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| Follow your heart, if it doubts, don't go through with the investment. |
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Ty Authenticity |
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The only true way to reassure yourself that your Beanie in question is authentic is to go through one of the following highly regarded authentication services. |
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Becky Estenssoro of True Blue Beans |
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Peggy Gallagher of Beanie Phenomenon |
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Becky Phillips of pbbags.com |
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The following tips are to help you avoid buying counterfeit Beanies. |
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Do Ask if the dealer can guarentee authenticity, if not leave immediately. |
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Do Ask if the dealer will refund your money if the Beanie in question is found to be a fake by a professional. |
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If you feel the price is too good to be true, then it probably is. |
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Do Ask if the dealer is knowledgeable in Ty products. |
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Do Ask where the Beanie came from. |
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Do Compare the Beanie in question with one you already know that is real. |
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Do Examine the Hang and Tush Tag. |
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Do Get to know the dealer, and earn their trust, they may become more forthcoming with pertinent information. |
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Look at and feel the material. It should be of the utmost quality. |
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Do Check the fillers and stuffing in Beanies, it should not be too overstuffed or too under stuffed. Beanies often times are regulated very well, this should not happen, but on occasion it does. |
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Do Check the stuffing in a Beanie Bear's head, the head should not be excessively firm! It'd be best to compare the Beanie Bear in question with a similar Beanie Bear of that time. |
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Do Look for irregularities, ex: Box shaped ears on a Beanie Bear, an oversized Beanie Bear head, close together eyes on a Beanie Bear. Sometimes oddities occur, but you cannot be totally sure if it is authentic unless purchased from a Ty Authorized dealer, or authenticated by a major beanie authentication company. |
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Do Ask if the store in which you are buying from is a Ty Retailer. Beanies Babies should sell around $5-7 US, Beanie Buddies should sell around $10 US, unless in the Large Buddy size $30 US, Extra Large Buddy size $50 US, or Jumbo Buddy size $100 US. |
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The following is part of Ms. Janie's site and her hard work on the issue of fake Sakura I beanies. |
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Fake Versus Real Sakura Beanie Differences
The Components of a Fake Sakura
Authentic Sakura Tags |
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The following have been discovered through the very hard work of Peggy Gallagher of Beanie Phenonmenon. |
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The following counterfeit serial numbers for Buckingham, Nipponia, and Sakura beanies can be found on the inner portion of the tush tag. |
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Buckingham
4HBNGFRD
4MHU7TFD
4MHT9UT3
4MLPUHG5
4DDB339J
4ZSOGT6D
48PRDE93
4BGUOERA
4SXWQAZD
4CFTREDA
4LN7G9FD |
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Chinook
4PUG8DF5
4FRE5ASW
4AR6WE8G |
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Nipponia
4RPAGDX3
4LDHGRAE
4RDAE9PO |
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Sakura
4UP0ERG9
4B8G9DP8
49F86DZB
49P8GDZE
4FWEZTKT
4FROEAQZ
4G9R6WB7
47P8B6GD
4E6GBA8Z
48GEZ07P
40GEA78G
LP0U887U
4BZAFDRP |
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Royal Blue Peanut
The very rare Royal Blue peanut elephant beanie MUST have a 1st gen tush tag (white with black writing). The copyright must be 1995 on the tush tag! NO OTHER YEAR IS ACCEPTABLE ON THIS BEANIE!!! |
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All Ty
All Ty products MUST have the small c in the circle on the tush tag! |
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Garcia and Libearty
Many Garcia and Libearty Beanies have the small circle before the date on the tush tags but are missing the small c! |
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Any comments, questions, suggestions? E-Mail me! |
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| Last Updated: June 3, 2002 |
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