Exactly!
It is very stupid for Coach to do this, it's not like their new lines are a big hit. They're going to loose whatever little customers they have left.
Anyone received the Feather Charm?
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Exactly!
It is very stupid for Coach to do this, it's not like their new lines are a big hit. They're going to loose whatever little customers they have left.
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Last night, I wrote this ...
And now I'm more certain than ever that the "$50" for the leather feather keyring was just a placeholder ---- just filling in a "required field" in the database, and never meant as a genuine price.
Consider this:
The leather keyring consisted primarily of one large leather feather and one medium metal feather.--- Claimed price, $50.
The all metal keyring consisted primarily of two medium/small metal feathers. --- Claimed price, $60.
Now look at the prices on those necklaces. (picture attached)
The necklaces with two metal feathers (comparable to the $60 keyring) is $135.
The necklace with one large leather feather and one medium metal, is $225. ..... A whole $90 more for the leather.
So, according to the data on the necklaces, they want much more for the leather feather than they do for the all metal feathers .... which implies that they never would have "purposefully" priced the leather keyring at only $50, when the all metal keyring was a whole "$60". The leather keyring should have been considerably more than the all metal keyring, just like the necklaces are, had the keyring prices been purposeful. That fits my theory perfectly, that the data entry person was forced to enter a price, and $50 became merely the placeholder. Never actually intended.
Who knows, $50 and $60 might very well *both* be mere placeholders. This could be just as true for the $60 as it is for the $50. But either way, it does point to prices in the database that were never "meant to be". (And, I'll say it again, remarkably un-robust database coding.)
(So to anyone who got one, your price was probably much cheaper than they would have preferred. *Much* cheaper, based on the necklaces. For God sake, hold onto it. And if you're worried about the ball chain, string the items onto a split-ring keyring.)
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Last night, I wrote this ...
And now I'm more certain than ever that the "$50" for the leather feather keyring was just a placeholder ---- just filling in a "required field" in the database, and never meant as a genuine price.
Consider this:
The leather keyring consisted primarily of one large leather feather and one medium metal feather.--- Claimed price, $50.
The all metal keyring consisted primarily of two medium/small metal feathers. --- Claimed price, $60.
Now look at the prices on those necklaces. (picture attached)
The necklaces with two metal feathers (comparable to the $60 keyring) is $135.
The necklace with one large leather feather and one medium metal, is $225. ..... A whole $90 more for the leather.
So, according to the data on the necklaces, they want much more for the leather feather than they do for the all metal feathers .... which implies that they never would have "purposefully" priced the leather keyring at only $50, when the all metal keyring was a whole "$60". The leather keyring should have been considerably more than the all metal keyring, just like the necklaces are, had the keyring prices been purposeful. That fits my theory perfectly, that the data entry person was forced to enter a price, and $50 became merely the placeholder. Never actually intended.
Who knows, $50 and $60 might very well *both* be mere placeholders. This could be just as true for the $60 as it is for the $50. But either way, it does point to prices in the database that were never "meant to be". (And, I'll say it again, remarkably un-robust database coding.)
(So to anyone who got one, your price was probably much cheaper than they would have preferred. *Much* cheaper, based on the necklaces. For God sake, hold onto it. And if you're worried about the ball chain, string the items onto a split-ring keyring.)
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I think those prices are CORRECT, but NOT for the public at large. What if only those who bought certain bags were offered those charms as a bonus purchase, hence the 'cheap' price......
Which is stupid because I recall those feathers being a big part Coach's Fall 14 Fashion Show. You can't prance those out in front of Coachie's and then not offer them for sale!
Me, I'm not a fob person but I'd be mad if was. It's not only mean of Coach to do this it's pretty dumb.
Possible -- the idea that those were "add-on" prices. Though so far, Coach keeps saying "gifts".
But another problem still remains --- the fact that when comparing the necklaces, a set of one leather feather and one metal feather is considerably more expensive .... $90 more expensive .... than two metal. ie, the leather is much more costly. That hierarchy was reversed for the "prices" of the keyrings. In other words, the leather necklace was $90 more expensive than its all-metal counterpart, whereas the leather keyring was $10 cheaper than it's all-metal counterpart.
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Indeed, I was just flipping through the latest issue of Vogue while waiting to pick daughter up from school (the thick, advertisement filled September issue), and there's a 6-page Coach spread. Almost every single bag has that leather feather hanging off of it, even the Rhyders that NO WAY come with it.
I did notice something else though. There was one bag in the ad that had a different "fob" attached ... one that is *neither* of these two feather keyrings. This other fob seems to be made of strands of black leather, similar to a fringe, but with studs. (And no, it was not the fringe of the large Dakotah that I was merely mistaking. This was something else.)
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Possible -- the idea that those were "add-on" prices. Though so far, Coach keeps saying "gifts".
But another problem still remains --- the fact that when comparing the necklaces, a set of one leather feather and one metal feather is considerably more expensive .... $90 more expensive .... than two metal. ie, the leather is much more costly. That hierarchy was reversed for the "prices" of the keyrings. In other words, the leather necklace was $90 more expensive than its all-metal counterpart, whereas the leather keyring was $10 cheaper than it's all-metal counterpart.
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You might as well leave that part alone, we are talking about COACH here and we all know that nothing they do makes too much sense most of the time. :lolots:
I've seen that one too. Don't remember on what bag or even where the ad was, but I know exactly what you're talking about because I was eyeballing it hard.
Addendum to my last post.
Found it. It's here
http://forum.purseblog.com/coach/coach-fall-2014-preview-tpf-official-861915.html#post26490937
Second pic in that post.
That fringey keyring was hanging off of one of the bags in the 6-page advertisement, but I'm almost positive it was *NOT* on the bag that is shown in the purseforum post I've just linked to. Hope that makes sense.
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Found it. It's here
http://forum.purseblog.com/coach/coach-fall-2014-preview-tpf-official-861915.html#post26490937
Second pic in that post.
That fringey keyring was hanging off of one of the bags in the 6-page advertisement, but I'm almost positive it was *NOT* on the bag that is shown in the purseforum post I've just linked to. Hope that makes sense.
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The one I was talking about is in post #4 the 5th picture. It is a fringed turnlock flap bag (Dakota ?), but that is not part of the fringe on the end with the hang tag. Also, post #5, picture 3 and 4 shows a small crossbody bag (Rhyder ?) and it also has the fringe-stud charm thingie at the end of the bag. So, now the question is, does those fringe-stud charms come with bags or are they also a separate item....for sale or giveaway?
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........... Yeah, I think we're pointing to the same bag charm.
This is one of the pictures you are pointing to ...
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............ And this is the picture that I was referencing above ...
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I think they're the same thing, just side view vs. front view. And no, as I said, this one has not appeared anywhere that I'm aware of. I would have half-expected it to show up on Itbag's large Dakotah (since the small Dakotah comes with the leather feather). But no, apparently not there either.
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In case you didn't get your question answered, both style numbers had the G at the end, which might signify gift.
Me too. I haven't personally had bad experiences with coach, but the way they have been treating our fellow TPFers & customers is atrocious. I.E. Banning loyal customers from the outlet for no reason, but turning around & letting obvious resellers buy up as many bags as they can fit in their cars. Now this fiasco- It's just pitiful. I'm so sorry to those of you who have been treated poorly.