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Kalkan Discussion => Restaurants, Bars, Nightlife & Shopping => Topic started by: jennywren on July 14, 2012, 07:40:35 PM
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Hello,
Please can anyone tell me a ball park figure on how much I should expect to pay for a genuine fake Mulberry? A decent one not a cheap copy
Thanks!
Jennifer
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It depends on size, style, quality etc maybe between 200 and 400 TL
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I would say between 250 - 300 Lira and don't forget if you go to BSG and pay cash you get 10% discount. I bought a large very good quality hermes for 250Lira this year most of the shops are the same price but do shop around as some are better quality than others I thought!.
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You really want to spend that much on something that is fake..will always be fake no matter how you dress it up :) :)
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BSG and Misty May are regarded as best for quality. £100- £150 will get you a great quality 'lookalike' item costing £500-£700 at Selfridges in the Uk...
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Completely out of my league both in England and Turkey whatever the quality I'm afraid ;D ;D ;D ??? :o
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Thanks All - and no one but me needs know its a fake.... If I could afford a real one then I would get one but I cant so I'm saving up now for my Turkish "copy".... cant wait till Sept ! ;D
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Choose wisely and you will be the subject of 'handbag envy' .....and no one need ever know! :laugh:
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I would much rather mrs L bought a snide one ..it leaves more in the Efes fund......did you know Tekin tiger now has a bag shop in the Yali complex? he has let out the bar (Used to be Cinar bar) and opened a bag shop in the corner next door to it....just remember ladies buy one big enough to carry your mans things in... ;D ;D
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Think of it as a nicely made leather handbag rather than a knock off . . . Leave that to the tacky plastic stuff on the market.
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Still on the subject of handbags, has anyone bought or know if any of the shops stock Ted Baker handbags (genuine fake of course!) the make is Stab Stitch Ted Baker, they retail at home around £220.
Sorry for all the posts today, but am still at home resting my foot!
Jayne
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Not seen any Ted Baker bags - they don't really do High Street copies...or at least they've passed me by ::)
I bought both my bags from Nuri this year and they are very good quality. Jennywren, with a Mulberry copy you need to check the latch and zips for the logo - you will get a nice Mulberry Bayswater (large size) for about £100 if you barter. Nuri had a lovely ponyskin one that I might buy if we get back this year. For all other copies always check the lining, zips and clasps for the correct logo then you know you have a better quality bag - the cheaper ones have plain lining and might not have logo details on the zips.
Take no notice of Misty he has a real handbag sopabox thing going on, which he is entitled to have :-*
Will take a look at Tekin's bag shop next time we're there, BL. Thanks for the tip :)
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Hi, I bought a lovely 'genuine fake' Mulberry handbag - messenger bag style in a gorgeous red leather - from MistyMae, when in Kalkan in late June. The quality of the leather is excellent, the zips have the Mulberry logo, as does the clasp. The manufacturing of the bag also seems excellent. I paid 140TL for it, about £50 at the exchange rate at the time. This was including the discount that the shop owner gave me. I had trawled all the Mulberry bag shops and found those in Misty Mae to be the best for quality, choice AND price. I am going back in September and hope to buy one of the small Hobo style bags from her too. She has also said that should there be any problem with my bag she will replace it. A friend of mine, who lives in Kalkan, has also bought bags from there and says that hers are an excellent buy. :) :)
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Dependant on the size of the handbag you will need to expect to pay up to 400tl for a Mulberry - but of course this price is negotiable! My daughter and I extensively 'surveyed' the bag shops in Kalkan and Misty Mae in our opinion was the best, closely followed by BSG. BSG is on the main street of the old town going down the hill and opposite the Olive Garden restaurant, Misty Mae can be found if you continue straight down this main road as far as you can go and then going to the right down towards the port.
Happy shopping :)
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Hi, I bought a beautiful mulberry hobo ( large size ) in taupe leather from Nuri a couple of weeks ago. It cost £130.00 and has been very much admired since coming home. The inside of the bag is exquisite and it's really well made. I'm absolutely over the moon with it and would have bought it even if it hadn't got a ( fake ) designer logo on it. Thank you K4E for all your handy hints and tips. I've a long way to go before I can reach your designer "egghead" bag staus!! ;D
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*blushes furiously* :-[
I suppose it could be my chosen specialised subject on Mastermind :) :)
Glad to help....and annoy Misty at the same time :-*
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Thanks for all your advice... I have a budget of about £140 so judging by all your responses I will be able to buy a lovely Mulberry!
2 weeks today I will be at the airport ready to board the plane for my first trip to Kalkan and I must say I am so excited I could burst!
Will report back on bag shopping (and indeed the holiday!) on my return
Thanks all x
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You will get a lovely bag for that budget. Enjoy Kalkan :) :)
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Have a lovely holiday jennywren and look forward to your report.
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Just returned from a wonderful holiday, and I bought a black Chanel clutch bag, which retails around £780, I paid £67 for it, you wouldn't know it isn't the real thing, and my daughter is thrilled to bits!
J
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I can hold it in no longer.
Are these bags ever noticed by men? Or, are they only meant to make other women jealous? That is what comes over through the posts on here. Personally, I never look at the bag a woman is carrying nor, I suspect, do most other men.
