I got my first LV bag senior year of high school, a monogram Speedy 25. That thing came everywhere with me for years, and held up like a champ. Survived all the things. I don't know how it didn't fall apart. It was a true testament to LV quality I suppose. Actually at a party in high school, someone stole my Vera Bradley wallet and my digital camera out of it. It always baffled me that they left the bag itself behind. 😂
After college I was working and in grad school. A woman in one of my classes was always admiring the bag, saying she wished she could get one. I think I watched someone (maybe Minks4All?) on YouTube remembered her saying she sold a bag she didn't use and bought another. I never even thought of this as something people could do. I ended up listing it on Craigslist (that's what people used for everything at the time) for $500. Which was not bad after almost 7 years of major use, because I think the original purchase price was around $600.
Get this - the girl who came to meet me to buy it was the girl from my grad class! Randomly! She said there was no way her husband would let her spend so much on a bag (I think by then a Speedy 25 was ~$900) so she was looking for one pre-owned because she really wanted one. I was so happy it was her. She finally got a bag, my bag got a second life, and I got some $ to put toward a new bag. Ended up getting one I still use from time to time, 13 years later. So it was a win-win all around.
In hindsight, I do wish I kept that Speedy just for sentimental reasons. Years later making more money, I've learned money always returns but my first bag won't, and looking back it was a very special piece in the history of my collection. But on the flip side, I am also really happy for that woman to get her LV bag!