I'd say a little more than half of my current collection was purchased second-hand...I started buying LV last year in August when I got my first credit card and started to look for the pink CB items that I fell in love with when they first came out in 2003. After searching around eBay, I found one, and ended up buying the cles and PMP to match. I told my friends that these would be the only things from LV that I'll ever own, but after looking around eBay some more I fell in love with monogram as well and that was when I started going craaaazy...
Next came Damier, then Epi, then more monogram, another Damier, and Miroir in December. My Miroir pochette was my first brand new bag. After Christmas, I started buying from the store more often, mainly because I finally became more acquianted with the SA there.
I expected to get all these discontinued/LE second hand bags from Hong Kong, but the PRICES here have greatly disappointed me. My cousin says that people don't really sell their bags for cheap here; they try to make money off of them. I saw a Dentelle Speedy for $14,600 HKD, and another at another store for $15,400 HKD...which is probably more than what it'd cost at the store, because it doesn't sound that great of a deal to me.
My last two purchases (and upcoming third purchase for me as an early birthday present from my boyfriend) have both been a boutique purchase and I must say that after buying second hand for almost 9 months, I'm slowly changing my preference to buying from the boutique. I just love walking away with a big LV bag, and spending a good hour or so slowly opening the box and admiring every single little thing when I get home.
With my extra scholarship money that I'll be getting this Fall, I didn't even think about what bags I'll buy from eBay. I just thought about how I'd spend that money at the Holt Renfrew Private Shopping Night so that I'll get the $200 gift card
Anyway, I think I'll still buy second hand and everything...especially from let-trade since they have great discontinued bags at good prices, but other than that, unless I stumble upon an irresistible deal, I think I'll be buying from the store from now on!
Next came Damier, then Epi, then more monogram, another Damier, and Miroir in December. My Miroir pochette was my first brand new bag. After Christmas, I started buying from the store more often, mainly because I finally became more acquianted with the SA there.
I expected to get all these discontinued/LE second hand bags from Hong Kong, but the PRICES here have greatly disappointed me. My cousin says that people don't really sell their bags for cheap here; they try to make money off of them. I saw a Dentelle Speedy for $14,600 HKD, and another at another store for $15,400 HKD...which is probably more than what it'd cost at the store, because it doesn't sound that great of a deal to me.
My last two purchases (and upcoming third purchase for me as an early birthday present from my boyfriend) have both been a boutique purchase and I must say that after buying second hand for almost 9 months, I'm slowly changing my preference to buying from the boutique. I just love walking away with a big LV bag, and spending a good hour or so slowly opening the box and admiring every single little thing when I get home.
With my extra scholarship money that I'll be getting this Fall, I didn't even think about what bags I'll buy from eBay. I just thought about how I'd spend that money at the Holt Renfrew Private Shopping Night so that I'll get the $200 gift card
Anyway, I think I'll still buy second hand and everything...especially from let-trade since they have great discontinued bags at good prices, but other than that, unless I stumble upon an irresistible deal, I think I'll be buying from the store from now on!
! I just love being surrounded by all that LV, picking out the perfect bag and taking it home right away! Life couldn't be sweeter
