What do you do with your "too worn out to wear" bags?

[dierregi]

If they are too worn out, I find it quite mean to give them away (either to friends or charities). For sure, I won't hand them down to friends or relatives, and I'd take offence if somebody did that to me.

Also charities... It does not mean that they are there to collect my trash - I can throw it away myself.

If I am just fed up with it or the bag is only slightly worn out, then maybe (charity or friends)

 

[tiggycat]

Everyone's idea of "too worn" is different, what one person would be embarrassed to carry could be someone else's treasure.

I've seen things at the church rummage sale that I would have thrown out (stains, rips, broken zippers, etc.) and then some teenage girl will run up to her friends "look, a Louis Vuitton for $5, and all it needs is some duct tape on that tear and a new zipper!" or whatever.

My husband uses his leather computer bags until they fall apart (literally) - he goes through about one a year because he puts them down in the snow in the parking lot and they get salt damage, but he only replaces them when the zippers break. I'd probably throw them out six months before he gives up on them, and then he says "too bad about the zipper, that bag is still good otherwise"!

If something wasn't good enough for me to use (being tired of it is a different issue) I'd be afraid of insulting someone if I offered it to them.

 

[balena]

I donate bags I wind up not using to charity – there is one organization where I live that specifically gathers used clothing and accessories suitable job interviews for women who are trying to re-enter the workplace. I donate my nicer looking things to that charity and then there's another place that specifically provides shelter for battered women and children.

 

[chloehandbags]

Also charities... It does not mean that they are there to collect my trash - I can throw it away myself.

Yes, I appreciate that charity shops don't want people's rubbish (trash), but in the case of designer bags, what if somone needs parts for theirs?

Throwing them away is such a waste! Not to mention an environmental nightmare.

Also, as tiggycat says, one person's trash is another person's treasure.

 

[MrsHicks]

I rotate my bags on a weekly basis so they never get worn out. I also put them back in their covers and into a storage cupboard when I'm not using them. Its quite a substantial collection and my husband is always asking what I intend to do with so many bags and why I never sell them (as I do sell lots of clothes on Ebay) but my plan is to eventually pass it to my daughter and god daughter.

 

[bcbgurl19]

I tend to rotate my bags so I think the wearing is minimal. I'm a handbag/sunglasses fairy godmother to my family. My three nieces (15-19) are always getting bags or shoes from me, lol.

I do want to do a restore/dye job on a bag, and I'm searching ebay for candidates.