Name: RealReal Authentication Demo (1)
Uploaded: 2015-02-18
Duration: 1 min 50 s
Description: RealReal Authentication Demo (1)

RealReal Authentication Demo (1)

so handbags are definitely the most counterfeited category. We look at seizures from customs and Border Patrol and out of the luxury goods sector. It's all about handbags, so we definitely spend a lot of time looking at them often when making a fake. They'll make the outside look good, but they really skip a lot on the inside and you'll see like a shiny synthetic thread being used as opposed to a natural linen thread. It will have a greasy kind of oily feel to the material. You have to be able to make it cheap to have a market for it. So these are both different representations of the Irma's Evelyn bag, which is really popular right now. One of these is not real, and we can go through a few of the steps as to why, if you just look at the front of both of them, the shape of the preparation is different, and the shape of the leather tab is different. On the flip side, this snatches of inferior quality. There's almost a bluish tint to the metal, as there is on the dog leash closures, which is inaccurate. That's a sign of a cheaper metal on this one. We have very clean snap, and we have solid nickel that's been stamped. Airmen. If you look at the interior of the bag, this is self line, meaning there's not an extra piece of material in there, so you can see those preparations all the way through. And this bag they added a pocket, which is not a characteristic of an authentic Evelyn bag. The hardware is just more flimsy. There's a big gap between the space here, and all in all, it's just a lighter weight, different material than it should be. So this is a fake Armas Evelyn bags. We get around 2000 items a day, and we'll maybe get two or three fakes a day. So it's not a lot, but it's enough to keep us busy all day long.