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#10,981
Alexa5 said:
Speaking of rehabbed bags, here is my new to me Regina that was already cleaned up and rehabbed... I am new to this vintage thing and kind of not ready for a not clean bag, lol, so I look for decent prices on ones that are ready to go.

I have one more coming that is a nwt Forest Green Station bag to complete my rainbow of bags. (if it works out--it should because I am using the same seller as one of my other bags, but this green bag search has been a little difficult, lol, so I will just wait and see--but nwt for a Station bag is pretty cool).

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That bag is gorgeous, great find! I just bought a rehabbed pre-creed Courier (in red! :loveeyes:) from a member here on TPF and I can't wait to receive it. (I found it on ebay and I also found the seller here as I was checking to see if it had already been authenticated, it was not a pre-arranged sale. I think that's a big no-no here.) I'm not sure why I love the red bags so much but it seemed to me that any red Courier, rehabbed or not, was impossible to find in an affordable price range so I just went for it. I worked a lot of overtime to get it. I look for green bags too and only seem to see nice affordable ones once in a while. Congrats on your find! Especially NWT. Are you going to post a pic when it arrives??
 
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Catbird9 said:
A lot of what you said applies to me too. Well said.

Increased shipping costs have definitely contributed to the higher cost of vintage Coach on eBay.

I have my Coach searches filtered to "under $30." I have to scroll through a lot of pitiful specimens this way, but occasionally get lucky and find bargains to rehab.

I've already found my perfect bag(s), but I keep looking and "test driving" anyway. Some of them are too good to pass up. For example, I recently bought a British Tan Chunky Case. I'll probably never use it, but I love seeing it in the drawer with my other accessories. The leather is so soft....that little Coach cartouche...you get the idea.
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Hahaha! I was thinking about being smeagol! The precious!
 
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Catbird9 said:
A lot of what you said applies to me too. Well said.

Increased shipping costs have definitely contributed to the higher cost of vintage Coach on eBay.

I have my Coach searches filtered to "under $30." I have to scroll through a lot of pitiful specimens this way, but occasionally get lucky and find bargains to rehab.

I've already found my perfect bag(s), but I keep looking and "test driving" anyway. Some of them are too good to pass up. For example, I recently bought a British Tan Chunky Case. I'll probably never use it, but I love seeing it in the drawer with my other accessories. The leather is so soft....that little Coach cartouche...you get the idea.
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One of my greatest treasures is a British tan chunky case, brand new in the box with the original tissue. I pull it out to admire it, then put it back in the safety of its box. I have a few skinny cases and a coin purse in pretty colors that I don't use. I just keep them to look at.
 
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Morgan_Bellini said:
That bag is gorgeous, great find! I just bought a rehabbed pre-creed Courier (in red! :loveeyes:) from a member here on TPF and I can't wait to receive it. (I found it on ebay and I also found the seller here as I was checking to see if it had already been authenticated, it was not a pre-arranged sale. I think that's a big no-no here.) I'm not sure why I love the red bags so much but it seemed to me that any red Courier, rehabbed or not, was impossible to find in an affordable price range so I just went for it. I worked a lot of overtime to get it. I look for green bags too and only seem to see nice affordable ones once in a while. Congrats on your find! Especially NWT. Are you going to post a pic when it arrives??
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Good luck on your red bag! Yes I will post pics of the green bag when it gets here...
 
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#10,990
Morgan_Bellini said:
That's a very composed and reasonable set of goals and expectations. Make no mistake, I am thoroughly enjoying this journey down the rehabbing trail....
...My very first Coach bag ever was a sand colored zebra print Legacy duffle and I wore it just one time to Target. When I was getting back into my car my purse brushed against the car next to me and got a smudge of good ole Minnesota winter road treatment salt. I cleaned that bag as soon as I got home, stored it away in its dust bag where it remains today, and bought an all leather Legacy duffle in Deep Port, which is darker and easier to clean. Thus began my tumble down the Coach hole, ha ha! I love that I do not worry about my vintage bags. They've already survived decades of use. And I love even more that I found this forum and all of you wonderful people and I know that this is a healthy, normal, socially acceptable habit (as long as I'm not using credit cards).
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Don't you just HATE "Road salt season"?!? I just keep my Coaches stashed away until early April, by which time you'd hope even the laziest of lazy slobs would have been motived to get to a carwash and blast that last thick layer of crud off their vehicles. And when I'm grocery shopping I'll throw an extra plastic produce bag in my cart just in case the last remaining carwash holdout has decided to park their 1988 Buick 11 inches away from my Suby.
 
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Hyacinth said:
Don't you just HATE "Road salt season"?!? I just keep my Coaches stashed away until early April, by which time you'd hope even the laziest of lazy slobs would have been motived to get to a carwash and blast that last thick layer of crud off their vehicles. And when I'm grocery shopping I'll throw an extra plastic produce bag in my cart just in case the last remaining carwash holdout has decided to park their 1988 Buick 11 inches away from my Suby.
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something I've never experienced!
 
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Hyacinth said:
Don't you just HATE "Road salt season"?!? I just keep my Coaches stashed away until early April, by which time you'd hope even the laziest of lazy slobs would have been motived to get to a carwash and blast that last thick layer of crud off their vehicles. And when I'm grocery shopping I'll throw an extra plastic produce bag in my cart just in case the last remaining carwash holdout has decided to park their 1988 Buick 11 inches away from my Suby.
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I. HATE. ROAD SALT. My sister lives in Colorado and they don't use road salt out there. Their cars don't even get rusty! 20 year old cars look like they were just driven off the showroom floor. What is wrong with the midwest??
 
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Morgan_Bellini said:
I. HATE. ROAD SALT. My sister lives in Colorado and they don't use road salt out there. Their cars don't even get rusty! 20 year old cars look like they were just driven off the showroom floor. What is wrong with the midwest??
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But in Colorado most people make the effort to actually learn to drive on snow and ice - something we in the Midwest are a bit more lax and lazy about. The stupid maneuvers I've seen some people pulling especially on the interstates would turn your hair gray. (I'm biting my tongue here and refraining from pointing at the typical Chicago-area SUV owner!). NO, PEOPLE, 4-wheel drive does NOT mean that you can keep doing 60MPH on snow and ice, the laws of physics still apply. And even road salt isn't going to save your butt when it's 10 below zero and those melting compounds just don't work any more. Slow the he!! down!

IS IT SPRING YET ????
 
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