Carol IVES Carol IVES, Carol Diva, Pinsian, LLC, CarolDiva.com, caroldiva CarolDiva does not provide accurate reviews or professional authentication services

 The rebuttal admits to just an opinion versus fact. I submitted photos of my receipt (redacted). Shortly after I received my receipt, I was able to sell this purse right away. Don’t ever take your purse or artifact to a third-party repairer. The design shops will void and won’t repair your purse.

Prada took a long time (almost 2 months). I paid just $65 for the repair. If it is real, they will repair it. If it is fake, they won’t. Also, these design houses have every record of every artfiact they made versus these authenticators. If they had access to these databases then I could see how they would be valued but I doubt they don’t.

Why pay for these services when you could get an original receipt from the store via repair? Don’t use a middle man/woman, go to the direct source.

I was really surprised to read the negative reviews on Carol Ives (dba: Carol Diva).  I have been top rated eBay seller, Tradesy, Poshmark.. etc.. for almost 20 years with 7 figures in sales...   and have always been impressed by Carol's work from when she was still part of the "My Poupette" authentication team.  Carol's one of the original on-line authenticators and is well known as a professional in her field. 

Carol is really discriminating in her brand critiques which, if anything, would make her overly critical and cautious of the bag or item in question.  I have used her services when I've been confronted with challenging authentications. Example: Louis Vuitton vintage bags (The French Company) trunks (pre-date code items)  .. Vintage CHANEL pre-hologram serial codes, Hermes Birkins, etc... usually items over $5000 in value.   I am certain that I paid upwards of $50/authentication ++ HOWEVER:

In EVERY case, the paperwork she provided back was thorough citing date context for everything including:

an in-depth critique of the leather, stitch trim, inside lining, hardware details, monogram pattern/alignment, d-rings, etc, font adjustments  (example: LV has made many different subtle font changes with their date code stamps and other details): Carol highlights the historical details for the bags and how it falls w/i that context. She can pick out the tiniest detail identifying that the tail on the L is too short, the O's are overly round and look bigger than the L, the T's are almost touching each other or are so close that it looks like it.

Bottom line is that even Louis Vuitton CS representatives will never authenticate for you.   For every negative review on this site, there are 100,000 positives.  

I can only issue my opinion which ... by the way, wasn't solicited from Carol Ives, and that is to take these reviews with a grain of salt.

Unfortunately, people are quick to write a negative review on Ripoff report but less apt to publish the postiive experiences ... 

Check out the good stuff about Carol and form your own opinion.  She's the real deal, is thorough, intelligent and a true LV historian.