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Post by Deleted on Jun 14, 2015 21:53:18 GMT
If I had millions and millions in the bank, I'd probably pay $900 for a purse because most likely it is going to last forever. It's also chump change! I'd use it until it was worn out. I hate shopping that much. ![:P](//storage.proboards.com/5645536/images/OrTI4SBmZ2ZYSFv6ag4f.jpg)
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Post by smokeynspike on Jun 14, 2015 23:06:35 GMT
If money was no object for me, yes, I would spend that much. But not that purse. I don't like it at all.
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Post by AmeliaBloomer on Jun 14, 2015 23:43:46 GMT
I don't pay for that either. That's just another sideways put down. (Not that you meant it that way. But it does come off that way, in general.) If a brand name is on the bag and I love the bag- so what? The name/brand of my car is on my car. This is no different, IMO. Names and brands are on LOTS of things people buy and they don't bat an eyelash at it- but handbags? Put a brand on a handbag and people get indignant re: not paying for something that is branded. Most bags come with a name, an icon or an identifier reflecting the brand...whether you pay $15 at Kohls or $500 at a specialty shop. Why is it only offensive when the brand is expensive? If you believe it's a sideways put down, I'm not sure we'll change your mind. I think I was the first on the thread to mention branding, so I'll attempt a response. First, I absolutely agree that you should buy the bag you love. But if you compare labels on cars and labels on handbags, they have a very different history. Since almost the very beginning of autos, and modern appliances, they've been labeled - all models, not just the expensive ones. Vintage handbag dealers will almost always open a bag to find the label. In the 1950s, only a very few pricey designer bags had outside labels...then more...eventually all designer bags in the last couple decades...and now many-not-all purses for the masses. So for handbags, yes, outside labels (or bags completely covered by logos or initials) have a history of connoting luxury. And some of us here are much older than others. Anyway, I buy bags where I can cut off a cloth label or remove a branded charm. Truth be told, I do it with jeans, too. I couldn't find an unbranded leather folio phone case, so I chose the one with the smallest name - and in the back. Still bugs me, though. Me. Doesn't bug you, and that's not my business. Love the purse? Go for it. There certainly are some beautiful ones out there. (Not crazy about my luggage being outside-labeled, but sometimes it helps me find it on the conveyer belt. ![:P](//storage.proboards.com/5645536/images/OrTI4SBmZ2ZYSFv6ag4f.jpg) )
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Post by choppedliver on Jun 15, 2015 0:09:00 GMT
No, but I wouldn't pay $900 for any purse. ![:yeahthat:](//storage.proboards.com/5645536/images/yrGoHMAelQz8f2Qt0sjb.jpg) Me neither. I'm cheap thrifty. Me too, but change thrifty to poor.
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Post by polz on Jun 15, 2015 0:13:44 GMT
I'm not a bag person, so I would never ever pay that much for a bag - even if I won a billion dollars. But hey, if you are a bag person and can afford it than rock on with your bad self.
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Post by choppedliver on Jun 15, 2015 0:13:50 GMT
And I just realized that this is on page 5 and totally off topic. I'm so out of pea practice.
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Post by gramasue on Jun 15, 2015 0:31:04 GMT
No, I wouldn't. I'm just not that into purses. I like one that's functional and easy to carry and looks good, but that's way too much money for a purse.
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Post by SweetieBsMom on Jun 15, 2015 0:33:10 GMT
I, personally, wouldn't spend $900 on a purse because it's not my thing. I don't have anything against someone who does. To each their own. I won't spend your money if you don't spend mine. KWIM?
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Post by originalvanillabean on Jun 15, 2015 1:46:07 GMT
Not for that one. Probably not for any purse.
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Post by workingclassdog on Jun 15, 2015 1:49:29 GMT
I doubt it.. but I guess if I was a billionaire .. I don't think it would matter much.
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Post by jamielynn on Jun 15, 2015 1:55:23 GMT
Has anyone admitted they would yet?
I think like all the "would you pay" or "what would you pay threads," it is all relative.
