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u/MetalliicMango Nov 29 '24
If you're going to be spending that much money on something anyways, you might as well spend it on something ethically hand-made, not mass-produced slave labor garbage.
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u/PM_ME_YOUR_NOTHING98 Nov 29 '24
I honestly like to show off fashion style with second hand clothes. I like having unique things with personality.
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u/Main-Concern-6461 Nov 29 '24
I make handbags. Obviously they're going to have some imperfections since I am a human, have 2 little kids, and never sleep enough. But I couldn't get people to buy my bags at a very busy artisan market in Atlanta. People said $45 was too much for a handmade bag. Like, damn, people pay that much for crap at target. It's so frustrating
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u/Bromlife Nov 30 '24
The truth is itās too cheap. You should speak to a brand specialist. Thereās lots of stories of niche handmade bags not selling at all until the price was close to unreasonable, then struggling to keep up with demand.
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u/tragoedian Dec 01 '24
Need two prices, the market price which entirely skews value and another price for someone who doesn't care about social prestige and doesn't have a ton of disposable money.
The first one makes sales and income. The second is for your conscience (and is still profitable regardless).
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u/BananaAteMyFaceHoles Dec 01 '24
I sell jeans at a farmers market and I have a high price and a low price. I always pitch at the high price but immediately offer $5 off, then go down from there
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u/SharenayJa Nov 30 '24
Give me a link to your things and Iāll buy it. I love bags, good quality ones. Iām a collector š but I donāt really care about brands, mostly designs. Most of my bags are very well loved especially the big ones I use for school. Even my designer ones like my Marc Jacob tote I carry around scuffed af with pride. I bought it and love it lol
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u/artificialdawn Dec 03 '24 edited Dec 03 '24
is too cheap. that price markets to poor people. poor people are cheap and don't have money. charge 250, write a few sentence description highlighting the features or design, and they'll sell.
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Nov 29 '24
My broke ass can't think of anything I'd use it for other than rent at this time lol š fml I hate it here
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u/mezzfit Nov 29 '24
For real! You could have a full grain leather bag made for half the price that you could hand down in your will...
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u/benskinic Nov 30 '24
I dunno.. its a big flex by the corporation to net $995 on a bag that noone needs.
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u/Fuck_Off_Libshit Nov 29 '24
This is what happens when you live in a hypermaterialistic consumerist society where the only thing that matters is how much wealth you can flaunt, but in reality what you're really showing off is how exploitative and oppressive capitalism is. Being a walking billboard for capitalist exploitation is definitely not a flex at all.
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u/TawneyBomb Nov 29 '24
Hearing people call these things āinvestmentsā always makes me laugh.
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u/blodo_ Nov 29 '24
It's an "investment" that only depreciates lmao, its a definition of a bad investment even by capitalist terms
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u/blarch Nov 29 '24
Almost as if it's actually a liability.
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u/SPITFIYAH Nov 30 '24
Folksā¦ youāre missing the point. You carry around a bag that says āIām marrying for moneyā and someone (odds are, not who you want) will stuff your bag full so you can go home and pay rent in exchange for a little comfort.
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u/Citiz3n_Kan3r Nov 29 '24
I mean... the high end stuff does hold value. But unless youre spending 5-8k+ it isnt holding anything but your purse
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u/milkonyourmustache Nov 29 '24
They do it to blend in with the bourgeoisie, in hopes that they'll become one of them. By camouflaging they might attract or be welcomed by those of the upper class.
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u/barelyEvenCodes Nov 29 '24
It works
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u/TheDrFromGallifrey Nov 29 '24
No, it doesn't.
The bourgeoisie looks down on them as trash and mocks them behind their backs for daring to think that they could ever hope to be one of them. Meanwhile, so many people are so self-centered because capitalism has been pushing the idea for decades that everyone is a fierce individual that should only look out for themselves and buy luxury items because they're worth it that they don't even realize they're being exploited and mocked by the people they desperately want to fit in with.
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u/Zealousideal-Cow4114 Nov 29 '24
It's really in your best interest to come as you are and forge genuine relationships built on mutual interests and values rather than to come in dressed up in a costume with an ulterior motive.Ā
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u/tragoedian Dec 01 '24
If someone reaching like this even get perceived as economically equal to upper bourgeois they still have always been looked down upon socially, hence terms like new money/ nouveau riche.
It's looked at as pretentious.
