ever resell the bags. >> not that i would, they would be worth at least double that. >> author michael tonello is perhaps the og when it comes to pre spend in his memoir, bringing home the birkin tonello describes buying hermes scarves to flip on ebay, only to discover after being turned down in multiple hermes stores for a birkin. a large scarf purchase seemed to do the trick. >> she puts the box down on the counter. she opens a drawer she put on cotton gloves, takes off the lid, the tissue, the tissue. the tissue pulls out the bag. once i figured it all out that first year, i bought and sold $1.6 million worth of birkin bags. >> but where some sing the praises of pre spend, others say it's an urban legend. i stopped elizabeth brown in san francisco's union square, struck by her noir box leather. kelly, 28, with palladium hardware. >> i haven't had that kind of experience where i was told or encouraged to purchase anything, to have access to any other product from the house. >> there is a scarcity in the market. >> customers with an appetite for orange can satiate themselves on purse pop, dot