u/Comfortable-River917

One of 3 last orders of 2026 arrived.
This isn’t a rep. This cannot be a repped bag. It’s perfection, and I literally screamed. I expected a good quality bag. I ordered 5 from OC, 5 from hyper Peter. But this bag? I will happily give away ALL my reps for this one.
I wanted high tier. I wanted this to be my last purchase of 2026 so my budget was $400. I decided to use new seller, I haven’t worked before with.
I messaged Freya, I explained what were my expectations, I told her which bag I wanted, told her my budget. And Freya got to work, I also explained that there was a lot of contradictory information on Reddit regarding factories, and I knew the names were only for us. So I asked which tier is the highest for the specific product. Freya told me MB 🏭 Reddit isn’t great when looking at this factory, a lot of information from older subs, new information from newer users. I attached screenshot of Freya opinion, this bag is proof to me, that Reddit reviews aren’t always what it ought to be. Sometimes we have to buy a bag and either love it, or hate it.

Seller:
Freya #WA ending 3649

Paid: $258

Ordered: 4th of August
Paid: 4th of August
PSP revived: 9th of August
Tracking: 16th of August
Arrived in the UK: 20th August

One of 3 last orders of 2026 arrived.
This isn’t a rep. This cannot be a repped bag. It’s perfection, and I literally screamed. I expected a good quality bag. I ordered 5 from OC, 5 from hyper Peter. But this bag? I will happily give away ALL my reps for this one.
I wanted high tier. I wanted this to be my last purchase of 2026 so my budget was $400. I decided to use new seller, I haven’t worked before with.
I messaged Freya, I explained what were my expectations, I told her which bag I wanted, told her my budget. And Freya got to work, I also explained that there was a lot of contradictory information on Reddit regarding factories, and I knew the names were only for us. So I asked which tier is the highest for the specific product. Freya told me MB 🏭 Reddit isn’t great when looking at this factory, a lot of information from older subs, new information from newer users. I attached screenshot of Freya opinion, this bag is proof to me, that Reddit reviews aren’t always what it ought to be. Sometimes we have to buy a bag and either love it, or hate it.

Seller:
Freya #WA ending 3649

Paid: $258

Ordered: 4th of August
Paid: 4th of August
PSP revived: 9th of August
Tracking: 16th of August
Arrived in the UK: 20th August

One of 3 last orders of 2026 arrived.
This isn’t a rep. This cannot be a repped bag. It’s perfection, and I literally screamed. I expected a good quality bag. I ordered 5 from OC, 5 from hyper Peter. But this bag? I will happily give away ALL my reps for this one.
I wanted high tier. I wanted this to be my last purchase of 2026 so my budget was $400. I decided to use new seller, I haven’t worked before with.
I messaged Freya, I explained what were my expectations, I told her which bag I wanted, told her my budget. And Freya got to work, I also explained that there was a lot of contradictory information on Reddit regarding factories, and I knew the names were only for us. So I asked which tier is the highest for the specific product. Freya told me MB 🏭 Reddit isn’t great when looking at this factory, a lot of information from older subs, new information from newer users. I attached screenshot of Freya opinion, this bag is proof to me, that Reddit reviews aren’t always what it ought to be. Sometimes we have to buy a bag and either love it, or hate it.

Seller:
Freya #WA ending 3649

Paid: $258

Ordered: 4th of August
Paid: 4th of August
PSP revived: 9th of August
Tracking: 16th of August
Arrived in the UK: 20th August

After my enormous need for declutter this month, I realised I have a huge issue, I’m not a shopaholic per say, I don’t have debt, I don’t buy things I cant afford, BUT I still spent money on things I don’t need.
Lip balms are my biggest weakness. I went through many to see which one was a hit and there’s a few. But instead of focusing on one, I still bought more. So today it’s my day 0. This will take years to finish, it’s a body stick but I only use it for my lips 🙈
I love seeing all your empties and it motivated me to starte project pan today. Wish me luck 🫠

