Hey everyone, I wanted to share a quick concern I have being new to Coach.
I have been recently frustrated with my luxury purchases/luxury goods as the prices keep increasing and it has become extremely difficult to come across superb quality at a relatively reasonable price. Mind you, I am a guy, so the options are a lot more limited. I recently purchased a $3500 Bottega Bag that sat in my closet for weeks before being returned due to being afraid of using such an expensive bag.
With this in mind I decided to take a look at Coach. I have liked what Stuart Vevers has done with the brand and was attracted to some of the mens bags. I decided to pull the trigger and purchase 2 bags and 1 pair of shoes from the website. I received the bags and I was actually pretty happy with what I got, I felt like for the money, I was getting a lot of bang for my buck.
That was until yesterday, when my family and I decided to go to a local outlet to look at presents for fathers day. It was an extremely hot day and the coach outlet was giving away free water bottles so we decided to walk in. I was pretty sad as right after I walked in, I saw the same exact bag I bought from the FP store in an array of different colors and leathers for about half the price. I knew Coach had outlets and I knew they made some popular styles, but I did not know it would be the same exact bag down to the rivets. The only main difference was the lining which was all black without the coach lettering.
Now my question is, is this what I should expect from Coach? I had a chance to examine the bags and they seemed pretty darn similar to what I got so why should I keep the FP bags and not return them and get the outlet versions?
Can anyone attest that the FP quality is actually worth the difference in price?
WHat do you all think? Thanks for reading my rant haha
I have been recently frustrated with my luxury purchases/luxury goods as the prices keep increasing and it has become extremely difficult to come across superb quality at a relatively reasonable price. Mind you, I am a guy, so the options are a lot more limited. I recently purchased a $3500 Bottega Bag that sat in my closet for weeks before being returned due to being afraid of using such an expensive bag.
With this in mind I decided to take a look at Coach. I have liked what Stuart Vevers has done with the brand and was attracted to some of the mens bags. I decided to pull the trigger and purchase 2 bags and 1 pair of shoes from the website. I received the bags and I was actually pretty happy with what I got, I felt like for the money, I was getting a lot of bang for my buck.
That was until yesterday, when my family and I decided to go to a local outlet to look at presents for fathers day. It was an extremely hot day and the coach outlet was giving away free water bottles so we decided to walk in. I was pretty sad as right after I walked in, I saw the same exact bag I bought from the FP store in an array of different colors and leathers for about half the price. I knew Coach had outlets and I knew they made some popular styles, but I did not know it would be the same exact bag down to the rivets. The only main difference was the lining which was all black without the coach lettering.
Now my question is, is this what I should expect from Coach? I had a chance to examine the bags and they seemed pretty darn similar to what I got so why should I keep the FP bags and not return them and get the outlet versions?
Can anyone attest that the FP quality is actually worth the difference in price?
WHat do you all think? Thanks for reading my rant haha