I was only reacting to the complaint about exclusivity. Which Vuitton could only be blamed for if they provided the bags.
Louis Vuitton sold at... COSTCO ?!?
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Exactly, this is what the B2B focus on second-hand luxury is going to get us. Overxposure of brands and the omnipresence of glass encased second-hand monogram everything, everywhere, all the way down to your grocery store.
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Haha, this is funny
They are selling counterfeit merchandise, just like there are a lot on ebay and amazon. I've checked the pages, the photos are of real bags, but it is more than 100% percent that what you'd received is a fake product.
Even they say on their page: "Costco is not an "authorized" dealer of the merchandise." Shocker
Louis Vuitton exclusively sells online on their own website and sells a limited selection of past collections on 24S.com. That's all. Everywhere else is either second-hand or straight up fake. That's all.
Those are real second-hand products, resulting from this new scramble for B2B resale of luxury. BOF had an article on that.
That's exactly what this is.
“So much for exclusivity”
In all fairness, Costco is actually more exclusive than your local Louis Vuitton boutique. Anyone can just walk into LV, Neiman’s, Nordstrom… You need a membership to buy at Costco. Just sayin’
That’s awful. How can they sell counterfeit items and pass them off as the real items? The poor people who are going to buy them thinking they are getting a good deal on the items 😫.
That’s pretty risky of Costco to do.
Btw did anyone see the huge bust the other day of counterfeit goods? Largest in US HISTORY! https://www.foxnews.com/us/1-billion-fake-designer-goods-seized-largest-bust-us-history
That’s pretty risky of Costco to do.
Btw did anyone see the huge bust the other day of counterfeit goods? Largest in US HISTORY! https://www.foxnews.com/us/1-billion-fake-designer-goods-seized-largest-bust-us-history
Now I’m feeling guilty for going to Costco with my mom (who has a membership) while i do not. Lol.“So much for exclusivity”
In all fairness, Costco is actually more exclusive than your local Louis Vuitton boutique. Anyone can just walk into LV, Neiman’s, Nordstrom… You need a membership to buy at Costco. Just sayin’
If I saw a bag I liked at Costco, I might be tempted to pick one up, IDK. I remember there was an article about Costco
having chanel classic flaps once upon a time. But, I believe that was before the proliferation of super realistic fakes.
Chanel bags are not that rare and do not require superfakes to proliferate. While it has become a trendy brand of late full of hype, the truth is for the longest time, sociologically, it was a brand for grannies. So here at least, estate and succession sales are full of Chanel bags.
So it is not surprising that the B2B handling of the luxury handbag overstock would funnel down the Costo pipeline those less desirable authentic Chanel bags.
Well, the temptation to buy designer bags at these department/wholesaler store sites (versus say Fashionphile/Yoogis etc.) is mitigated by the outlandish overpricing. They're evidently pitching to people who don't have the chops or patience to research resale prices.
There is a thread somewhere about FashionPhile's recent acquisition of LXRCo and their entering into B2B.
The heart of the conversation was trying to figure out what exactly this would mean and who would be those clients buying at the end of the B2B pipeline (and where) rather than directly from FashioPhile. I think we are beginning to see some of the answers.
The culture of hype and the big narrative about "it bags" has skewed the perspective on luxury handbags by making some bags so highly coveted that they eclipse the rest. However, the reality is that luxury brands have been belting out bags ever since this has become the business model in High Fashion: hyping up a Fashion House through its Couture in order to sell maroquinerie. At the same time, the culture of keeping one's bags until they (or you) died is over; people resale bags. And finally, fashion houses got caught and castigated for destroying overstock, which they stopped doing.
As a result, the market is actually flooded with designer handbags. And the older the House, the more bags they have in circulation actually; that is simply statistical. So LV, Hermès, Chanel actually have tons of bags in the market, more than say, the Row or Khaite or whatever. The desirable ones have their values propped up buy marketing and social media strategies... But what about the undesirable ones?
It used to be that granny would die and you would discover a pile of old musty handbags in her cupboard that would pretty much all end up in the trash, as you would never dream of wearing your grandma's outdated handbags, for one, but also most would be run down, old, out of shape and moldy. But now, all of those get rescued.
Anyways, there is overstock and overflow of designer handbags, which is why they are now appearing at the Costco. And that is not even taking into account the fakes. The only real question is: when does the veil get pulled back and the prices finally adjust to this reality?
There's already a giant thread on this from years ago. Yes, it's authentic. It's all grey market.
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Louis Vuitton sold at... COSTCO ?!?
One of the reasons why I like LV is that it never is sold at discounted prices or at outlets. I know that Costco sells Fendi, and Coach items but I never knew they sell Louis Vuitton as well?! I heard this from a girl on another forum and just couldn't believe it so I knew I had to ask you...
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There's already a giant thread on this from years ago. Yes, it's authentic. It's all grey market.
Louis Vuitton sold at... COSTCO ?!?
One of the reasons why I like LV is that it never is sold at discounted prices or at outlets. I know that Costco sells Fendi, and Coach items but I never knew they sell Louis Vuitton as well?! I heard this from a girl on another forum and just couldn't believe it so I knew I had to ask you...
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Here as well; 392 and on.
I remember Costco’s grand opening in Shanghai back in 2019 had a few brand new luxuries such as LV even Hermes birkin as their promotion. They were snatched up in seconds. I believe they are authentic. The prices on Louise Vuitton were only slightly cheaper than retail.
https://forum.purseblog.com/threads/poor-little-birkins-in-plastic-at-china-costco.1016542/page-2
Acturally Costco‘s website has a Speedy 30 but “out of stock” For $1,699.
https://forum.purseblog.com/threads/poor-little-birkins-in-plastic-at-china-costco.1016542/page-2
Acturally Costco‘s website has a Speedy 30 but “out of stock” For $1,699.
