I FOUND A CHANEL AT VINNIES

dance_like_me: said this on Friday 02 October 2009, 08:14 AM; Hello ladies,

Yes, I found a goergous padded, black coco chanel bag with a gold chain in St Vincent de Paul. I got it for $12! I still have it now and would never dream of selling it.

That is my best find, x

_ellie_: said this on Friday 02 October 2009, 08:48 AM; make sure that you check that its not a knock-off :) you dont know if its come from vanuatu. :) i got a lois vitton bag from there for $150 AUD and it was a fake. :(

but other than that, good find :)
xx ellie

dance_like_me: said this on Friday 02 October 2009, 08:56 AM; ah yes, i know what you mean. ive been ripped off more times than i'd like to say :( but im sure this one is real. my friend works in the fashion industry and she says it's real. Maybe she's wrong? Well, if it fooled her than it can fool anyone! hahaha :D

Poor you with the Louis Vuitton bag :(

x

mischrisy: said this on Friday 02 October 2009, 12:16 PM; I got a real Chanel last year, but feel a bit wierd with all the rip offs around town.
Feel as though mine is not real :-(

Jessatastic: said this on Friday 02 October 2009, 03:09 PM; Hey, what state do u live in and which shop was it I wanna go there c what other collectables they have!! LOL

aleishacarley: said this on Friday 02 October 2009, 04:50 PM; i got some marc jacobs bags and a prada bag when i was in china, and they are obviously knock offs (i only paid like $30 or $40 each for them) although they do try to sell them to you for the high hundreds at first.

my point is, they look pretty real! they are of a really high quality leather, have engraving and some even have serial numbers and authenticity numbers to prove it.

i didnt buy them to make people think they are real, but they look pretty close! ive seen the classic chanel bags there, in every shape size and colour, so chances are its a knock off, but still a good find.

a friend in china told me that some of the bags are real in that they are all made there, but whilst some get shipped off to to the high end boutiques, leftovers get sent to the streets of china illegally, and the same happens in thailand, malaysia, philippines, singapore etc....
i dont know if she is right, but its an interesting thought!

dance_like_me: said this on Friday 02 October 2009, 07:23 PM; Hahaha, I live in NSW and I found the bag in the Randwick Vinnies, however you're more likely to find more good stuff at the Vinnies in Bronte. Just a tip :)

Hope you find stuff! x

girl_interrupted: said this on Friday 02 October 2009, 07:34 PM; If it was in the Eastern suburbs there's a chance it's real. Unfortunately in general there are just not enough people in Australia who actually buy the big designer stuff, so the chances of finding something like that are small, even on eBay.
I got some bags in Thailand a couple of years ago. One guy I befriended explained that there were fake fakes and real fakes, the difference being the price and the real fakes are leather and the fake fakes vinyl.

sweet123: said this on Tuesday 06 October 2009, 06:50 PM; wow nice i love op shops they r full of vintage gold

MissCherie: said this on Friday 30 October 2009, 12:45 PM; the fake ones look so real, thats y if u get a real one then everyone is gonna think its fake so not fair for the amount they cost like a few thousand dollarss each lol

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