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Pepe Le Pew strikes again! Second item I've had to report. This time an R-stamped epsom wallet. What is going on?! Togo is my favourite leather for most bags and epsom for SLGs. Why did my faves have to be the defective ones?
 
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stephmorris11 said:
I was wondering this too. My stinky bags were all Q and R and in Togo. The leather to me felt dryer even though the bags were new. I am not sure how the bag would have aged because I returned them for the exchange months ago. The smell was overwhelming and there was no way that I could live with it. As far as testing, my store told me that they really can't do anything but sniff it locally, but in Paris there is much more sophisticated testing going on both of the bags that are coming in and those being shipped out to stores around the world.

As a matter fact, I literally saw the sales person sniff my bag and originally told me that everything was fine. It was a month later that I took it back because the smell had gotten so bad and requested that she send it to Paris to confirm that it was a stinky bag.

I think locally, sniffing is the best they've got. I'm glad that I was persistent. That was in the spring, before all this became more common knowledge. By my second bag this summer, the SA immediately took it in and gave me a receipt without trying to smell it or anything.

By the way, I had one of my bags in my hot trunk for days and it never triggered the smell. It was only a week or so later when I took it out in the sunshine on a moderately warm day that the smell first became apparent. After that it was worse and worse by the day. I strongly believe that if you're going to test your bag, you need to take it outside.
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I'm glad you posted this because I also thought my bag in togo felt really dry brand new. I even asked the SA when I bought it if that was normal and she said yes (but she was a relatively new SA too). I wonder if the "dry" ones are a good indicator of stinky bags. I have not touched a lot of older bags or non stinky bags so I really don't know but maybe others have had the same experience?
 
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klynneann said:
Same here!
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Pazdzernika said:
Pepe Le Pew strikes again! Second item I've had to report. This time an R-stamped epsom wallet. What is going on?! Togo is my favourite leather for most bags and epsom for SLGs. Why did my faves have to be the defective ones?
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I had to return a blue izmir kelly wallet due to the smell. But it was still with 14 days return window.

I wonder has anybody returned SLG outside the 14 days return window because of the smell? And what was the resolution given?
 
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MYH said:
I'm glad you posted this because I also thought my bag in togo felt really dry brand new. I even asked the SA when I bought it if that was normal and she said yes (but she was a relatively new SA too). I wonder if the "dry" ones are a good indicator of stinky bags. I have not touched a lot of older bags or non stinky bags so I really don't know but maybe others have had the same experience?
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Come to think about it, yes, my skunky togo K felt drier than my older togo B (from 2009). It could be just the variations in the togo leather but who knows....
 
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catsinthebag said:
Quick question about the skunk bags: is the problem only with Bs and Ks, or were other bags like GPs and Evelynes affected as well? Sorry if this is too far OT.
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I believe it was possible to have anything done in Togo or Epsom during 2013-14 effected. Someone correct me if I am wrong about that. People were talking about small leather goods like wallets having the odor. I think on the forum people tended to focus on the 'big purchase' items.
 
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bostonbirkin said:
I believe it was possible to have anything done in Togo or Epsom during 2013-14 effected. Someone correct me if I am wrong about that. People were talking about small leather goods like wallets having the odor. I think on the forum people tended to focus on the 'big purchase' items.
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Thanks for the answer. It does make more sense that smaller items in the same leathers would be affected. It probably goes into it in the skunky bags thread, but I just can't bring myself to wade through all the pages!
 
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catsinthebag said:
Thanks for the answer. It does make more sense that smaller items in the same leathers would be affected. It probably goes into it in the skunky bags thread, but I just can't bring myself to wade through all the pages!
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This thread was actually started by a PFer with a skunky Ulysse in togo that was left on the window sill, in the sun..... SLGs are certainly falling victim to the skunk.
 
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