Silver hardware tarnish on Chanel bag?

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HelenPolly

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Jan 31, 2008
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Hi all,

I hope I've posted in the right place, there's so many areas!

I'm thinking of buying a Chanel bag from paixi for my wedding, I can see its clearly a genuine bag but parts of the silver hardware have tarnished and look black, I've read all the posts about tarnishing and can't see anyone else having a problem. I've also called Chanel and they said this shouldn't happen. Should I avoid the bag? Could it be repaired? I've been hunting for a 2nd hand medium beige/ivory flap bag for ages with silver hardware in my price range!

Please advise!

Thanks for any help,
Helen
 

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HelenPolly said:
Hi all,

I hope I've posted in the right place, there's so many areas!

I'm thinking of buying a Chanel bag from paixi for my wedding, I can see its clearly a genuine bag but parts of the silver hardware have tarnished and look black, I've read all the posts about tarnishing and can't see anyone else having a problem. I've also called Chanel and they said this shouldn't happen. Should I avoid the bag? Could it be repaired? I've been hunting for a 2nd hand medium beige/ivory flap bag for ages with silver hardware in my price range!

Please advise!

Thanks for any help,
Helen
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The chain can probably be replaced by Chanel, but not sure they can do it in time for your wedding. It can take upto 3 months to get something back from Chanel repair.
 
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All of my bags have silver hardware and yes, they do tarnish (some worse than others). Simply use a chamios cloth and buff the silver (you can use a silver cloth also if the tarnish doesn't simply buff/wipe off). Doesn't hurt the hardware at all. My oldest bag is 10 and it has the worst problem w/tarnish; I think this might have been when Chanel started coming out w/silver hardware. Not sure, but I know it was an Oooo, SILVER HARDWARE moment via me and the SA's, lol. HTH
 
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