Pre-loved items are great! I let people know when the question comes up. I'm sure everyone loves a bargain even though some people does not like to admit it!
Do you tell people you bought an item pre-loved?
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it depends. If the person is a bag lover like me, i would be happy to tell her where i got it from, especially if the bag has been discontinued.....
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I am very happy to tell anyone who wants to know, that I buy second hand. I don't use the term pre loved, which I consider a bit of a marketing term. I have vintage bags, which are true vintage, but I have also bought just 'old' - the quality was nice and why not after all? In the uk I think there has always been a keen interest in recycling, shopping from second hand and charity shops. Practically every one I know buys second hand.
+1it depends. If the person is a bag lover like me, i would be happy to tell her where i got it from, especially if the bag has been discontinued.....
I would never buy a used bag. Too much of a germophobe! I have an acquaintance who brags about buying used bags, which is a bit weird.
I am definitely not ashamed to buy pre-loved, in fact I prefer to buy used or vintage bags. I think the pre-loved items have an interesting story to tell and also, they make an unique collection for you.
Nothing is more boring than buy a new bag and when you hit the streets, every other girl has the same bag.
So ignore the evil stuff your cousins might say and carry your pre-loved with proud!
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Most of my bags are pre-loved! I'm proud that I saved so much money! I love my bags and I tell anyone who's interested that they were bought pre-loved!
Love that!
So long as you love everything about the bag and you're not buying it because it's cheaper, most people will just think you're clever for bagging a bargain.
Most people I know don't ask. The only person who does is my mom, lol
I have a mix of new and preloved but most of my newer purses are in the "new to me" category, especially as my tastes have evolved to owning fewer/high quality items. Many of my friends are also green fashionistas who love to scout vintage and consignment shops
It makes me feel good to find a bargain on something beautiful & to reduce my carbon impact on industrial pollution by selecting something that already exists in the world
I have a mix of new and preloved but most of my newer purses are in the "new to me" category, especially as my tastes have evolved to owning fewer/high quality items. Many of my friends are also green fashionistas who love to scout vintage and consignment shops
It makes me feel good to find a bargain on something beautiful & to reduce my carbon impact on industrial pollution by selecting something that already exists in the world
For my 21st birthday, I want to purchase my first designer bag to celebrate my adulthood and to create my addiction for bags lol. The three bags I'm drooling over are pre-loved which doesn't bother me. I'm getting a great discount which is something I love getting when buying clothes and accessories.
I love buying pre-loved items and not only bags but shoes as well. I am in financial situation where I can't pay 900$ for a pair of pumps, but 250$ for the same pair without a box? Works for me. I don't have problem admitting it but I must say it stroke back at me couple of times:
* Once a girl who I am moderately friendly with made a compliment about my shoes and asked about the price, and I told her that original is around 500€ but I paid less since I bought them pre-loved from eBay. She literally changed her face and said "Oh my, now thats disgusting!"
* My friend's husband asked her to avoid physical contact with me since he was paranoid I might get germs from used items!!! (she told him she was going to bid on a preloved bag and used me as an example, then it escalated..)
I am not even sure what was more offending, the statement itself or the fact that she told me that as a brilliant joke.
* Once a girl who I am moderately friendly with made a compliment about my shoes and asked about the price, and I told her that original is around 500€ but I paid less since I bought them pre-loved from eBay. She literally changed her face and said "Oh my, now thats disgusting!"
* My friend's husband asked her to avoid physical contact with me since he was paranoid I might get germs from used items!!! (she told him she was going to bid on a preloved bag and used me as an example, then it escalated..)
I am not even sure what was more offending, the statement itself or the fact that she told me that as a brilliant joke.
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It makes me feel good to find a bargain on something beautiful & to reduce my carbon impact on industrial pollution by selecting something that already exists in the world
Good for you girl! I have the same idea, though I wonder if it's a cultural thing. In London for example most people I know buy second hand without giving it a thought. But I have friends from other countries, who find the idea 'disgusting' . Very strange! I would not buy second hand shoes personally, but bags or any clothes that are washable why not? ( or coats even) someone was telling me about two wealthy ladies from Australia visited London & Scotland for a few months. Rather than buying heavy coats new, they bought vintage, used them during their study and then donated to charity. Win win.