Why are the Fake Bags now so Expensive?

[Jacqui Harvey]

I always used to buy bags from the guy just up from Dikman's in Fethiye.  He had really good leather fakes not the cheap ones from the market.   I bought a Prada fake from him last year for £90.00 that was impossible to tell from the real thing.
This year I was sad to see he had gone.   I was amazed when I tried the new bag shop opposite Ramadan and they wanted £280.00 for a similar fake Prada and then when I went into Paspatur and tried the bag shop they wanted between £280 and £390.00 for their bags.   I had been in Istanbul earlier in the week and they were cheaper
there.   Does anyone know where the guy from Fethiye has moved too?

Just now it's actually a better bargain for bags in U.K. where you can get the real thing.
Two good sales just started on the net are Net-a-Porter and Mulberry.
Up to 50% off designer clothes shoes and bags.  Hurry, they go fast.

[pookie]

Do you mean Sinbad ? (next to Megri ?)  he has moved to the top road of Paspatur.  He always has been expensive - but good quality.  We visited Kalkan last year and found the same good quality designs a LOT cheaper than we could buy them in Fethiye.  Came home with a beautiful 'Hermes' for £80 - leather and workmanship are superb.  Just wondering what I NEED this trip !!!

[Cavfan]

The shop in Fethiye opposite Fiori- 'Maya' has been expensive for a few years now but the quality and workmanship is far superior to anything I've seen. I have bought a few bags from them over the last few years but now the prices are silly !I wouldnt want to be paying £300 for a copy particularly as everyone I know, know I go to Turkey- the land of copies!

[Jacqui Harvey]

Hi Pookie,
No, it was the small street that runs at the
back of the main street where Carrefour is.    The owner was a
guy with a beard, he sold bags, belts wallets etc.,  There is
now a clothes shop where he was.  His bags were very good
quality and exception value.
O.K. is Kalkan a big place?  what's there?   I need an excuse to
get my husband to go there, now I know where the cheap
bags are I cannot resist.
Also Cavfan I looked in Maya and he quoted me £480.00 for fake
Jimmy Choo bag.
However, when I told him the bag I had with me, a genuine Chloe( which
I bought in New York at the Chloe Shop in the Outlet Village)
had been cheaper to buy than his fake Jimmy Choo, he  told me it was a
fake.....  Sour grapes and not good customer relations.

[littlereddevil]

I have bought bags from the Maya shop before but when I was there this time it said Maya and Neptune leather. Is this the same shop?

[Scunner]

quote:Originally posted by pookie

  Came home with a beautiful 'Hermes'

I think I came home from holiday once with that

[pookie]

dirty boy

[pookie]

quote:Originally posted by Jacqui Harvey

Hi Pookie,

O.K. is Kalkan a big place?  what's there?   I need an excuse to
get my husband to go there, now I know where the cheap
bags are I cannot resist.

Ohhh Jacqui --- your poor husband is in for a shock !   Kalkan is about an hours drive from Fethiye.  Traditionally a fishing port that has grown beyond recognition.  But.....lovely properties,. beautiful harbour and even more beautiful shops !  lovely silver in particular.  AND the home of our favourite restaurant (The Aubergine).  Only 20 minutes on from Patara beach - go on, make a day of it !!!

[calvin 1949]

Pehaps fakes are the new trendy gear ,sod the originals where,s the roslex watch,Calvin

[julesbob0303]

You really must go to Kalkan if you haven't already been there.  It's beautiful, with lovely restaurants and shops.  Very hilly, but well worth a visit for a day or two.  

We stayed in a villa up in the mountains for a week on our first visit to Turkey. The views were outstanding - I could have stayed there for ever.