I wouldn’t call this post a review, although I’m happy with my bags, I haven’t had any other factories in my hands to compare (newbie - 9 months in, only purchased LV so far from HP and OC) I’m owner of three bags from OC at the moment, all my bags from HP were rehomed so I cannot provide any photos of them.
But since I have three from OC in my possession, I thought I’d make a post so anyone who is interested can see the quality (all bags were purchased in the past 2 months)
I cannot provide phone numbers as I have since deleted both OC and HP phone numbers, I was buying too many bags and always had an excuse not to buy different factories, so I deleted their numbers.

Family portrait consists of:

NF DA - MM - purchased June without patina - sunbathed the bag for 3 days, 6h each and they patina to level 2 (price paid $180? Plus 15 usd for initial stamp) fell in love with DA print so ordered speedy.

Speedy DA - 30 - purchased in July with level 2 patina, this costed extra 40 usd, the bag was $180 - no initial stamp as I didn’t know if I’d like the speedy.

Speedy Monogram - 30 - purchased at the end of July, without Patina but with a letter K hot stamped.

I hope this helps someone decide. I think both of the sellers are a solid choice for a newbie, both were well known sellers in the old OG sub, that is why i decided to go with them when i was finally ready to start buying reps. I was lurking for years before my first purchase at the end of November last year.

I wouldn’t call this post a review, although I’m happy with my bags, I haven’t had any other factories in my hands to compare (newbie - 9 months in, only purchased LV so far from HP and OC) I’m owner of three bags from OC at the moment, all my bags from HP were rehomed so I cannot provide any photos of them.
But since I have three from OC in my possession, I thought I’d make a post so anyone who is interested can see the quality (all bags were purchased in the past 2 months)
I cannot provide phone numbers as I have since deleted both OC and HP phone numbers, I was buying too many bags and always had an excuse not to buy different factories, so I deleted their numbers.

Family portrait consists of:

NF DA - MM - purchased June without patina - sunbathed the bag for 3 days, 6h each and they patina to level 2 (price paid $180? Plus 15 usd for initial stamp) fell in love with DA print so ordered speedy.

Speedy DA - 30 - purchased in July with level 2 patina, this costed extra 40 usd, the bag was $180 - no initial stamp as I didn’t know if I’d like the speedy.

Speedy Monogram - 30 - purchased at the end of July, without Patina but with a letter K hot stamped.

I hope this helps someone decide. I think both of the sellers are a solid choice for a newbie, both were well known sellers in the old OG sub, that is why i decided to go with them when i was finally ready to start buying reps. I was lurking for years before my first purchase at the end of November last year.

I wouldn’t call this post a review, although I’m happy with my bags, I haven’t had any other factories in my hands to compare (newbie - 9 months in, only purchased LV so far from HP and OC) I’m owner of three bags from OC at the moment, all my bags from HP were rehomed so I cannot provide any photos of them.
But since I have three from OC in my possession, I thought I’d make a post so anyone who is interested can see the quality (all bags were purchased in the past 2 months)
I cannot provide phone numbers as I have since deleted both OC and HP phone numbers, I was buying too many bags and always had an excuse not to buy different factories, so I deleted their numbers.

Family portrait consists of:

NF DA - MM - purchased June without patina - sunbathed the bag for 3 days, 6h each and they patina to level 2 (price paid $180? Plus 15 usd for initial stamp) fell in love with DA print so ordered speedy.

Speedy DA - 30 - purchased in July with level 2 patina, this costed extra 40 usd, the bag was $180 - no initial stamp as I didn’t know if I’d like the speedy.

Speedy Monogram - 30 - purchased at the end of July, without Patina but with a letter K hot stamped. $180 plus 15 for initial stamp

I hope this helps someone decide. I think both of the sellers are a solid choice for a newbie, both were well known sellers in the old OG sub, that is why i decided to go with them when i was finally ready to start buying reps. I was lurking for years before my first purchase at the end of November last year.

