Woman Discovers Hermes Birkin Bag Is Fake After Buying It for $9 at Thrift Store

A Canadian woman was shocked when she found a Hermes Birkin bag for $9 at a thrift store. However, it did not take long for her social media followers to inform her that the bag she bought was fake.

"When I flipped over the flap, it's a Hermes made-in- France leather bag," Ashlee Abella said in a video posted to social media.

On the low end, Hermes Birkin bags can be bought for $10,000 if they are in stock. The most expensive Birkin bag ever sold went for half a million dollars at auction.

"So I do know the brand, and so when I saw the shape of it, I kinda knew it might be something, and then when I touched it, it was like real leather," Abella tells Inside Edition.

Abella, a social media influencer, says she could not wait to show her followers what she found.

Many people in the comments broke the bad news.

The tell-tale signs were there. A real Hermes bag would not have flimsy handles like the one Abelle found.

"Just educate yourself in the things you're thrifting," Abella says. "That's key to finding authentic luxury stuff.

Related Stories