I remember reading a thread recently that was concerned with people kind of 'nit picking' for lack of a better word, about Louis Vuitton. I got the feeling that the OP felt as though people's expectations were too high, and that LV was being picked on. They seemed to wonder why, if people were having so many problems, they would even buy LV or post about it?
I just dropped by my old stomping grounds over at the Coach threads, and have been visiting Balenciaga and some other forums as well, and I do not see that LV in particular is on the firing line.
In a purse "forum" it is a place for people to vent their issues with bags. They may love them and think they are perfect. They may find flaws that really do need to be addressed. They may be overreacting to a percieved flaw, and usually the other members will put them back into perspective.
Most of the bags on TPF are not cheap. Even a $300 Coach is more money than the average woman today would spend on a bag....we are a special breed. I can totally understand that when you purchase any bag, that you would want to carefully inspect it. My first LV DE NF had very slight alignment issue along one side seam, but it was not worth doing anything about, and my latest DA was pretty much perfect. TPF gives you an audience to decide if you are overreacting or not, and also people can help you find ways to rectify the probs if need be.
My points are these.......
1) Regardless of brand, if people spend, what to them, is a significant chunk of change on a bag, it is natural to want to inspect it and have it be good quality.
2) LV does not have a monopoly on quality control issues.......I see problem issues regularly mentioned in Tods, Mulberry, Coach, Balenciaga to name a few. LV lovers....in no way should we take it personally if people feel they are having quality issues.
3) Quality of bags waxes and wanes in cycles. It depends on outsourcing, quality control managment, who owns a company at any given time. It is not unusual to see periods of better and poorer quality in all bag brands. Additionally the help you recieve will vary from store to store, SA to SA. Again....LV does not have a monopoly on that either.
4) You are simply much more likely to read about *problems* online period. No matter what the subject. It is just the nature of humans. People rarely start a thread to say "Everything is great". They may say that in response to someone who is having probs with *their* product, but if everyone who had no trouble with their bags just posted about it, the boards would be overrun with pretty boring threads. "It's nine o 'clock and all is well!"
5) Posting about problems is really helpful to those of us considering certian bags, for instance the cracking on the DE NF. While ultimately I did not let it stop me from buying my bag, I know what to look for if problems start to arise and I know what to do to try to get some help. Knowledge is power, and if bag owners are noticing trends of problems with specific bags, this is a place we can go to share them....very helpful, and thank goodness we have a great place to do it!
So I just felt the need to share that just because people post about quality issues does not make them, or the board, negative, or picking on LV, or not loyal to the brand. We are just sharing information, and I doubt most people would be hanging around here if we did not love LV and bags in general. I don't know of anything or anyone I love that is perfect. If you find something....let me know
I just dropped by my old stomping grounds over at the Coach threads, and have been visiting Balenciaga and some other forums as well, and I do not see that LV in particular is on the firing line.
In a purse "forum" it is a place for people to vent their issues with bags. They may love them and think they are perfect. They may find flaws that really do need to be addressed. They may be overreacting to a percieved flaw, and usually the other members will put them back into perspective.
Most of the bags on TPF are not cheap. Even a $300 Coach is more money than the average woman today would spend on a bag....we are a special breed. I can totally understand that when you purchase any bag, that you would want to carefully inspect it. My first LV DE NF had very slight alignment issue along one side seam, but it was not worth doing anything about, and my latest DA was pretty much perfect. TPF gives you an audience to decide if you are overreacting or not, and also people can help you find ways to rectify the probs if need be.
My points are these.......
1) Regardless of brand, if people spend, what to them, is a significant chunk of change on a bag, it is natural to want to inspect it and have it be good quality.
2) LV does not have a monopoly on quality control issues.......I see problem issues regularly mentioned in Tods, Mulberry, Coach, Balenciaga to name a few. LV lovers....in no way should we take it personally if people feel they are having quality issues.
3) Quality of bags waxes and wanes in cycles. It depends on outsourcing, quality control managment, who owns a company at any given time. It is not unusual to see periods of better and poorer quality in all bag brands. Additionally the help you recieve will vary from store to store, SA to SA. Again....LV does not have a monopoly on that either.
4) You are simply much more likely to read about *problems* online period. No matter what the subject. It is just the nature of humans. People rarely start a thread to say "Everything is great". They may say that in response to someone who is having probs with *their* product, but if everyone who had no trouble with their bags just posted about it, the boards would be overrun with pretty boring threads. "It's nine o 'clock and all is well!"
5) Posting about problems is really helpful to those of us considering certian bags, for instance the cracking on the DE NF. While ultimately I did not let it stop me from buying my bag, I know what to look for if problems start to arise and I know what to do to try to get some help. Knowledge is power, and if bag owners are noticing trends of problems with specific bags, this is a place we can go to share them....very helpful, and thank goodness we have a great place to do it!
So I just felt the need to share that just because people post about quality issues does not make them, or the board, negative, or picking on LV, or not loyal to the brand. We are just sharing information, and I doubt most people would be hanging around here if we did not love LV and bags in general. I don't know of anything or anyone I love that is perfect. If you find something....let me know
