The Marc Jacobs Snapshot bag for age 13, is $325-395 too expensive? Too grown up?
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Anonymous
| As if people in this thread don’t buy their kids gaming systems, iPads, computers, expensive phones, etc! Op, if you can afford it and it’s what she wants, buy it for her. Don’t let these obnoxious posters who are anti-label or anti-luxury make you feel dumb. They’re rude. |
Anonymous
| I wouldn’t spend that on myself let alone a 13 year old. |
Anonymous
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13 year olds do not want knock offs. Do you remember middle school? They would be teased endlessly if people found them carrying a fake. |
Anonymous
| This post is a great counterpoint to the whining screed about boomers posted by a clueless millennial in the finance section right now. What a waste |
Anonymous
| It’s probably a no for me but I also might cave in a moment of weakness. |
Anonymous
I posted that and have teens. Mine care about certain knock offs, like they certainly don’t want fake uggs, Lululemon or Nikes. They wouldn’t care about this and have LV and Gucci fakes. They aren’t passing them off as real. Mine don’t care one bit about purses, wallets etc and think their cheap brand names are funny. |
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Whatever your budget for the gift is, pay that and tell her to do some projects around the house ( organize a closet, rake leaves ..) to make money to pay the difference or she can pay the difference with her allowance.
Anytime my daughter realizes she has to pay with her own money or work to get something, she doesn’t seem to want it that badly all of a sudden. |
Anonymous
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I wouldn’t buy it because of the transient popularity of certain purse brands and styles- Marc Jacobs bags definitely fit into this category. |
Anonymous
| A 75$ crossbody from Kate spade OK. 300$ on that spacey looking thing for such a young girl- no way! |
Anonymous
| Holy moly, our HHI is close to 7 figures and I wouldn’t buy that expensive of a crossbody for myself, let alone DD! Then again, I spend $$ on house and vacations so it’s pot calling kettle… |
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Regardless of HHI, I would teach her to find it marked down on PoshMark, EBay, or consignment. Or to find something similar but less expensive. Otherwise, no.
To me, this is a question of values. She’s 13. Even if you’re rolling in money, learning to work for expensive “wants” is important (even if in this case the work is bargain hunting.) |
Anonymous
This!! It’s been remarkably helpful over time for my now 16 yo. She’s learning through experience what’s “worth it” to her and what’s not. Of course there are similar trade-offs when we purchase them one thing instead of another. But teens seem to understand and internalize the ideas of trade-offs and delayed gratification much better when THEY are the ones making the big decision using a cash gift. And if they regret their decision later or wish they had that money back for something else in a month or two? Again, better that it was their purchase so they feel that and can learn from it Experiential learning for the win. |
Anonymous
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Thank you all! OP here.
For the posters sharing the DHGate versions, are these purses bad to purchase? I’ve seen some mention of supporting terrorism by buying counterfeit but is that the case? |
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I think it’s completely appropriate and would buy if you can comfortably afford it.
I remember when I was 13, og Coach and Dooney and Bourke bags were all the rage at my middle school. These were in the $300 range back in the 80s. |