How do you afford your bags and how many per year? Credit debt or millionare lover?

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#1,276
Fortunately, Most of my bags are gifted. Im in college, My parents give me an allowance monthly, but i have no responsibilities besides my car upkeep.

My first LV bag- Steven Sprouse Rose Speedy- Mom
2nd- Epi Petite Noe- Me (used)
3rd- LV monogram Neverful- Brother
Gucci- Aunt
Epi Leather Speedu Black- Aunt

I have my eyes on chanel right now, but no1 thinks its worth it to buy, hopefully my aunty reads my mind and gets it for me.. :p
if u see any jibberish, blame it on the caffeine... I cnt think str8 right now...
 
#1,278
my very first lv duffel was a gift from a guy as a valentines gift, and i left my friend use it when she went away to the airforce as a remebrnace present. (thinking it was fake). she broke the zipper in korea and threw it away. only to find out later it was real and had to purchase my own. others i buy myself, or convince my mom she would pay the same amount of money in food and electric bill if i lived at home. so i have a lv duffel, a gucci book bag, a coach duffel, some other bags also, and about to order a dg duffel. my mom keeps asking me where am i going with all these bags. i just smile and laugh.
 
#1,279
oneoftheguys said:
my very first lv duffel was a gift from a guy as a valentines gift, and i left my friend use it when she went away to the airforce as a remebrnace present. (thinking it was fake). she broke the zipper in korea and threw it away. only to find out later it was real and had to purchase my own. others i buy myself, or convince my mom she would pay the same amount of money in food and electric bill if i lived at home. so i have a lv duffel, a gucci book bag, a coach duffel, some other bags also, and about to order a dg duffel. my mom keeps asking me where am i going with all these bags. i just smile and laugh.
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Do u go to school in Philadelphia?
 
#1,280
Hubby gives me an allowance which I squirrel away for sales.
From my name you can gather which bags I buy the most :D I have 2 retailers here in Switzerland that I buy from when they have sales & I stick with the classic colors that dont go out of style.;)
 
#1,282
Some of my bags were gifts from my parents, friends and boyfriend. Most, however, I paid for. I'm extremely independent, have been since I was 16, and can't stand when people buy things that I can afford myself. As for how I afford them, that's easy... I work.
 
#1,284
A lot of my bags are gifts from my parents. My mom knows that for any holiday, I will always love a bag as a gift! When I buy one myself, I save up for it. After all the bills are paid and I've put money aside in savings for big stuff like vacation, I put away some for my bags. I also get a bonus at work (small bonus) that I usually use for a bag and some new clothes.
 
#1,285
we don't have any cc's so that means its cash or debit for anything we buy (you should see the looks I get sometimes when I pull out $1000 in cash!!). If I don't have the $$ when sales come along or the bag of my dreams pops up somewhere, I don't get it.

In order to afford the bags in my collection, I save and sell. If something new comes out that I decide I want or have to have, I choose something in my collection that has to go to help fund its purchase. This means I've sold quite a few bags that have only been carried once or twice, but it's what I have to do if I really want that something new!!!

The saving part is hard - whenever I find myself saving for something in particular, something else comes along that I want just as bad and then I have to choose - which one do I get?

Sometimes I wish I had a cc just for buying bags - with my pay schedule & salary, I'd be able to pay it off almost immediately, but when I was younger cc's got me into trouble, so DH & I have swore them off for good!!
 
#1,286
I just started buying designer handbags a few months ago .. I'm 20 years old, a full time college student & I work part-time. I buy some bags with credit cards, but most of the time cash .. I think it's good to treat myself every once in a while. :D
 
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#1,287
Rosycheeks said:
Oh cool... I go to college there too DU to be exact... cant wait to move out of here though...
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join the club, i went to la and it was amazing, i want to go there but its so far from family, i like the house's in georgetown also. so confused but still young, only 24 to think about where to set up shop lol. just ordered a d&g duffel also lol
 
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oneoftheguys said:
join the club, i went to la and it was amazing, i want to go there but its so far from family, i like the house's in georgetown also. so confused but still young, only 24 to think about where to set up shop lol. just ordered a d&g duffel also lol
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:lol: yeah the suburbs outside of Philadelphia, r really nice.. I hear LA is gorg, I need to visit sometime, I want to go down south or maybe west(less likely), GA, TX or CA.

what kind of shop are you setting up? (or u didnt mean that literally?Lol)
 
#1,289
im a college student n i was working so i payed in cash myself but i no longer work instead i intern but i was doing odd jobs recently that payed pretty well and all the moola is currently in my acct. currently looking for another...
 
#1,290
Ha, I feel like a brat saying this but for me it's mom and dad or my granddad who pay for it all.. I'm still in high school, so I'm focusing and working hard on that at the moment, they think me having a part time job would detract from my studies so they can be pretty generous. Once I get into college though I think they'll expect me to get a part time job for at least some work experience and stop paying for things so much. To be honest, I'm a little frightened of credit cards, I know once I get one I'll probably abuse it :S
 
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