Welcome to The Purse Forum.

godzilla · Dec 15th, 2007, 01:54 AM

Hi Ladies,
Just want to let everyone living in Canada know that there will be 25% off at Holt Renfrew tomorrow for all Bottega Bags. Good luck!!

Nymph · Dec 15th, 2007, 06:18 AM

I would tell my best friend to go nuts shopping, but then she's not a fan of expensive bags at all! Bummer! For all Canadian PFers, be sure to share your haul if any!

mistikat · Dec 15th, 2007, 08:56 AM

Thanks .... I was in the downtown Toronto store earlier this week and the selection is kind of blah. (Though they did have a Roma in ferro-I think it was $3800-and a red medium Veneta, I think.)

The real problem is the prices - the brown Milano Club Montaigne, for example, is $4900. That makes it $3675 before taxes (14% in Ontario). If you bear in mind that the Canadian and US dollars are nearly equal now (about a cent difference)... and that the same bag is on sale for $2490 in the US..... can you say ouch? But .... they DID have .....!

Keep in mind that the discount also doesn't apply to previously marked down items (and there were a few BVs for good prices on the tables - all much older designs...)

annie9999 · Dec 15th, 2007, 11:16 PM

i was in vancouver in june. there was a beautiful lv, hermes and holt. but with the 14% tax it paid to wait to get back to ny. it must be very have for canadian tpf-ers.

BookerMoose · Dec 15th, 2007, 11:41 PM

Originally Posted by annie9999

i was in vancouver in june. there was a beautiful lv, hermes and holt. but with the 14% tax it paid to wait to get back to ny. it must be very have for canadian tpf-ers.

YES IT IS HARD FOR US!! The BV prices here are completely out of line especially considering that the Canadian and US dollars are basically at par - plus the selection is pretty woeful as well at the ONLY place in Canada that carries BV. But thanks to the internet we are not stuck with what we can get locally - although it would really be nice to have a Canadian BV boutique!

annie9999 · Dec 16th, 2007, 12:03 AM

BookerMoose- thank you, yes i meant "hard for canadian tpf- ers". guess i should be sleeping and not typing.

mistikat · Dec 16th, 2007, 09:27 AM

I was briefly in HR yesterday and they had the same old, same old. Nothing new for cruise yet, classic styles like the Veneta, Roma, Sloane, etc. A few sale pieces but they've come out before and have been on the sale table for a long time.

BookerMoose · Dec 16th, 2007, 05:07 PM

Didn't make it to Holts yesterday for the sale (I am not buying any more BV right now anyway!) but I did pop in today on the way to work and they have at least gotten in a bit of new and more interesting stock since the last time I was there - including a medium Veneta in moutarde which is by far the brightest BV I've seen at Holts yet... The colour was greener IRL than I expected - I thought it would be more an orangey yellow than a greeney yellow, but I did like it and it certainly brightened up the BV display! They also had a ferro Pyramid and a ferro Roma, too - which was the first time I have seen ferro IRL (and I really it!).

Gee, does the Montaigne come in ferro?!?!?

mistikat · Dec 16th, 2007, 05:29 PM

C'mon, BookerMoose - branch out a tiny bit - go for the ferro Pyramid!!!

ouija board · Dec 16th, 2007, 11:03 PM

What!!! They had a ferro pyramid! I should not have come to this thread...now I'll be thinking about that bag!

I'm with mistikat, get the ferro pyramid! The roma is nice too.

Mystiletto · Dec 16th, 2007, 11:30 PM

BookerMoose you must get the ferro pyramid. It is just breathtaking!

mistikat · Dec 17th, 2007, 07:49 PM

Well, now only the Ferro Roma left. Stunning bag. Ridiculously priced at $3900 Canadian, though..... Ugh! (how much does it go for in the US, anyhow?) I'm told HR will be having their last pre-Xmas sale on Dec. 23.

ouija board · Dec 17th, 2007, 08:36 PM

^^$2700 big ones, and thats before taxes...fortunately I got mine in Oregon, the wonderful state of no sales taxes!

godzilla · Dec 18th, 2007, 12:02 AM

mistikat & bookermoose, I totally agree with you 2. The selection at HR Vancouver is kind of blah too. Nothing really catches my attention. Do you guys live in Vanc or Toronto? My friend just told me Leone in Vancouver has 30% on the BV bags too. I haven't had a chance to see it but she told me the selection is much better than HR. But as you all said, the tax is killing us. 13% in BC here.

BookerMoose · Dec 18th, 2007, 12:42 AM

Leone carries BV?!?! I didn't know that... although I've never really felt cool or fashionable enough to comfortably wander in there - always worried someone will tap me on the shoulder and ask me to leave!!

I'm in Vancouver - mistikat is in Toronto. Both Holts have rather underwhelming BV collections, it appears. And it isn't just the tax - the markup from the US to the Canadian price is outrageous (at least at Holts) especially considering that are dollars are basically at par.

But now I feel the need to wander down to Leone tomorrow at lunch...

