Interesting...Yup, 100% positive because I ended up buying them online
Van Cleef & Arpels: Current Worldwide Prices
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Anyone familiar with the price in Hawaii? Are they the same as online price in the US website?
Does anyone know why VCA France website prices are lower than let's say Ireland? Is that a system error? I tried adding a MOP/YG into the cart and then try changing the country to different areas in the EU, the final prices are not all consistent. The price ranges from 3550 euro to 3600, 3650, 3700, 3750 euros. Luxembourg seems to have the lowest price out of all the EU countries.
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I believe it is because different EU countries have different tax rate. For example, France is 20% and Italy is 22%.
If you backout the math with full refund assumption, you should get the same number.
I did that but even the base price is not exactly the same.
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Then I called the other VCA at Ala Moana Neiman Marcus and the bracelet is $3700 so it is the same as the US website.
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sorry. That’s what I was told couple years ago and the numbers were either right on or fairly close.
I think it has to do with recent price increases and they still want to keep the numbers to the nearest 10s or 100s. So, imo, I think they are close enough.
I am currently in Rome now and looking at a few pieces, I was hoping pricing would be a little better here than in the US, but it appears to be very similar prices in US and Italy. If from US, where is best place to purchase for lowest price or is all very similar? Thanks in Advance!
Hi I am planning on buying my first Alhambra bracelet. What is the price difference between London and Paris? Is it cheaper to buy in Paris? Or is there no real price difference between the both? Thank you! I really hope someone replies
Van Cleef has international web sites available with pricing, change the country for on the site and you can compare pricing for the bracelet that you are considering.Hi I am planning on buying my first Alhambra bracelet. What is the price difference between London and Paris? Is it cheaper to buy in Paris? Or is there no real price difference between the both? Thank you! I really hope someone replies
Generally speaking the price differences haven't been that great lately on VCA but sometimes there are one off pieces where it makes sense to purchase in Europe vs. US. So, unless you are offered VAT back on the spot like i was recently in Paris Chanel or at the duty free airport etc, even the VAT back isn't really the VAT back as there are fees/taxes to consider. Global Blue has a VAT calculator that you use to estimate the VAT back. It used to take a while to receive the VAT back if the credit was going on my credit card which exposed me to currency exchange risk but lately the VAT back has been quick which has decreased this risk ( and most of the time it would not go my way when it took a while for the credit thus actually). There are fees with this service either back to cc or if you exchange for currency. So I go back to the VAT back isn't really the VAT back unless taken at the the point of purchase but it is something back just not as meaningful as it appears from the onset. In US it's the cost of the item plus sales tax. When buying internationally, your credit card company may charge you a foreign transaction fee service so that would be an additional cost to consider when purchasing internationally. Then when returning to the US you should consider custom duties. I don't know how many family members you are travelling to know how many exemptions that you would qualify for or the amount of all your goodies to know if that brings down your exposure to custom duties on reentry to the US, but it is a tax that takes away some of the perceived benefits of VAT back. And then there is currency exchange rates, the rate today may not be the rate when you travel. Personally, I would use a spreadsheet or calculator and I would math it out to see if there is a price benefit to purchase internationally and then if there is a price difference, ask if that amount is worth it to you. That's a very personal decision. Some brands try to have similar pricing between US/EU (like VCA) and other's don't (like LV). But sometimes even when the brands try to have similar pricing there will be some meaningful differences. I do the math, considering fees/taxes etc. and then ask myself is it worth it. Good luck!