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EverWatcher

2010-01-31 02:48:17 PM

If you own and typically use such a suitcase, kill yourself.

There's "bulletproof and has a built-in satellite phone", and then there's "wrapped in gold leaf and the hand-sewn (shed) fur of newborn snow leopards". One is functional; the other is just wasteful.

skandalus

2010-01-31 03:37:42 PM

What kills me is that I hear people talk about how hard you work and how you "deserve" these sorts of things, but if all you can think of to spend your millions on is a bag that costs as much as my car (or even a few of my childhood neighbors' homes), then let's face it. You're out of things to blow money on. I'd have more respect if you passed the money onto your employees, investors, or even your customers. Because you clearly don't need it.

And no, I didn't get all my luggage out of Wal-Mart (a lot of Samsonite, High Sierra, Eddie Bauer, etc. that I found on sale) but when you've gotten to the point of needing metal cases to protect your suitcases, you've gone beyond the use case of what you're buying: a farking suitcase. So yeah, kill yourself.

/Prefers the Lewis Black school of thinking
//Hire your very own private ball washer. That's showing off to your friends.

BigSnatch

2010-01-31 03:54:32 PM

My guess is that if you own this piece of luggage, you don't have to worry about losing it, as you probably also own your own fleet of jets as well.

Royale With Cheese

2010-01-31 05:00:08 PM

It comes with its very own kilo.

Not Available

2010-01-31 05:00:51 PM

popinjay

2010-01-31 05:01:21 PM

That was the worst article I've ever read. I will never get those two minutes of my life back.

DontMakeMeComeBackThere

2010-01-31 05:04:49 PM

Well, that was pointless.

TommyDeuce

2010-01-31 05:05:30 PM

skandalus:
//Hire your very own private ball washer. That's showing off to your friends.

Sadly, I'm pretty sure it's a misdemeanor offense to hire someone to wash your balls in these parts.

/At least if you prefer the traditional "tongue and suction" method.

sleepypedro

2010-01-31 05:06:28 PM

the crux of the biscuit is the apostrophe.

jst3p

2010-01-31 05:08:07 PM

EverWatcher: If you own and typically use such a suitcase, kill yourself.

I don't, but you sound poor.

accelerus

2010-01-31 05:08:50 PM

Do I think it's stupid? yeah I do

but at the same time this is the United States... I don't want to be one of those obama voters that gets pissy because someone has something I don't. It's not my job or my place to tell someone how to spend their own money.

I can't afford a 27K suitcase, hell I can't even afford a 500 dollar one, but I extend to everyone the same non-judgment I'd hope they extend to me.

jabelar

2010-01-31 05:09:47 PM

I like how just making something seem exclusive can convince people that it is more valuable. I'm quite sure that the Hermes people can't stop giggling in their marketing meetings.

On a more serious note, it is amazing how the price of lost luggage does add up -- onetime I lost a bag with two suits, two good pairs of shoes, a pair of glasses and a camera, plus the bag itself and let's just say it was a little shocking when it was added up. Plus I lost it heading out, so then I had to shop for new business clothes on the road.

Your Average Witty Fark User

2010-01-31 05:10:53 PM

Headline was misleading as usual.

Fail.

jst3p

2010-01-31 05:10:55 PM

skandalus: What kills me is that I hear people talk about how hard you work and how you "deserve" these sorts of things, but if all you can think of to spend your millions on is a bag that costs as much as my car (or even a few of my childhood neighbors' homes), then let's face it. You're out of things to blow money on. I'd have more respect if you passed the money onto your employees, investors, or even your customers. Because you clearly don't need it.

Serious question, why do the employees, investors or customers deserve it more?

Dont Call Me Shirley

2010-01-31 05:13:55 PM

If i could afford a suitcase like that... I should be able to fly a private jet

Occam's Nailfile

2010-01-31 05:14:19 PM

Yo dawg, I heard you like suitcases so here's a suitcase for your suitcase...

SubBass49

2010-01-31 05:14:21 PM

Hermes is a smart company. In fact, they ran an international design competition for their silk line...and the prizes were nice, but nowhere near what the company would make on selling the items designed for them by students and freelancers.

