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[JLSleather]

45 minutes ago, Ed in Tx said:

kids with greasy fingers were picking up the stockings staining the leather, you think their parents

That's always standard  We used to take key fobs.. just a piece riveted to a key ring with a 3d stamp on it - dyed for the kids.  Some eagles, horse heads, monogram letters... and we just pass em out.  The kids are tickled pink, and there's no mustard on our leather!

This time I was late to the game, late even signing up.  I did find at least SOME of those 3d stamps, but don't know where the die is for the fobs, or if I even have the rings ... but we took couple BIG bowls of individually wrapped candy, so me 'n' the kids were fine.

[Samalan]

What makes a plastic  LV bag that may have taken 10 min to put together o and 5 dollars in material worth 6 or 8 hundred dollars some bags are thousands made in minutes.?

[JLSleather]

21 hours ago, Samalan said:

What makes a plastic  LV bag that may have taken 10 min to put together o and 5 dollars in material worth 6 or 8 hundred dollars some bags are thousands made in minutes.?

Hype and ignorance. 

[Hildebrand]

Unfortunately that logo means a lot.  I have seen women lose their ever loving mind over a name brand wallet or purse.  Usually not that well made.

[bermudahwin]

1 hour ago, JLSleather said:

Hype and ignorance.

To a great extent I agree, but I do call out Hermes, of Paris. I have only seen stunningly well worked leather on their branded goods, but they were originally (and may still be) saddlers. Don't even look at their prices.

H

[JLSleather]

11 minutes ago, hwinbermuda said:

To a great extent I agree, but I do call out Hermes, o

I'm not referring to any particular name -- I'm talking about any item where the material and/or the workmanship is not good.  I have seen some companies making great products, then get a reputation for great products, then start pumping out 'commercial grade' stuff and relying on that reputation to carry them.  Sometimes it worked .. largely owing to some people's fear of not being like everyone else.  

1 hour ago, Hildebrand said:

I have seen women lose their ever loving mind over a name brand

Yeah,  BILLIONS of dollars spent every year on face paint and hair dye.  And the vast majority of stores I've been in present women's "stuff" first thing.  But not just women.  I've been suckered into buying Nike shoes when the New Balance were clearly better.  I've gone to movies that were not even close to the quality I was told they would be.  And I've downloaded videos that I suspected were going to be just more marketing poo, and often found out I was right. 

BUT HEY, you don't know what you don't know, right?@!  When you buy it a SECOND TIME, then it's certainly on you.  First time maybe you didn't know.  But at a show, or rodeo, whatever .. you're standing there with it in  your hand.  Not much excuse for buying poor quality.  There WILL be some who want to buy the name just because their friends have that one. They got me with that lame approach.  In my defense, I was like 15 ...

 

[bermudahwin]

50 minutes ago, JLSleather said:

I'm not referring to any particular name

Sorry, my bad, thought I'd quoted the original LV by Samalan, but pulled down the wrong quote, please accept my apologies.

Harry

[Samalan]

4 hours ago, JLSleather said:

Hype and ignorance. 

That's it !

[JazzBass]

I don't think anyone is surprised by the stories and frustrations, but it does help to "commiserate" occasionally.  Similar stories are almost universally told by artists of every genre.  Every day, we have unavoidable occasions to question whether we love the art, more than we hate the business.

Ok, ok, let's just admit it- (in jest, of course)

We all suffer from a mental illness, clearly resulting in self destructive behavior. After all, who in their right mind would keep going when everything empirical seems to fall on the wrong side of the scale?

We might as well just "own it".

 

[CelticPrint]

On 2/5/2019 at 11:06 AM, Hildebrand said:

Unfortunately that logo means a lot.  I have seen women lose their ever loving mind over a name brand wallet or purse.  Usually not that well made.

I installed a wall safe for a woman that only used it to store designer clutch purses. She never carried them and bragged about their rarity. They all looked like the plain black clutch kit sold on leather crafting sites except each had a different emblem or logo. It was all fun and games til I pointed out a Prada clutch of hers that had a slightly misaligned emblem and reeked of old hot glue. The certificate it came with looked like it was worth more than the imitation purse she clearly over paid for. I guess the way to get top dollar is to make up some fancy name and print limited edition numbered certificates for each piece.

Edited February 9, 2019 by CelticPrint