Hi guys,
For those of you who haven't seen my previous threads, I was looking for a large rivet veneta on ebay in the same colour as the one worn by ashley olsen, I found one with the help of a lovely pfrmer and bought it from a seller on ebay even though she told me that the corners had wear and the lining was a bit stained from use. When it arrived, I loved the thick slouchiness of the leather but the corners were bothering me because I'm so used to babying my bags, so off to BV she went to see if they could change the lining and repair the corners.
The BV SA's loved the bag and said that Italy normally charge around 100-150GBP to change the lining (any colour you want) and extra for the corners, although they may not be able to do the corners without ripping through the lining.
After 6 weeks of patiently waiting I got a call from my SA saying that they would charge 750 euros (around 1100 USD) for repairing the bag. Needless to say I was
as I only paid 1000USD for the bag in the first place. I posted on the forum, and received lots of lovely advise from you here with regards to whether this amount was reasonable or not, I can understand why BV was charging me so much because they said that they would have to break the rivets to replace the lining and re-do the braiding around the veneta which is why it would be sooo expensive.
Anyways after much
and . I got back to my SA with a 
and asked her if they could do just the leather work on the corners and leave the lining (as no one sees it anyway)
After much begging and pleading from my lovely SA, they agreed to do the corners without ripping through the lining for GET THIS 40 GBP. I was
. They took 3 days and the bag is here.
I got a call from my SA who told me that it looks brilliant! and she is right, you can't even see the repairs on the corners. The lining was still a bit dirty but I've gone over it gently with a suede block and it doesn't look too bad any more!!! The best thing about this bag is the gorgeous thick goatskin leather which feels amazing and the fact that this veneta is broken in like no other BV that I have (probably because I baby my bags too much).
I'm posting some before and after pics so that you can see my rescue mission for yourself....
Here is a pic of the bag that started it all
For those of you who haven't seen my previous threads, I was looking for a large rivet veneta on ebay in the same colour as the one worn by ashley olsen, I found one with the help of a lovely pfrmer and bought it from a seller on ebay even though she told me that the corners had wear and the lining was a bit stained from use. When it arrived, I loved the thick slouchiness of the leather but the corners were bothering me because I'm so used to babying my bags, so off to BV she went to see if they could change the lining and repair the corners.
The BV SA's loved the bag and said that Italy normally charge around 100-150GBP to change the lining (any colour you want) and extra for the corners, although they may not be able to do the corners without ripping through the lining.
After 6 weeks of patiently waiting I got a call from my SA saying that they would charge 750 euros (around 1100 USD) for repairing the bag. Needless to say I was
as I only paid 1000USD for the bag in the first place. I posted on the forum, and received lots of lovely advise from you here with regards to whether this amount was reasonable or not, I can understand why BV was charging me so much because they said that they would have to break the rivets to replace the lining and re-do the braiding around the veneta which is why it would be sooo expensive.Anyways after much
and . I got back to my SA with a and asked her if they could do just the leather work on the corners and leave the lining (as no one sees it anyway)After much begging and pleading from my lovely SA, they agreed to do the corners without ripping through the lining for GET THIS 40 GBP. I was
. They took 3 days and the bag is here.I got a call from my SA who told me that it looks brilliant! and she is right, you can't even see the repairs on the corners. The lining was still a bit dirty but I've gone over it gently with a suede block and it doesn't look too bad any more!!! The best thing about this bag is the gorgeous thick goatskin leather which feels amazing and the fact that this veneta is broken in like no other BV that I have (probably because I baby my bags too much).
I'm posting some before and after pics so that you can see my rescue mission for yourself....
Here is a pic of the bag that started it all
Enjoy your beauty. 
