Never been asked that question but I'd be tempted to say, 'Gosh, I forget. Think it was quite expensive though. I mean, it's Chloe/ Balenciaga/Prada, etc. ' If they don't know the label, tough! If they persist, I'd tell them to check out the website. If they still didn't get the message I'd go fetch some more coffee.
How to dodge the "how much did that purse cost" question?
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Most of my good friends know I'm a handbag whore & are polite enough not to ask prices.
It's when co-workers who make significantly less money asks that I feel guilty about carrying a handbag that costs more than 2 or 3 months' of their paychecks. In those instances, I say that I don't remember the price but that I bought it at TJ Maxx's or Marshall's.
It's when co-workers who make significantly less money asks that I feel guilty about carrying a handbag that costs more than 2 or 3 months' of their paychecks. In those instances, I say that I don't remember the price but that I bought it at TJ Maxx's or Marshall's.
I have a custom necklace and sometimes hear crap like that. Since it's a one-off I can't refer them to the internet, so I usually just give them a cold look instead of an answer.
I used to give people a truthful answer but their reactions were usually negative or they would say something like "It must be nice to be able to afford something like that" which annoys me so now I just say that I got it a while ago and I don't remember the price.
I would rather be asked that then, "Is it real??" Actually, I find both of the questions very rude!
You know, this thread is making me think - is this really a big issue? I can think of maybe twice when someone's asked what my bag cost. It's usually where I got it, or what it is, or where can they find one, etc.
Usually people who have to ask (for example, I can eyeball almost any bag and ID the designer, at minimum, if not the name, make, year, and model
- so I never have to ask someone what the brand is, even) aren't going to have the background info to even know where to start looking. I don't see anything too wrong without expressing the brand and "model" name if it can be done in a non-braggy way.
It's a bit uncomfortable with you're carrying a lovely Lanvin or Hindemarch or Givenchy and a stranger standing in line with you tries to find fault with it and then shows you her bag and .... it's just not quite lining up with her self-image as a bag-queen.
Well, there have been those who have put me in a difficult spot in public when they have noticed one of my bags and asked who it was by and then have gone on to say something to the tune of , "Oh, wow, that's an expensive bag....how much was it...?" Then they go on to call out various possible prices when others around had no idea whom the bag was by. I don't appreciate someone calling out possible prices. When they display such tackiness, then "they" have made an enemy.
And when/if I'm outright asked how much one of my bags costs, I'm not going to say that it was a gift when it wasn't.
I was asked by a CAR SALESMAN once of my LV was real. My response was "Do I look like I would carry a fake?"
I haven't had trouble googling for the prices of handbags that I'm interested in. I just googled for one of the harder-to-find Jamin-Puech ones that I'm interested in. A little time and research has provided me, the majority of the time, with the price information that I need. And as for price threads, I don't think I've ever read one.