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JITMAN
20 yrs ago
Is it true that designer bags, eg Louis vuitton, are more expensive in Hong Kong than some of the other Asian locations? Are they cheaper in Singapore and Bangkok....and if so how does one access these without actually flying out to these locations? Is it possible to get cheaper than the boutique prices in HK without going FAKE?!
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Some designer shops are more expensive. I have a slight addiction to designer clothes and bags and I shop around every country I travel. I buy my Hermes scaves in the US because they are cheaper there than HK. LV is cheaper in France and the US. Versace is cheaper in the US as well but manily at outlet shops. I went to an Outlet mall in Boston where there was 150 designer shops and many items were this seaon. I bought a beautiful winter coat for 350 US and saw it at Versace in Pacific Place selling for 45000 HK. BIG DIFFERENCE. I also bought a Burberry Trench Coat in an Outlet in Freeport Maine for 375 US it sells for 10990 in HK. You can order of the internet designer bags and save a lot of money. I bought 2 GUcci purses last year for 200 us each and one sells for 8900 in HK. I also like Milan Station but I like it new better! Good luck. Save your shopping for the outlets it's worth it!!
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The website is http://store.luxtoria.com/pradahandbags.html
But there are so many more with great deals. Good luck. I want to know where you get these great fakes, I would love a Hermes kelly bag, I have been on a wait list for 4 months and no bag and they can't tell me what it will cost me. All the fakes I've seen look fake, where do you find these good ones? Thank you
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MarykKay,
I had the same problem just yesterday at Hermes.
I just wanted to know the price of a kelly bag. The sales woman could'nt OR would'nt tell me. Mumbled something about the prices are always changing. Is this true?
She had a huge kelly in the showroom and managed to tell me the price on that one...so I can't quite understand the logic there.
Right now I'm on the waiting list at Chloe for a bag...and they were acting strange too. Would'nt tell me what number on the waiting list I was. Weird-
Since my hubby is in Europe right now he's going to see if Hermes will give us the low down on actual prices. I'll let you know what he finds out.
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BTW, you can find loads of auth bags on ebay...some with huge discounts! Just make sure you buy from a trustworthy/ positive feedback seller.
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Kasey
20 yrs ago
OK moonriver, how about a tip off as to which shops are the Lane Crawfords of LoWo??
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20 yrs ago
The Hermes Kelly/Birkin etc are actually hand crafted. The price for a simple leather bag in Hong Kong (35cm Birkin) start around $40,000
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I work for one of the brands listed in this thread.
Here is a bit more of a low down for you.
Yes SOME items may be made in China, but certainly not the top end items, that cost the large amounts.
No factory, even in China can use the 'real' parts of the designer range in the fakes. Fabrics components etc are all monitored, so even offcuts can not be reused. Our company even has a security destruction facility for used packaging with our logo on it, so that it can't be used for fakes.
Obvioulsy factories in China and elsewhere do COPY goods and elements of the goods, but it is not the 'real' thing.
The leather that 'ages' goes through a special {expensive} natural tanning process called verchetta. It is considered a feature of the handbags that have it. fakes are very unlikely to do so, as it is only with wear that it shows, not at the point of sale.
Andrea et al, the whole point of buying the 'real' thing is that it is a luxury object. Presumably if these brands did not have the prestige or design status, you would not be interested in the fakes to try and emulate those qualities. If you're not prepared to 'pay up' why bother pretending that you can, which is what fakes are all about. Go and buy a reasonably priced handbag of just as good quality from an unknown designer.
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Don't worry Andrea, I'm not shallow and neither are you. It was Pumpkin who called HERSELF shallow,I think her attitude is kindof cool!
I didn't say security in China was good. I said 'obviously factories in China and elsewhere copy things.'
Overall my point was this: No one would bother copying these bags, and people {like yourself} wouldn't bother buying them, if they did not have prestige. That prestige is generated by the 'ludicrous' prices and marketing of the originals. By buying a fake you are validating that that the product is desirable and it is only deisrable because of the very factors that you so despise.
As you say silly women {and men} will go on buying the real thing and as long as they do, the market for fakes will still be a strong one.
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Kasey
20 yrs ago
I'd still love to hear from moonriver the shop numbers in Lowu that are the Lane Crawford of Lowu handbag shops! If you don't want to post it here moonriver, pls send me a msg through my Asiaxpat contact. Thanks!
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TC1
20 yrs ago
I think one is just kidding herself about the fake is exactly the same as the real one. I can't spot all the brand but I can always sport fake LV. They can be in top notch quality but it's still fake. If I were the sales person at Harrods, I probably didnt' want to tell you in your face about your fake bag.
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C
20 yrs ago
Haha, this thread is hilarious! To actually buy a fake product and openly acknowledge it as such is one thing, but it is truly bizarre to feel the need to defend one's fake purchases by criticizing the buyers/purveyers of non-fakes!
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C
20 yrs ago
I have no idea what axe you're referring to. Feeling a touch defensive, are we?
"Hilarioius" is hardly "upset"; you're obviously reading way too much into things!
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Its the very first time to know all about designer and fake designer bag, I am totally amazed for I have never been into designer bags, because they all look the same to me. In the street seems every body carries a LV, includind maids. I don't like the idea of being like every one else
OH, $20000, what I can do with 20000? Nice little break from HK?....
I am happy I am not into it and quiet lucky really
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