Savvy shoppers who want to buy a designer bag for half the price have long known the best way is to source it second-hand. Why pay $5,000 for a Bottega Veneta Jodie bag when you could buy a pre-loved one for $3,000? But buying a second-hand designer bag comes with inherent risk that you’re buying a fake — or worse, that the “seller” will turn out to be a scam. And even though buying pre-loved is a discount, it’s still a lot of cashola.