Bought my second monogram bag, for the past 8 months I only bought LV pieces from two people, HP and OC (can’t share numbers, I deleted both numbers to ensure I’ll try other factories) my speedy came and although I love it, I have the need to build a good quality collection, I love the speedy but I don’t know anything else.
To anyone who’s more experienced and has the time to look at my photos and weigh in on my decisions, what do we think?

Celin3 wallet - Grey - Genuine leather - used for a week - bought a new one and this one needs new home - selling for £50 plus shipping but happy to sell for £45. Comes with dust box and box but logo was removed from the box by seller.

In deep depression after losing my family. Getting my old self back. Coffee date it is.

I am someone who’s organised, I love my pouches, I don’t always carry my 3, but i always have two with me.

My must haves with me:
Happy pills - in case I forgot to take them in the morning
Painkillers - mostly in case anyone needs them than myself
Hand sanitizer - carried one way before Covid
Perfume - I’m just a girl
Lip balm - hate dry lips
Wet wipes - I love food and hate sticky hands, sometimes I will grab a hotdog instead of something nicer 🫣
Tissues - better safe than sorry same goes for sanitary pad.
Eye drops - my sucker eyes get dry
Loops - I hate loud people on public transport, I’m sensitive to noise due to trauma altering my brain. It’s for my sanity

I was never a speedy girl, I could honestly say I despised them bags for most of my adolescent life, I was always a neverfull girl, almost bought authentic but stopped myself and asked “why don’t you give it a go with reps” it was a hit. I think I’d cry if my £1400 bag was falling apart after a year, and also its canvas bag. “But the leather! You cannot replicate it well” I don’t care, all you get for the money is leather handles, waste your money if you want. I don’t need people to be sure I wear authentic, I need me to enjoy the design and not worry about the bag, about the price I paid, about the plane tickets I could’ve had for it.
2026 was like going back in time, low rise jeans are back (dear god)
Khloe had a comeback with iconic Paddington bag, there’s anniversary of NF so more versions were released, speedy is back with more limelight than ever, more version than we have days of the week, and here I was, looking through Pinterest, getting inspired with outfits, and saw speedy AZ. My neverfull from old cobbler exceeded my expectations, it’s my most used bag recently, so naturally, I went insane and ordered speedy 30 with patina treatment already made. That was before I saw how quickly sun did the work for them, and could’ve saved me 40-60 bucks. My new lover arrived end of July, the hype with first ever package? It was back, call Santa and thank him right now, I got my Christmas present early 🥰 I.love.it. Even before this baddie arrived I purchased another speedy 30 with monogram and initial stamp, because I fell head over heels 🥰
It arrived today, and although my journey with OC comes to an end,I cannot wait to wear them!

Seller: Old Cobler Wa# 7083
Price: DA - $ 220
Ordered: 8th July
Arrived: 28th July
Price: Monogram - $195
Ordered: 25th July
Arrived: 04th August

My neverfull arrived at the end of June pale, I wasn’t aware of patina services so I made sure I added this to my speedy order (both OC) my neverfull had sun-kissed affair with heatwave for three days, intense summer romance which resulted in level 2 patina for free. - emotional rollercoaster 🙈
Speedy arrived today, and both bags patina looks almost identical, speedy patina costed me 40 or 45 usd (can’t remember now)
Another speedy (monogram) it’s in its way without patina service charge as clearly I could’ve saved myself 40 dollars. Lesson learned 🙌🏼

My neverfull arrived at the end of June pale, I wasn’t aware of patina services so I made sure I added this to my speedy order (both OC) my neverfull had sun-kissed affair with heatwave for three days, intense summer romance which resulted in level 2 patina for free. - emotional rollercoaster 🙈
Speedy arrived today, and both bags patina looks almost identical, speedy patina costed me 40 or 45 usd (can’t remember now)
Another speedy (monogram) it’s in its way without patina service charge as clearly I could’ve saved myself 40 dollars. Lesson learned 🙌🏼 I won’t be spending money or patina services in the future. Instead I wish they offered locks already tarnished 😅 this one is too shiny for me taste and too new

Chit chat my ass🙄

I got so many DMs asking me to provide seller, I have done this many many many times, I’m not doing this again. So I screen recorded his easy it is to actually find a phone number to at least one seller.

