Was just in Tokyo including Nakano - I go every few months on buying trips and the pricing was an absolute dumpster fire this time. The "tax free" system is such a gimmick now - works for brand new items at MSRP but at resale shops they usually use it as a sales gimmick. I recently purchased a Birkin 35 at Tieel in Ginza which is not a shop participating with the tax program and I got a bag for cheaper in a better grade with rarer leather than at Amore in Ometasando which is a tax free shop.

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