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Okay. Here she is. I would never have called this blue, more mint or aqua.

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This was listed on eBay 3 or 4 times at $75. You can see it's a little crinkly, and she did need a bath. She had no real noticeable spots, she was just over all a little dirty on the outside. She got a pretty good scrub down in the sink.

In the last picture you can see that the interior had some ink. There seemed to be two different incidents, there was one that looked like regular ink that I was able to get out, and one spot, shown here, that looks more like that gel ink...really bright blue, and that essentially didn't budge at all.

I kept trying to talk myself out of buying it, then the last time it was relisted all of a sudden I decided I HAD to have it, and just knew that there would be a last minute bidding war. But no, I got her for $75. :)
 
About once a month I have an appointment in a distant neighborhood and the drive takes me directly by a St. Vincent De Paul Thrift Shop. It's a large store, dusty and low tech, but the staff are nice. I always try to make time to stop in and check out the bags when I am in the area.

Most of the bags are marked $3 or $1 ($5 at the most) they do have a few slightly more expensive bags behind the counter but they are usually "nothing much" or fake. Often the bags are just piled up in bins and shopping carts and you have to dig through them.

Sometimes I don't find a thing (and I have picked up a couple of fakes there but for that price I don't mind - especially since I know that the money is going to charity) but I have also found some nice items there at very cheap prices.

I've just looked them up online and they do have some SVDP shops in Toronto and elsewhere in Canada, see link below. I don't know if they are located any place close to you or if they offer a large selection of bags; but if they are anything like the SVDP store that I visit, then they don't know bags and they slap a cheap price on them! Good luck!

http://www.svdptoronto.org/v2/stores-distribution1.html

Here are a few examples of genuine items that I have picked up very cheaply at the SVDP store:

Coach Black Court Bag ($3)
http://forum.purseblog.com/coach-shopping/authenticate-this-coach-694619-742.html#post22029506

Ugg bag ($5)
http://forum.purseblog.com/authenticate-this/authenticate-this-ugg-138289-2.html#post21786106

Kate Spade black cosmetic bag ($1)
http://forum.purseblog.com/authenti...-this-kate-spade-416419-157.html#post22118026

There is one on the list that it sort of close to where I work...I will still have to take the streetcar east, and then a bit north, but maybe I can hit it up on my way back from the Value Village tomorrow since it's in that direction. I just need to not get lost after getting off the street car LOL!
 
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Checked out the new local Savers again this morning now that the Grand Opening crowds have gone - even being there when the doors open may not be good enough! I wandered round for a bit before checking out the "special" section and while I was trying to figure out if the few Coaches I could see were worth taking a look at, a women bought all 5 or 6 of them.

Some days it just don't pay to get up early! :laugh:


I would have thought the crowds would have parted and let Ms. Boo-kay through to have first pick!
 
There is one on the list that it sort of close to where I work...I will still have to take the streetcar east, and then a bit north, but maybe I can hit it up on my way back from the Value Village tomorrow since it's in that direction. I just need to not get lost after getting off the street car LOL!

Well, be careful not to venture into a dangerous, unknown neighborhood in seach of a vintage bargain! Like I said, I know nothing about Toronto - never been there!
 
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Checked out the new local Savers again this morning now that the Grand Opening crowds have gone - even being there when the doors open may not be good enough! I wandered round for a bit before checking out the "special" section and while I was trying to figure out if the few Coaches I could see were worth taking a look at, a women bought all 5 or 6 of them.

Some days it just don't pay to get up early!

I would have thought the crowds would have parted and let Ms. Boo-kay through to have first pick!

No, I guess the brass band got stuck at the airport and I had to shop anonymously. :laugh:

Nothing that she was buying looked especially interesting anyway.
 
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