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    • JaredBuschJ
      JaredBusch @art_of_shred
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      @art_of_shred said:

      Plain doesn't mean that it doesn't have a "name" that makes it the trendy thing to have and spend way too much on, and just because all of your backpacks are free doesn't mean your wife uses them. Hey @scottalanmiller , does "Vera Bradley" ring a bell?

      oh gods, that name... Even my kids have multiple Vera Bradley bags already and they are 5 and 7.

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      • DashrenderD
        Dashrender @art_of_shred
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        @art_of_shred said:

        Plain doesn't mean that it doesn't have a "name" that makes it the trendy thing to have and spend way too much on, and just because all of your backpacks are free doesn't mean your wife uses them. Hey @scottalanmiller , does "Vera Bradley" ring a bell?

        Oh I agree - never said plain doesn't mean no name. But is a nobody made that exact same backpack it would sell for $40 and no one would buy it.... but because some designer that the fashion industry gives credit to put their name on it... suddenly that $40 bag is worth $350... But hey.. if people are willing to pay.. who am I to care.

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        • art_of_shredA
          art_of_shred @Dashrender
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          @Dashrender remember, the "value" of any item is precisely what some person is willing to pay for said item. If you can get people in general to recognize a name as something to be desired, there you go... clearance at WM to $350 "designer" because people are sheep. And good old Jack Spade laughs all the way to the bank.

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          • JaredBuschJ
            JaredBusch @Dashrender
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            @Dashrender said:

            @art_of_shred said:

            Plain doesn't mean that it doesn't have a "name" that makes it the trendy thing to have and spend way too much on, and just because all of your backpacks are free doesn't mean your wife uses them. Hey @scottalanmiller , does "Vera Bradley" ring a bell?

            Oh I agree - never said plain doesn't mean no name. But is a nobody made that exact same backpack it would sell for $40 and no one would buy it.... but because some designer that the fashion industry gives credit to put their name on it... suddenly that $40 bag is worth $350... But hey.. if people are willing to pay.. who am I to care.

            My wallet cares. Thankfully, my wife buys almost exclusively on sales and such.

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            • art_of_shredA
              art_of_shred @JaredBusch
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              @JaredBusch said:
              Thankfully, my wife buys almost exclusively on sales and such.

              Same here. Usually at ridiculous discounts that make the final price about what you could get at WM or Target.

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              • DashrenderD
                Dashrender @JaredBusch
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                @JaredBusch said:

                @Dashrender said:

                @art_of_shred said:

                Plain doesn't mean that it doesn't have a "name" that makes it the trendy thing to have and spend way too much on, and just because all of your backpacks are free doesn't mean your wife uses them. Hey @scottalanmiller , does "Vera Bradley" ring a bell?

                Oh I agree - never said plain doesn't mean no name. But is a nobody made that exact same backpack it would sell for $40 and no one would buy it.... but because some designer that the fashion industry gives credit to put their name on it... suddenly that $40 bag is worth $350... But hey.. if people are willing to pay.. who am I to care.

                My wallet cares. Thankfully, my wife buys almost exclusively on sales and such.

                So does mine - hence I don't buy those things - but I'll admit that I buy equally overpriced stuff because it has different labels on it..

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                • art_of_shredA
                  art_of_shred @Dashrender
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                  @Dashrender said:
                  but I'll admit that I buy equally overpriced stuff because it has different labels on it..

                  ...don't we all

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                  • Minion QueenM
                    Minion Queen
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                    Yeah his labels are things like Marshall, Jackson, PRS...

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                    • scottalanmillerS
                      scottalanmiller
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                      Mine are things like "Goodwill".

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                      • scottalanmillerS
                        scottalanmiller
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                        I think that I might actually be at a point where all of my shirts are either NTG corporate tee shirts or Goodwill button downs.

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                        • art_of_shredA
                          art_of_shred @scottalanmiller
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                          @scottalanmiller no SW swag???

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                          • scottalanmillerS
                            scottalanmiller @art_of_shred
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                            @art_of_shred said:

                            @scottalanmiller no SW swag???

                            I don't really have any. I don't collect swag when I'm there.

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                            • MattSpellerM
                              MattSpeller
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                              I shop for clothes once a year under protest; usually at the behest of one of the ladies in my life.

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                              • coliverC
                                coliver @MattSpeller
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                                @MattSpeller said:

                                I shop for clothes once a year under protest; usually at the behest of one of the ladies in my life.

                                Haha... this is pretty much how it goes for me... I generally come home and there are new work clothes on the bed waiting for me to try on.

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