Plagued Consoomers / Consoomer Culture - Because if it has a recogniseable brand on it, I’d buy it!

[NoReturn]

Luxury consumers are masochistic status-seeking idiots, basically, and you put them on your hook by mistreating them and making them believe they have to be worthy of the products rather than the other way around.

From reddit it seems like Hermès customers seem to have to buy a lot of junk stuff in order to create a "purchase history" before they can get what they trully want: usually a Birkin or a Kelly handbag. But before that they buy shoes, clothes, accessories, plaids, (Markle has the Hermès Plaid)

It's actually low-key amazing how those brands are able to milk their customers. I am in awe.

r/handbags is full of crazy people with too much money

Ferrari is one of those companies that's very big on their image, the whole company is a racing company that sells civilian market cars to fund their racing programs. When you buy a Ferrari you're buying an "experience" you become part of the "family" and they basically start keeping tabs on you for when they drop their special edition and anniversary edition cars. If you suck Ferrari's dick hard enough and project the proper Ferrari image as a "brand ambassador" you get put on the list (or at least higher up the list) for limited run cars.

I think Jay Leno summed up Ferrari the best when he described them as a dominatrix.

It's not unusual for people to spend 6 figures on products they don't want (clothes, jewellery, home decor etc.) in order to establish a sales history with a company while in pursuit of specific items.

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actual fuckin white elephant shit

THREAD QUESTION:
White elephant parties don't tend to actually have "white elephant" gifts. What are some real white elephant items?

 

[Tsar Nicky]

Maybe I'm just a basic bitch with boomer opinions and a lack of knowledge of how deep the rabbit hole goes, but my biggest hatred in the fashion consoomer world is still the sneaker retards. Buying adult-sized children's clothes and spending thousands of dollars on it. T shirts with some gay brand logo on them and sneakers that cost more than 20 bucks are the same energy. Absolute negroid nonsense. Bring back stiflingly hot suits as everyday wear, I say, and bully people in sneakers and T shirts for being slobs. I wear T shirts, jeans, and sneakers, but you'll never see me with more than 100 dollars of clothes on. Ever. "Yes I am dressed like a child, but it's limited edition, Bro! The Indonesian children only made a thousand of these white T shirts and clown shoes!"

 

[Yaks]

my biggest hatred in the fashion consoomer world is still the sneaker retards. Buying adult-sized children's clothes and spending thousands of dollars on it

I wish I could remember the brand name, but there is a sneaker brand that is designed specifically to look as scuffed up as possible, with the added addition of high school skateboard bro doodles on them. You can get a custom "design" made by an "Artisan" in store, which amounts to dirt being rubbed into it and sharpie scribbles live. They make the shoes look like you've been kicking them around for a decade. If I remember correctly, you will pay $500 for the privilege of the custom on top of the original sneaker price.

 

[Tsar Nicky]

I wish I could remember the brand name, but there is a sneaker brand that is designed specifically to look as scuffed up as possible, with the added addition of high school skateboard bro doodles on them. You can get a custom "design" made by an "Artisan" in store, which amounts to dirt being rubbed into it and sharpie scribbles live. They make the shoes look like you've been kicking them around for a decade. If I remember correctly, you will pay $500 for the privilege of the custom on top of the original sneaker price.

Jesus Christ, sneakers made to look like you aren't an inactive terminally online office working city dweller is peak zoomer. "Look at his sneakers, he must be a skater!" It's like ripped jeans but so much worse.

 

[Yaks]

Jesus Christ, sneakers made to look like you aren't an inactive terminally online office working city dweller is peak zoomer. "Look at his sneakers, he must be a skater!" It's like ripped jeans but so much worse.

Funny you mention that, the only people I've known to have them are high paid millenial office workers, usually the ones who have some sort of nostalgia for their childhood skateboarding days.

@NoReturn won't let me quote, but does this bag gifted to Kim Kardashian count as a White Elephant?

It's a Hermes Birkin bag that was customized by George Condo. The funny part is even by George Condo standards it's a horrible painting.

 

[WelperHelper99]

Funny you mention that, the only people I've known to have them are high paid millenial office workers, usually the ones who have some sort of nostalgia for their childhood skateboarding days.