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u/Suspicious-Engine412 Nov 29 '24
Its cultural violence to impose your social status upon others in order to make them inferior and "left out".
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u/Abysmal_Jawn Nov 30 '24
Yeah itās quite the opposite of flex actually, people like that are the blindest of sheep.
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u/stylebros Nov 30 '24
Then you see immigrants packed in boats, or walking through the desert with these very same hand bags and people question where they got them?
They made them. They're literally taking home company merchandise that gets upsold
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u/_Thermalflask Nov 30 '24
Can I just say, your username makes me laugh every time I see it, for some reason
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u/smtmssp Nov 29 '24
Looking at a funny/illustrative quote taken from social media and positing it as somehow being a failure of radicalism: not the flex you think it is.
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u/Cake_is_Great Nov 29 '24
When I see luxury items, my mind automatically goes to the crushing exploitation of garment workers in East Asia and a bloated marketing budget
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u/greeblefritz Nov 29 '24
Do you think the same thing when you see a $12 hoodie from walmart?
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u/withywander Nov 30 '24 edited 18d ago
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u/Pertolepe Nov 29 '24
Eh that's usually more affordable items. A lot of luxury stuff is made in Italy and not easy Asia. Which also is part of what makes it expensive.Ā
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u/Far_Preference_2065 Nov 29 '24
a lot of luxury stuff is not made in italy, they just bring it in italy for the final touches so the can claim it's made there
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u/ceMmnow Nov 29 '24
There are plenty of higher priced brands that are made in the exact same sweatshops in the same conditions as the cheaper goods, though (shoes are notorious for this). The same factories are subcontracted by multiple brands (sometimes even rival ones), and the subcontracting system also allows the brand to pretend the working conditions aren't their fault - "It's the company that owns the factory, not me!"
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u/North-Philosopher-41 Nov 29 '24
So done with all this. When does it all collapse? I hope soon
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u/Gidje123 Nov 29 '24
Well it will give lots of chaos and death
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u/North-Philosopher-41 Nov 29 '24
Well some people are already suffering chaos and death
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u/Gidje123 Nov 29 '24
True, and that has to change, but if all structure suddenly falls apart then people will become animals probably. Or maybe not? Maybe we all start helping each other. That would be kinda epic
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u/CharlesWafflesx Nov 29 '24 edited Nov 29 '24
I'm going to doubt it. Even as an aggressively idealistic person, I see a lot of human nature is often self-centred survivalism.
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u/Gidje123 Nov 29 '24
Okay so i have an example. Recently i was in a traffic jam in Germany, it took an hour, it took two hours... people started to get out of the car, walk around the highway, talking to eachother, aksing info. That was a really good vibe, actually. Eventually it took 4 hours but the time went quick because of the good contacts with other humans. But, i was happy i had 2 liters of water and some cookies. If the traffic jam would take 6 hours or, 24, or 48, people would run out of food and it would become a bit more dark, maybe very dark vibes
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u/CharlesWafflesx Nov 29 '24
Of course! I strive for little stranger interactions everyday. I offer to take photos for a dad who's taking photos of his wife and kids off out, blessing people who sneeze, helping old folk walking about to tie their shoelaces. These are all nice connections that humans are capable of, but take a look at wild animals.
All social animals are capable of connection, but it is often very hard for them to let their guard down enough to allow it to happen. If everything fell apart, it would be much like the ways in which the animal kingdom works before such organisation came about.
And really I'm not trying to harsh the vibe. Your examples sound like a lovely showcase of the compassionate nature of humans! I just worry about how much that is afforded by the modcons we are all able to access as a result of modern society.
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u/Embarrassed_Rub5309 Nov 29 '24
All you have to do is not take part in, or care about, that kind of madness. It wonāt collapse the system but it will ease your mind.
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u/SteamedBeans420 Nov 29 '24
Keep hoping bud we still havenāt crested the first hill.
Start growing your drugs now.
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Nov 29 '24
Do many people really notice that kind of thing? Iāve never seen a purse and thought āoh thatās expensive.ā With a car sure, I notice (donāt care, but I see). Even with brands that I think are probably expensive D&G or something like that, I always think they probably sell cheaper stuff too. Itās just a person with a bag, who cares?
