I live, write, and garden in the PNW with my husband of 27 years, disabled daughter, college-aged son, and my 84-year-old mother. We have paid off $250,000.00 worth of debt (if you include the interest) in the last fifteen years and as of 6/12/2020 are 100% DEBT FREE!!!!So I'm looking for a new purse. The shoulder strap on my current one is about to give and it's not one of those ones with the fasteners on the end, so you could substitute a strap off an old one, it's the sort with the strap sown straight into the bag. Which I really hate, but at the time it was the only long strapped purse I could find locally.
Today I've been perusing the web looking for a properly strapped bag, one that has a shoulder strap and attaches with buckles or fasteners instead of being sewn directly into the leather, and is big enough for all my stuff without being so big it looks like a diaper bag or something. I will never give my business to those two purse companies that keep spamming here, but I did find two other brands, one I'd heard of before and one I hadn't. Fossil I'd heard of but the only bags I like of theirs tend to be around $128. The other bag I like is from a company called Tyler Rodan and it's $69.
I don't mind spending the money if it's going to last. At my current rate I am going through a ten dollar purse every 3 months or so. If it's a good company that makes solid purses then it's worth it. I used to have one brand that was a little pricey but would last five years but then it stopped making bags with shoulder straps.
I guess what I am wondering is whether or not anyone has used either of these brands of purses and if they have had a good experience with it or a negative one?
Not a Spammy Purse Post
May 20th, 2011 at 01:51 am
May 20th, 2011 at 01:47 pm 1305899224
May 20th, 2011 at 05:33 pm 1305912805
Value Village and Goodwill sometimes can be good. If nothing else, if you paw through theirs and find a style you like, sometimes the tag is still on them and can give you the name of a style or manufacturer - giving you additional leads.
Also, if there's a boutique going out of business I'd stop in to see if there's a purse to had.
And finally, if its just the strap, you really like the bag, and you have a good shoe repair shop, all of the shoe repair shops have branched out to do purse straps.
May 21st, 2011 at 02:58 am 1305946726
May 21st, 2011 at 03:30 am 1305948600
Baselle--You wouldn't even have to ship it as I will be in Seattle on Thursday and Friday doing the Virginia Mason thing. But seriously, I found a purse that I really, really like, has all the stuff I want a purse to have, and is pretty. Comes with a matching umbrella, too. I was just hoping someone had heard of the brand.
Debtfreeme--If I liked the purse I might do that, but it was more of a necessity purchase at the time. I took what they had that met my minimum needs.