@NoReturn won't let me quote, but does this bag gifted to Kim Kardashian count as a White Elephant?
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It's a Hermes Birkin bag that was customized by George Condo. The funny part is even by George Condo standards it's a horrible painting.

The fuck is it supposed to be? Some bitch getting railed by a Ork while white chick gets shoulder rubbed by cube head? money laundering people.

 

[moocow]

If you want to play in an official store, you have to own the actual models and they are notorious assholes about it.

How can they possibly expect that to be sustainable now? "Thanks for buying our expensive rulebook! Oh wait, no, you can't actually play the game unless you buy all this other shit too! No, you can't bring your own, you have to buy ours!"

lol fuck off, even the lousiest tabletop RPGs don't require extra purchases just to play them, even at game shops. And besides, there's enough (moderately decent) Warhammer 40k games on PC to satisfy my grimdark aesthetic needs. Hired Gun and Deathwing were both entertaining and made my "dur purdy grafix" monkey brain happy anyway.

It's a Hermes Birkin bag that was customized by George Condo. The funny part is even by George Condo standards it's a horrible painting.

Dare I ask how much they're charging for these unbearably fucking ugly bags? I looked at their website for lol's and was not surprised in the slightest that they don't publish prices.

Y'know, it reminds me of that old cliché -- "if you have to ask, you can't afford it." I think there's a good corollary to it though -- "if you have to ask, you don't fucking need it." Alternately, "if you won't post your prices, I won't buy your stuff."

 

[Yaks]

Dare I ask how much they're charging for these unbearably fucking ugly bags? I looked at their website for lol's and was not surprised in the slightest that they don't publish prices.

Apparently 10-65k USD based on the type of Berkin, their other bag models tend to hover around the 5-10k range. You can get a very, very well made, real leather bag that will last you a lifetime for significantly less and you don't have to spend thousands in advance on stuff you don't want for a chance to buy it. Plus they're probably a lot cuter. For the price I'd expect something less.. common looking?

 

[moocow]

Apparently 10-65k USD based on the type of Berkin, their other bag models tend to hover around the 5-10k range. You can get a very, very well made, real leather bag that will last you a lifetime for significantly less and you don't have to spend thousands in advance on stuff you don't want for a chance to buy it. Plus they're probably a lot cuter. For the price I'd expect something less.. common looking?

Holy fucking shit that's outrageous. You're 100% right that you can buy something better made and better looking for a lot less. Those Berkins are fucking hideous, and they look cheap. I can't imagine they hold up to anything approaching "regular use" for more than a year or two.

That's a year's rent for a lot of people, or a year of mortgage payments, and these stupid broads are spending weeks and thousands of dollars just to "earn" the "privilege" of paying that much for this shit. Unbelievable.

 

[Yaks]

Those Berkins are fucking hideous, and they look cheap.

100% agree. I've seen bags that aren't attempted knock offs that are pretty much the same style-wise and quality appearance wise at places like Target and Walmart. Perhaps they've just been around so long the style has gone into the cultural zeitgeist, but I would never look at any of those bags and think "those are luxurious."

 

[NoReturn]

It's a Hermes Birkin bag that was customized by George Condo. The funny part is even by George Condo standards it's a horrible painting.

Holy shit yes it does, that thing is fucking hideous.

Dare I ask how much they're charging for these unbearably fucking ugly bags? I looked at their website for lol's and was not surprised in the slightest that they don't publish prices.

You can't just buy one, you need to be "offered the opportunity" to buy one new.
That said, you can get secondhand off places like TheRealReal


Sorted low-high we see a lot of shoulder Birkins, but the first "real" one is about $8k:

 

[WelperHelper99]

Holy shit yes it does, that thing is fucking hideous.


You can't just buy one, you need to be "offered the opportunity" to buy one new.
That said, you can get secondhand off places like TheRealReal
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Sorted low-high we see a lot of shoulder Birkins, but the first "real" one is about $8k:
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Great Scott. For the price of some of those Birkins, 7K for that Hermes, I could buy a VERY nice welder. Not fully top of the line, but factory grade, enough to appear on your power bill each month.

 

[Agent Abe Caprine]

Holy shit yes it does, that thing is fucking hideous.


