This was my last Outlet purchase before the Great COVID-19 Shutdown.
Thumper has always been a favorite of mine, although I know that I am probably too old to be wearing cartoon character fashions!
I have purchased and returned a few
Coach x Disney Thumper items and I have passed on a few others but I have kept my Thumper Watch and Thumper Bag Charm and I enjoy wearing both of them.
There was one more item that I really wanted, the Thumper Coin Purse but the retail price was rather high for a frivolous fancy, but when the item finally went to the outlets and the FOS online sale they sold out almost instantly and I wasn't able to get one. You can still find them on secondary online sites like eBay but they are usually rather expensive.
I had been stalking my local outlets to find one without any luck - they did have a few Dalmatians and Dumbos but no Thumpers.
On Tuesday afternoon, shortly after getting an email from Coach saying that they were shutting down all their stores at end-of-business that day, I heard from an SA at the outlet in Rosemont IL that they had one Thumper coin purse in stock, but she didn't know if it would still be available (or on sale) after the shutdown and she couldn't ship it to me.
I jumped into my car and headed to the outlet, it was rush hour and I expected heavy traffic near O'Hare Airport but the traffic was very light. When I got to the outlet, parking was a breeze and the whole place was like a Ghost Town with hardly anyone in the mall.
I got my Coach Thumper Disney Character Leather Coin Pouch 89988 B-SV/A for $29.40 (retail $98) and I am keeping this one, not only because I love Thumper but as a memento of a strange time in our history!
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