The Dumbest Reason You Ever Gave For Buying a Bag

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#66
papertiger said:
Loving this thread!

Like I need an excuse LOL, but here is some of the careful reasoning I've fallen for.

a) I already have 3 of those bags in different sizes/colours, this one will make the 'collection'

b) That's the vintage original of the bag I just bought new. I'd be so cool to have both.

c) I need to replace the Jackie I just gave to my niece with another.

d) I need to corner the market in vintage Hermes bags made from leathers they no longer make (ongoing).

e) I actually thought I needed a bag in yellow coz I thought it was the only colour I didn't have. Turned out I already owned a Sergio Rossi yellow clutch I'd forgotten about.

f) It's only the same green shade, not like it's the same bag in exactly the same green shade.



Not mine, but a funny one I see a lot is "I need an Hermes from the year I was born".
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+1 for b), c), and d). :D
 
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papertiger said:
b) That's the vintage original of the bag I just bought new. I'd be so cool to have both.
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I’ve thought something similar with the full-size version of miniatures I’ve bought. DH manages to stop this by pointing out I won’t use it and could be buying something for the dogs instead and it’s impossible to argue with that reasoning.
 
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Norm.Core said:
Had to buy it since:

1) it’s a good promo/discount
2) it’s the one that got away
3) it’s in good condition for the price
4) it’s already discontinued/limited edition
5) it’s good to have another colour
6) I don’t know when I’ll find one again
7) I’m just greedy guts
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Hmmmm…. I actually think a couple of these are good reasons.

2) If you missed something you really craved and would use, I think it’s a great thing to find (and buy) it later. :smile:

5) I tend to buy multiples when I find a certain bag “works”. Those purchases tend to have a higher successful rates than me diverging greatly from my norm.

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Sparkletastic said:
I wanna know what super gym membership costs more than a Birkin. :lol:
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The Knight has been dragging me to a bouldering gym. Pretty bare bones when it comes to amenities (converted warehouse) but the people are top notch.
I often joke “do only beautiful people come here, or does the pretty kick in after a year?” Everyone is kind, and beautiful, and it feels really covid-safe (they open the walls so there’s excellent circulation and frequent cleaning)

I’ve been debating getting a membership there; but it is $3k a year.
 
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Vintage Leather said:
The Knight has been dragging me to a bouldering gym. Pretty bare bones when it comes to amenities (converted warehouse) but the people are top notch.
I often joke “do only beautiful people come here, or does the pretty kick in after a year?” Everyone is kind, and beautiful, and it feels really covid-safe (they open the walls so there’s excellent circulation and frequent cleaning)

I’ve been debating getting a membership there; but it is $3k a year.
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If you love it, go for it! I personally love bouldering / rock climbing for fun and exercise!

A few thousand a year is not unheard of for a gym like Equinox, etc. I was just wondering what non country club associated gym cost per year more than a Birkin. Not saying they don’t exist but they certainly aren’t common. :smile: If there is one in my city, I’d go check it out.
 
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#74
Fimpagebag said:
Because it reminded me of a bag I had when I was in college…. :girlsigh:

Entirely ignoring the fact that back then my hair was dark and I still had my own teeth! :roflmfao:
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:biggrin: I can do one better: because it reminded me of the weird-looking bags I carried in high school and which scattered everything on the school hallway floor whenever I dropped them. I was 50 years old at the time I used that rational.

Then I started searching for the strange color of turquoise nail polish I used to wear in high school while carrying the bag. Kind of pathetic really, but I suppose it's better than a full-blown mid-life crisis.
 
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BigPurseSue said:
:biggrin: I can do one better: because it reminded me of the weird-looking bags I carried in high school and which scattered everything on the school hallway floor whenever I dropped them. I was 50 years old at the time I used that rational.

Then I started searching for the strange color of turquoise nail polish I used to wear in high school while carrying the bag. Kind of pathetic really, but I suppose it's better than a full-blown mid-life crisis.
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OK, now I gotta know what kind of bag that was ... I can "hear", in my mind's-eye, that sound of your items hitting the hallway floor, how weird is that. That must be a universal memory of all teenagers in high school. We were certainly all clumsy and not in control of ourselves. :smile:

In the past few years I've often thought of the lovely purple leather envelope bag that I carried in high school ... I'll not say how many decades that bag preceded the 'pouch' craze. I did use that as a dumb reason to get a pouch (DL's BV) but ultimately ended up with a Mansur Gavriel Cloud Clutch, and that actually worked out - love that bag (it's one of my 12*). Unfortunately, not in a color I can carry right now, in winter. Didn't love the DL version of the pouch bag (too big).

*12 - yes, I closed out on that number 12/31/21. My New Year's Resolution: No bags for 2022, don't need any more. Nope.
 
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