Fake handbags are a big problem for the big name brands like Guess, Coach, and Louis Vuitton.  These real hand bags can cost hundreds or even thousands.  They are made with the highest quality materials and are made to the tightest specifications.  The knock- off purses sells for considerably less than the real handbags and is not made to those tight specifications and materials.

The Guess, Coach, and Louis Vuitton purses are some of the hottest purses in today’s fashion scene.  These purses represent wealth, power, privilege, and style.  These purses are sported by the rich and famous, and are desired by the not so rich and famous.  With price ranges in the hundreds to thousands, they are some of the most expensive purses on the market.

The real authentic handbags that are made from these great brands represent the highest levels of quality.  These purses and hand bags are stitched with care and precision, using expensive, strong, and beautiful threads.  The materials these purses are made of are of the highest qualities.  The leather is supple and soft, the linen is rich, and the canvas is brilliant.  The colors are exquisite.  There are logos on the purse of the designer, and these are nice and clear for all to see.

The fake handbags cost a fraction of the more expensive handbags.  Instead of being hundreds to thousands, they are tens to a hundred.  With these purses being so much cheaper yet still claiming the name of the expensive purses, many people believe that they are either discontinued or discarded purses that are at a significant discount.  The heavy drop in prices helps to get those purses off the shelves and into the hands of those who would want them but simply cannot afford them.

Fake handbags tend not to be made to nearly as high specifications and quality of materials as the authentic handbags.  The stitching may not be finished on these purses or stitched well.  The folds in the leather are not as crisp.  The details are not as good and the logos are not distinct.  All of this is noticeable to those who are looking at the purses for their value and authenticity.  However, those who trust the seller or who are not as observant are not as likely to notice the lack of quality.

One of the main problems with the fake handbags is the damage to the reputation of those companies who have had their products stolen and remade.  Often, these replicas have been made quickly and cheaply which causes a drop in quality.  If this purse is purchased as a name brand pieces, the damage and wear-and-tear of the purse can be noted as a negative to the company, rather than being recognized as the fault of the reproducer.

Another problem that the legitimate purse and handbag creators are having is a loss of funds.  People who are unaware of the problem and the difference between the knock off purses and the authentic purses often buy only the cheaper purse.  This means that the marketing and time investment into a product is going towards profits that they will never realize.  This can cause many problems for those companies who are being cheated, including a price jump in the purses being sold to cover the costs of the purses that are stolen or knock offs.

The customers are being cheated as well.  The customers of these dealers in fake name brand purses are being stolen from in that they would not normally purchase purses that are not the name brand for the cost that they are purchasing these fakes at.  A non-name brand purse can be a five or ten dollar investment.  A fake name brand purse can be a fifty to several hundred dollar investment.  There is a significant change in the value of an authentic purse verses a non-name brand purse and there is no value in knock off purses, although people are paying huge amounts for these purses without realizing that they are not getting the true purse.

As well as these dealers are taking away the money of the customers, they are taking away the pride of the customer.  Once a customer finds that he or she has been cheated, they often feel that they having been taken as fools and their pride and self esteem levels often suffer due to this.