i was listening to a chinese radio station today and according to them, there's a new business concept in hk. as you may already have guessed in the title of my entry, the concept is to rent out deisgner bags to people for a fraction of the price. they have the same service in the states called Bag, borrow or steal.
i must say i'm quite against this idea. there's something about it that just doesn't seem right. the host compared this idea to the idea of renting a luxury car or an apartment you cannot afford to buy. i fail to see how these ideas are similar. an expensive car costs 60 grand, an expensive apartment costs half a million.. an 600 dollar bag pales in comparison. besides, you can't compare this with the luxury cars and condos because the difference between renting and owning those item are exponentially more than the difference between renting and buying a designer bag . people called into the show and said this is going to be thriving concept (to which i agree, since there's lots of demand), but the callers also said that it's accpetable and they wouldn't think there's anything wrong with engaging in this business. uh. no. i don't agree to that.
the whole idea here is that people can use something they cannot not afford to own. specifically, using something that they think will elevate their status. they want to use this bag to show that they can afford items of luxury when in reality, they can't. it urks me to think that people will go this far to pretend to be something they are not. okay, so you can't buy a 600 dollar bag, live with it. go buy another bag with the 60 bucks (plus s&h) it would've cost to rent a bag that you will have to return!
the guy on the radio also made a comparison between the similarity of renting purses and renting wedding gowns. i'm gonna go kick that guy's ass. wedding gowns are special, you use it for only one day in your life, it's the most special day in your life (or so they say) and most gorgeous, great-fitting dresses are going to cost an arm an a leg.
bags are meant to be used more than once, you use it for day to day activities, a bag isn't going to make you look radiant, and really, the bag looks the same on everyone.
don't pretend to be someone you cannot afford. or maybe you can just keep using your 80 dollar LV knock-off, poser.
time for: thinking, "damn! i ranted again, didn't i?"
1 comment:
This is an interesting idea, and I think it'll go far. I do agree with you that it's pathetic for people to pretend like they can afford these bags and whatnot, but think about how many different purses a woman (I would be fair, but let's face it... a lot of women are purse-a-holics, heh heh) buys in her life. If they're always these fancy, designer purses that's a lot of money... So it's kinda cool for them to be able to rent out these different purses whenever they get tired of the one they currently have, y'know?
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