Bag Insults - Ever Had One?

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#106
Only my grandmother insults my handbags, but I really don't mind. I love her dearly and she has no concept of money. She wanted to buy a $10,000 dress for one night, but she thinks a few hundred dollars for sunglasses is madness. She has absolutely no idea how much my handbags cost (she knows that they're expensive) so her complaints are usually about color, size, leather, or hardware. The same bag is not right for everyone. She's very blunt in general which is why I don't care at all when she says something.

My friends would never spend as much as I do on bags, but always compliment my handbags. I've never had a stranger insult my handbags. Most of my expensive things are understated (with a few exceptions) so I'm sure most people probably don't even think twice.
 
#107
never had one personally since i don't carry anything w/visible logo or monogram so only other purse lovers know my secret : )

but i've heard many and come to the rescue by saying, "that's her money, and it's a beautiful bag that she can resell later if she gets tired of it. also, she's worth it" about others' bags when catty people make rude remarks. (i especially hate when the people making the remarks are the type that buy two frappucinos every single day and then complain about not having money to blow on purses. stop constantly buying expensive drinks that just go to your ass, then!)
 
#108
I wanted to bring this thread back up.
It was so interesting, even though i know that I'm about 2 months late
but there is just something about telling people the price of things that I extremely hate doing.
I work at a clothing store and I was wrapping up one woman's merchandise when she noticed the Chanel french engraved bracelet on my wrist,
she goes, "Wow that bracelet is really beautiful, I've never seen anything like it!" Then she goes, "How much was it?" Because i was afraid to be criticized
i didn't want to tell her the price, so i told her that it was a gift.
The woman obviously knew what brand and I'm pretty sure she had an estimate of how much it would have been..I just think that she wanted to pester me and see how much that i would spend on it...
That's why every handbag and expensive piece of jewelry i own is said to have been a gift, point blank, period.

I also remember a time where i was on my way out the door for work and i was waiting to be checked, I had wore a pair of Miu Miu pumps to work and placed them in my bag to wear some flats, We have to be checked out of work every time we leave so my manager begin looking threw my bag and noticed the pumps and the brand they were...then she goes Wow! how much did you pay for these...and after i told her the price another co worker that was beside me goes What the hell were you thinking? That's just dumb and starts laughing...but the real funny thing is i saw her a week later at the sunglass hut buying a pair of gucci sunglasses...UGH.
 
#109
I do "it is a gift" routine...I am sick of anyone's comments on how to spend money...everyone but me found a bargain for car, handbag, house..since they all lie, I will. I do have a wealthy aunt in Boston so I use her (to my husband as well - he has no clue about the prices of bags and he would be horrified)...my sister in law and I also have an agreement - when she buys something "I gave it to her" and when I get myself something new "she gave it to me"

it works great among friends and family

someone who does not know anything about you will judge you and even be mean just because of the knowledge of how much you spend on something

I should not care, but it is easier like this :D

Oh, I have another one (this is a special for my husband and colleagues at work):

"I found it 80% discount !!!! Can you imagine? Some promotional sale! " And don't even say the price :lolots:

cheers, vesna
 
#110
This is a very rude comment I heard a woman say in a clothing store to her friend just the other day.

" I would rather have my money in my pocketbook then spending it and carrying a expensive purse" I turned around and looked at the women like thats so Sad! BTW right next to her was a woman carrying the most beautiful Gucci handbag how rude. I just shook my head at the rude woman and said to her what a pitty for YOU.
 
#111
I don't know if it's as much as rude as it is just a reflection of how I think of money versus how my boyfriend thinks of money, but he says, "one of your $3000 Chanel bags can buy me X number of cheeseburgers from McDonalds" or he says "I only make a little over $2000 a month and that is money I use to pay for rent, gas, bills, food, trips to see you...I could live off of one of your Chanel bags for a month!"
 
#112
^ I have similar issues with my boyfriend as well. We would argue about spending money on eating out (yes it tastes great, but the feeling is fleeting!) and he would say "the Galliera I bought you for your birthday could last us a few months of eating out"


!!!!


Bags can last YEARS! You digest food in HOURS! There's no comparison! :lecture:


hello, btw!
 
#113
ηαя¢ιςςα;11636543 said:
"Insults" to your face are plain rude, but I think that "I would never pay that much for a bag" comments are just the normal reactions of most people who are not TPFers. Most people who say that don't feel like it's anything more than an off-handed comment (and maybe even a compliment to you that you could afford to spend so much on a bag!). Many of these comments probably meant no harm to the speaker and could have been put in a gentler way.