My history was cleared, and then it took me 2.5 minutes to find 3 phone numbers. One is trusted seller. You can clearly see through screen recordings that you have to read, not sure if many of you cannot read, or are just too lazy, but it took me 2.5 minutes 🙃 for all of you addicted to the Damn TikTok, it’s about 6 videos..

I was a lurker before the article came out but i won’t lie, I forgot all about it till I saw this article blew up, once I was ready to get back to lurk again and potentially buy goods OG were gone, other subreddits were closing or going private, so I left it all in the back of my mind. Then my flat burned down and my mum died, I needed a distraction and started looking into bags again. I always loved bags, loved the design, dreamed of neverfull but always thought there will be a time to get it later, and the price was creeping up each year, do I regret not getting NF in 2016? Yes. My other dream bag was celine luggage, loved loved LOVED them since I saw one in 2012. After all the loss, I decided to live and not put anything for later, that included getting the bag I wanted. I’m not saying be irresponsible with spending, but also get the bag you want if you can.
It’s been 8 months since I bought my first rep, I will never forget the day it arrived, it was like being a child again, the bag felt incredible, and I felt so grateful for being able to buy this bag, the leather felt amazing, colour was gorgeous and perfect for me, I felt so incredibly grateful for my job, cause it allows me to buy whatever I want, but also to my sellers, who reply to hundreds of messages as soon as they can. And I ask a lot of questions about a lot of bags 🫣 but I’m also extremely grateful to people who researched and created the pieces of fashion we love. That includes designers of the actual goods but most importantly, people who work in the factories, the ones who make the bags real for us.

The influencer you love? Probably wears a rep, or a gifted bag that brand gave her. The celebrity you love? Maybe they bought it themselves, maybe not. Maybe they wear reps, maybe not. Regardless, we all buy reps for the same or similar reason, we love the design, we love the fashion and we love the feeling it gives us.

ps. Can we please start posting our handbag collections 🫶🏼

I was a lurker before the article came out but i won’t lie, I forgot all about it till I saw this article blew up, once I was ready to get back to lurk again and potentially buy goods OG were gone, other subreddits were closing or going private, so I left it all in the back of my mind. Then my flat burned down and my mum died, I needed a distraction and started looking into bags again. I always loved bags, loved the design, dreamed of neverfull but always thought there will be a time to get it later, and the price was creeping up each year, do I regret not getting NF in 2016? Yes. My other dream bag was celine luggage, loved loved LOVED them since I saw one in 2012. After all the loss, I decided to live and not put anything for later, that included getting the bag I wanted. I’m not saying be irresponsible with spending, but also get the bag you want if you can.
It’s been 8 months since I bought my first rep, I will never forget the day it arrived, it was like being a child again, the bag felt incredible, and I felt so grateful for being able to buy this bag, the leather felt amazing, colour was gorgeous and perfect for me, I felt so incredibly grateful for my job, cause it allows me to buy whatever I want, but also to my sellers, who reply to hundreds of messages as soon as they can. And I ask a lot of questions about a lot of bags 🫣 but I’m also extremely grateful to people who researched and created the pieces of fashion we love. That includes designers of the actual goods but most importantly, people who work in the factories, the ones who make the bags real for us.

The influencer you love? Probably wears a rep, or a gifted bag that brand gave her. The celebrity you love? Maybe they bought it themselves, maybe not. Maybe they wear reps, maybe not. Regardless, we all buy reps for the same or similar reason, we love the design, we love the fashion and we love the feeling it gives us.

Ps. Can we start posting our collections like handbag sub does?