tax is unavoidable. we pay tax here in the States too on bags. but sometimes we get gift card which kinda evens it out a bit. (tax on a bag in state of MA is 5%)
GreaT purchase. Because of this post (actually, this was the what got me over the edge) I bought the same one yesterday from my local SAKS for my wife. I happened to walk by the chanel store and saw it, bought it as a gift!
I heard that this was hard to find. Infact, the chanel boutique at Vegas that I called today, said its sold out. Lucky me and you.