Will you buy a Chanel bag that has been sitting in the store for 1 year?

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I just purchased a 26 series beige wallet today in store in NYC and noticed it’s from 2019. I think it’s due to the color/people hesitate for beige with wallets - thoughts? I honestly just noticed because I realized it didn’t have the “Mona Lisa smile” on the outside like the navy one I had seen last week.
 

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I just purchased a 26 series beige wallet today in store in NYC and noticed it’s from 2019. I think it’s due to the color/people hesitate for beige with wallets - thoughts? I honestly just noticed because I realized it didn’t have the “Mona Lisa smile” on the outside like the navy one I had seen last week.

I think it's more because people are buying smaller wallets or card cases nowadays because of the mini/micro style. Whenever I see a thread about favorite slgs there's more people who also say that they are going away from wallets and using card cases just for the ease of it too. I have larger bags and alot of slgs but I tend to use only my card cases now vs actual wallets just because it's easier. With small kids and covid, it's just easier to pull out a card out of a card case vs having to unzip a wallet.

It's beautiful though !!!
 
I think it's more because people are buying smaller wallets or card cases nowadays because of the mini/micro style. Whenever I see a thread about favorite slgs there's more people who also say that they are going away from wallets and using card cases just for the ease of it too. I have larger bags and alot of slgs but I tend to use only my card cases now vs actual wallets just because it's easier. With small kids and covid, it's just easier to pull out a card out of a card case vs having to unzip a wallet.

It's beautiful though !!!

thank you and agreed! I was debating between this and a classic card holder, but already have an LV one and the snap card case from Chanel, which I carry daily. So I wanted something larger yet compact that could fit everything, but still had organization and this for the bill (pun not intended ). I just haven’t heard too many reviews on this one - it’s the medium sized zip wallet. I think it’s pretty compact personally.

Still thinking about exchanging for a classic card holder, but not sure if that seems repetitive. ‍♀️
 
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It wouldn't bother me at all as long as it was in pristine condition.

I have purchased bags that were out of season for 2 - 3 years and still in the boutique. In fact, often I request my SA or PS to search for bags from prior seasons that I missed out on or changed my mind on as the years went by. 19B is pretty recent, all things considered.

I don't usually buy things with resell value in mind however. I usually just buy what I love.
 
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I don't think it's orange at all, it might look like it in certain lighting, but the 20C "rouge" red is more of a cool-toned pink/red in natural light. I just bought this bag but with light gold hw. What is the price on the tag? because I believe I paid the November 2019 price for it. Here are 2 pics, the first one in natural light.

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I LOVE this bag(i think i saw it posted in another thread here and its been on my mind since ;-)
 
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