Second Hand Luxury Items at ClubNobili.com
by Paula Alvarado, Buenos Aires on 05.21.07
Want to be green but can’t resist wishing for a Louis Vuitton? Then why not pursuing a second hand one? As we mention in our How to Green Your Wardrobe, one of the easiest ways to go green is to buy used clothes. And if you are aiming for luxury brands, Club Nobili is the place for you. This Argentine based online store opened in 2006 and offers big brands mostly second hand but also new beverages, women and men clothes, house accessories, jewelry, perfumes and cosmetics, watches and pens and technology. The site assures its operations are ‘risk free’: specialists take care of going through every published item, and when an item is purchased, those specialists receive the item before it gets to the buyer in order to check the originality (if the item is fake, it is returned to seller). Club Nobili also serves companies and works with non-profit organizations to host Charity Sales of luxury products. Another good news: most of the items are in pesos (an US dollar is worth three pesos), so some products might seem cheap to foreigners. Though they offer deliveries worldwide, it’s probably not worth the airplane travel. But whenever you’re in town remember to step by. ::Club Nobili
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wait...you mean they don't offer second hand beverages!??! what about those of us who like used wine or a half drunk can of coke!? hmmph.
A lot of the older stuff is much better made than the new stuff. Give me a pre-CBS Fender Telecaster or a 62 Aston Martin before the modern, robot-made stuff, any day!
This is a great example and reminder that the greenest products of all are the ones that don't get made... and yes the saying "they don't make them like they used to" holds true in many cases because of the agressive cost reduction strategies employed by most corporations. Great article Paula