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High spend section in S&B

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MyGastIsFlabbered · 23/08/2014 07:57

I'm feeling sleep deprived & grumpy but having just looked at a thread about spending £900 on a handbag I'm feeling slightly sickened. Whilst everyone is entitled to spend their money as they wish, it makes me feel horrible (jealous, sad etc) to read about people spending way more than I earn per month on something as trivial as a handbag.

Maybe if S&B had a high spend section, us mortals could hide it & then not feel quite so bad?

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LadyintheRadiator · 23/08/2014 08:25

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Terrierterror · 23/08/2014 08:23

I'm sorry you were upset.

I can see that a £900 bag is an extreme. It's not amount I would ever choose to spend on a bag. Where do you draw the line on 'high spend' though? For some people, spending over £60 on a bag is excessive and over £150 would be 'high spend.'

LadyWithLapdog · 23/08/2014 08:22

I'm afraid I'm another one who disagrees. You can swear under your breath then ignore and move on. There used to be a thread on S&B all about spend, spend, spend (Vogue or something). I clicked a few times, now I ignore.

13Stitches · 23/08/2014 08:22

I saw that thread.

Just after I made a recommendation to someone for £15 work trousers when it turned out they wanted to spend £300 on each outfit.

What planet are these people on?

I feel you, op.

StickEmAKissOnTheFish · 23/08/2014 08:21

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MrsDavidBowie · 23/08/2014 08:18

What would be the cut off point?

No I think that's totally unrealistic. Don't click on threads about £900 handbags.

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MyGastIsFlabbered · 23/08/2014 08:15

You can hide sections though. And people on threads like the one I've just seen always get torn to shreds. I'm sure the posters don't mean to make people feel bad, but they do.
I don't have £900 for a handbag, never will & it makes me feel bad. I'm sure I'm not the only one.

If there was a special section people could post on there knowing they wouldn't get attacked for spending so much.

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BankHolidayRain · 23/08/2014 08:12

But everyone has something somebody else can't or might not have!
If you open a thread that upsets you, close it and / or hide it.

Kundry · 23/08/2014 08:10

You can hide threads already. What would be a high spend or a bargain? How would MN define them as we all have different incomes and spending habits. Why should some people have to be hidden away?

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