Preloved Balenciaga or Preloved LV Speedy?

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Which one should I get? Quality, resale value etc wise

Speedy is horribly dated now. What Balenciaga are you thinking of?

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It says "First 2Way"

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Tagged as "Good Condition"

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I doubt either will have much resale value if you are already buying second hand.

Alright - so if I am buying not to resell, and I like the look of the Balenciaga more, but the Speedy costs half....

I’d go for the Balenciaga

Balenciaga for sure.

Balenciaga definitely.

So many fake LV's around just now.

I do think that Balenciaga looks quite dated now. The new styles have really moved on. No more studs, much sportier and in bright colours.

Go for the balenciaga, better quality than a speedy as it's totally constructed in leather rather than canvas. I think it's a classic rather than dated, you can still buy that style and all the variations of it in balenciaga shops and online. Plus I think they look better with age whereas a beaten up speedy looks crap. Resale value when already buying preloved won't be great but if you love the bag and use it lots you will get your money's worth from cost per wear.

What are your thoughts about buying an inexpensive preloved then dyeing it black myself?

Too risky?

I realised I like the giant hardware more.

That looks in pretty good condition actually. I have this bag in the elephant colour and it has worn quite badly on the plaited area on the handle. I do love it though. I also have a speedy, and I haven't used it much recently, every bugger has a LV it seems, especially with the huge number of fakes knocking around. The Bal. Is a classic though - go for it if you can afford it x

I wouldn't risk dying it myself, but there are professional places that will do it for you such as www.handbagclinic.co.uk/The_Clinic

Don't try dyeing a bag!!

There's a giant city that is in a worse condition and less than half the price of that First. I like the look of the giant handle! But it needs dyeing.

This one is same price of the First bag.

This is the one that I'm thinking of buying and dyeing.

However I asked and professional dyeing costs...£290.

Got inspired by this:

That last one seems to have a split handle, so the cost of dyeing it is the least of your worries! If you can't find one that's perfect at the right price, keep looking and saving at the same time then when the perfect one appears you will have a bigger budget. I don't think there is much point wasting money on something that you know isn't quite right, and a damaged/wrong colour bag is going to cost more in repairs/dyeing anyway, maybe even taking it up close to the price of buying new.

Ooh I like the shape of the LV Speedy (I know B'All about handbags though , have to admit)

Oh, the light blue does not have a split handle. It has like a plastic thing they used to hang it, I think it's just bad lighting. It costs the same as the black first, but it's a giant city. It's £394 - same as the first.

Here's half the price that I am thinking of dyeing. It's super dirty and old but it's £195