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Nicolens7 said:
Everyone - please do not purchase from @luxurytholic. For days I have been exchanging messages with her to purchase a lambskin mini in black. I have been ready to pull the trigger and everything was fine when I was going to pay through TransferWise. But then when I asked to pay through PayPal, I was willing to pay on the agreed upon price which is incredibly higher than what I would pay for in the states, things got weird. Took forever for her to get back to me, then she said she would need to send me an invoice. I kept waiting. She didn’t get back to me until the next day. Then she asked me if I would accept an older bag in inventory otherwise I would have to wait for the new inventory to arrive. Then she told me the new inventory would be at the price increase for Chanel and much more expensive. So I said as long as the one they had in inventory was new. THEN again I requested for the invoice through PayPal goods and services which I don’t quite understand why she would need to send me an invoice when I could just simply pay, her price went from her 5% fee to go through PayPal to 8%. How completely shady and honestly I am happy
It didn’t go through because she would post photos of the minis and then when I would ask about it and price and when she could ship - she got completely SHADY. It was the first time I was trying to purchase off Instagram and will be the last. I would rather pay MORE in person even with the price increase than to do with someone shady. Save the trouble, purchase elsewhere!
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yikes! Sorry to hear about your experience. I’ve purchased through several IG sellers & would purchase again from any of them. However, I wasn’t thrilled with my experience with her. She was polite enough and shipped the item quickly. However, when I received the item it wasn’t packed properly. I wished it was more tightly packed since it traveled quite a distance to get to me. When all was said and done, I paid nearly $400 in fees (this was for a slg). I wished I would’ve went with another seller that doesn’t charge crazy prices. I’ve learned my lesson & learned to be more careful from who I buy from and what the fees are (after I do conversions etc).
 
#1,176
Allthesmallthings said:
Just wanted to share I had a great experience recently with coco_approved on insta. Based in HK and they also have a web shop cocoapproved.com and take PayPal. Preloved stuff but only excellent condition.
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Same! I purchased on Saturday and the bag is already in the states and almost here 3 days later. Very easy transaction. I will update when I receive the bag, but would be happy to purchase from coco_approved again.

Update- still Tuesday and the bag was just delivered. Packaged perfectly, looks amazing. Absolutely recommend this seller.
 
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I’m looking for a Small or Medium classic flap in Beige clair caviar with SHW. Does anyone see that on Instagram and / or recommend any seller? Preloved is preferred if the bag is in good condition. TIA!
 
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nashpoo said:
Has anyone purchased through @THREADSSTYLING on Instagram?? They've been incredibly slow in responding to my texts..
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I am in the process of getting chanel stuff from them. I do agree they are slow on replying. On my experience the replies is like after 12 hrs. I guess it depends where you at they are based in UK and i am in US i sent message to them like afternoon here they will reply at 4AM or 5AM in CST. Also i heard from somebody that use their service it takes like 2 wks. Maybe it depends how easy or hard your stuff. I ask about my update and they said they are still looking for it all over the world and I've been itching to have that stuff. If the Chanel boutique gonna start opening and havent got it i might just cancel them. They also seems to be a big Personal shopper company.
 
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