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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Can A Handbag Be An Investment?]]></title><link>http://www.luxist.com/2009/05/07/can-a-handbag-be-an-investment/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.luxist.com/2009/05/07/can-a-handbag-be-an-investment/</guid><description><![CDATA[I sold upper end retail before, I had a customer who had a 'real' Birkin which she treated abominably - it was stuffed full of business items, make up kits, the works. I think she even had a pair of shoes in there. It looked like a swollen tic.<br><br>I have never had any interest in a handbag the price of a small car, but I certainly wouldn't have treated it like a backpack.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Dianne]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 7th 2009 10:47PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Can A Handbag Be An Investment?]]></title><link>http://www.luxist.com/2009/05/07/can-a-handbag-be-an-investment/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.luxist.com/2009/05/07/can-a-handbag-be-an-investment/</guid><description><![CDATA[Sometimes perhaps, but what value is the star and star-related, and the relationship is not a great product.<br><br><a href="http://www.000health.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.000health.com</a>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Anne]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 7th 2009 11:05PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Can A Handbag Be An Investment?]]></title><link>http://www.luxist.com/2009/05/07/can-a-handbag-be-an-investment/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.luxist.com/2009/05/07/can-a-handbag-be-an-investment/</guid><description><![CDATA[Actually there's more to this. Hermes, for the past ten years or more, has had a price increase once or twice a year on their handbags (including Birkins). Now, if you purchased a Birkin, say back in 2000, it would have cost approximately $4500. In 2005, approximately $6500. Today that same bag is approximately $9000. There are a lot of women that would be happy with a gently-used Birkin, and would be happy to pay $5000 for it (rather than $9000 for a new one). So, you could sell that bag you paid $4500 for for $5000. (or possible more).  If you sold it yourself on eBay the $500 profit would pay all of your fees/commissions to eBay. You'd have carried the bag for about nine years for free and you'd have your $4500 back. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[LFisch]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 8th 2009 10:25AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Can A Handbag Be An Investment?]]></title><link>http://www.luxist.com/2009/05/07/can-a-handbag-be-an-investment/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.luxist.com/2009/05/07/can-a-handbag-be-an-investment/</guid><description><![CDATA[Being a man, well, I don't have bags.  But a good lady friend of mine always purchased Chanel bags--good, but not quite the Hermes Birkin or Kelly.  She used those bags until they were ready to fall apart, and she had maybe a dozen.  They never really fall apart though, even if used as a backpack, they just keep on going.  And that's what you're buying when you buy top quality.  Of course with Birkins, it's all about getting the right one--they all are not a covetable as others.  Hard-sided are more difficult to obtain than the soft-sided bags, for example.  Skins too make a big difference and color.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[just me]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 8th 2009 12:26PM</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
