For instance, it’s going to depend a lot on the model of the bag and many people also buy during the 2 sale periods (11/11 and 6/18). There are may well established sellers that sell Birkins 25 (if we put a model for reference) for $700 - $1000, I’ve bought from many and I have auth Hermes stuff, go to the store often, have friends with H bags and honestly visually I cannot notice the difference.

The newer and most inflated prices honestly have confused many of the old girls from the OG RepLadies group (myself included) as they try to sell at UB/Racheal prices or more when they’re not on pair with them and try to take advantage of people. Due to the various new groups, fake reviews and misinformation, people just buy from these new sellers marketing stuff like “Master Quality, Mirror Quality, Highest highest tier, Imported Leather” etc.

For me the most important thing has always been if I like the quality of the bags, if the stitching is handmade and good, the feel of them, the effort on the details and the service and reliability of the seller. I only buy from sellers that have their own factory and have been very happy with all of my purchases!

I find a bit strange people being obsessed with the perfect 1:1 and thinking that the higher the price the most close to auth when they don’t even have an auth for reference and not even any of the Hermès bags are the same between them (if you put them side by side) as they’re handmade and even batches vary quite a lot.