Lawsuit over a waiter spilling wine on a $30,000 purse.

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14 Nov 2019, 7:10 am

I imagine white crocodile skin (assuming it's real and not just a look) is a bit more scarce than whatever that pink thing was made of.

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14 Nov 2019, 7:29 am

LoveNotHate wrote:

Here's a $265,000 purse.

https://www.worldsbest.com/fashion/1552 ... medium=cpc

Oh lawdy!

I always felt stupid carrying a really expensive bag, there was no money in it. My gran carried a purse with the strap broken. When she died, she had rolls of money hidden everywhere. Depression people...

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14 Nov 2019, 7:37 am

"Well I was gonna buy a house, but then I saw this albino crocodile purse...."

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14 Nov 2019, 8:18 am

I have a serious problem with people being able to spend that much money on a trifle, but object to funds to care for people with disabilities, feed children, house people living in the streets.

Once I started working in neighborhoods with real poverty, I had a hard time spending my own money for anything nonessential. Still do. I have to not think about it in order to plan canoe trips.

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14 Nov 2019, 8:26 am

blazingstar wrote:

I know the feeling, but there's a world of difference between spending some money to live after the bills are paid and paying a small fortune for the sole purpose of showing that you can.

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14 Nov 2019, 8:56 am

And I thought that that guy I worked with years ago, who spent 250 in 1989 dollars on a pair of athletic shoes, was nuts!

A handbag that costs 30K ought to have its own pair of legs, and to be able to carry your stuff, by walking around and following you around everwhere you go without you even having to carrying it.

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14 Nov 2019, 11:46 am

One point maybe missed was, the purse was expected to appreciate, because of its rarity.

So, the $30,000 was an investment, not a frivolity.

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14 Nov 2019, 11:50 am

If it was actually an investment, she wouldn't be out and about using it, or it'd decrease in value.

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14 Nov 2019, 11:52 am

Wolfram87 wrote:

If it was actually an investment, she wouldn't be out and about using it, or it'd decrease in value.

Like vintage cars, assets can be used and still appreciate.

Chanel Bags Are Gaining Value Faster Than the Stock Market
https://www.harpersbazaar.com/fashion/d ... ent-value/

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14 Nov 2019, 12:01 pm

If I was rich enough to afford a purse like that, I'd be rich enough to afford the intelligence *not* to.

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14 Nov 2019, 12:04 pm

LoveNotHate wrote:

Wolfram87 wrote:

If it was actually an investment, she wouldn't be out and about using it, or it'd decrease in value.

Like vintage cars, assets can be used and still appreciate.

Chanel Bags Are Gaining Value Faster Than the Stock Market
https://www.harpersbazaar.com/fashion/d ... ent-value/

"can be", sure. But if it was bought as an investment, it wouldn't be the smart thing to do. People who buy vintage cars and use them, for instance, probably have them as an investment second and as a passion first.

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If I was rich enough to afford a purse like that, I'd be rich enough to afford the intelligence *not* to.

I think it's well established by now that money can buy you neither taste nor intelligence.

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14 Nov 2019, 4:45 pm

I just feel bad for that waiter, life probably largely ruined with that huge debt all because they accidently spilt some wine. I bet waiters at country clubs get treated even sh*ttier than the ones at restaurants considering the sort of people who are usually at country clubs.

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14 Nov 2019, 5:03 pm

Sweetleaf wrote:

I just feel bad for that waiter, life probably largely ruined with that huge debt all because they accidently spilt some wine.

The lawsuit against the waiter was dropped.

Sweetleaf wrote:

I bet waiters at country clubs get treated even sh*ttier than the ones at restaurants considering the sort of people who are usually at country clubs.

Rich people?

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14 Nov 2019, 9:04 pm

Sweetleaf wrote:

I was a waitress in my high school years. Definitely treated worse working at the country club. Better tips at a regular restaurant. And management at the country club wanted us to wear short skirts, so that when we bent over to set drinks down the men got a nice view. I didn’t last long there. “Midi” length skirts were coming in style.

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14 Nov 2019, 10:21 pm

Sorry you had to deal with that, AnneOleson--

Country club people are kind of the worst. I've been persecuted in the street by their douchebag offspring, and some coworkers who worked at a club restaurant said the people were generally poor-mannered and arrogant.

Leaving good tips and thinking it absolves bad behavior is a foul excuse for civility.

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14 Nov 2019, 11:10 pm

Wolfram87 wrote:

LoveNotHate wrote:

Wolfram87 wrote:

If it was actually an investment, she wouldn't be out and about using it, or it'd decrease in value.

Like vintage cars, assets can be used and still appreciate.

Chanel Bags Are Gaining Value Faster Than the Stock Market
https://www.harpersbazaar.com/fashion/d ... ent-value/

lostonearth35 wrote:

If I was rich enough to afford a purse like that, I'd be rich enough to afford the intelligence *not* to.

I think it's well established by now that money can buy you neither taste nor intelligence.

For what it's worth, the handbag was a gift from her husband. It wasn't something she bought for herself.

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