One thing I sometimes worry/think about with my bag/bags is that I am a stay at home mom and dress for comfort. I see so many trendy women out and about with their nice bags and here I am in yoga pants and a t-shirt with my nice bag. I feel like people will think it is fake because I am dressed so "shabby". I have a nice truck(Suburban) and own my own home but don't work so have to need for my nice clothes from my "former life".
2 years? 5 Years? 10?
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Selena said:
You should start a thread, Selena, I'd be interested to see the responses.
I guess different people have different values. I don't see cars and handbags as being that different: things to enjoy, things that could be practical or luxurious, things that could cost very little or a lot, things that have the possibility of being used as status symbols. So it doesn't seem unreasonable to me that a woman might choose handbags over a car. And maybe she's just not a car gal, maybe she just needs it to get her from Point A to Point B.
I drive a nice car but I rent my apartment. I'm a student, I'm always moving around. But when I find a place that I can call home with a stable job, etc., and start to save for a house, you can bet my handbag habit will get the ax!
angelcross2 said:
Ditto!! Except I do drive an older car (2000 Saturn LW-3 wagon). I just love not having a car payment. The car itself looks great; honestly it does not look 6 years old. We are upgrading to my "dream" house in a few weeks so I am going to stop buying bags for a while so that I can get new furniture.
As long as people keeping buying fakes they'll keep producing them. I don't understand why people carry fakes. I'd rather carry a less expensive bag of good quality then a crappy made fake designer bag any day. When I was younger and could not afford LV, Bottega Veneta, Chanel, etc. I never carried fakes.
I very rarely see fakes nowadays...people realize that it's a major fashion faux paux to wear fakes...althought as long as they're still making fakes, there'll be people buying it..
When I was in NYC in February I did notice there were more Chloe paddy fakes on Canal street then last summer when there was more LV and Hermes.
Selena said:
I rent
There is no way I want to buy a house at my age, I don't want to be tied down to a mortgage just yet. I also drove a Honda Civic with over 100k miles on it up until January, when I bought a 2006 Toyota Corolla. I still carry my designer bags 
To the OP - No, I don't think the fake LV trend will die down anytime soon. LV fakes have been around for years. Look on eBay and see the fake bags that have 10 bids on them. People don't care if it's fake, they don't know what really goes on in the counterfeit industry. To them it's a great deal on a bag that supposedly looks like the real thing :suspiciou
Can't afford a new car with my taste for designer bags!
Cristina said:I rent
To the OP - No, I don't think the fake LV trend will die down anytime soon. LV fakes have been around for years. Look on eBay and see the fake bags that have 10 bids on them. People don't care if it's fake, they don't know what really goes on in the counterfeit industry. To them it's a great deal on a bag that supposedly looks like the real thing :suspiciou
I am sure this will be taken the wrong way. (Cristina you know I love ya girl!) To many people think that renting is ok and a good option, without even thinking about the idea of purchasing. If you live in a normal area (Not NYC, SANFRAN, LA, where prices are crazy) you can buy something for about the same monthly expense as renting. It takes a little bit more effort but everymonth instead of throwing away your rent money you are basically saving that money. You build equity and have something to show for it at the end of the day. You can deduct any interest you pay on your mortgage on your taxes. Its intimidating but if you take the time to research options you can really come out ahead. If you pay $1000 a month on rent you are basically throwing away $12,000 a year.
With todays interest rates and types of loans you really do not need to put that much down. Check it out. I wish someone would have talked to me about this when I was your age.
Selena
Selena People who drive their cars into the ground are being very responsible and reasonable. New cars just eat up more and more money (higher license fees and insurance are two things), and since they'll be crashed, stolen, driven into the ground or sold, they're not exactly a good investment. Something that can get you from point A to point B with a reasonable degree of safety is a good thing. Especially if it's years after it's been paid for. I'm proud to say I drive a 1999 Lincoln Continental. It's paid for, it runs well, and it's undermileaged to boot. So was the other car we sold, a 1995 Contour with less than 50,000 miles on the odometer.
As for buying a house, that may not be the best idea right now. Interest rates are up, and some real estate bubbles have yet to burst. When they do, that's when you buy.
As for buying a house, that may not be the best idea right now. Interest rates are up, and some real estate bubbles have yet to burst. When they do, that's when you buy.
Selena said:
