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Hmm... anyone know if the number one mini burgundy was ever $380?
This girl on ebay sold me one that is burgundy. It's discontinued and I could not get it on the polene website. I really wanted that color.
First fishy thing was it was listed as NWT. She messaged me and said she could not find the tags.
I asked if she had the original dustbag and box. She said she only has the dustbag.
She then said she can send me a screenshot of the order confirmation and sent me this. I think I may have gotten scammed. It was my first ebay purchase in many years. I will stick to buying in store or online only.
This girl on ebay sold me one that is burgundy. It's discontinued and I could not get it on the polene website. I really wanted that color.
First fishy thing was it was listed as NWT. She messaged me and said she could not find the tags.
I asked if she had the original dustbag and box. She said she only has the dustbag.
She then said she can send me a screenshot of the order confirmation and sent me this. I think I may have gotten scammed. It was my first ebay purchase in many years. I will stick to buying in store or online only.
Hahah I am in the same boat! I just bought three numero un bags- two nano in black and taupe and the regular size in monochrome grey.
ok update: I just got the numero un nano in taupe and it is almost the exact same color as the monochrome grey !! I am sort of disappointed because I wanted to have different colors but clearly I also love this color so I’m not that sad about it.
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No, you called me back to this beautiful, accursed thread! Wait, it's Talk Like a Pirate Day. Arrrgh, thar be a quote notification, a'calling fer looksies-loos of this wily temptress!
Every day that I don't buy this bag is a testament to the strength and will of the human spirit! Three #1 bags, girl, that's a lot! Wait, is it actually 4? I see you have not held back, lol! Welp, since I'm here, let me go see if you posted pics
On Saturday, I ordered the sage card holder for a birthday gift and the party is this Saturday. I thought with the 5-day shipping window, it would arrive right on time (on Thursday or Friday). This is the 8th order from Polene and I've gotten all of them really fast. But as Murphy's Law would have it, this time it hasn't moved since Saturday. Ugh. Wonder if their shipping will now be very slow.
I wanted to show up with my fancy Parisian (but affordable) gift for my good friend, and now I'm gonna have to find something else.
I wanted to show up with my fancy Parisian (but affordable) gift for my good friend, and now I'm gonna have to find something else.
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On Saturday, I ordered the sage card holder for a birthday gift and the party is this Saturday. I thought with the 5-day shipping window, it would arrive right on time (on Thursday or Friday). This is the 8th order from Polene and I've gotten all of them really fast. But as Murphy's Law would have it, this time it hasn't moved since Saturday. Ugh. Wonder if their shipping will now be very slow.
I wanted to show up with my fancy Parisian (but affordable) gift for my good friend, and now I'm gonna have to find something else.
I ordered a bag on Friday and no tracking number or movement. No reply from CS.
Ordered Thursday and it was shipped Monday.
I purchased mine in Dec 2020, looks like they decreased its price. I did manage to get free shipping though during their holiday promo. Hope everything else works out for you!
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I’ve been lurking here a while but finally decided to sign up. I’ve found this forum post soo helpful in narrowing down which Polene bag I want. I’ve been admiring this brand for the past year and was really dead set on a Mini Sept… BUT after seeing all of these Mini Neufs… I have to have one!! I’m not sure if I should go for Chalk or Dune though Chalk definitely grabbed my attention first. For any chalk lovers out there, how do you find it works when wearing other white clothes? I don’t wear white super often (my wardrobe has a lot of shades of burgundy, burnt orange, emerald green, navy) but during the summer I do tend to gravitate towards my off white pants and sandals, with lighter shade tops like pale blue. Decisions decisions!
I own both these styles in black and love them both. Whenever people ask a question like this, I'm always a huge enabler LOL I say do it!! You can't beat the price point, and you should get whatever makes you happy!
Your post here was very thought-provoking and touched on some key points that I don't think are spoken about enough. I wanted to share some thoughts that it stirred in me about bags and quality!
First of all re: the Umi, same here. I was considering picking up an Umi in cognac but after seeing so many Umis on here with the tearing issue at this same spot, I'm definitely not buying one. The Polene styles I have are also great quality and I'm happy with them, although I did have issues with crooked half-moon pieces on the un nano as well as a big scratch on the same piece on one of my nanos that I ended up selling and then replacing.
Secondly, I definitely agree that it's impossible for every bag to come out perfect. I have let go a number of issues on MOST of my designer bags because I do agree it is unreasonable to expect perfection, even for bags in the $1000s range.
However, on the point of quality in general -- Polene market themselves as an affordable luxury brand, but these quality issues do NOT reflect a luxurious experience imo (nor does it with any of the higher-end, so-called "luxurious" brand with laughable quality issues, Chanel and LV especially). Quality is clearly not a priority at all for any designer house at the moment, in my opinion. In general with luxury goods today, there is no regard or thought for the workmanship of the items being put out. It's all a mega-capitalist scheme to net the highest profits for the lowest investments in materials and workmanship that people will accept. I have walked away from purchasing new designer items from now on unless I know they are quality and are not one of the LVMH brands, and I will not be returning to these brands until they return to their roots of taking themselves seriously as artisans of fine luxury goods instead of a massive ultra-capitalistic scheme. Bernard Arnault, the CEO of LVMH, is the third richest person in the world, SECOND ONLY TO ELON MUSK AND JEFF BEZOS. Let's think about that for a second.
My husband, who is my best friend, said something interesting to me about this once. He said that for the price they charge for these bags, they should be measuring everything to the smallest fraction if a millimeter to make sure there are NO structural flaws at the very least. And with what all designer brands are putting out nowadays, they definitely aren't doing that. But I think he's right, THEY SHOULD! One time when I spoke with him about purchasing another Polene bag, his response was "why even bother? You know it'll have an issue." Lol.
Sorry for the huge post. I am a massive lover of fine luxury goods and the lacking (to say the least) quality across the entire designer sector has been disappointing and angering for me. We work hard for our money and these brands (especially the high-end ones, not so much Polene since they clearly do aim to offer a great product for MUCH less money) don't respect us at all and I for one am not tolerating it anymore. I just purchased a vintage Chanel medium classic flap pre-owned for a fraction of the MSRP price, and I'm very happy to be getting the quality from a previous time period as opposed to the, again, laughable quality that they produce today. And don't even get me started on the insane in-store experience and how they treat people there.
/endrant lol
Just caught up here after being away from this thread for a long time. Just wanna say I love it here and I love reading everyone's thoughts. Life can be pretty damn tough, but interacting with you all here about bags, one of my favorite topics (lol) that is not understood by many in my real life, is quite healing for me. 
Welcome to the wonderful community of tPF!
I received the Mini Sept in Chalk last week! At first I was a bit shocked because on the website the Chalk was presented as a cool toned white but in real life it’s really not white, it’s grayish with an interesting undertone. I had to process this surprise because I was really expecting something else, I even checked the website if they maybe sent me the wrong color
but the next day I could see the beauty of it because it truly fits with ANY color, and that includes white. I just wanted a non high end bag for the moments you can’t/won’t bring your designer bags and this one is perfect because it will fit with any outfit.I didn’t have time to take proper pictures yet but these two I made after the unboxing. The color also changes depending on the light. Hope this helps!