Did anyone see the Telegraph article about the Jill Sanders mans brown paper bag, which has sold out in the London store at £185 a time? Kills me that people will pay top dollar to advertise some crappy firm, just because everyone else is! Read it here:- http://uk.lifestyle.yahoo.com/the-jil-sander-paper-bag-that-will-cost-you-%C2%A3185.html
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I wouldn't have thought that there is a woman alive who buys a handbag to attract a man - it's hardly lacy underwear is it? ??? I also doubt that a handbag purchase is made with the aim of igniting a jealous fury in those less able to access cheap Turkish knock-offs. Some women just like bags, end of. With me it's shoes, with others it's jewellery, with the posters here it's bags and with some strange people it's ugly china faced dolls or plates with the royal family's faces on them. Nothing sinister, but perhaps a little unfathomable unless it's a passion you share.
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I can hold it in no longer.
Are these bags ever noticed by men? Or, are they only meant to make other women jealous? That is what comes over through the posts on here. Personally, I never look at the bag a woman is carrying nor, I suspect, do most other men.
Did anyone see the Telegraph article about the Jill Sanders mans brown paper bag, which has sold out in the London store at £185 a time? Kills me that people will pay top dollar to advertise some crappy firm, just because everyone else is! Read it here:- http://uk.lifestyle.yahoo.com/the-jil-sander-paper-bag-that-will-cost-you-%C2%A3185.html
Couldn't care less if a man notices my bag, why would anyone care? and definitely not to make anyone jealous, again why????
Normal people don't dress to please anyone but themselves, I would hope, and certainly as far as bags go it's as simple as that. They please me :)
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Certainly don't buy them to make other women jealous and i doubt very much men notice bags, i buy nice bags (and shoes!) for me.
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I'm afraid I'm with firecat, itstime and Nicky on this one. Well said ladies :). I'm presuming that you are the male of the species BubblesG?? If so, then I'm afraid you will struggle to understand how a nice perfume, pair of shoes, jewellery, etc can make the difference between a good day and a great day and put a jaunty spring in your step. Many of us work very hard all year round and sacrifice spending money on oneself, as the children are always needing something, OH needs his Stella, sky subscription, apple tv etc!!!! >:D .... So a little treat every now and then is well deserved. Not to make men fall at our feet or to make other women green with envy, just to take pleasure in something you enjoy. I know a lady who does gravy wrestling, maybe that floats her boat, but give me a nice leather bag (doesnt have to be designer) or a sweet smelling perfume and I'm in guilty pleasure heaven. ;D ;D ;D
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Ha ha Lizilu does it float her "gravy boat" ;D
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;D ;D ;D Well I lied a bit!! I saw her in our local paper and she seemed to be enjoying herself so it must be floating her gravy boat!! ;D ;D ;D
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Couldn't care less whether anyone else likes my bag. I like it and I bought it (or OH did) for me alone. I buy them to put things in so as I don't hav to carry around a paper bag with stuff in. ;D ::)
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Have to disagree with BubblesG...Jill Sander is not a "crappy firm"....just my opinion ;)
Like the other posters I buy my bags for me, I dress for me and not to attract men or make other woman jealous....! I buy things I like and get pleasure from spending my hard-earned cash on nice things. With the Jill Sander man's bag, this is what's known as a trend... ::)
I don't know about anyone else but the days of dressing to attract men seems like an awfully long time ago....
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Choose wisely and you will be the subject of 'handbag envy' .....and no one need ever know! :laugh:
Come off it, here's my proof.
Maybe you should carry something more practical, like an electric drill or a socket set, that would make you more attractive to men.
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you're missing the point, BubblesG...we don't buy these nice things to be attractive to the opposite sex :P
In my experience men are attracted to power tools and the like but the idea of a woman in possession of one is more likely to strike fear as opposed to any other emotion.
Babs post was very tongue-in-cheek....its faux envy, not real envy ::)
Blimey this is hard work for a Monday morning....I need a lie down, with my bags :-*
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If my husband sees an electric drill or a socket set in my hand, he's delighted ! Because he wouldn't have a clue what to do with them.
Ms. FixEverything
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My wife loves bags. She seems to buy quite a few but over the years she has trained me to understand the need for a woman to own many different bags. I even see the logic of this.
She's never bought one to make anybody jealous and has often given one of her bags to friends who don't have the opportunity to shop here.
As far as I am concerned, she can spend our money on anything at all. She's never objected to anything I buy.
From the little I know of bags, those bought here are of very good quality and do represent value for money.
Can't really understand why anybody would be critical of another's shopping choices, but do agree that royal family souvenir plates might just be a passion too far.
KordereKid
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My post had the expected result and also livened up an otherwise dull topic for half the population!
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nice attempted swerve there bubbles...ever thought about a career in politics? :laugh: >:D
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mmmmm.....not sure how bubbles connects 'handbag envy' with buying nice things to attract men!! like everyone else who has commented I but nice things for myself because I consider I work damn hard and deserve a treat every now and then......if someone just happens to say 'ooo I love your mulberry handbag' yes I am delighted.....but strangely enough I've never heard that from a man yet!! :laugh:
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Hi BubblesG.
My husband would never notice if I was wearing a copy of a Mulberry, LVT or a Prada. But, he would notice if I went out with a green checked shopping trolley. ??? So, subconsciously, I think men do probably notice the nice things us girlies do to make them feel proud to be walking by our sides. Some of them just forget to look! :-* :-* :-*
(He would run a mile if I had anything electrical in my hand.....well almost >:D )
B.
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Just one other thing to add, on the way home this year the aircraft journey was rather scary with lots of unexpected turbulence. Being a very nervous passenger I was convinced we were about to head up to the good Lord himself. I turned to my husband and said "OK, I will leave my shoes behind, but my "Mulberry" is coming with me." Not sure why, maybe the shop owners sprinkle them with the Kalkan magic dust. ;D