Coach Handbags at a Discount

Finding genuine Coach handbags at a discount is not easy, but always a cause for celebration when it happens. These beautiful and well-made bags are worth the retail price, especially because they last so long, but naturally, we all prefer to pay a bit less. That way, you can buy more than one bag!

Finding Coach Handbags at a Discount

Your local outlet store is always going to be the best place to buy Coach handbags at a discount. Most outlet malls will have a Coach store, so you can browse easily and be sure that whatever you buy is a genuine Coach and not a knockoff.

Of course, before you head for the outlets, you should shop your local high-end department stores after the holidays and during other prime markdown times. Even stores like Bloomingdale’s and Saks can mark down good bags by up to half, and sometimes even more than that. Obviously, if there is a particular bag you want, this is a risky venture, but if you are open-minded about what you’ll come away with, you should definitely hit these sales.

Discount Coach Handbags Online

Finding discount Coach bags online is difficult at best, and of course it’s very hard to guarantee that the bag is genuine. Coach is determined to maintain its high standards and protect its strong reputation of fine quality, so it wants its bags bought at a brick and mortar store, rather than online.

Thus, it places heavy restrictions on the distribution of its wares, making it impossible to buy a Coach bag online from any shop that doesn’t have brick and mortar representation. However, there is a relatively new site with the promising name of Coach Outlet Store that tries to gather links to all reputable Coach bags that are available at a marked down price, mostly on eBay. The advantage of starting here is that it’s nominally more organized. You can search via Coach Resort Collection, Bleecker Collection, Soho, Signature, etc. If you know what you are looking for, this makes it easier.

Of course, you can also just go straight to eBay. At any given time, there will be a lot of Coach bags on offer, some brand-new. However, a shopper really has to exercise caution when buying from an auction site, because there are unscrupulous sellers who will knowingly sell knockoffs and claim they are genuine. When shopping on eBay, look for Power Sellers who have high customer ratings. These are reputable online sellers who count on good customer relations to maintain their business. They should be able to provide you with a card noting that your Coach purchase is authentic.

Other online sources for marked down Coach bags are Designers Imports, which will usually have a page or two of Coach bags on offer. Be aware, however, that the discount can be fairly small and when shipping costs are included, you might end up doing better at a brick and mortar store, or Coach’s own Web site at Coach.com.

Other Options

If you’re not sure what Coach bag you want and can’t find anything that appeals to you in the shops, you can try your luck at Bag Borrow or Steal, which is an online membership club that allows you to “borrow” bags for a weekly fee, but also to shop in its outlet, which organizes bags in a “never carried” and “gently carried” category. This can be a really reliable way to get a secondhand or marked down Coach bag that you trust is genuine and is at a price you can manage. And if you decide it’s not the bag for you, you can always make it available for someone else to try! It’s recycling at its finest.