Do you own any non-designer/non high-end bags?
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Most of my bags are non-designer. 
I have a couple of bags from Forever 21 and a couple of bags from the Disney Vault store in Downtown Disney at Disneyland. I got a couple of tote bags at Abercrombie & Fitch and another tote at Gilly Hicks. I have a JanSport mini backpack I got as a gift from a friend and a tote bag from Target. I got a clutch at Payless. A teacher gave me a large clutch (given out as part of a goodie bag) from a women's health convention she volunteered at. I bought a Rosetti purse while shopping at Kohl's one day. I'm sure many more non-designer bags will be purchased in the future!
So as you can see, I'm definitely not one of the lucky ones who can afford to own a lot of high-end designer bags!
I do have a Coach bag and a Dooney & Bourke bag, though. I'm currently saving up for another Coach. I'm lusting for something Chanel and Burberry (as well as other bags from different designers!). But I'm about to go to college in the fall, so unless I win the lottery or marry someone rich or something, there is no way I can afford high-end designer bags right now. I would love to, sure, but it's not in my means.
Honestly, though, I love bags!
If I have the money and I see a bag I like, I'll buy it, whether it's designer or not. The only bags I refuse to buy are fakes because I firmly believe that if you want to have that particular designer in your closet then you should save up until you can buy it. (Besides the fact that fakes are illegal!) Other than that, I'll buy any bag that catches my eye as long as I have the money to pay for it!
I have a couple of bags from Forever 21 and a couple of bags from the Disney Vault store in Downtown Disney at Disneyland. I got a couple of tote bags at Abercrombie & Fitch and another tote at Gilly Hicks. I have a JanSport mini backpack I got as a gift from a friend and a tote bag from Target. I got a clutch at Payless. A teacher gave me a large clutch (given out as part of a goodie bag) from a women's health convention she volunteered at. I bought a Rosetti purse while shopping at Kohl's one day. I'm sure many more non-designer bags will be purchased in the future!
So as you can see, I'm definitely not one of the lucky ones who can afford to own a lot of high-end designer bags!
I do have a Coach bag and a Dooney & Bourke bag, though. I'm currently saving up for another Coach. I'm lusting for something Chanel and Burberry (as well as other bags from different designers!). But I'm about to go to college in the fall, so unless I win the lottery or marry someone rich or something, there is no way I can afford high-end designer bags right now. I would love to, sure, but it's not in my means.
Honestly, though, I love bags!
If I have the money and I see a bag I like, I'll buy it, whether it's designer or not. The only bags I refuse to buy are fakes because I firmly believe that if you want to have that particular designer in your closet then you should save up until you can buy it. (Besides the fact that fakes are illegal!) Other than that, I'll buy any bag that catches my eye as long as I have the money to pay for it!
I have a blue canvas Marc by Marc that cost $30. I use it for groceries and dry cleaning. Does that count?
Yes. I have 3 Leaders In Leather bags (I gave one away to SO's mother), an Elite Models logo satchel (pictured but mine's white with black piping instead), and a no-name ninja star bag that I bought usually for costume-y or otherwise imaginative events.
I have mostly mid-range bags and a few high-end ones. "Designer" seems pretty subjective and technically about 80 percent of the bags that I currently own are designer, with just a few of those being high-end as I own mostly mid-range.
I have mostly mid-range bags and a few high-end ones. "Designer" seems pretty subjective and technically about 80 percent of the bags that I currently own are designer, with just a few of those being high-end as I own mostly mid-range.
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I don't own any "high-end" bags, although I'd like to own a LV or Reed Krakoff! Personally I consider my Coach and Dooney to be designer bags even though they're not high-end. Besides Coach and Dooney I also own and use a Vera Bradley bag, Harajuku Lovers, Fossil, a few handmade bags from The Funky Bag Lady (Etsy seller), LeSportsac, a handbag and a tote from Old Navy, an LL Bean tote, and several different totes from B&BW (can you tell I have a thing for totes??). I also have Steve Madden, Etienne Aigner, Tignanello (sp?), Nine West, Wilson's Leather, and others in a pile that I plan to donate or sell soon because I don't use them anymore. I love all sorts of bags!
I have a bunch of non designer bags, they were all i would buy before i recently became fascinated with designer. I have a bunch of bags from aldo, urban outfitters and alot of vintage bags. Ever since my obsession with designer, i can't buy synthetic, mass produced anymore. But i would never give up my one of a kind, vintage finds. There's something so great about owning a pre-loved bag that you know NOBODY else has. Designer is fabulous and all but it's nice to have a few, unique pieces that are exclusive
I've never bought a full price designer bag. I love Coaches but usually find them at a thrift shop. I find your observation as a sales person very interesting!! I always kind of felt like the need to own a high end designer label is kind of an "emperor's new clothes" syndrome. I find a lot of the priciest bags kind of ugly !! But there are some beauties too...sigh....but I refuse to fork over a mortgage payment for a bag. I have gorgeous Tignanellos, Fossils, SAKS, etc. and they didn't cost much at all!!
I don't own any high end bags, or even any mid-range bags! 
I just don't have the money, but I am lusting after a few Coach and D&B's I've seen online lately. Ironically, my two favorite bags I'm carrying at the moment - a purple tote/satchel thingy that I got on clearance at Target for about $15 (it's just big enough to carry all my stuff plus my NookColor) and a small black leather Nine West shoulder bag that I absolutely LOVE, and my 9-year-old daughter found it at a yard sale around the corner from our house - for TWO dollars!!! 
I just don't have the money, but I am lusting after a few Coach and D&B's I've seen online lately. Ironically, my two favorite bags I'm carrying at the moment - a purple tote/satchel thingy that I got on clearance at Target for about $15 (it's just big enough to carry all my stuff plus my NookColor) and a small black leather Nine West shoulder bag that I absolutely LOVE, and my 9-year-old daughter found it at a yard sale around the corner from our house - for TWO dollars!!! There's something so great about owning a pre-loved bag that you know NOBODY else has. Designer is fabulous and all but it's nice to have a few, unique pieces that are exclusive
I so agree.
I have a lot of non designer bags I used for work but now I'm a SAHM I use my non designer for travelling. Even though they're non designer they seem to be very durable - no loose stitching or rips unlike some of my designer bags that I've only used a few times with their loose stitching.
Only Longchamp Planetes. The rest of my non-designer bag either I have donated them or sold them. They are taking too much space and I never carry them anymore.