chang9121990

I will be travelling to Paris, London, and Zurich next month so want to take advantage of the chance and buy a Rimowa cheaply.
Does anyone have any suggestion for shops that sell inexpensive Rimowa in any of these three cities?

tfar

Sorry but cheap Rimowa in any of these cities won't be easy. I'd say close to impossible. All of those places are know for premium prices especially Zurich and London. Paris might be your best bet. You would also get the largest VAT back. But to be hones, I've never even seen a single shop in Paris that had Rimowa. Try the big department stores like BHV, Printemps, Lafayette and Bon Marche.

If you really want lower prices, go to Frankfurt, Cologne (where they have their HQ) or Berlin.

Till

RichardInSF

I was wandering up Madison Avenue yesterday when I passed this smallish shop which seems to have a wide variety of Rimowa at prices approximating the European catalog prices. The guy in the store said they had gotten a lot of grief when Rimowa had higher US prices and that "the problem had been fixed."

He also said he was a repair depot for Rimowa. Also claimed to be their largest US dealer.

Take a look at

http://www.hidesinshape.com/rimowa.html

Looks decent to me. Not a super luxury store but I think it's for real.

tfar

One thing is sure, the website layout is the quickest to browse of all luggage sites I've seen. I like that.

As for the prices, hm? I always use the big 32" Jumbo Multiwheel Trolley as a reference. I think that costs around 650 Euro in Germany. Plus 32% (the current exchange rate) makes this go to around 900 US$. If you export it from Germany you do save the VAT of around 20%. So the case comes down to 520Euro or 682US$. Seems still a whole lot cheaper than the $1190 they want.

But besides that, their retail is inflated and the sale price is the exact same sale price you can get from other sites:
http://www.luggagepros.com/rimowa-to...ll-wheel.shtml

EDIT: I checked the prices on Koffer Direkt:
http://www.koffer-direkt.de/rimowa-t...rolley-77.html

Cash bought sur place is 530 Euros and CC is 563 Euros. Subtract VAT for export it goes down to around 440 Euros, that's 577US$ for the biggest and baddest Rimowa case.

Sorry, as hard it is there seems to be no alternative to buying in Germany. If you buy a set of luggage of three pieces or so you can well get the price for your ticket to Germany out of the difference.

I do think that website will also ship to the US.

Till

Alpha

I swear I walked past a shop on Avenue de l'Opera near the Opera Metro (on the right-hand side if you're walking north, if I remember correctly) that was selling either Rimowa or very believable knockoffs in the 300 euro range.

RichardInSF

tfar -- thanks for doing the research!

tfar

At your service!

Till

ShopAround

I just returned from Paris last night and there was a shop right next to my hotel on Rue Tronchet that had a big Rimowa display in the window. (I particularly noticed it because my cracked Rimowa was in my hotel room at the time.) I did not check prices, though.

tfar

That's good to know. Just that I haven't seen them doesn't mean they don't have them. It's also been quite some time that I haven't lived in Paris. I last visited in Nov. 2009.

Till

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KeepDiscovering

Hi there, it looks like the Koffer Direkt website offers some good prices, but a problem - it seems to be in Germen only and I could not find an English page. Do they have an English shopping page?

BTW, I shall be travelling to Vienna tomorrow for a weekend. Is it likely that some good deals can be found in Vienna on Rimowa Salsa, considering that Vienna is close to Germany with so much people movement?

Thanks so much.

euzuro

I purchased a RIMOWA at Hides in Shapes a few months ago. The staff is very friendly and they have a great selection. I later returned to purchase another piece of luggage, which needed some custom work which they did free of charge.

Looks like price wise maybe it *is* better to buy in Europe, but if you want to buy in the states, I give Hides in Shapes two thumbs up.

Erik

SQ225

Any recommendations for places to buy 'cheap' Rimowa Luggage in Munich or Vienna?
Cheers

Kgmm77

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There's a thread from a while back on buying in Munich. I bought at one of the places recommended, Hetzenecker, at Karlsplatz in December. Good range and cash discount. Don't be put off by the appearance of the shop, it's rammed with stock and tiny but it does have a good range.

scott928s

I don't speak German (much) and I ordered from koffer direkt by using google translate. Worked like a charm.

Then I decided to change my order, so I called Koffer Direkt's number. It turns out that most of the people who are answering the phone there speak excellent English. So, yeah, I'd totally recommend them. Especially because shipping wasn't too bad (2 weeks.)