What’s your unpopular Hermes opinion?

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knickknackchaddywack said:
Not an unpopular opinion, but perhaps more of an unpopular behavior:

If I'm carrying a recognizable H bag, and then we start taking photos, I prefer to not have my bag very visible in the photo. It just veers into gauche for my own personal behavior, and I believe that it'll be the focus of the picture instead of the event, or the moments I'm having with family and/or friends. As much as I find myself wanting to post in threads like the Your Hermes in Action, or others where modshots are the norm, I find myself having trouble with it.

I wouldn't say it's a confidence thing. Just an off-feeling.

Time to message my therapist, I suppose!

Thoughts?
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It depends. My concern is less for whether it's inherently gauche and more for security. I feel like a photo that's going to get posted online (as many social photos are) where I'm readily identifiable (like, say, a friend's Instagram post) makes me want to hide my bag more than, say, a mod shot would because no one here knows who I am.

EDIT: And it's not even that people here don't know who I am. I wouldn't mind meeting TPFers IRL. I just wouldn't expect you to treat me differently because I'm carrying an expensive bag, or to look at so-and-so's friend from that photo as a target, or anything like that.
 
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SDC2003 said:
New clients who say they love everything they’ve bought from H but also talk about prespend. Do you really love everything or are you convincing and reassuring yourself of that because you’ve spent so much and don’t want to admit you’ve been suckered into the game. :lol:
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In their defense I can understand why, since until you receive your first QB there will always be an element of uncertainty and the QB seems like a reward for 'doing the correct things,' so to speak. And I say this as a new client myself. Just my two cents. I've just stopped stressing about it lol.
 
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SDC2003 said:
New clients who say they love everything they’ve bought from H but also talk about prespend. Do you really love everything or are you convincing and reassuring yourself of that because you’ve spent so much and don’t want to admit you’ve been suckered into the game. :lol:
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Eh. I love the stuff I've bought, but I'm also curious about my pre-spend. Because ultimately, money is a finite resource. Unless you're just completely past the stage where money matters, buying items to be given the privilege to buy another item does require some budgeting.

And loving an item is not a zero-sum game. I can love an H blouse and still love someone else's blouse and, were bags not part of the conversation and the two blouses were otherwise equivalent (style, how they looked on me, etc.), I'd pick the less expensive option. But knowing that spending a bit more could push me closer to the bag might make the H outfit more worthwhile.
gogingercat said:
Another unpopular opinion: ostrich leather pattern looks like pimples/breakouts :lol: gives me the creeps!
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Not unpopular to me! I totally agree!
 
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Midge Maisel said:
Eh. I love the stuff I've bought, but I'm also curious about my pre-spend. Because ultimately, money is a finite resource. Unless you're just completely past the stage where money matters, buying items to be given the privilege to buy another item does require some budgeting.

And loving an item is not a zero-sum game. I can love an H blouse and still love someone else's blouse and, were bags not part of the conversation and the two blouses were otherwise equivalent (style, how they looked on me, etc.), I'd pick the less expensive option. But knowing that spending a bit more could push me closer to the bag might make the H outfit more worthwhile.

Not unpopular to me! I totally agree!
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I am struggling a bit with the notion that a brand which stands for artisanal products that are meant to be generational also has a strategy of encouraging significant regular consumption of its products for pre spend.

Edited to add: Everyone should shop as much as they want and can afford. I am not judging anyone who enjoys shopping and does it a lot. I am a little weary these days of the no matter how much I shop, I get encouraged to buy more. I am focusing on fewer better things I will use a lot. At this stage, I’d rather buy one amazing coat than ten scarves.
 
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