Some people make $90/hr at their jobs. Would you pay 9 hrs wage for this item or another you like - how about a purse that was just right?
Others make $9/hr, is there anything you would find value in that costs 100 hours of your wage?
For the record I don't particularly care for the style here. I also don't make $90/hr, or own a $900 purse.
I feel like sometimes these threads are mob mentality when the average person couldn't afford whatever the said item is. Even if I owed this item I wouldn't dare say my budget allows this and I own it here or for that matter anywhere.
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Post by ceepea on Jun 15, 2015 2:12:41 GMT
No, but I hate carrying any purse. If I was wealthy and lived that kind of lifestyle, I probably would. Or if, like the other poster, I had a high power job. I seem to always be annoyed with having to carry a purse.
Now if we were talking shoes...
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Post by DinCA on Jun 15, 2015 2:39:17 GMT
No, I wouldn't. It's just not my style.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 15, 2015 2:40:15 GMT
That purse is fugly.
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Post by boxermom73 on Jun 15, 2015 3:02:50 GMT
Yes I would pay that much now if I really wanted it... Some people splurge on theirs car or on fancy restaurant meals and I would just save up for it. I don't like that purse, but I am a purse addict and have several expensive bags in my closet. I really don't like cheap purses and prefer leather... But everyone has their thing...
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Post by boxermom73 on Jun 15, 2015 3:09:19 GMT
For those of you looking to spend less for a designer purse, here is a gorgeous Kate Spade for only $200CAD. ![:grin:](//storage.proboards.com/5645536/images/TKS2q_7siLiFtq0xPQvx.jpg) I know your being funny but I love that purse!!!
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Post by CarolT on Jun 15, 2015 4:21:31 GMT
I love purses, and will splurge on a purse I love every few years, usually from the Coach, Dooney, or Kate Spade outlet, so $900 is out of my price range.
A couple of years ago, my sil posted something online about how excited she was that her new LV bag had finally come in - she posted a picture of a $1500 bag online. I made some comment to dh about the cost of her bag... Dh reminded me I had just paid that for a new camera.
I think it's all a matter of perspective - I could afford my camera, she could afford her LV bag. She doesn't see the point in spending thousands on camera gear (her phone is just fine for her) and I don't see the point in spending thousands on purses, l 'm happy with my Coach outlet purses.
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Post by epeanymous on Jun 15, 2015 4:35:58 GMT
I don't like that purse. If you gave me that purse, I would not carry it.
If I had an essentially bottomless wallet and a handbag I liked, I would pay that. I tend to carry just one or two handbags until they fall apart anyway.
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Post by baylorgrad on Jun 15, 2015 16:51:51 GMT
For $900 (or more, if it's on sale), you're paying for the name/designer. While I've never paid $900 for a purse, if I had the money and saw a purse I really wanted, then why not?
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Post by jeremysgirl on Jun 15, 2015 17:06:36 GMT
For some reason the link isn't working for me. I wish I could see what a $900 purse looks like. But seriously, I don't care how anyone else spends their money as long as they aren't asking me for any...lol...but for me, I could never in good conscience spend $900 on a purse. That's a house payment for many people. I am lucky I have relatively little money because I really feel like being wealthy would be nothing but a continual guilt trip for me.
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Post by Rhondito on Jun 15, 2015 17:34:44 GMT
For that purse? No, because I think it's ugly and looks like it came from Target. (As in, it doesn't look like it's worth $900)
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Post by eastcoastpea on Jun 15, 2015 17:52:22 GMT
Not that purse. If I was rich and a purse "spoke to me" I would buy it.
