@3suwm5 wrote:
@stevieb wrote:
@1Professor wrote:
@libbyannE wrote:
@clangle wrote:
Actually, I find it more irksome that they can't throw in free S&H for a $500 purse that probably weighs all of a couple pounds at most.
I agree. Shipping is free from the Dooney site. So, if the same bag is at both QVC and Dooney direct for the same price, as is often the case, I have no choice but to buy direct.
@libbyannE @stevieb
The big difference, for me, is that Dooney will not accept a return for a bag you have used. Let alone used for a month. Q takes them back, no questions. Free shipping by Dooney isn't worth being being to dry run the bag in real life for weeks.
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I think this is where individual differences come into play. For me, the Dooney deal would be the better option because I don't tend to 'test drive' a bag. I pretty much know when I open it whether or not I'll keep it... So the spectre of twelve bucks to ship and seven bucks to return to QVC is quite a deterrent for me... Twenty bucks simply to take a look isn't going to work for me... And truly, I think this is the point many of us are trying to make... It all comes down to individual choice, what works best for us each of us as individuals, and how each of us defines 'value'. You get that, I get that, lots of folks get that, but it appears maybe some percieve their concept of 'value' as the 'correct' one...
@stevieb Once again here, I believe the OP was suggesting that the material used on the handle of the bag (she referred as insane), didn't warrant the price. Had the material used on the handle been leather, she wouldn't have been concerned with the price at all. Not that her value system was better or worse than anyone else.
@3suwm5 My post in this instance was comparing the relative advantages of purchasing a Dooney handbag directly from Dooney versus from QVC... As a point of fact, while I do like nicer handbags, I haven't bought one in a while and have pretty much given up Dooney altogether.
I agree with you on value systems and hence that what works for one might not work for another... And no, for the most part, overall, I don't care for the strap on the bag in question, but that said, I'm not sure we agree on the OP's original intent. Ostensibly, it was to comment on the price of this handbag, given the fabric strap, but it seems there have been quite a few threads where this discussion comes up and I think the price some folks elect to pay for handbags is very much a part of those discussions... And, if memory serves, the price some pay is often commented upon by the OP...
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