Anyone else obsessed with Coach handbags?

[SDKath]

Just wanted to share my newly acquired loves thanks to a 30% off coupon and a visit to the outlet center.......

Katherine

 

[LAX Mom]

Love them! I love coach handbags! I was going to tell you my favorite, but I can't decide.

I've been to the outlet store in Carlsbad. Are there other Coach outlet stores in SoCal? Anything closer to Newport?

Thanks for sharing. I'll try to post pics tomorrow of my new coach handbags. Well, not exactly new. One I purchased in Dec and the other a couple of months prior to that. Looks like they have some new inventory. I need to check out the Park City store!

 

[dougp26364]

I need to learn to Keep my wife away from both the outlet and regular Coach stores. Thank goodness it's just the Coach stores.........for now.

 

[rickandcindy23]

I have a thing for handbags, so I guess I need to stay away from that store!

I recently discovered Madden shoes while in Orlando. Uh-oh.

I have been cleaning our closet, which is huge, and it's taken me days. I am two sizes down in clothes, thanks to Dana Carpender's low-carb cookbook (a godsend), so it's been fun getting rid of the old clothes.

I also threw out at least 20 purses, then yesterday I went back through the boxes I set aside for the Salvation Army. Yes, I got some of the purses out of the boxes. I don't know why. :rofl:

 

[vacationhopeful]

You all are ROOKIES!

First brought Coach bags in the late 1970s. Just brought 12 bags off EBAY and got the last one the day before I left on this ts vacation.

Average price with shipping was $26. One was a fake and sller immediately refunded money; one sale was cancelled by ebay after I got the bag (seller emailed me to keep it). One was a bit smokey. One was more worn than I liked, but was exactly what was advertised..was my favorite bag from 1970s.

Friends are amazed as to how nice these bags are.

And these ebay bidders seem to be such newbies...no esnipers except me.

 

[Twinkstarr]

You all are ROOKIES!

First brought Coach bags in the late 1970s. Just brought 12 bags off EBAY and got the last one the day before I left on this ts vacation.

Average price with shipping was $26. One was a fake and sller immediately refunded money; one sale was cancelled by ebay after I got the bag (seller emailed me to keep it). One was a bit smokey. One was more worn than I liked, but was exactly what was advertised..was my favorite bag from 1970s.

Friends are amazed as to how nice these bags are.

And these ebay bidders seem to be such newbies...no esnipers except me.

I'm slightly behind you, first Coach bag purchased in the mid 80's. Still have it and it looks great, but boy was it heavy(leather bag). My mom use to buy me one for a birthday present and now I just hit the outlet centers on vacation.
I must have about 12-13 of them.

There is even at outlet mall "up North" in MI that has a Coach store, so I try to drive during that segment so we can stop in on our way up/back from Boyne or Mackinac Island.

 

[cindi]

i found the Coach store at the outdoor mall in Orlando. The one adjacent to HGVC on International Drive. Can't think what they call it right now.

Anyway, got myself a purse the last 2 times we were in Orlando, and also picked up one when we were in Maui.

PS SD Kath, my favorite of those pics is the one you are wearing.

Aren't they fun!

 

[Patri]

Not into Coach, but I like the red one. There is an outlet store near here. Dare I go in?

 

[vacationhopeful]

Seriously, go to ebay. Most of the (unmentioned from my prior post) 9 bags that I received LAST 3 weeks were almost new or never used.

The nicest bags went for under $50. All colors, sizes, age. I perfer what they label as "vintage" leather verses the newer cloth Coach ones.

I went to ebay because my everyday pocketbook from kohl's failed/died. I was not interested in spending money for a leather either cheap or discount Coach...so I went to ebay.

 

[natasha5687]

I too have a Coach addiction

I got my first Coach bag 16 years ago and it still practically new to this day. I would agree that the heavy leather bags are my favorite (have one that got ran over and still looks great). Of the ones you posted I like the first 1 best. While I own Dooney, B. Makowsky, and a couple Michael Kors...Coach is my favorite. Also, for those of you who dont have an outlet near you, you may visit the Coach outlet online. They are currently having a 48 hour sale. If you sign up via email they will send you coupons and notify you of the sales.

 

[hefleycatz]

I've never really been a purse girl. Like them, but don't like to spend that much on one. Hubby works for SaraLee, which used to own coach, then spun them off before they were big, big (stupid), but we still get 40% anything from on-line. Daughters like them, so they benefit.

lee

 

[Passepartout]

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[LUVourMarriotts]

At the outlet center near us (Woodbury Commons), the last 2 times we were there, there were about 100 people standing in line outside. On top of that, once you get inside, you find what you want to buy and then wait an hour in the line for the cash registers.

My wife is into pocketbooks, but it isn't worth it to us for that. Even at the 50% off sales. We'll just walk over to the Dooney & Bourke store or one of the other places there.

 

[IngridN]

I also love Coach bags but only have half a dozen or so. My favorite is a gray vintage leather bag I bought 3 years ago. We have a coach store at the local mall and this last Christmas was the first time in years that I didn't buy myself a purse...am trying to wean myself off them as I have a closet full of wonderful purses that I never wear.

Ingrid

 

[lll1929]

The outlet now has a website coachfactory.com. They send periodic email with really good sales. I haven't been to the outlet store in a while so I would be courious to find out how the prices compare to the actual store.

 

[Chrisky]

Katherine, I like the look of those bags. I'm just a newbie to Coach bags. When I saw their prices in our local Mall I was shocked. But we now have a Coach outlet in Niagara Falls, but there is usually quite a line up. But when we vacationed in Palm Springs/Palm Desert last fall I purchased my first bag at the Coach Outlet store in Cabazon. Prices were excellent, and they had several at 50% off their outlet price!

