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is this Joolzs?(sp)...If it is I have seen her post a few on some of the AT threads.
Joodlz was in Florida. She got some great deals.
Joodlz stopped posting just before my time. Since the poster I am thinking of left, and I have my suspicions why, I am inclined to let it go at that.
 
Ive noticed Florida is also a hot spot for vintage coach. Makes sense, lots of old retirees live there. I can imagine when they pass, they might have a vintage coach bag or 2 (or an entire collection) that gets donated with their belongings or found at the estate sale their next of kin organized. When I visit the US, Im making it my mission to hit every thrift store possible just to take a look at the bag section Lol
And yes, on the FL gulf coast, a few years back, I lucked into a recent donation at a GW, and I thought passed away or downsizing . There must have been 10 - 12 bags . I scored 3 bags, $25 each plus tax. Never saw that many bags in that store ago.
 
And yes, on the FL gulf coast, a few years back, I lucked into a recent donation at a GW, and I thought passed away or downsizing . There must have been 10 - 12 bags . I scored 3 bags, $25 each plus tax. Never saw that many bags in that store ago.
More than once I've been in a thrift store asking for Coach and have been told that somebody came in and cleared out all the Coaches 1/2 hour before I got there.
 
And yes, on the FL gulf coast, a few years back, I lucked into a recent donation at a GW, and I thought passed away or downsizing . There must have been 10 - 12 bags . I scored 3 bags, $25 each plus tax. Never saw that many bags in that store ago.

I have dreams where I walk into a thrift store and find my dream vintage coach bags for like $10...I wake up very disappointed lol. Its probably a sign that I need to stop looking at vintage coach listings right before I go to bed haha
 
Found what looks to be a really good condition glued in serial number nyc basic bag for a really good price. I already have a black one and I don’t want to add to the rehab pile so if anyone here is interested:


not my listing & not authenticated
 
The thing about living in Canada is, I have never in my life come across vintage coach in a thrift store the way I see people in the US do. When the demand goes up (which it now has), my cheap ebay bag supply goes with it! Its like a bag ban Im forced into lol!
I live in South Carolina and I can find some great bags and great prices at my favorite local resale shop but I haven't been to a store since March and I think it's still going to be awhile. And eBay has gotten so pricey.
 
Rare, unknown Dakota style. I think 3 members of tpf have one.
 
Rare, unknown Dakota style. I think 3 members of tpf have one.
Did you include me? :graucho:
 
The thing about living in Canada is, I have never in my life come across vintage coach in a thrift store the way I see people in the US do. When the demand goes up (which it now has), my cheap ebay bag supply goes with it! Its like a bag ban Im forced into lol!
They’re hard to find in the thrift stores here on the MS Gulf Coast, but they do pop up. I have four Goodwills and a Salvation Army store within 10 miles of me and have only ever found two bags - the brown Court ($29.99 US, I think) (ETA: Just looked at my past post and I paid $19.99) that was deemed fake on the AT thread and my 2006 black Willis ($39.99 US) with the nickel hardware. Not vintage but beautiful and in pristine condition! Either people don’t donate the bags or the staff at our stores is great at pulling them as they arrive to post on the website. Found a Legacy Drawstring for $39 US at Style Encore. Now, my LetGo and FB Marketplace finds were unbelievable. Three bags each for $10 each and $5 each, respectively! You can search my past posts to see them all. But finding those was sheer luck. The FB ones I stumbled upon by accident. I never check but just happened to while my husband and I were driving to see the latest Star Wars on a much-needed date away and saw them posted. We tuned the car around and met the girl in a Sam’s parking lot ten minutes later! She’d already sold a Pocket Purse, dang it!
 
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Ive noticed Florida is also a hot spot for vintage coach. Makes sense, lots of old retirees live there. I can imagine when they pass, they might have a vintage coach bag or 2 (or an entire collection) that gets donated with their belongings or found at the estate sale their next of kin organized. When I visit the US, Im making it my mission to hit every thrift store possible just to take a look at the bag section Lol
Ooh...we’re going on a trip to Destin in a couple of weeks. I’ll have to see what stores are around our Condo!
 
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They’re hard to find in the thrift stores here on the MS Gulf Coast, but they do pop up. I have four Goodwills and a Salvation Army store within 10 miles of me and have only ever found two bags - the brown Court ($29.99 US, I think) that was deemed fake on the AT thread and my 2006 black Willis ($39.99 US) with the nickel hardware. Not vintage but beautiful and in pristine condition! Either people don’t donate the bags or the staff at our stores is great at pulling them as they arrive to post on the website. Found a Legacy Drawstring for $39 US at Style Encore. Now, my LetGo and FB Marketplace finds were unbelievable. Three bags each for $10 each and $5 each, respectively! You can search my past posts to see them all. But finding those was sheer luck. The FB ones I stumbled upon by accident. I never check but just happened to while my husband and I were driving to see the latest Star Wars on a much-needed date away and saw them posted. We tuned the car around and met the girl in a Sam’s parking lot ten minutes later! She’d already sold a Pocket Purse, dang it!

Yea it must definitely be a regional thing then. Ive never even found regular coach at the thrift except for a gold leather wristlet that I got for $6. My local thrift store does have some ugly fabric coach bags (some are fakes) behind glass casing for like $25-40 a bag though- they never sell lol. Ive been contemplating creating a fb marketplace account but I doubt Ill have any luck finding any vintage coach on there as the canadian vc market is pretty scarce on ebay and posh already. I sell on a local classifieds site as well and it still sketches me out to meet people in real life. The good thing is, you get the cash right away and you never have to worry about a buyer potentially opening a return months later (like ebay lol).
 
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