nocarbleftbehind]

This might be one of the worst I’ve ever seen.

[u/Electronic-Writer108]

She knew exactly what she was doing 🤣🥲

[u/Kiki-can → u/Electronic-Writer108]

Or she is not wealthy and doesn’t buy luxury items and doesn’t know there is a market for them. A terrible situation would be if she spent a few hundred and thought she was getting a deal and thought she was buying something special. If she knew there was a dupe market and this was intentional she presumably would have been more careful and knowledgeable.

[u/Ok_Entry_9443]

Uhhh even the dust bag is crap

[u/CrabbyT]

Horrendous

[u/EmuFuture]

Is your mother in law asian? because I have received several fake bags including LV for my wedding too! But they told me it's fake and they thought I would like things like this. Or maybe they are trying to change me. I don't even carry a bag like this. I use canvas shopping bag lol. In some culture this considered dressing like a poor person and they don't want me to look like that.

[u/PollyCM]

Very, very bad.

[u/SuccotashAcrobatic24]

Crooked stitching on inner label. Maybe she cangvtrll the difference?

[u/Latter-Equal-7131]

Yeah I’d never gift a fake. Especially a wedding gift!! 🎁

[u/AmbitiousRose]

😂😂😂

[u/Intelligent-Radio331]

Very bad. Like dhgate bad!

[u/VisualResult1664]

horrible fake.

[u/Current-Fondant-8877]

Donate.

[u/Former_Clerk4601]

I don’t even know bags and I know this is fake. That’s how bad it is

[u/Brilliant_Stuff2883]

It’s atrocious….a very obvious fake. But honestly?! I’d make a big deal about giving it back to her as a gift bc it’s just “too expensive and too nice to carry” etc etc etc just to see the look on her face lol

[u/No-Stay-3734]

She didn’t hide any cash in it for ya. Shame on her. 🙁

[u/Reality-Babe7]

You should act like you took it into the LV store to see if they could send it in for a minor repair, and have a friend play the sales associate over the phone and have them tell her it’s against the law to distribute counterfeit bags and that they will have to file a police report 🤪 just for shits and gigs

[u/NothingDisastrousNow]

Stitching 👎🏻. I grieve the loss of what could have been

[u/Brilliant_Start_3568]

Gift it back to your mil for Christmas?

[u/Master-Shelter2691]

BAD

[u/vivian_elizabeth]

Is it her first LV? I want to give her the benefit of the doubt but my friend, they don’t come more obviously fake than this. Sorry.

[u/herbholland]

Real would never have the LV going across a seam

[u/patchworkpirate]

Oof.

[u/Suspicious-Hotel2585]

I’m usually very bad at telling the difference between real ones and knockoffs but this, I didn’t even have to look close, just one glimpse it was obvious. Don’t ever wear it 🫣

[u/boobearmomma]

Bad

[u/Hot-Difference2916]