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[Closed] Any way of telling genuine Mulberry handbags on the web?

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Are 'cheap'ones cheap for a reason?


 
Posted : 07/12/2011 3:31 pm
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more to the point, do expensive ones cost that much for a reason?


 
Posted : 07/12/2011 3:35 pm
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according to my missus yes ......... not 100% sure why, but that might be because I don't get it.

Mind you, she does have a point that 99% of cyclists couldn't tell the difference between a 200 quid pair of forks and a 800 quid pair of forks if it wasn't for the logos. So I guess its kinda of the same thing, where people want certain brand, regardless of if they can tell the difference or not.


 
Posted : 07/12/2011 3:47 pm
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Nice bags, bought my wife one about 8 years ago from Selfridges and it still looks good now, cost almost as much as a 10 year old's Christmas present, but it's all relative.


 
Posted : 07/12/2011 3:54 pm
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go to the Mulberry website

My Missus reckons that the money you pay is very well worth it

but she would really seeing as i bought the last one for a pressie for her


 
Posted : 07/12/2011 4:00 pm
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They don't really sell away from their own website and the shops you know. If it is not a well known name then it likely won't be real.

Mrs Lunge has a couple of purses which seem to have aged very nicely compared to the cheaper ones she has. Plus she still uses them which is important as well.


 
Posted : 07/12/2011 4:03 pm
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My ex used to have at least 8 of these.

Ex.

And that was just the Mulberries, she had at least as many again of other designer brands.

I didn't get it.

Six figure salary at age of 26, though. Gross.


 
Posted : 07/12/2011 4:05 pm
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There's a million Mulberry web sites. One of them seems genuine,telling you how to spot a fake and all that. Once you get to their FAQ section its obviously written by someone with a poor grasp of English. Till that point it all seemed kosher.


 
Posted : 07/12/2011 4:06 pm
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Miss CD wants one for a morning present when we get married next year. I'm finding it hard to reconcile paying £700 for a leather bag and WTF is a wedding morning present anyway.


 
Posted : 07/12/2011 4:10 pm
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Unsuprisingly, Mulberry.com is the official site, I would be wary about venturing too far from there.


 
Posted : 07/12/2011 4:10 pm
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this can reduce the pain, but you will have to drive there.

http://www.mulberryfactoryshop.com/


 
Posted : 07/12/2011 4:23 pm
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If it's cheaper to any significant extent than the RRP then it's a fake is a good rule of thumb for this sort of thing. IIRC many brands like this that have limited resellers will list the valid ones on their own website.


 
Posted : 07/12/2011 4:43 pm
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You pretty much have to go to the shop or Mulberry.com or you are almost certain to be buying a fake. Are they worth it, no but if you asked my wife then yes they are. On the plus side they do seem to last.


 
Posted : 07/12/2011 4:55 pm
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I bought a copy from a very smart shop in Turkey a few years ago. They had gone to the trouble of making it out of identical components and the best quality leather, so it still cost about £150....they wouldn't haggle!

Three years on, it still looks like a genuine one.


 
Posted : 07/12/2011 5:22 pm
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Yep few bags here from Turkey - made in same factory I am led to believe...


 
Posted : 07/12/2011 5:23 pm
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Maybe see if this [url= http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/psa-cheap-oakleys-proper-cheap ]reputable business[/url] sell them?


 
Posted : 07/12/2011 5:25 pm
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Bought my manbag in Selfridges January sale, about 30% off.


 
Posted : 07/12/2011 6:15 pm
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There are deffo fakes out there, My dad got stung buying one for mum that turned out to be fake (and not silly cheap!)


 
Posted : 27/06/2012 8:37 am
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If there's no way of telling on the train or across an office desk, why not just buy the fake?

Unlike fake suspension components, nobody is going to die.


 
Posted : 27/06/2012 9:14 am
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ex had 3 she got SH, one was a fake (told by Mulberry when she tried to get a clasp fixed under warranty), we couldn't tell.


 
Posted : 27/06/2012 9:35 am