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#706
Is it just me or have the alhambra pieces decreased in price recently? I went to the boutique in early December to scope out the YG 5 motif bracelet and remember being quoted something just over $4K. The website is now showing $3950...

The price decreases at Cartier and potentially at VCA have me worried! Do you ladies think they will continue dropping?
 
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#707
ofraredevice said:
Is it just me or have the alhambra pieces decreased in price recently? I went to the boutique in early December to scope out the YG 5 motif bracelet and remember being quoted something just over $4K. The website is now showing $3950...

The price decreases at Cartier and potentially at VCA have me worried! Do you ladies think they will continue dropping?
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Absent Hermes, I just think it was a sign of the luxury market in general for quite sometime but it seems that it may be recovering in the nearer term -there is certainly renewed confidence that it will rebound fully. Both Cartier and VCA are owned by Richemont and here are some recent news links:
https://www.businessoffashion.com/a...ue-up-5-percent-with-unexpected-watch-rebound
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...mas-sales-beat-estimates-as-china-u-s-rebound
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/richemont-sales-gain-bodes-well-for-luxury-goods-2017-01-12
 
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ofraredevice said:
Is it just me or have the alhambra pieces decreased in price recently? I went to the boutique in early December to scope out the YG 5 motif bracelet and remember being quoted something just over $4K. The website is now showing $3950...

The price decreases at Cartier and potentially at VCA have me worried! Do you ladies think they will continue dropping?
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Prices are definitely down in the US. I don't think it's all pieces (the clover perlee looks about the same), but definitely some - the carnelian 5 motif was 4450 now 4100, the pg 10 motif was 8150 now 7850. I had been keeping a list of certain things. The 10 motif MOP/Onyx is now 7450 I'm pretty sure it was 7950.
 
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ofraredevice said:
Is it just me or have the alhambra pieces decreased in price recently? I went to the boutique in early December to scope out the YG 5 motif bracelet and remember being quoted something just over $4K. The website is now showing $3950...

The price decreases at Cartier and potentially at VCA have me worried! Do you ladies think they will continue dropping?
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I think it's because the USD has been strengthening... so they need to lower the price to match the euro prices. But it sucks for those who bought at the higher prices :\
 
#710
BBC said:
Prices are definitely down in the US. I don't think it's all pieces (the clover perlee looks about the same), but definitely some - the carnelian 5 motif was 4450 now 4100, the pg 10 motif was 8150 now 7850. I had been keeping a list of certain things. The 10 motif MOP/Onyx is now 7450 I'm pretty sure it was 7950.
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You have a great memory -it was definitely $7950 because I went to purchase mine at that amount, but when I got to the boutique, it was the lower price. $500 savings. I was stunned. Happy but definitely cognizant of the fact that I would have been :mad: if I had come even two days earlier. To my knowledge, the only company that doesn't do this is Hermes...they just have a couple of sales and that's it.
 
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Mali_ said:
You have a great memory -it was definitely $7950 because I went to purchase mine at that amount, but when I got to the boutique, it was the lower price. $500 savings. I was stunned. Happy but definitely cognizant of the fact that I would have been :mad: if I had come even two days earlier. To my knowledge, the only company that doesn't do this is Hermes...they just have a couple of sales and that's it.
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Actually, not too long ago H did decrease prices for scarves! But yeah, that $7950 stuck in my head....glad the prices are going down rather than up!!
 
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elizabethtwrs said:
I think it's because the USD has been strengthening... so they need to lower the price to match the euro prices. But it sucks for those who bought at the higher prices :\
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I know... this makes me worried about my recent purchases! I hope the price doesn't decrease again during this year's April adjustments at Richemont. If they do, I'll definitely feel kind of duped by the years of SAs threatening impending price increases.
 
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Mali_ said:
You have a great memory -it was definitely $7950 because I went to purchase mine at that amount, but when I got to the boutique, it was the lower price. $500 savings. I was stunned. Happy but definitely cognizant of the fact that I would have been :mad: if I had come even two days earlier. To my knowledge, the only company that doesn't do this is Hermes...they just have a couple of sales and that's it.
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Actually big fashion houses like LV and Hermes do adjust their prices periodically due to FX fluctuations.
 
#714
Hm - my SA was just telling me today that Bulgari and, I think, Cartier prices will be going up around March 1. She said that once those go up, she expects VCA will follow suit. Has anyone else heard of a price increase in the US? I'm really hoping that's not true...
 
#715
klynneann said:
Hm - my SA was just telling me today that Bulgari and, I think, Cartier prices will be going up around March 1. She said that once those go up, she expects VCA will follow suit. Has anyone else heard of a price increase in the US? I'm really hoping that's not true...
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My SA had said there would be a price increase this year but I have not heard anything since he mentioned this around September of last year. I have been curious too because I have a big purchase planned and hope to beat the increase.
 
#716
H prices on fine jewelry recently decreased and the boutiques will give you a credit for the difference if you purchased at the higher price within 30 days of the decrease. Does anyone know if VCA would do the same? (I know it's unlikely there will be a decrease, but there was a bit of one last year...)
 
#717
Has anyone heard anything about a price increase (or decrease) in the U.S.? I have an item in mind for my next purchase, but would like to wait as long as possible, preferably without waiting too long and getting hit with the increase. :amuse:
 
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