I wouldn't necessarily attribute it to jealousy, maybe just a surprised reaction to what is obvious a very unusual obsession here at tPF. In fact, I think that too much of the issues here at tPF are overly attributed to jealousy. I know women who are much richer than I am who would say that they wouldn't pay a few hundred dollars for a bag. If a friend of yours bought something disposable, say, a set of eating utensils (forks and spoons) for over $3000, my first reaction would certainly be, whoa that costs a lot! To most people in the "real" world, bags are considered to be of the same disposability :smile1:
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lol! it just makes me angry,people are so rude nowadays! i was wearing my chanel few weeks ago and some woman (in her late 50's) came to me (we were in a corner shop near where i live) and she lifted the flap of my bag and said out loud (there was a queue behind me) "THIS IS FAKE, I HAVE SEEN TONS OF THEM ON THE MARKET IN ITALY. BESIDE, HOW OLD ARE U? U R TOO YOUNG TO WEAR THIS BAG".
omg i almost fainted!!! i was so angry i was speechless and believe me, it doesnt happen often!!
come on, I'm working, I'm mother, I'm wife... and I own more than just that chanel, probably enough to put a nice deposit for the house... hehehe i didnt said that to her, was still spechless until i got o n the train. its jus ppls stupidness and rudness!!! lol!!
 
#114
I've gotten it my whole life, and not even with truly expensive bags. I like pretty things, always have. In high school, I ended up in court with a girl who tried to beat me up, make my life miserable, etc. The judge asked her why she didn't like me. Her answer "she thinks she's cute and better than me" Her words not mine......

I usually use the "it was a gift" or "it was on sale" and change the subject....

I have found (at least where i'm from) girls don't know how to take a compliment....I am quick to say "oh I love your bag" and then i get weird looks from them....it was so nice to meet a bagaholic through a mutual friend who loved HH and actually referred me to tpf.... (Hi Kyong!) :ghi5:
 
#116
I cannot believe how rude people have been to my fellow tPFers! There have always been people out there who are rude and perhaps crude, but IMO, American society as a whole has become more impolite and uncivil recently. I live and work in the D.C. area, so I know it's gotten worse since January of this year, especially when teabaggers are in town! That said, I'm concerned that rudeness has become the new American norm.

BTW, the "you must be nuts" stares and comments were more prevalent when I was a young thing carrying a designer handbag. If someone actually did say something within earshot, I'd look them straight in the eye and say: "My grandmother would tell you that you're old enough to have better manners."

Now that I'm older, I don't get as many looks or comments, and in recent years, I've carried Chanel handbags that aren't as easy to recognize as vintage bags and are more understated, i.e. no big CCs or gold-coloured hardware. It also helps to live in the D.C. area where many women carry designer bags (or faux designer bags).

:heart:
 
#117
When my husband sees me looking at bags on net,or in store,his hair straightens in horror!(he has a curly hair).And the comment is always:how many bags do you need?My answer is always that I need just that one to have everything covered(what a lie-you ALWAYS need just that one bag etc.):graucho:
 
#118
natalie78 said:
I've gotten the bag insult about carrying Coach. I went into Neiman Marcus while carrying a plain black leather Coach and started looking around at the bags. Two sales associates were talking and one said, "If she carries that cheap Coach crap, then you know she won't buy anything in here." And she was right. I left the store. I got something similar from a sales associate at Barney's (only that one felt the need to point out that I was too fat for the clothes in the store while insulting my bag).
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Seriously? Wow. That's awful!

I think that many of the SAs at the Dallas North Park Neimans are rude rude rude (you practically have to beg them to wait on you) but I've always been a little amazed at how nice the SA's at Barney's have been. I'm always just in the sale section (clothing) or perfume or handbags and I've had their handbag SAs getting things from the back, opening cases etc. . .really seeming to go out of their way. Weird. I probably was carrying a somewhat more expensive bag than a Coach, but I know I was just wearing a t-shirt and jeans--so it's not as if I looked all "moneyed up" hahaha!!! Maybe I just got lucky (or you hit 'em on an especially nasty day!!)

Just remember--they just work there--most of them probably can't shop there!!
 
#119
not to sound rude or anything, but have you ever thought of ppl asking how much it cost? as a compliment.. I ask people how much their bag or shoes cost all the time.. for me, it just to figure out how much i'm going to spend, if it worth that much, and where I can find it..

missbree617 said:
I wanted to bring this thread back up.
It was so interesting, even though i know that I'm about 2 months late
but there is just something about telling people the price of things that I extremely hate doing.
I work at a clothing store and I was wrapping up one woman's merchandise when she noticed the Chanel french engraved bracelet on my wrist,
she goes, "Wow that bracelet is really beautiful, I've never seen anything like it!" Then she goes, "How much was it?" Because i was afraid to be criticized
i didn't want to tell her the price, so i told her that it was a gift.
The woman obviously knew what brand and I'm pretty sure she had an estimate of how much it would have been..I just think that she wanted to pester me and see how much that i would spend on it...
That's why every handbag and expensive piece of jewelry i own is said to have been a gift, point blank, period.
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