Expensive handbag - what to do

[Hoppinggreen]

DD19 loves Thrift stores and was visiting friends in a posh part of surrey last week and found a real gem. She got a beautiful Jaeger jacket for £10 and she also got a Ferragamo Handbag - for £100!!!
We are pretty sure its genuine, we haven't had it properly authenticated and wouldn't bother but from online research it looks like it and the shop lady did have the paperwork. Its pre loved obviously but would have been over £1500 new and is probably worth around £600 now. Its in very good condition.
DD loves bags but we are more Kate Spade, Coach or similar than high end designer and she isn't sure what to do with it.

1. Enjoy it thoroughly, take it back to Uni with her and risk it getting stolen or wrecked
2. Try and sell it online (she doesn't really need the money but is at uni and it would fund a holiday this summer or similar)
3. Keep it but leave it at home and just get it out for special occasions (and let her Mum borrow it)

It is entirely her choice of course but what would you advise MN?

Sell it and get a holiday out of it

I mean it sounds very much like you want the handbag for yourself, so why don't you offer to buy it off her.

I’d keep it and look after it. Not a chance would I sell a vintage bag as she has years of pleasure ahead of her with it. Of course this is only she loves it.

It is nice but I don't need another handbag really and I was just joking, I wouldn't touch it without asking her (despite the fact my stuff has been going missing for about 10 years now)

She DOES love it and I am very much of the attitude that these things SHOULD be used and not left in a cupboard but I think she would be upset if it was stolen or had beer poured over it or similar at Uni.
If I had to give her my opinion it would be leave it at home and save it for when she starts work or a special occasion, although its a day bag rather than evening.

Check out Vestiaire Collective and eBay, see if the same bag is for sale and how much.

I love collecting bags and shoes but in your DD’s case I would sell and use the cash to enjoy life.

Yeah, I was just waiting for the rude comments and you didn’t disappoint.

I think she should enjoy it. Maybe not use it at uni regularly but have it for occasions.

OOh was that rude?
Went over my head

ok wow, thanks for the internalised misogyny, was just offering my opinion to the OP.

If she loves it she should use it and take care of it.

She must love the bag, a hundred quid is a lot more than I've ever spent in a chazza and I'm middle aged with plenty of disposable income. When I was a student my bags came from 'Mark One' 🤣

So she loves it then she should definitely not sell it, she’ll regret it always (I could be projecting 😂). If she’s worried it will get ruined at uni then leave it at home until she’s ready for it and use in the holidays.

I didn't think you were being rude but where is the misogyny?
Bloody hell, has MN come to the point now where a nice light handbag discussion has to turn into a battle?
Did I accidently stray into AIBU?

I vote option 1;

"Enjoy it thoroughly, take it back to Uni with her and risk it getting stolen or wrecked"

@Hoppinggreen she should definitely use it, some things are a joy to behold and should not be left in some cupboard/drawer collecting dust!

She has paid £100 for it (not insubstantial for a uni student) so I'm sure she'll be mindful? 👜

She isn't usually a big spender, doesn't drink much or buy loads of cheap clothes.
She is on a 70's/early 80's vibe right now and the bag is perfect for that.
She has used money my Mum saved for her from when she was little that she got when my Mum died last year. My Mum was a handbag fan (to the extent I mentined it in her Eulogy) so she would have approved

Life’s too short for shitty high street handbags. Take it back to uni for some adventures.

Depending on exactly which bag it is you may have overestimated the resale value of Ferragamo (lovely as their bags are.)

This is a website/physical shops I buy from https://uk.designerexchange.com/product-list?q=ferragamo

I vote for

Keep it but leave it at home and just get it out for special occasions (and let her Mum borrow it)

Wow this thread went nuts. I disagree with @Nushi21 as I didn’t read @noidea69 message as rude at all… just offering secret option 4 for discussion. Absolutely no bloody clue why misogyny came into the discussion

def don’t sell it.

Thank you I will look at that but DD says she has looked at very similar ones on EBay and a couple of other sites and it does seem that she could well get £600 for it.
No guarantees of course but she is the type to research properly

The site I listed to is one where they are very picky about the condition of the bags they sell. There are others where conditions vary.

Obviously with these sites the prices you see are what they are selling at, the owner would get the amount less the shops/sites commission.

Make sure when your daughter is looking at ebay etc listing that she is looking at sold prices not what something is on for as they can vary.

I vote that she should enjoy using the bag.

Does it really matter that it might get a little bashed up at uni? Bags are for using and it's not like she paid full price for it.

My dd is 20 and a family member gave her a genuine (pre-loved) LV bucket bag, which she uses every day. Yes she could keep it and use it one day, but what is the point of keeping things for best all the time.

She struts around so with that bag 😂 but it makes her happy and also boosts her confidence (this is very needed in this case).

So I would encourage your dd to use it. Don't sell it if she loves it, and doesn't need the funds.

Ferragamo make beautiful leather goods. However, their bags don't retain value, nor do they have a particularly high resale price. While you might see bags listed for £500+ on resale sites, it does not mean they will sell for that. (To that end, I once saw a vintage Miu Miu bag listed for stupid money. I messaged the seller with a more realistic price which she declined and said that she'd seen others online for the same price, hence her price. In the end, they ended up selling it for a quarter of the price I had offered her.

With regards to resale sites such as the one you linked to usually take 30%-50% off the sale price. If you have paperwork, sell it yourself on a site with no listing fees. Have successful bought and sold designer bags on Vinted. You have paperwork, so it's all good. Even without paperwork, you could probably double or triple the price you paid for it. But, and as other posters have said, you need to be realistic as to the price it will achieve.

If you daughter loves the bag, use it, that's what bags are for!

I actually don't think she should sell it, if asked that would be my least preferred option. It was her Dad who suggested it but then he can't actually get his head around the fact that handbags can be worth more than £100 anyway.
Its very unlikely she would so I think the options are take it to Uni and keep it safe at Uni, take it to Uni and may the odds be forever in its favour or leave it at home.
If she leaves it here and then changes her mind she is home for the summer in June anyway. I have seen photos of her nights out and I would fear for the bags safety 😁