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Rolex, LVMH, Ferrari, and those who try to falsely limit distribution are the path forward for luxury. It’s clear that main stream culture eats up a canvas bag
by tsunamifury 3y ago
Rolex, LVMH, Ferrari, and those who try to falsely limit distribution are the path forward for luxury. It’s clear that main stream culture eats up a canvas bag with no defining quality features or a machine made watch that can be copied for 200$ nearly perfectly as long as they feel it’s exclusive.
It’s a bit of a bummer because several other brands have tried to sell on actual quality struggle. Artificial scarcity is just too strong a draw.
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- wdb 3y agoNever experienced issues getting anything from LVMH. What's scarce there? If you message your sales person they will have it next time you visit the store.
- koyote 3y agoIt's the same thing as the OP isn't it? Try buying the LV tote online. You can't. You have to call to be put on an artificial waitlist to spend $2000 on a bag.
- wdb 3y agoI never experienced a waiting list for LV. I can happily buy a Neverfull Tote bag online. If I order it today I have it on time for Christmas. Definitely not the Rolex experience of years long waiting list. Maybe it's because I message the sales person ahead of time when I go to the store and indicate what I want to see so they get it in the store for me. That's not even possible with Rolex.
- sotix 3y agoThe Hermès Birkin bag[0] is probably a better example. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birkin_bag https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birkin_bag
- Sohcahtoa82 3y agoIt's frustrating tbh. I'm very interested in the Corvette EV due in 2025. But knowing how much Chevy limits production of the Corvette Z06, I imagine they'll put similar road blocks in front of the EV. Like, why don't they want my $150K+?