My wife and I bought a $1500 Louis Vuitton hand bag three years ago and its falling apart.  There are several cracks all around the top and the leather that holds the straps has torn.  When we took it in to see if they could fix it we were told \"no, and thats what sometimes happens\".  I guess we thought they would stand behind a bag like that and hoped it would last longer than a couple of years, especially since she hardly used it.  Or at least have a way of fixing it in house.  :-(