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Post by peasful1 on Jun 15, 2015 18:00:27 GMT
I don't pay for that either. That's just another sideways put down. (Not that you meant it that way. But it does come off that way, in general.) If a brand name is on the bag and I love the bag- so what? The name/brand of my car is on my car. This is no different, IMO. Names and brands are on LOTS of things people buy and they don't bat an eyelash at it- but handbags? Put a brand on a handbag and people get indignant re: not paying for something that is branded. Most bags come with a name, an icon or an identifier reflecting the brand...whether you pay $15 at Kohls or $500 at a specialty shop. Why is it only offensive when the brand is expensive? If you believe it's a sideways put down, I'm not sure we'll change your mind. I think I was the first on the thread to mention branding, so I'll attempt a response. First, I absolutely agree that you should buy the bag you love. But if you compare labels on cars and labels on handbags, they have a very different history. Since almost the very beginning of autos, and modern appliances, they've been labeled - all models, not just the expensive ones. Vintage handbag dealers will almost always open a bag to find the label. In the 1950s, only a very few pricey designer bags had outside labels...then more...eventually all designer bags in the last couple decades...and now many-not-all purses for the masses. So for handbags, yes, outside labels (or bags completely covered by logos or initials) have a history of connoting luxury. And some of us here are much older than others. Anyway, I buy bags where I can cut off a cloth label or remove a branded charm. Truth be told, I do it with jeans, too. I couldn't find an unbranded leather folio phone case, so I chose the one with the smallest name - and in the back. Still bugs me, though. Me. Doesn't bug you, and that's not my business. Love the purse? Go for it. There certainly are some beautiful ones out there. (Not crazy about my luggage being outside-labeled, but sometimes it helps me find it on the conveyer belt. ![:P](//storage.proboards.com/5645536/images/OrTI4SBmZ2ZYSFv6ag4f.jpg) ) Regardless of "history" have you removed the label from your vehicle? It's not that hard. A new front grill to remove the branding isn't all that expensive. You should know, I'm sure you've done just that, right? And if you don't think auto branding *today* doesn't connote luxury, you're kidding yourself.
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Post by giatocj on Jun 15, 2015 18:06:25 GMT
I would not pay $ 900 for any purse...or almost any other non-essential item. I spend $ 50 on a Vera Bradley crossbody hipster and almost want to faint, $ 900 would put me in ICU.
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Post by scrappinghappy on Jun 15, 2015 18:25:29 GMT
And I just realized that this is on page 5 and totally off topic. I'm so out of pea practice. Had to come see how this got to 5 pages. Love the NSBR
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Post by peasapie on Jun 15, 2015 18:29:12 GMT
My friend can and does purchase expensive purses. She loves Lanvin and has several. I think we each buy what makes us happy and can afford.
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Post by valincal on Jun 15, 2015 18:38:59 GMT
boxermom73 I'm no fashion expert so I will not judge! ![:grin:](//storage.proboards.com/5645536/images/TKS2q_7siLiFtq0xPQvx.jpg)
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Post by AmeliaBloomer on Jun 15, 2015 20:34:54 GMT
Regardless of "history" have you removed the label from your vehicle? It's not that hard. A new front grill to remove the branding isn't all that expensive. You should know, I'm sure you've done just that, right? And if you don't think auto branding * today* doesn't connote luxury, you're kidding yourself. If these (bolded) are the impressions I communicated, I did a pretty cruddy job of explaining my position, and seem to have just made things worse. I'll quit while I'm behind, so perhaps we can just agree to disagree. (Besides, my manicure scissors are definitely not up to the job of removing a radiator grill.)
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Post by sues on Jun 16, 2015 21:21:05 GMT
But if you compare labels on cars and labels on handbags, they have a very different history. Since almost the very beginning of autos, and modern appliances, they've been labeled - all models, not just the expensive ones. Vintage handbag dealers will almost always open a bag to find the label. In the 1950s, only a very few pricey designer bags had outside labels...then more...eventually all designer bags in the last couple decades...and now many-not-all purses for the masses. So for handbags, yes, outside labels (or bags completely covered by logos or initials) have a history of connoting luxury. And some of us here are much older than others.
I can't imagine what the heck the history of the auto business has to do with what I'm talking about now. We're talking about brands today; people alive today, buying things today. Almost everything is branded these days. A brand communicates a lot of things, whether you want it to, or not. Is it only truly heinous if the brand communicates luxury? I'm good if I'm carrying a $30 Relic bag from Kohls- no need to get skeeved out about a brand being visible to the masses. But if I'm carrying anything that costs more than $200- I'd better damned well keep that shit to myself. Because in that case I'm 'paying to carry someone's name around' or 'paying to advertise' or just outright trying to communicate luxury.
