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Guilty Pleasure · Sep 10th, 2008, 08:15 PM

SA in Neimans told me Nov.

aeonat · Sep 11th, 2008, 01:49 PM

What? Novemeber!!! wow.... at this rate, they are increasing 3-5% each time. if there is the fourth time, it will be 12-15% increase per year.....

Better buy what ever you want as soon as you can... if you want, you can easily pay 100 more than before.

I tried to justified buying several LV in one year

by explaining to my DH that buying LV is a good investment

, because of the guaranteed 12-15% increase in price.... (hahahah.. but then he said "too bad you are never going to sell your bag

and you will never capture the gain")

bagaddict44 · Sep 11th, 2008, 06:06 PM

What! Again! This is insane! Luckly I only have 2 more things I want from lv and then I am done.. I can't afford it anymore.

jchiara · Sep 14th, 2008, 09:18 PM

Unreal. I can't tell if it's LVs greed or just the American dollar that's suffering so badly.....

There are certainly not many things that I still want (thankfully) - and I will treasure what I do have, that's for sure...

canipus · Sep 14th, 2008, 11:05 PM

Originally Posted by jchiara

Unreal. I can't tell if it's LVs greed or just the American dollar that's suffering so badly.....

There are certainly not many things that I still want (thankfully) - and I will treasure what I do have, that's for sure...

What makes you think it's the American dollar or exchange rates that fixes the pricing. The prices are not the same world wide using currency conversion adjustments. If they were then an LV in Japanese yen would be equivalent to the price in US dollars or Euros. But that's not the case. LVs in Japan cost a HUGE amount more that what Europeans or Americans are paying. Now consider that around one third of the entire LV production ends up exported to Japan and you see that 33% of the market are paying a higher price than everyone else. LV know that the Japanese market share will not decrease however much they increase the price so the Japanese are getting stung. Does that answer the other poster's question re. "greed" or is that a shrewd marketing empire that knows how to milk the market to the maximum? Only you can decide. Meanwhile there are new LV copies starting to appear that are close to 50% of the cost of an LV (much higher in price than anything been seen before) , and they are so close to the originals that most stores and manufacturers will not be able to tell the difference.

I saw a fake Rolex at a Rolex dealer in Dubai recently that had been made in a workshop in Turkey. Solid Gold not gold plate. It was identical inside apart from three original equipment manufacturer parts. This watch fooled every Rolex service center between Dubai and Switzerland. It was only caught when Rolex headquarters put the mechanism under a high power microscope. It was one of those proof of concept copies "we can do anything the same quality as you can and you won't tell the difference."

ahleah712 · Sep 15th, 2008, 02:10 AM

My SA told me there will be another increase before the holidays, so it is prolly in November.

Classic Chic · Sep 15th, 2008, 02:56 AM

Originally Posted by artjen

A price decrease?! I wish!

there was a price decrease on BH for a short amount of time, but that was soo long ago and never repeat it self *sigh*

wigglytuff · Sep 15th, 2008, 03:13 PM

wow, another would be simple greed. simple greed.

purplewithenvy · Sep 15th, 2008, 06:59 PM

arggggg lame

good thing I only want 3 more LV bags then I'm DONE with them...I can't take these constant increases.

Lec8504 · Sep 15th, 2008, 07:49 PM

lets just be thankful that it's not Chanel price increase status...

LaurieLou · Sep 15th, 2008, 09:14 PM

SA told me mid Nov for sure

MaRiL09 · Sep 16th, 2008, 12:56 AM

Originally Posted by Lec8504

lets just be thankful that it's not Chanel price increase status...

I agree!!!

peevenjo · Sep 17th, 2008, 01:55 AM

Does anyone know if this would affect Hawaii? TIA!

aillae · Sep 17th, 2008, 03:01 PM

Originally Posted by Lec8504

lets just be thankful that it's not Chanel price increase status...

I totally agree. Sheesh, I am astounded that their bags are like, $3-$4K by now. That's just insane.

*NorthernLight* · Sep 17th, 2008, 03:53 PM

So the price increase will probably be here in Europe before the US then... Does anyone know when? Already in October?

Sep 10th, 2008, 08:15 PM	#16
Guilty Pleasure Member Joined: Aug 2007 Location: North Jersey Posts: 2,623	SA in Neimans told me Nov.
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Sep 14th, 2008, 09:18 PM	#19
jchiara is really in love... Joined: Oct 2006 Location: Earth Posts: 6,110	Unreal. I can't tell if it's LVs greed or just the American dollar that's suffering so badly..... There are certainly not many things that I still want (thankfully) - and I will treasure what I do have, that's for sure...
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Sep 15th, 2008, 06:59 PM	#24
purplewithenvy RIP Daddy 7/23/08 Joined: Jan 2008 Location: Gonzaga, baby! Posts: 4,474	arggggg lame good thing I only want 3 more LV bags then I'm DONE with them...I can't take these constant increases.
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Sep 15th, 2008, 07:49 PM	#25
Lec8504 Member Joined: Nov 2006 Location: Bay Area Posts: 2,725	lets just be thankful that it's not Chanel price increase status...
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Sep 15th, 2008, 09:14 PM	#26
LaurieLou LV and Diamonds! Joined: Jun 2008 Location: NY Posts: 808	SA told me mid Nov for sure
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Sep 11th, 2008, 01:49 PM	#17
aeonat Member Joined: Dec 2007 Location: A place calls Home Posts: 2,781	What? Novemeber!!! wow.... at this rate, they are increasing 3-5% each time. if there is the fourth time, it will be 12-15% increase per year..... Better buy what ever you want as soon as you can... if you want, you can easily pay 100 more than before. I tried to justified buying several LV in one year by explaining to my DH that buying LV is a good investment , because of the guaranteed 12-15% increase in price.... (hahahah.. but then he said "too bad you are never going to sell your bag and you will never capture the gain")

Sep 11th, 2008, 06:06 PM	#18
bagaddict44 Member Joined: Dec 2006 Location: California Posts: 226	What! Again! This is insane! Luckly I only have 2 more things I want from lv and then I am done.. I can't afford it anymore.

Sep 15th, 2008, 02:10 AM	#21
ahleah712 Member Joined: Jan 2008 Location: Bay Area Posts: 569	My SA told me there will be another increase before the holidays, so it is prolly in November.

Sep 15th, 2008, 03:13 PM	#23
wigglytuff new to luxury bags Joined: Aug 2008 Posts: 1,067	wow, another would be simple greed. simple greed.

Sep 17th, 2008, 01:55 AM	#28
peevenjo Member Joined: Jul 2007 Location: Hawaii Posts: 3,174	Does anyone know if this would affect Hawaii? TIA!
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Sep 17th, 2008, 03:53 PM	#30
NorthernLight Member Joined: Jun 2008 Location: Europe Posts: 6	So the price increase will probably be here in Europe before the US then... Does anyone know when? Already in October?

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