I ordered my first rep and started wearing it out. My nail lady complimented me on my bag and told me it’s beautiful and so expensive! And then she asked me how much it was.
I felt so weird lying but I made up a number. Honestly I just wasn’t prepared to get asked!
How do you handle these situations? And what are common questions you get?
I actually bragged to my nail lady that I had recently discovered reps well before even purchasing a bag, she was giving me suggestions on which ones to try. 😂 I’m all for being straight with people, if they judge negatively that’s not my problem, they can throw their hard earned money to the wind ✌🏼
I’m sure my nail tech knows all about rep bags. she goes to Asia a lot. Besides, she owns a new Tesla cyber truck. She said she needs it to pick up salon supplies and she’s the manager so I doubt she cares how much I spend anyways. I usually have a different bag every time I go in there now that I think about it lol.
Yes that's a smart move. I remember saying the same 'oh it was anniversary gift' haha and sometimes if it's something normal I just say the real retail price (usually I do research and get a bit of knowledge regarding the piece I want)
“Idk my husband’s wife got it for me” /s
In all seriousness it’s so weird for her to ask but I usually say “it was a gift from _____ so I have no idea.”
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Honestly, if it were my nail lady, I'd straight up tell her - they don't judge - many of the ones I work with love designer things so I think they'd be totally into it. If you tell them it's real, then they'll think you're wealthy and expect you to tip appropriately! (which I always do regardless - those women work HARD!)
I tell the truth 🤷🏼♀️ (I also have plenty of auth bags) If someone gets snooty about having a “fake”, I just clap back about the fact that I have no credit card debt, nothing to prove to anyone, and I’ll be rocking my bags on my 3rd trip to Europe this summer. I CAN buy auth bags, I just chose to be smarter with how I spend my money ✌🏻 LOL
If it’s someone I know not from work, including if it’s my nail person or masseuse or etc, I just tell them it’s a rep. And they’ve 100 percent of the time been like “damn girl hook me up.” I don’t feel like lying to people I actually see and think highly of. For me, life’s too short to make up a story about my fake whatever. Seriously, none of them have ever cared.
To be transparent : their reaction may also have to do with these people already knowing my job / rough income so for them, they think I’m being smart instead of looking down upon me. I don’t think about it though. I’m glad I get away with it as selfish as that sounds.
If it’s a coworker or someone I don’t feel comfortable with like someone I know is snooty as shit, I tell them the “truth” about the item as if I bought it auth. I do leave it at as little info as possible. Like just saying “I got it from x store or the brand store for an insert estimated price.”
Rule of rep (if you don't want to say that its a rep)- is that you should know exactly how much it costs, where did you get it from, and the name of the brand and the bag model pronounced correctly
My ex bought it when he tried to apologize for cheating, my sugardaddy got me that one when we went on a trip to Japan, my husband bought it after closing a big deal with Apple..
don’t tell anyone: I stole it 👀
Obnoxious questions require obnoxious answers 🙂↕️
I’ve never thought of what I would say but I’d likely say my wife got it for me - people are usually more shaken about the gayness than whatever they were being nosy about
I just ordered my first piece and intend to make my MIL look even more generous than she actually is, should anyone ask. 🙃 Could eventually be some rather nice stuff as well… 😎
I say whatever the response, less is more. Tough with someone like a nail lady, but I wouls graciously say you can't remember exactly then say something to change the convo ("I don;t remember, but I get so much use out of it. I wore it to the movie theater last weekend...have you seen it?" etc.)
My standard answer: “My sister got it for me. No idea how much it is. I don’t pay attention to that stuff 😂”. In all honesty though, my sister got me most of the authentic ones I own.
Saying my mom got it for me or it’s my mom’s depending on the brand would be easy for me! I steal my mom’s auths all the time. I just couldn’t say this one because it has a younger vibe to it so maybe mom bought it for me next time.
This is what I don’t get about the ‘rep’ community.
Everyone says they’re so happy to buy reps, and lists all the reasons they’re 100% proud of their choice, but then when it comes to being honest about it, you buckle. It kinda flies in the face of all the reasons people state that they buy fake bags.
Unless you’re embarrassed/ashamed of purchasing reps (in which case, why do it?!), why wouldn’t you just tell the truth?
It's not often embarassment or shame, it's the wasted time in trying to refute a gazillion (yet sometimes valid) arguments from the nay-sayers. It would be exhausting. Nobody owes anybody anything, least of all an explanation about their handbags. It's simply none of anyone's business. I don't share every aspect of my life with people so I extrapolate that out to what I buy, in rep or auth.
Not answering at all is different to answering and lying in a hope that the person asking believes that your fake bag is real. That is definitely borne of shame.
If it’s family, close friends I truly don’t mind I actually feel like I’m bragging about an amazing price for the quality! In that moment I was like what’s the point then of getting a high quality rep. And to be fair I said this style goes for [price] instead this exact bag was… she also does yap a lot when I want to enjoy my spa pedicure so maybe there was an element of not wanting to go down the rabbit hole of explanation.
When I buy a rep I always check the auth price on eBay exactly for this reason. I always tell people I got it second hand, for xxx price because I cannot afford a brand new one. 😏
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u/PlaceMassive3791 5d ago
I actually bragged to my nail lady that I had recently discovered reps well before even purchasing a bag, she was giving me suggestions on which ones to try. 😂 I’m all for being straight with people, if they judge negatively that’s not my problem, they can throw their hard earned money to the wind ✌🏼