Van Cleef & Arpels: Current Worldwide Prices

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I heard rumors about price increase on 1 July worldwide too and it could be up to 15%?! As we don’t have VCA in our country I can only visit it when I travel in about 2 weeks and I’m afraid it would be too late... As much as I love the boutique experience I’m contemplating if I should order online :(
 
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pinkrose398 said:
Oh crap! I just made an appt with my SA to come into the store on July 4 because that's the next weekend day she has appointments available. Should I go in earlier? I'm honestly worried about price increases because LV and Chanel just had them.

Edit: I just texted my SA and she said she hasn't heard anything. She just asked her manager and they also didn't hear anything. I asked her to keep me updated if she hears otherwise. We're in Canada.
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My experience is that Canadian SAs are very honest about price increase. So if they said there’s none, I wouldn’t be too worried! ;)
 
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Phew, that's good to know!

Also, there's talk about an emergency VAT cut in the UK. Does anyone know if those are likely to be passed by VCA onto the consumer? Though I guess they could always do a price increase and then reduce the tax to hold or increase the final price...
 
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jsmile said:
Does anyone know when there was a last price increase?
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What I do know is that there have been decreases since there was an increase. The solid gold 5 motif Alhambra bracelet was about $4200 back in 2016 when I got it and it went down in price a few months later. I am not sure if there were one or two decreases, but that bracelet is $3900 now. I think VCA was wise to realize prices had been increasing more than inflation (and incomes) and adjusted them.
 
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DS2006 said:
What I do know is that there have been decreases since there was an increase. The solid gold 5 motif Alhambra bracelet was about $4200 back in 2016 when I got it and it went down in price a few months later. I am not sure if there were one or two decreases, but that bracelet is $3900 now. I think VCA was wise to realize prices had been increasing more than inflation (and incomes) and adjusted them.
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I’m not sure if the decreases are due to adjusting them for inflation / income but rather for the price of gold and for foreign exchange adjustments. Gold prices have fluctuated so they decrease the prices when gold prices go down.
 
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pinkrose398 said:
I’m not sure if the decreases are due to adjusting them for inflation / income but rather for the price of gold and for foreign exchange adjustments. Gold prices have fluctuated so they decrease the prices when gold prices go down.
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I considered that and think that is definitely a factor, but it is not the case for the amount of decrease that has stayed in effect the last few years as the price of gold has been relatively stable except for now (Oct 2019 to present). There were decreases at a stable time for gold prices. I am concerned about an increase due to the current price of gold for sure.

One time I compared prices I found listed on this site in 2012 with 2019:
VA yg onyx bracelet $3700, 3700
VA yg onyx earrings $4150, 3550
Magic earrings $5200, 4650

As you can see, prices are the same or lower now than 2012!
 
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My first VCA piece was in 2014 and it was $5100 CAD. Today, that same piece is $4850 CAD :( Funnily enough, my jumbo was $5050 CAD then. And now, the price of the jumbo has jumped close to $10K CAD. I'm still mad at VCA for decreasing the price lol. I still wonder if they will decrease the price again, because they've done it before.
 
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DS2006 said:
I considered that and think that is definitely a factor, but it is not the case for the amount of decrease that has stayed in effect the last few years as the price of gold has been relatively stable except for now (Oct 2019 to present). There were decreases at a stable time for gold prices. I am concerned about an increase due to the current price of gold for sure.

One time I compared prices I found listed on this site in 2012 with 2019:
VA yg onyx bracelet $3700, 3700
VA yg onyx earrings $4150, 3550
Magic earrings $5200, 4650

As you can see, prices are the same or lower now than 2012!
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icedcoffee said:
My first VCA piece was in 2014 and it was $5100 CAD. Today, that same piece is $4850 CAD :sad: Funnily enough, my jumbo was $5050 CAD then. And now, the price of the jumbo has jumped close to $10K CAD. I'm still mad at VCA for decreasing the price lol. I still wonder if they will decrease the price again, because they've done it before.
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I think many of us are in the boat of having paid higher prices before the decrease! My first piece (5 motif solid yg) was $4200 in 2016 and now I think it's $3900 USD. That's how I remember the year of the big decrease! But I feel like we are at the bottom, and if we hear of an upcoming price increase, I'll try to buy a couple of things on my wishlist. I don't care to pay higher prices! I think Chanel has lost their minds. I love Chanel the most of all the designer purses, but I won't pay these prices.
 
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