You can't just buy one, you need to be "offered the opportunity" to buy one new.
That said, you can get secondhand off places like TheRealReal
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Sorted low-high we see a lot of shoulder Birkins, but the first "real" one is about $8k:
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For the price of just one of those bags, I could build multiple high end computers, make a really nice hermit crab tank, buy multiple bags of good quality coffee, buy Train Simulator and all its DLC, and buy a bunch of Nigerian dwarfs. Doubt these are even made of decent leather.

 

[Yaks]

Doubt these are even made of decent leather.

According to this no they are not, at least not the majority of the leathers used. There are two that seem to be at all durable. These are meant to be show pieces and not actually used, which makes it even funnier how expensive they are.

 

[NoReturn]

For the price of just one of those bags, I could build multiple high end computers, make a really nice hermit crab tank, buy multiple bags of good quality coffee, buy Train Simulator and all its DLC, and buy a bunch of Nigerian dwarfs. Doubt these are even made of decent leather.

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According to this no they are not, at least not the majority of the leathers used. There are two that seem to be at all durable. These are meant to be show pieces and not actually used, which makes it even funnier how expensive they are.

I couldn't find a teardown, but I did find a restorations:

For comparison, here's a guy I like who tears down other bags:

 

[moocow]

You can't just buy one, you need to be "offered the opportunity" to buy one new.
That said, you can get secondhand off places like TheRealReal
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$140k for a used handbag. And you have to spend money and grovel just to be in the running to be permitted to buy one.

I've changed my mind. Any person who successfully spends this kind of money on this shit absolutely deserves to be relieved of that cash. That and have the bag stolen the next day by a mugger.

 

[Tsar Nicky]

$140k for a used handbag. And you have to spend money and grovel just to be in the running to be permitted to buy one.

I've changed my mind. Any person who successfully spends this kind of money on this shit absolutely deserves to be relieved of that cash. That and have the bag stolen the next day by a mugger.

This shit is actually a sign of mental illness. It has to be. For fuck's sake.

 

[vomitusdeux]

Imagine buying a used handbag that costs more than a lot of houses. That's so retarded. I can't actually wrap my head around that. I can't imagine spending anything but like a house for that. My mind is blown these people are beyond salvation

 

[Cool Dog Returns]

Dropshipping is the act of either setting up a storefront to sell things directly to consumers from factories in China

I thought the dropshipping fad was more or less over with the oversaturation and chinks figuring out they could cut the middleman out and sell shit directly, even going to kickstarter

Is this a new trend? whats different now?

I've done it myself as an experiment and it only took 5 minutes.

Results?

"aspirational lifestyle"

I remember when "aspirational" meant having a house or buying a nice car, or a cool bike

Cheap plastic shit is what zoomers aspire to? are things really that bad in burgerland?

Everyhing is being tied to social media scores, thats the world they are growing and adapting into.

Its like that black mirror episode except everybody is okay with it

I hadn't set foot in a Best Buy for about five years until a couple months ago, and it was an entirely different arrangement than I remembered. The retail space (where people could walk around, look at things, and pick what they wanted) was halved compared to before, with the remaining space housing pretty much everything of any value. There were no checkout lanes, just a customer service desk where you'd take your low-value picks and tickets for high-value items, pay for everything up front, then wait for them to fetch it from the warehouse to bring it to you. Gone are the days you could stroll in and buy a shitty $300 flat panel TV by throwing it on a flatbed cart and going up front to the checkout.

Walmart's upping their game now too. They're not doing "pick ticket, pay, then collect merchandise" thing yet, but the variety of shit they're putting under lock-and-key even in upscale areas is insane. Cosmetics, dyes and shampoo/conditioners are all locked up now (it used to just be the popular nigger brands, but now it's pretty much everything), and beyond that they're also put up little displays hanging over each cosmetics aisle with cameras and motion sensors. The displays show what the cameras see, and whenever they detect someone in the aisle, they blink some really bright lights and make an obnoxious dinging sound to make sure you notice you're being recorded (whether they're recording or not is anybody's guess). It's obnoxious and you can hear it all over the store.

Holy fuck not even in my third-world hell you see shit like this, is there video of this? like a tour showing this shit?

The cops aren't helping anyone anymore. They simply don't give a shit. Filing reports does nothing. Calling 911 during a burglary in progress results in a unit arriving maybe an hour later (if you're lucky). Of course they still come pretty quick if you defend yourself. Come to think of it, there's a good term describing this kind of situation. "Anarcho-tyranny" I think?

