I like it too. In my experience, bags with fur or shearling never sell well. These almost always end up at the outlet. Maybe it is different in Canada? Plus a lot of people won't spend over $1000 on a Coach, no matter how nice it is.
I bought a fur trimmed Coach bag on ebay for $25.
I don't think rain will hurt the fur unless they get soaked. You could always flip it inside the bag when it rains. We have the world's largest trees (giant sequoias) but it rarely rains here. BC is gorgeous.
We don't have good outlets here but I think there are Coach Outlets in Ontario. I don't cross border shop for Coach much but I have been to a few outlet malls in WA state.
I hear you loud n clear about the more $ Coach bags. There's another thread all about Coach's game plan...how to turn their image, market share, sales around...jacking up prices on funkier bags won't do the trick. I have to wait patiently
