I bought a used (even though the seller said it was new) clay Gigi on eBay and it did come to me looking pretty beat up. I've heard that many stores (such as the outlets, Nordstrom, and Macy's) had clay Gigis that looked the same way. I think it adds to the vintage feel, and I get tons of complements on my bag despite all the scratches, so I think it just comes with the territory of the color of the bag. HTH!
I can't stand excess scratches on the clay. I sure wish the clay didn't do that.
Do you own one?
Here's a picture of mine.
Yours doesn't look that beat up to me, looks good. The ones ive seen on ebay have been extremely scratched up looking.
I want one!