Funny you got all these migrants from central america going there because thats exactly the kind of shit they are escaping from

Make one. I'll happily join.

Same, tag me when you do it

Oh I know. I probably should have phrased it differently. The country's law enforcement apparatus in its entirety is no longer interested in helping prosecute crimes like this. Theft, assault, robbery, burglary, etc. all get a pass unless it directly affects someone important (or a member of the LE apparatus).

And your point extends all the way up the chain, too. Cops are not obligated to intervene to stop crimes in progress or act afterward to apprehend or even identify the offender, or provide any kind of assistance or support to the victim. Investigators are not obligated to investigate crimes. Prosecutors are not obligated to prosecute crimes. Judges are not obligated to allow prosecutions to proceed (they have almost unlimited power to simply dismiss a case). Juries are not obligated to convict even when they believe the defendant is factually guilty (jury nullification). Judges are not obligated (with few exceptions) to dish out meaningful punishments even upon conviction (suspended sentences, probation, time served, etc.). Parole boards are not obligated to keep anyone in prison a day longer than their sentence requires. And high-ranking officials can always grant pardons.

And god help you if you defend yourself. The LE apparatus is also under no obligation to defend your rights either even in cases of obviously justified and obviously lawful self-defense (just ask Kyle Rittenhouse). "The process is the punishment" and all that.

Shit fucking sucks.

See thing is when that's the normal state of things you officially go from first world to third or even fourth world shithole, because even some third world countries still have semi-decent policing

Like even in the best of places you cant expect cops to always be there, catch all criminals and solve all cases, but when the default is that the police does jack shit thats when you end up like mexico

And its really hard to come back from that because when thats the new normal the entire culture of the country changes, people become apathetic to crime or even glorifies it, good luck changing that

but have never held hands with the opposite sex.

Nigga there are 30yo guys who fall into that category, 1/3 of all zoomer males are virgins, its not just 9yo little kids

Girls are calling themselves asexual and trooning out because they're terrified of sex and can you blame them?

Yeah I can, how the fuck can you be scared of sex when you can blame any guy for rape and everybody will believe you?

"if only i was a boy id be having sooooo much sex".

Being a male virgin is failure but as a woman if you cant get laid you're are a massive fucking loser or a morbidly obese deformed burn ward victim. Most dudes are begging for a crumb of coochie now and bitches cant get dick? are they even trying?

These are the same cunts that troon out thinking men have it easier, fucking retards...

I saw this video today. The ultimate weeb consoomer game system.

When a Ps5 isn't enough, you can buy an outdated PC in a box for 8 times the price.

$6k for the unit and a game, games cost $1.5k each , $500 dollars to replace a battery, and the company wouldn't even replace a unit that had mould in it.
Games are either steam ports, iPhone games or 2D games from decades ago..

The guy reviewing says the guy who loaned it to him just buckled and paid out for yet another base unit

Years ago I was talking on a forum about making a luxury console like the AES and I got told nobody would even buy that now

Look at this shit, they dont even bother to make it look premium or cool, not even the fucking shysters from analogue are this fucking lazy, the logo is a fucking still from AKIRA ffs

companies make you wanna buy from them more by being rude to their customers

That only works with really premium brands, like for example honda tried that shit in my country and they been losing customers and closing dealerships ever since, because its fucking honda not porsche

I debated putting this in the new marketing thread, but it's more about the things being consumed and the buyers themselves:

I was going to ask why this topic was trending...

But then I saw something in related videos, and I found all these published within the last week:

TBF going into crippling card debt to buy random shit its something boomers already did

The price makes sense in that context.

and sneakers that cost more than 20 bucks

One thing are retard niggers blowing $500 on a part of gay fish yeezys, but any sneakers you find for $20 will be literal shit that breaks apart while you walk

usually the ones who have some sort of nostalgia for their childhood skateboarding days.

More like nostalgia for wanting to be a sk8r boi but they were too chickenshit/asocial to go to the skate park

 

[Yaks]

More like nostalgia for wanting to be a sk8r boi but they were too chickenshit/asocial to go to the skate park

No the ones I know who own the shoes actually did. These are pre-internet runs your life people, you know when we went outside as kids.