 

[SueDonJ]

In December, 2010, I won a $500 Coach gc at the holiday party for Don's office. The next month we went to Hilton Head and did some shopping at the Tanger outlet mall on 278 - the Coach store there had the deepest discounts of any Coach outlet I'd ever been. (Anytime I've been to the one near me, at Wrentham Village Premium Outlets, there's been barely a discount at all compared to the mall stores.) I got four bags including a big travel bag and two wallets during that shopping trip, and only had to pay $23 above the gc. That was a really fun experience!

My favorite Coach bag is still the one that Don got me for Christmas about 20 years ago. We had two little ones and barely any money, but he took advantage of the employee discount that his assistant's boyfriend offered to him, and got this classic. That one looks like it's been through the wringer, though. Mine is in better condition and I'll never get rid of it.

 

[SueDonJ]

Seriously, go to ebay. Most of the (unmentioned from my prior post) 9 bags that I received LAST 3 weeks were almost new or never used.

The nicest bags went for under $50. All colors, sizes, age. I perfer what they label as "vintage" leather verses the newer cloth Coach ones.

I went to ebay because my everyday pocketbook from kohl's failed/died. I was not interested in spending money for a leather either cheap or discount Coach...so I went to ebay.

Wow - while looking for that link it's amazing how many Coach bags are on eBay! Thanks for the tip.

 

[pjrose]

My absolute favorite Coach bag is an envelope-style briefcase with shoulder straps, made out of the yummiest silky-smooth black leather, that I got for a present at least 15-20 years ago. I usually use a well-worn Lands End canvas briefcase, but reserve the black Coach for carrying my papers if I'm doing a presentation at a conference, meeting with an attorney or other professional, etc.

DD and I like to hit the Coach outlet store in Hershey PA, and occasionally the one in Lancaster. We head straight to the back for the most discounted ones, 50% off of the lowest price which is usually a few prices below the printed price, and then there's usually a 30% coupon in our email or being handed out at the door. Sign up for their emails to ensure you get those 20% or 30% coupons!

We've been fairly annoyed a few times at the outlet stores, seeing a group of obviously-together people carrying exactly five bags each; clearly resellers, and they're depriving us of the bags they're carrying.

I've seen a few real ones at thrift stores, but the majority are fakes.

eBay sounds good, but how on earth can someone sell real Coach bags on eBay as cheaply as described above? And how can you be sure they're real, before getting them?

There are some web sites and YouTube videos that show how to tell the real thing from the fake.

My current everyday purses are both Brooks Brothers pebble-grain leather "shopper totes"; the first was a present, and then I went online and waited for clearance sales to get another so I'd have both brown and black.

 

[MuranoJo]

Long-time fan here, though I have to say I kinda moved away from them several years ago as I didn't care as much for the styles with the fabrics and decorative hardware. My most recent purchase is a Fossil and I'm pretty happy with it.

My old Coach favorites were the hobo styles, but the leather was heavy. And I loved having a full-size open pocket on one side.

I probably have about 8 purses, 2 wallets and 2 briefcases in my collection.
Coach is another company that has great service and stands behind their products.

 

[SDKath]

WOW! I just went on eBay and . I can't wait to get a few on auction now!

Wanna hear something funny. Today I went out with my DD and my husband says to me as we are walking out the door, "Are you two going to the CROWN store." I looked at him for about 10 seconds like what is he talking about? Then I realized he meant COACH! :hysterical: :hysterical: :hysterical: :hysterical:

Katherine

 

[vacationhopeful]

WOW! I just went on eBay and . I can't wait to get a few on auction now!

I know us TUGs are well versed in eBAY .... and the words COACH and eBAY just do not seem to mixed. But when I returned back home on Friday night and got my LAST ebay buy of 12 pocketbooks, it was a 1975-78 model bag which had Never Been used (from the looks of the inside). The outside looked like it had been stored under stuff, but in very good shape for its age with no wear. I destroyed those 2 bags I carried for work back then.

So set your esnipe bids - and bid away.

 

[CarolF]

I know us TUGs are well versed in eBAY .... and the words COACH and eBAY just do not seem to mixed. But when I returned back home on Friday night and got my LAST ebay buy of 12 pocketbooks, it was a 1975-78 model bag which had Never Been used (from the looks of the inside). The outside looked like it had been stored under stuff, but in very good shape for its age with no wear. I destroyed those 2 bags I carried for work back then.

So set your esnipe bids - and bid away.

I'm intrigued by the term 'pocketbook'. We have handbags, shoulderbags, back packs and purses but nothing called a pocketbook. I did a search on eBay and it just shows a variety of bags which don't seem to have anything in common? How did this term come to be?

 

[vacationhopeful]

Since my family had come over from England 325+ years ago and we are still in the same immediate area (complete with towns and boroughs named for my direct relations), I would have to say England or bastard colonists.

Actually, I did grow up with the name but it is seen as normal around here.

 

[SueDonJ]

I remember as a kid everybody used "pocketbook" as the term for any bag a woman carried that held her wallet, eyeglasses, tissues, etc. We called the bags that we carried for books, "bookbags" although only the very nerdiest kids used those beyond elementary school. I also remember my mom talking about her "clutch" when she and dad got dressed up for the annual formal shindig at the local VFW.

It seems the only thing that hasn't changed, is that women still need to carry a bag bigger than what holds only her things because 99% of the time, everything in her husband's and kids' pockets is going to end up in her bag.