I happened to see the Medallion Tote yesterday and was really drawn to it. My SA told me not to get it since it's been around forever and if I really loved it I would have bought it by now. I'm not sure I agree with that because our tastes change and/or maybe I just haven't seen it in the store before...she did mention they have not had it in stock in like a year. Anyways, I currently have a couple of GST's, but the Medallion Tote just looks a little sleeker...like a bag I could use everyday for every occasion, whereas the GST I wouldn't necessarily wear somewhere dressy. Also, I'm so tired of constantly switching bags & keep thinking how nice it would be to have one bag that serves all purposes....even fits ipad! However, I have 2 concerns about the Medallion and am hoping that you owners of the bag can give me you opinions based on your experience with the bag:
1.) How do you like the rolled straps vs the GST straps? I have a lot of shoulder probs and worried that rolled would be worse since all the weight would be concentrated on a thin strap, but I put all my things in it and it didn't seem to bother me...yet!
2.) I looked at some for sale on eBay to see if any modeling pics and saw pics of some of the straps that had fallen down - was concerned cuz I really liked the standing straps for the ease of quickly grabbing the bag. Is that typical of the straps falling over time???
1.) How do you like the rolled straps vs the GST straps? I have a lot of shoulder probs and worried that rolled would be worse since all the weight would be concentrated on a thin strap, but I put all my things in it and it didn't seem to bother me...yet!
2.) I looked at some for sale on eBay to see if any modeling pics and saw pics of some of the straps that had fallen down - was concerned cuz I really liked the standing straps for the ease of quickly grabbing the bag. Is that typical of the straps falling over time???