How do you react when people ask how much your bag cost?

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#61
It just depends on the person. Most people I just say "I paid enough" because
a) I didn't ask for their opinion
b) Then we get into a whole debate on how I choose to spend the money I busted my a$$ working for
c) It's really none of their business anyway.

But if it's a close friend who knows me well then I don't mind because they're just curious.
 
#62
I just smile and say 'It was Expensive!' -
If they persist, I ask them what they would define as expensive for a bag. When they say something like $100, I just really smile and say, 'Then it was REALLY expensive.'
If my DH is there, he chimes in proudy with 'My wife doesn't buy anything cheap.'
 
#64
"Enough" is one of my favorites! "how much was your bag?" Enough! :yes:
But I usually just say, I don't remember. (they know I remember, and that they've asked an inappropriate question!) :push:
And once in awhile I will say, "like a billion dollars!" :laugh:
 
#65
boxermom said:
Unless it's someone I know well and they appreciate bags, I think it's terribly rude. There's a receptionist in a dr's office I go to who disapproves of expensive bags and she'll "notice" when I'm carrying a different bag and want to know what I paid. I don't tell her, and when she goes off on her rant of how much good that money would do if it went to charity, I tell her I give plenty to charity. I'd complain but she's the doctor's gf. come to think of it maybe I should complain anyway.
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Whoa! I'd totally complain and say something to her. Seriously the Dr's office is the last place I would want to deal with that!!
 
#66
Hmm, usually I get asked the brand and then they know its pricey, so I don't get asked the price. I wouldn't really care saying though, for the most part. My fiance doesn't need to know - with him I'm vague!!
 
#69
I usually defer with something like "I'm trying to forget" or "It was more than some, less than others"

If it's my boyfriend who's asking I just say "It was on sale!" :upsidedown:
 
#70
The only people who have done this are 1. coworkers of my husband's and 2. coworkers of mine. In both cases I knew them fairly well but not well enough to feel that was an appropriate question on their part. I think I turned red, since I felt a flush and then I stammered and think I said something along the lines of "enough".
 
#71
To me I feel that it is nobody's business on how much your handbag cost,where you got it from and when did you get it. If you want a person to know about your business then you would tell them yourself freely. And so therefore I feel that when a person ask you on how much your handbags cost to me that's invading your privacy.
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:banned: for the next 2 to 3 months
 
#72
I'm 18 and with my OWN birthday savings bought a Damier Saleya GM (UK retail £615). It's really difficult taking it anywhere because I'm proud of the baby but have had enough negative reactions concerning the price that I don't like mentioning its price. It's annoying when I have to answer.

'You could have bought loads of other stuff'
'I didn't want loads of other stuff, I wanted the Louis.'

I'm glad the TPF girlies understand the mentality behind buying LV. :)
 
#74
there have been some really good answers!
i always figure that if they have to ask, they would not respond positively to the answer.
I usually say, "you probably don't really want to know..."
I like the "enough" answer ... I'll probably use that next: "Just enough that they let me take it out of the store ..."
If DH asks, "Oh, this isn't new, Sweetie ... you don't remember? It's been sitting in the closet - i just don't use it much." :shame:
 
#75
Depends on how they ask me. If it's in that "SO how much did THIS bag cost?" sneer (aka How much money did you waste?) I get snotty about it -"Oh, only $XXXX, I'm thinking about getting it in another color as well". Men never ask. It's always the women. I think most women know the price range of nice bags but they just want to rub it in your face that they think you are stupid or frivolous. I also hate the ones who assume that your purses are fake. My response to that is "You really shouldn't be playing fashion police if you can't tell the difference between fake and real." That usually shuts them up.
Now,
if it's genuine interest then I'll tell them and direct them as to where to buy the bag.
 
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