Dec 15th, 2007, 01:54 AM	#1
godzilla OP Member Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 56	25% off Bottega Handbags in Canada Hi Ladies, Just want to let everyone living in Canada know that there will be 25% off at Holt Renfrew tomorrow for all Bottega Bags. Good luck!!
godzilla OP Member Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 56

Dec 15th, 2007, 06:18 AM	#2
Nymph Black WE please! Joined: Jul 2006 Location: Singapore Posts: 5,266	Re: 25% off Bottega Handbags in Canada I would tell my best friend to go nuts shopping, but then she's not a fan of expensive bags at all! Bummer! For all Canadian PFers, be sure to share your haul if any!
	__________________ "If women didn't exist, all the money in the world would have no meaning"

Dec 15th, 2007, 08:56 AM	#3
mistikat Member Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 3,392	Re: 25% off Bottega Handbags in Canada Thanks .... I was in the downtown Toronto store earlier this week and the selection is kind of blah. (Though they did have a Roma in ferro-I think it was $3800-and a red medium Veneta, I think.) The real problem is the prices - the brown Milano Club Montaigne, for example, is $4900. That makes it $3675 before taxes (14% in Ontario). If you bear in mind that the Canadian and US dollars are nearly equal now (about a cent difference)... and that the same bag is on sale for $2490 in the US..... can you say ouch? But .... they DID have .....! Keep in mind that the discount also doesn't apply to previously marked down items (and there were a few BVs for good prices on the tables - all much older designs...)
mistikat Member Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 3,392	Last edited by mistikat; Dec 15th, 2007 at 08:58 AM. Reason: syntax...

Dec 15th, 2007, 11:16 PM	#4
annie9999 Member Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 1,707	Re: 25% off Bottega Handbags in Canada i was in vancouver in june. there was a beautiful lv, hermes and holt. but with the 14% tax it paid to wait to get back to ny. it must be very have for canadian tpf-ers.
annie9999 Member Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 1,707

Dec 16th, 2007, 12:03 AM	#6
annie9999 Member Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 1,707	Re: 25% off Bottega Handbags in Canada BookerMoose- thank you, yes i meant "hard for canadian tpf- ers". guess i should be sleeping and not typing.
annie9999 Member Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 1,707

Dec 16th, 2007, 09:27 AM	#7
mistikat Member Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 3,392	Re: 25% off Bottega Handbags in Canada I was briefly in HR yesterday and they had the same old, same old. Nothing new for cruise yet, classic styles like the Veneta, Roma, Sloane, etc. A few sale pieces but they've come out before and have been on the sale table for a long time.
mistikat Member Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 3,392

Dec 16th, 2007, 05:07 PM	#8
BookerMoose Arrrooooo! Joined: Oct 2007 Location: Vancouver, BC Posts: 2,579	Re: 25% off Bottega Handbags in Canada Didn't make it to Holts yesterday for the sale (I am not buying any more BV right now anyway!) but I did pop in today on the way to work and they have at least gotten in a bit of new and more interesting stock since the last time I was there - including a medium Veneta in moutarde which is by far the brightest BV I've seen at Holts yet... The colour was greener IRL than I expected - I thought it would be more an orangey yellow than a greeney yellow, but I did like it and it certainly brightened up the BV display! They also had a ferro Pyramid and a ferro Roma, too - which was the first time I have seen ferro IRL (and I really it!). Gee, does the Montaigne come in ferro?!?!?

Dec 16th, 2007, 05:29 PM	#9
mistikat Member Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 3,392	Re: 25% off Bottega Handbags in Canada C'mon, BookerMoose - branch out a tiny bit - go for the ferro Pyramid!!!
mistikat Member Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 3,392

Dec 16th, 2007, 11:03 PM	#10
ouija board waiting for H Joined: May 2007 Posts: 4,208	Re: 25% off Bottega Handbags in Canada What!!! They had a ferro pyramid! I should not have come to this thread...now I'll be thinking about that bag! I'm with mistikat, get the ferro pyramid! The roma is nice too.
ouija board waiting for H Joined: May 2007 Posts: 4,208

Dec 16th, 2007, 11:30 PM	#11
Mystiletto Member Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 1,029	Re: 25% off Bottega Handbags in Canada BookerMoose you must get the ferro pyramid. It is just breathtaking!
Mystiletto Member Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 1,029

Dec 17th, 2007, 07:49 PM	#12
mistikat Member Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 3,392	Re: 25% off Bottega Handbags in Canada Well, now only the Ferro Roma left. Stunning bag. Ridiculously priced at $3900 Canadian, though..... Ugh! (how much does it go for in the US, anyhow?) I'm told HR will be having their last pre-Xmas sale on Dec. 23.
mistikat Member Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 3,392

Dec 17th, 2007, 08:36 PM	#13
ouija board waiting for H Joined: May 2007 Posts: 4,208	Re: 25% off Bottega Handbags in Canada ^^$2700 big ones, and thats before taxes...fortunately I got mine in Oregon, the wonderful state of no sales taxes!
ouija board waiting for H Joined: May 2007 Posts: 4,208

Dec 18th, 2007, 12:02 AM	#14
godzilla OP Member Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 56	Re: 25% off Bottega Handbags in Canada mistikat & bookermoose, I totally agree with you 2. The selection at HR Vancouver is kind of blah too. Nothing really catches my attention. Do you guys live in Vanc or Toronto? My friend just told me Leone in Vancouver has 30% on the BV bags too. I haven't had a chance to see it but she told me the selection is much better than HR. But as you all said, the tax is killing us. 13% in BC here.
godzilla OP Member Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 56

Dec 18th, 2007, 12:42 AM	#15
BookerMoose Arrrooooo! Joined: Oct 2007 Location: Vancouver, BC Posts: 2,579	Re: 25% off Bottega Handbags in Canada Leone carries BV?!?! I didn't know that... although I've never really felt cool or fashionable enough to comfortably wander in there - always worried someone will tap me on the shoulder and ask me to leave!! I'm in Vancouver - mistikat is in Toronto. Both Holts have rather underwhelming BV collections, it appears. And it isn't just the tax - the markup from the US to the Canadian price is outrageous (at least at Holts) especially considering that are dollars are basically at par. But now I feel the need to wander down to Leone tomorrow at lunch...

Welcome to The Purse Forum.

Our Purse Forum, or TPF, is the #1 online social network for everything designer handbag related. Join over 200,000 enthusiastic members in this friendly community and start engaging in the discussion today.