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. i mean, i would if i was in chanel marketing (or finance or wherever for that matter). i would bring it up at a meeting "look how our current customers feel about the impending price increase". it's unadulterated market research...
Anyone tempted to boycott Chanel due to the price rises? What would be your new fix?
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. i mean, i would if i was in chanel marketing (or finance or wherever for that matter). i would bring it up at a meeting "look how our current customers feel about the impending price increase". it's unadulterated market research...thx
Unless Chanel's crack marketing research team is living under a rock, this electronic medium (aka the internet) would provide a wealth of consumer research, feedback and commentary.
No boycott but definitely fewer bags ... but then again, I am not the demographic they are looking for ... would I go to another brand? No - I will always covet the brand but I certainly don't have to like the people behind it. And frankly the bags are timeless so I certainly have plenty to choose from now to wear ... and add maybe one or two a year until such time as financial circumstances allow me more.
I think it's easy to say that you hate the price increase and threaten to boycott, but in all honesty, how many people would really stick to that? I don't think many would unless merchandise got so expensive that it was literally unobtainable. Fewer purchases, I understand, but I would feel like I was kind of punishing myself as well if I didn't buy what I absolutely loved.
I got my jumbo after the last increase (when it went up to $2250) and I can honestly say this is one bag I would buy all over again, even if I had to pay even more. I love it that much. It may not be reasonable and yes, it's getting extreme but at the same time, it is something that I carry almost daily and it just makes me happy. As strange as this may sound, I won't put a price on that right now.
I got my jumbo after the last increase (when it went up to $2250) and I can honestly say this is one bag I would buy all over again, even if I had to pay even more. I love it that much. It may not be reasonable and yes, it's getting extreme but at the same time, it is something that I carry almost daily and it just makes me happy. As strange as this may sound, I won't put a price on that right now.
A bit OT, but please try to be more sensitive in your choice of words when you post. There are members here who have family members who are retarded.
I won't boycott Chanel, but I will definitely be more selective and picky with my purchases. After I became smitten with Chanel earlier this year, I completedly ignored the other designer brands that I love (e.g. Louis Vuitton, Prada). Chanel will always be my main love, but I will be looking more at (and probably buying) these other bags.
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I'm not going to boycott Chanel and like some other members have said, I will definitely be more selective and choose classic designs over trendy designs. Currently because of Chanels price increase, I have decided to browse and buy vintage Chanels and second hand Chanel bags from consignment stores and even Ebay (altho im a bit afraid..so many fakes out there!) I think it's a good way for me to continue my love for Chanel and at the same time, save me some money. Also, my new fix is Ferragamo bags - really classy and simple designs. =)
I bought my first Chanel bags this past August amidst all the hoopla of this upcoming price increase. Although I panicked and went nuts initially, I returned or exchanged a few things to get what I have now. I'm pretty satisfied with my small and relatively simple collection.
I am not a fan of groupthink mentality, as layla so strikingly put it, and yet I do feel a bit sucked in by the allure of owning the brand/partaking of the luxury. I don't think that I'll be a big spender on bags whose quality has noticeably declined (as mentioned by several old-time PFers) and whose stylings seem questionable (Cruise this year = canvas and PVC and vinyl, for THOUSANDS???), but I do think that I'll continue to work on my collection, getting classic styles and leathers, and leaving they hype bags behind. Then again, I've never gone through a price increase so who knows? The reality of a bag that approaches 3K and was once priced at 2K less than a year ago may be the slap back to reality that I need!
And layla...you do mean 20 Jan 09, right?
I am not a fan of groupthink mentality, as layla so strikingly put it, and yet I do feel a bit sucked in by the allure of owning the brand/partaking of the luxury. I don't think that I'll be a big spender on bags whose quality has noticeably declined (as mentioned by several old-time PFers) and whose stylings seem questionable (Cruise this year = canvas and PVC and vinyl, for THOUSANDS???), but I do think that I'll continue to work on my collection, getting classic styles and leathers, and leaving they hype bags behind. Then again, I've never gone through a price increase so who knows? The reality of a bag that approaches 3K and was once priced at 2K less than a year ago may be the slap back to reality that I need!
And layla...you do mean 20 Jan 09, right?
Kuriso I am positively obsessed with Ferragamo! I can't wait to see what comes out for S/S '08
the price rises as well as the quality have me depressed. in the past year i have returned two pairs of Chanel shoes that have actually fallen apart within one month of my wearing them.
I was in Beverly Hills this past week, saw the TDF pink cruise line classic, and its made of cloth, and it is $3,200 and change. I am in love with the bag, but, c'mon...!
LV always has good quality and so does Balenciaga. In fact, so does Gucci, Fendi, and Prada.
I love Chanel but feel like it is turning on me
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I was in Beverly Hills this past week, saw the TDF pink cruise line classic, and its made of cloth, and it is $3,200 and change. I am in love with the bag, but, c'mon...!
LV always has good quality and so does Balenciaga. In fact, so does Gucci, Fendi, and Prada.
I love Chanel but feel like it is turning on me
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No boycott here by me...but a serious slow down. My collection to the extent I want a collection is almost done. I would like a Spring / Summer 08 reissue or two in the great colors but that is about it.
I pass on the trendy "it" bags and while some of them no matter who the designer is, are interesting - I am staying to the classics and bags I know in my heart will be with me for years. So Chanel is my love, I will not be looking for anywhere else to go to buy bags or fill a void so-to-speak.
In fact I am ready to stop spending money period...so in a number of ways Chanel is doing me a favor and I am not looking for another addiction.
I just read an article in the Nov 2007 Vogue / View- Why Less Is More....and I agree fashion has become a rat race....My rat needs a rest.
I pass on the trendy "it" bags and while some of them no matter who the designer is, are interesting - I am staying to the classics and bags I know in my heart will be with me for years. So Chanel is my love, I will not be looking for anywhere else to go to buy bags or fill a void so-to-speak.
In fact I am ready to stop spending money period...so in a number of ways Chanel is doing me a favor and I am not looking for another addiction.
I just read an article in the Nov 2007 Vogue / View- Why Less Is More....and I agree fashion has become a rat race....My rat needs a rest.