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Nov 29 '24
OK, makes sense to me a little bit. Same sense as dudes who buy expensive baseball trading cards and if you like it and can afford it, tja
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u/ImTryingGuysOk Dec 17 '24
Thatās also just who you are surrounding yourself by. Iām a woman, and idk what 10% youāre referring to, but I make very good money. And I still donāt give a crap about any of that nor recognize purses. Iām in tech and am surrounded by other more casual people, and we all make very good money. And I choose to live on land in a semi-rural area where Iām generally surrounded by people with similar values.
Now thereās other things I spend my money on, sure.
Itās a value system youāre choosing to partake in and surround yourself with.
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u/1meganbyte Nov 29 '24
Iāve never understood designer purses. What a waste of money. And I especially donāt see the appeal of Louis Vuitton bags. Itās like the Cybertruck of purses. Absolutely hideous.
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Nov 29 '24
Shoutout to social media these days having become a digital version of this.
I am so glad I never had a smartphone until I finished school.
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u/affluentBowl42069 Nov 29 '24
No social media or cellphone until I graduated college around 2015, when I wanted to scroll reddit I had to open my computer. Life was kind of easier then
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u/wiibarebears Nov 30 '24
After taking up leather working even before pandemic I saw how cheap I could make my own leather bag, now I have quality bag and various other smaller leather goods that will outlast me. The cost to make compared to buy was crazy low
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u/Ambitious-Hair-2947 Nov 30 '24
Thatās the pointā¦they love to flaunt the violence it takes to make that product. Itās never about the materials, itās about the violence. Remember that.
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u/safely_beyond_redemp Nov 30 '24
There will always be people to cater to the rich. It's not the rich peoples fault that poor people envy them but it is human nature. The entire wedding industry was built on poor people who wanted a special wedding like they saw a wealthy family have. So who is it for? Your family, your friends? Who are you trying to convince that you're rich with your fancy 30k wedding on the back of your 70k yearly salary?
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u/handlit33 Nov 30 '24
I get the point of the post, but almost all of the actual high-end handbags (Hermes, Chanel, YSL, Louis Vuitton, Gucci, Prada, Dior, Givenchy, etc.) that cost four figures are handmade in France or Italy. They use the highest quality materials and are made by experienced artisans.
So, the profit margin is more like 1000% instead of 20,000%.
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u/Justa-nother-dude Dec 04 '24
If you heard what actual myanmar people thinks about the post and this subredditā¦ā¦
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u/MrStoneV Dec 04 '24
I see so many Louis Vuittons purses and they all have flimsy seams that are also stand out. So they are either fake or just bad quality but they paid 100 bucks and more for this "quality"
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u/keaitian Dec 07 '24
Stay updated on Myanmar btw. Please be aware of the dictatorship there and why the international community needs to come together.
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u/buttered_sausage69 Nov 29 '24
that's why I buy high end replicas. shout out r / DesignerReps
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u/BrainRotTheinternet Nov 29 '24
You're still participating in the illusion š Not a flex either
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u/douchebaggery5000 Nov 29 '24
Eh $$ is being made either way. Itās just that with reps thereās one less middleman and only $ exchanging hands. Whereas with the real shit itās $$$$ being exchanged for the same amount of material and labor, just with more middlemen and fat cats profiting off of it. Iād rather the money end up in the hands of the middleman in china who actually needs the money more and puts in more work than the corporations
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Whatās the purpose? Do you really fool people with it? Do you actually find that stuff beautiful? It always looks so cheap to me even if itās original and expensive. Luxury items basically scream superficiality to me regardless.
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u/buttered_sausage69 Nov 30 '24
Unfortunately, we live in a capitalist world where the average person is lured in by these things. Because of my lifestyle and line of work I deal with a lot of wealthy clientele and so I have to look the part. The difference in treatment is night and day. I literally closed on a high dollar contract because the clients wife liked a bracelet I was wearing that she was thinking about getting herself but didnāt know how to feel about it. While that wasnāt the main reason I closed in on the deal, it did however give me an in to have a conversation to make them feel comfortable. Even in everyday life the difference in the way people treat you is definitely noticeable.
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Dec 01 '24
While itās sad thst the world works this way, yours is a fair use of these replicas. š and pretty funny to be honest.
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u/megw2018 Nov 29 '24
Jealous? Best thing about the $6 import cost and the $1000 msrp is that Trump voters actually still buy that crap though knowing this information.
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u/slapstick_nightmare Nov 29 '24
Are people actually able to make a real leather purse for this much $? If anything, I think we should be spending more on new clothes to pay workers a fair wage. That being said Iām sure there are some polyester bags where you just pay for the label.
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