Car brand, handbag brand, watch brand, blue jeans brand...whatever- almost everything has a visible brand on it. Good luck finding things without a brand. I'm not caught up in it enough to cut off tags or take steps to make sure people don't know what I've got...whether it's Levi's or Kors. I buy what I like, what I can afford, what will suit my needs. If other people don't like that- it's thier problem, not mine. If you think I'm paying to advertise- whatever. You're wrong, but I'm sure you don't care about that.
The main point is- I'm not judging you for your choices. Don't judge me for mine. And if you think 'I won't pay to carry someone else's name' isn't a sideways put down- you're kidding yourself, IMO.
I'm not a fan of the all-over-monogram-brand bag styles, no matter who makes them. It's not that I'm saying "I will not carry someone else's initials" - it's because they aren't my taste. I don't care if the initials matched my own- I wouldn't be inclined to buy them, because it's just not a style I lean towards. I might admire one someone else carries. I just wouldn't buy one myself. And if I didn't like it? I wouldn't have to attach a negative to it, to make it acceptable. 'It's not my taste" is a good enough reason.
Has anyone admitted they would yet? I think a lot of people have said they would or wouldn't buy the specific bag in the OP. I would not buy it because it's not my style. Is it within the realm of possibility for me to buy a $900 bag? It is. It's unlikely - but not out of the question. I'm good with the bags I buy- everything has been under $500. I don't have the kid of life that would = luxury of the $900 clutch sort. I wouldn't get enough use out of it, even if I loved it. The more expensive bags I have, I use the heck out of. I know they are worth the money if I love them- because they will last forever. The cost of the bag over the lifetime of use doesn't seem out of line, to me.
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Post by gmcwife1 on Jun 16, 2015 23:09:27 GMT
I can't imagine what the heck the history of the auto business has to do with what I'm talking about now. We're talking about brands today; people alive today, buying things today. Almost everything is branded these days. A brand communicates a lot of things, whether you want it to, or not. Is it only truly heinous if the brand communicates luxury? I'm good if I'm carrying a $30 Relic bag from Kohls- no need to get skeeved out about a brand being visible to the masses. But if I'm carrying anything that costs more than $200- I'd better damned well keep that shit to myself. Because in that case I'm ' paying to carry someone's name around' or ' paying to advertise' or just outright trying to communicate luxury. Car brand, handbag brand, watch brand, blue jeans brand...whatever- almost everything has a visible brand on it. Good luck finding things without a brand. I'm not caught up in it enough to cut off tags or take steps to make sure people don't know what I've got...whether it's Levi's or Kors. I buy what I like, what I can afford, what will suit my needs. If other people don't like that- it's their problem, not mine. If you think I'm paying to advertise- whatever. You're wrong, but I'm sure you don't care about that. The main point is- I'm not judging you for your choices. Don't judge me for mine. And if you think ' I won't pay to carry someone else's name' isn't a sideways put down- you're kidding yourself, IMO. I'm not a fan of the all-over-monogram-brand bag styles, no matter who makes them. It's not that I'm saying "I will not carry someone else's initials" - it's because they aren't my taste. I don't care if the initials matched my own- I wouldn't be inclined to buy them, because it's just not a style I lean towards. I might admire one someone else carries. I just wouldn't buy one myself. And if I didn't like it? I wouldn't have to attach a negative to it, to make it acceptable. 'It's not my taste" is a good enough reason. My now 34 yr old ds went through an 'I won't advertise/no brand' phase when he was younger. It was also during his black clothing days. Do you know how hard it was to buy black clothes and shoes without any labeling for a 6'4" guy, size 13 shoes ![:grin:](//storage.proboards.com/5645536/images/TKS2q_7siLiFtq0xPQvx.jpg) It was so ridiculous it was a fun challenge!! I'm really glad he outgrew that attitude, shopping for him has gotten much more fun!
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