How do you react when people ask how much your bag cost?
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If it is my family or a close friend that knows about my 'bag habit' I'll say the price. For colleagues, I'll be vague, something like "too much.". But even if a colleague pushes, I'll be honest. I also explain that I save for bags and carry no credit card debt so sometimes it takes a while to get a bag.
I'm lucky - nobody but my husband asks me how much anything cost (and he sees the credit card bills anyway).
I have had people ask where I got my LAMB or Kate Spade bags (because there are no specific stores here for those brands) but that's not the same as asking the price.
I don't know many people that care about designer bags and the small number who do, would know the price anyway.
I have had people ask where I got my LAMB or Kate Spade bags (because there are no specific stores here for those brands) but that's not the same as asking the price.
I don't know many people that care about designer bags and the small number who do, would know the price anyway.
I tell them I get them for a fraction of what they would pay in retails stores (I authenticate and buy off auction sites). Actually, I prefer their asking me directly, rather than giving me attitudes about the things I own; passive aggressive behavior really gets on my nerves! Though it's not anybody's business either way-I dislike the feeling that I have to justify my purchases to others, when it's my money that I'm spending!
I really hate when people ask that kind of question about any item, not just my bag. I always just say I really dont remember or try to deflect & distract the question. My mother aways taught me growing up it was rude to ask people questions of this type and she is always the first one to ask me how much something I have cost, lol I just say "Mother do you not remember how you raised me" ! Unfortunately, I do work in an industry where "haggling" is a part of everyday life so I do realize that when people in that context ask me they arent really being rude just curious and some even with admiration of the awesome bag! However, I do love to tell when I have purchased something at a bargain -but the bargains I usually find arent on a bag 
good thing is I can always justify my bag love even when it is at a ridiculous cost!
good thing is I can always justify my bag love even when it is at a ridiculous cost!
It irks me when my MIL and her friends ask... MIL especially because she makes comments like "Wouldn't you rather go on holidays [i can't], spend it on the kids [my kids are never without] or I would've put it into my mortgage [im ahead and probably more so then she is]." what makes it worse is that despite this, she has the nerve to ask my husband to buy her designer bags.. Wtf if that's the case I'd rather put the cash into her mortgage if she is going to say its better off there... Wtf.
If its a fellow handbag enthusiast, I don't mind especially because I would ask too, not out of judgement but interest in the bag if it's something I'm considering.
If its a fellow handbag enthusiast, I don't mind especially because I would ask too, not out of judgement but interest in the bag if it's something I'm considering.
It is an awkward question to ask, but sometimes i'm that awkward turtle that just has to peek her head out of the shell to ask someone if i really, really like their purse. I wouldn't ask just to make them uncomfortable or to snub them. I guess i try to put them at ease by talking about how great i think some bags are or how i think hers is very pretty, just so she doesn't think i'm out to judge.
But fair enough, i do feel a little bit squirmy when people ask because i'm quite embarrassed that i would pay quite a bit for a bag i enjoy... unless i know that the person asking has a penchant for doing the same, then maybe i don't feel as bad. If the person asking is known to be frugal, i usually say it was "a gift" or "i did pay quite a fair sum, but i don't recall"
But fair enough, i do feel a little bit squirmy when people ask because i'm quite embarrassed that i would pay quite a bit for a bag i enjoy... unless i know that the person asking has a penchant for doing the same, then maybe i don't feel as bad. If the person asking is known to be frugal, i usually say it was "a gift" or "i did pay quite a fair sum, but i don't recall"
The only thing I hate more than this ? Is the people who ask it..... If u have an expensive bag and someone ask this 1.If the person asking also buys expensive bags she will already hv an idea of how much it cost. 2. The person asking does not, and has no clue and is just being rude, being nosey, or trying to prove a point. If u r offended by the ? Dnt be scared 2 offend them with your answer. I always just say "Alot" accompanied w/ an appropriate smirk
recently I puchased a handbag, and my officemates keep asking for the price of it, I always say I forgot but they still insist, but whats more annoying is that they're making price guessing of the bag. Im really not comfortable talking about the price of my purse! leave them alone.
