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To be annoyed I didn't get an Anya Hindmarsh bag?

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percypig · 25/04/2007 09:03

Or more specifically to be annoyed at the people who did?

I always do my weekly Sainsburys shop on a Tuesday or Wednesday morning, shop is always pretty empty. I live on North Coast of N Ireland, not exactly fashion/latest trends hotspot, so I assumed very few people up here would know about it, and arrived at the shop at 8.

I didn't get one, because some people had been outside the shop since 1 this morning! Most arrived around 6, and had I been there 10/15 minutes earlier I probably would have been one of the last to get one, as only a couple of people in front of me didn't get one.

What made me really annoyed was the women who had got them talking openly about selling them on ebay, and the fact that some of them don't even normally shop in Sainsburys (according to staff, who said they recognised about half of the people who got them).

Sorry for the rant, I think I probably am being unreasonable to be annoyed, but it doesn't seem fair! I wanted one to use it, I always shop there!

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percypig · 25/04/2007 09:35

I have a bookstart one that I use for the library or school, so it's usually full of books!

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percypig · 25/04/2007 09:32

I have an M and S one, can't put it over my shoulder though, the I'm not... looked like it would be easier to carry with a buggy.

Anyway, my annoyance is fading, was less about not getting the bag than all the people selling them on ebay - that's what's making it so designer label desirable. Having said that, Meglevache, I understand why you bought one to sell, maybe everyone where I live was doing the same.

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oliveoil · 25/04/2007 09:31

megglevache - go on girl, milk the fools for their money

they are forming a queue as we speak

Beetrootccio · 25/04/2007 09:30

blimey - this passed me by - why would I want a bag form sainsbury? Hardly chic!

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expatinscotland · 25/04/2007 09:29

What makes them really naff is that they scream, 'This is a cheap designer bag.'

Ugggh.

If I had one, I'd sell it and use the money to buy a nice bag.

noddyholder · 25/04/2007 09:28

There are loads of places to buy a reusable shopping bag.I got one in Marks at xmas it even has flashing xmas lights!It was £3 and is still going strong and holds loads.Or buy a basket

electra · 25/04/2007 09:28

It's like that Darimeya dress Kate Moss wore - you can get it for £60 from ASOS and there were people paying £150 for them on ebay!

Enid · 25/04/2007 09:27

I cant believe this

they are massively naff

IMO

oliveoil · 25/04/2007 09:27

May I just add that they were made in China so have a mahooosive carbon footprint as well?

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percypig · 25/04/2007 09:27

I'm not going to buy one on ebay, that is mad. There are honestly very few places here to buy cloth bags, especially for £5.

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electra · 25/04/2007 09:26

Oliveoil - how right you are. Anyone willing to pay £200 for a boring looking material bag is quite mad, imho.

Budababe · 25/04/2007 09:25

I cannot believe the hype and hysteria over these. And anyone who pays over the odds on Ebay deserves their head testing. It's only a bloody gimmick.

Here in Budapest most of the supermarkets charge for carrier bags (except bloody Tesco) and most people either just keep a stock of various bags in their car or use one of those lovely French style straw baskets for a few bits.

noddyholder · 25/04/2007 09:24

But if you truly believed in the ethos behind them you would use any ither cloth/re-usable bag.So it is purely a fashion thing and not environmental at all.People are such sheep the very fact that everyone wants/has one makes them common now!There will be more designers jumping on the bandwagon at other supermarkets soon so don't worry you will get one

TheShopaholic · 25/04/2007 09:23

Did buy a jute one though when I did my shopping

oliveoil · 25/04/2007 09:23

people are selling them on ebay as people are like sheep and have been brainwashed into thinking they will be with the IN CROWD if they pay £200 for a £5 bag

Do TS sell theirs online?

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percypig · 25/04/2007 09:22

Topshop here uses plastic bags. I don't usually jump on the bandwagon about things, and I know it's only a bag, but I did want one, genuinely like them, and feel annoyed that so many people are selling them on ebay

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oliveoil · 25/04/2007 09:21

yes maveta, TS have done them for eons!

honestly!

!!!

noddyholder · 25/04/2007 09:20

Ridiculous!Buy a normal cloth shopping bad from anywhere and give the rest of the money to charity!

maveta · 25/04/2007 09:20

It is just a cheap bag. I shop with the cloth bags that Topshop put your clothes in, they´re quite pretty, free and do the same thing.