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voovoo

voovoo

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Jun 30, 2009
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#1
Not that it REALLY matters to everyone who is looking high and low for a particular Birkin or Kelly...I'm curious to know, in general, whether buying H from a particular country is more expensive than another...for instance, as a simple example, H in Japan is definitely priced higher than H in Paris, all things being equal. Is it possible to create a ball park country ranking? (helps me to plan for my next holiday) :p
 
#2
I think in my view, the ranking would be something like this... but all depending on currency fluctuations.

Europe - UK is cheaper than Paris at the moment apparently because of the poor GBP, then within Europe, Italy is very competitve with Paris given it's slightly higher detax rate, so I actually rate it UK, Italy, France, then rest of western Europe (eg Germany, Spain etc). Eastern Europe is quite expensive.

Then probably Hong Kong after that, and then the US I'd say.

Then Australia (due to the strong AUD, prices haven't been increasing that much over here recently) and some other Asian countries like Singapore and Taiwan should be relatively close. Then perhaps China.

Japan is on the high end. I'm not sure if there's any places more expensive than Japan but on the other hand, you WILL see the MOST number of Birkins on shelves (one time, at a store we saw 6 Birkins on shelf).
 
#3
voovoo, you can also go to Hermes.com and find a few items from each country's store, and compare the prices like that. Things will be proportional (ie, if both scarves and say a Bearn wallet is more expensive in one place, you can bet a Birkin bag will be as well).
 
#6
nyyparis said:
from low to high price

Europe ------- US canada ---ASIA australia------- JAPAN KOREA ----- China
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this is quite true for a number of luxury brands, with continent of origin being the lowest in price and at the other end, very expensive in asia with Japan/ China at the highest peak.
 
#7
yes, that i why i flew to Paris to place my birkin order
as both my dbf also place one. and i will let one go to second hand shop in hk
the price difference can cover the round trip cost
 
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