Hi, all.
This is my first post here, though I've been a lurker without registering for a while now. I've long been a fan of Coach, but could never afford one of my own, and would instead admire the bags of others. But! I recently got a promotion with a raise at work, and to reward myself, I decided I would FINALLY get my first Coach bag. But I have had a major trauma with this and I figured this would be the one place where other people would understand my pain, lol. So please read my story and give me some sympathy, because I am just so disappointed.
So, I saw the Ergo Belted Leather Medium Hobo in Plum on the website and fell in love. That was my bag! But the site kept running out, and I do not live near a Coach boutique at all, so I got my sister in Seattle to try to find me the bag. Every store she called said they were out on, like, the entire West Coast. Ordering it from the Macy's site would kind of put it (way) out of my budget. Nordy's site didn't have it in plum. I started to despair.
But then I got a break, because a family member needed to take the 2 hour drive to Pittsburgh for an appointment. I decided I would hitch a ride along and hopefully one of the boutiques in the area might have my bag. I called all around to all the Pittsburgh boutiques, and finally found a really helpful SA at the Ross Park Mall store. She went way out of her way to find me the LAST bag in the area and even though it was at another store that was too far out of my way for me to physically get to, she let me stop by the Ross Park store and she faxed the order over, and had that store ship it to me. It arrived the next day, which is today.
I was SO excited when I saw that box on my porch, lol. The SA had packed it up so prettily, with all that Coach tissue paper and a lovely box with a ribbon, and man, I felt awesome opening it up.
But then after I got the bag out, I realized the drop was a little shorter than I thought. I figured it wasn't a big deal, but after thinking about it, I went and got my winter coat out and tried the bag on over it...and it doesn't fit!! I mean, it does, but not comfortably enough for me. And I can't justify keeping such an expensive bag if I can't wear it all year. And I also can't justify buying a whole new coat (especially since the one I have now cost about 200 bucks) just so my bag can fit over it.
So I guess I have to give it back. I am heartbroken!
But if anyone is in the Pittsburgh area, I highly recommend the Ross Park Mall store. The SA that helped me is an absolutely lovely girl. I am going to have to write a note to her manager praising her, even though the bag didn't work out.
Anyway, I just had to let that out amongst others that would understand.
Sigh.
This is my first post here, though I've been a lurker without registering for a while now. I've long been a fan of Coach, but could never afford one of my own, and would instead admire the bags of others. But! I recently got a promotion with a raise at work, and to reward myself, I decided I would FINALLY get my first Coach bag. But I have had a major trauma with this and I figured this would be the one place where other people would understand my pain, lol. So please read my story and give me some sympathy, because I am just so disappointed.
So, I saw the Ergo Belted Leather Medium Hobo in Plum on the website and fell in love. That was my bag! But the site kept running out, and I do not live near a Coach boutique at all, so I got my sister in Seattle to try to find me the bag. Every store she called said they were out on, like, the entire West Coast. Ordering it from the Macy's site would kind of put it (way) out of my budget. Nordy's site didn't have it in plum. I started to despair.
But then I got a break, because a family member needed to take the 2 hour drive to Pittsburgh for an appointment. I decided I would hitch a ride along and hopefully one of the boutiques in the area might have my bag. I called all around to all the Pittsburgh boutiques, and finally found a really helpful SA at the Ross Park Mall store. She went way out of her way to find me the LAST bag in the area and even though it was at another store that was too far out of my way for me to physically get to, she let me stop by the Ross Park store and she faxed the order over, and had that store ship it to me. It arrived the next day, which is today.
I was SO excited when I saw that box on my porch, lol. The SA had packed it up so prettily, with all that Coach tissue paper and a lovely box with a ribbon, and man, I felt awesome opening it up.
But then after I got the bag out, I realized the drop was a little shorter than I thought. I figured it wasn't a big deal, but after thinking about it, I went and got my winter coat out and tried the bag on over it...and it doesn't fit!! I mean, it does, but not comfortably enough for me. And I can't justify keeping such an expensive bag if I can't wear it all year. And I also can't justify buying a whole new coat (especially since the one I have now cost about 200 bucks) just so my bag can fit over it.
So I guess I have to give it back. I am heartbroken!
But if anyone is in the Pittsburgh area, I highly recommend the Ross Park Mall store. The SA that helped me is an absolutely lovely girl. I am going to have to write a note to her manager praising her, even though the bag didn't work out.
Anyway, I just had to let that out amongst others that would understand.
Sigh.
