Rejuventating, Repairing or Restoring Your Balenciaga
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I was sooo pleased to win this from someone from TPF. I took a risk because the handles were practically black but I was willing to try out my repairers who have experience with repairs to designer bags and shoes. They have always (until now), always come through with any job I have thrown at them (which is why I went with them instead of the $100+ route of LMB).
I asked them to ONLY lighten the handles and fix the corners which were dark and rubbed off. Instead the DYED the ENTIRE BAG!!!
I almost passed out when I saw it today.
I actually loved the beat up worn in look that the body of the bag had before and they dyed right over that.
At most I was going to do one coat of conditioner myself but keep that worn in look that the bag was blessed with.
My repairers dyed the entire bag so its now a darker caramel version of itself. I swear the woman saw smoke coming out of my nose ears and eyes. After MUCH yelling in front of other customers, she credited me half my money back (I was charged $60). They argued that since they cleaned/dyed the handles and corners, it no longer matched the body of the bag and so they had to do the entire bag so it matched. Of course I ripped into them saying that did not matter. I did NOT TELL THEM to do the entire bag. It now has a slight sheen to it (no longer the matte finish that I bought it with). Will the sheen wear off over time?
MY DILEMA:
Should I keep it and see if over time it ages in again to a matte finish or sell it to recoop back some of my loss and hold out for another 03 caramel (like they come around often). I do still like how it looks but its not how I wanted it to be! Time will only tell if it will grow on me...Do you think it looks that bad? Does it look ORANGE????
Only good thing is that its still soft and slouchy (thank God).
BEFORE:
the two-tone caramel that sold me:
you could see it needed cleaning:
I took a gamble buying it this way cuz I would just have the handles fixed:
AFTER PICS - HOW I GOT IT BACK FROM MY REPAIRER:
handles now (which I'm pleased with):
Indoor by window:
I asked them to ONLY lighten the handles and fix the corners which were dark and rubbed off. Instead the DYED the ENTIRE BAG!!!
I almost passed out when I saw it today. I actually loved the beat up worn in look that the body of the bag had before and they dyed right over that.
At most I was going to do one coat of conditioner myself but keep that worn in look that the bag was blessed with.
My repairers dyed the entire bag so its now a darker caramel version of itself. I swear the woman saw smoke coming out of my nose ears and eyes. After MUCH yelling in front of other customers, she credited me half my money back (I was charged $60). They argued that since they cleaned/dyed the handles and corners, it no longer matched the body of the bag and so they had to do the entire bag so it matched. Of course I ripped into them saying that did not matter. I did NOT TELL THEM to do the entire bag. It now has a slight sheen to it (no longer the matte finish that I bought it with). Will the sheen wear off over time?
MY DILEMA:
Should I keep it and see if over time it ages in again to a matte finish or sell it to recoop back some of my loss and hold out for another 03 caramel (like they come around often). I do still like how it looks but its not how I wanted it to be! Time will only tell if it will grow on me...Do you think it looks that bad? Does it look ORANGE????
Only good thing is that its still soft and slouchy (thank God).
BEFORE:
the two-tone caramel that sold me:
you could see it needed cleaning:
I took a gamble buying it this way cuz I would just have the handles fixed:
AFTER PICS - HOW I GOT IT BACK FROM MY REPAIRER:
handles now (which I'm pleased with):
Indoor by window:
Well, I know you're upset that they didn't do what you asked, and that is completely understandable, but honestly I think it looks great!!! I would keep it....but, if you insist on letting it go.... THROW IT MY WAY HONEY!!!
I can only imagine how mad you are because I, too, am very specific on what I want and understand if I didn't tell somebody to do something there was a reason for that BUT the bag looks AMAZING!!!! I LOVE IT! I hope it helps that everyone still thinks it looks BEAUTIFUL!
I can totally understand why you are so upset - they had no business doing anything other than the work you specified without contact you first, no matter how the bag looked after they were done doing the specified repairs.
That being said, I think the bag looks terrific - I would absolutely keep it.
That being said, I think the bag looks terrific - I would absolutely keep it.
I was really nervous for you but it DOES look better!! If that's a dye job then they did an amazing job. I'm really curious what exactly they did to the handles. It's hard to tell if they did actually clean them or if they just dyed over them (probably both). In any case, no, it's not what you wanted but it looks GREAT. The color even looks better IMO, but does it really feel the same??
I think it's looks great but it is what you are happy with as the look may be different from the actual feel... so if you think that you will be fuming and angsty everytime you pick up the bag, it's going to eat into you.. I will usually cut loss if it's a toxic issue/bag/colleague/friend/transaction cause I want to surround myself with only good karma!
if you decide to drop the issue and move on, do remember that full disclosure is best policy when finding her another good home... PEACE be with you always!
if you decide to drop the issue and move on, do remember that full disclosure is best policy when finding her another good home... PEACE be with you always!
I think it looks great. I know it's not what you wanted but honestly, it acutually looks better to me.
Hi you!! Ok I really wanted to see what you thought. They apparently cleaned and dyed the handles. I'm really pleased with how those came out. It was BLACK before as you can see so its a nice deeper colour that's not perfect but is good as I would want it to be in line with the rest of the bag
And it DOES feel the same. Its still very soft and very slouchy. That did not change at all thank GOD because that would've been the last straw.
I'm just very particular with b bags and so it was a shock to get 'transformed' bag when I was expecting to get back the same untouched one.