Another frequent asked question we get a lot is: ‘Should I buy Chanel bag from UK or Italy?’.

The prices of the Chanel bags in Europe are all the same. There shouldn’t be a price difference between France, Germany, Netherlands and Italy. But United Kingdom has different currency, they uses pounds.

We took our time to put the prices together and then changes the currency (using current exchange rates), we came up with these:

Chanel medium flap
UK price: £2,670 GBP = $4,306 USD
Italy price: €3,100 EUR = $4,015 USD
Chanel jumbo flap
UK price: £2,750 GBP =$4,436 USD
Italy price: €3,110 EUR =$4,029 USD

Remarkably, the prices between pounds and euro are not much different, but if we change the pounds and euro to USD, we can see a huge gap. So what conclusion can you take?
If you are from America, traveling to Europe to buy your dream bag, where is the best place to go? According to our little research, everywhere within the EU except UK.

And how about the tax-refund?
Some people will follow up with us and ask about the tax-refund. The VAT in UK is almost similar to other European countries, 20%. Generally VAT varies between 19 – 21%, but that 1 percent different wouldn’t crush your world.

Our advice?
It’s always beautiful to buy bargains. ‘Hey you paid so much for your Chanel bag, I went to Europe and paid only xxx amount’. But you need to understand that Chanel bags are sometimes very limited. There are people traveling all the way to Europe and end up with empty hand, going back to home.

Why?

Because they can’t find their favorite bag.

It’s more important to find your dream bag, than to worry about buying Chanel bag cheap. I would rather pay a few hundred euro’s more if I want in black, rather than ending up with purple, just because I want to save a little money.

So, any questions? Please post them in the comments.

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