Smart, smart company.

/their ties typically cost $120 each...
//the final assignment in my art course last semester was to enter their design competition

meow said the dog

2010-01-31 05:14:25 PM

LAUGHTER OL first there is the troll of this thread who talks about Obama which gives me much laughter at the silliness.

Also if this was the article from The Consumerist.com it would be about how the airline is the horrible industry for not taking the more perfect care of a bag by giving this bag its own airplane. It would say OMGOODNESS THIS IS THE OUTRAGE OF THE AIRLINE BUSINESS!

Troo

2010-01-31 05:15:09 PM

FTA: There, a spokeswoman, Bernice Kwok-Gabel, said that for many customers, only the best that money can buy will do.

Made me think of Gone with the Wind, in a sort of speech-impediementy way...

meow said the dog

2010-01-31 05:15:57 PM

SubBass49: /their ties typically cost $120 each...
//the final assignment in my art course last semester was to enter their design competition

How did you have time to work on this project while flipping the burgers at McDonalds?

Pud

2010-01-31 05:16:07 PM

Meh ...

dennysgod

2010-01-31 05:16:13 PM

FTFA "Some people buy metal cases in which to enclose their suitcases," she said.

She saw the disbelief in my eyes, smiled, and said:

"They buy suitcases for their suitcases."

Approves

jake3988

2010-01-31 05:16:26 PM

TommyDeuce 2010-01-31 05:05:30 PM skandalus: //Hire your very own private ball washer. That's showing off to your friends. Sadly, I'm pretty sure it's a misdemeanor offense to hire someone to wash your balls in these parts.
====================================

It's only 'washing' the balls...

/Rinsing and scrubbing, rinsing and scrubbing...
//Rinse rinse, scrub scrub, rinse rinse, scrub scrub!

SubBass49

2010-01-31 05:17:33 PM

meow said the dog: How did you have time to work on this project while flipping the burgers at McDonalds?

You mean while teaching the course?

You = FAIL.

rabidferret

2010-01-31 05:19:03 PM

accelerus: Do I think it's stupid? yeah I do

but at the same time this is the United States... I don't want to be one of those obama voters that gets pissy because someone has something I don't. It's not my job or my place to tell someone how to spend their own money.

I can't afford a 27K suitcase, hell I can't even afford a 500 dollar one, but I extend to everyone the same non-judgment I'd hope they extend to me.

Pretty much what I was going to say, except for the bit about Obama.

If you can afford that suitcase, and want one, who am I to laugh or scold? I have hobbies that when people hear how much money I've spent they shake their heads, and I'm quite far from wealthy.

UsikFark

2010-01-31 05:19:15 PM

She looked around, as if to be certain no one was listening, then half-whispered: "Sometimes it's a dildo"

Gyrfalcon

2010-01-31 05:20:07 PM

The only reason to have such a suitcase, IMO, is for the same reason there are shops down on Melrose Ave. which sell such things as $25,000 chandeliers. Why would you want a $25K chandelier? Yes, it was very beautiful, but it wasn't obviously $25K unless you told someone it was.

So the only way anyone would know is if you had guests over and said, "I see you are admiring my chandelier. It's a $25,000 Up-Your-Ass chandelier made of pure volcanic rock crystal. And while you admire it, you're standing on my $50,000 pure yak wool antique Persian rug, which I bought in Samarkand. Oops, gotta run pack my $40,000 suitcase to fly to London in my $4.5 million Lear jet." Seriously, WTF?

Warren Buffett does not have all that money because he buys shiat like this, by the way.

TheKnownUniverse

2010-01-31 05:21:05 PM

If I'm ever super rich I'm going to buy a Birkin, film my cat tearing it to shreds, and then post the video to YouTube. I'd also donate a lot of money to charity that day because that seems kind of wasteful, but it would be so worth it.

buntz

2010-01-31 05:21:59 PM

"If I had the need and the wherewithal, this would be my trunk of choice"

elkraf

2010-01-31 05:24:08 PM

Does this mean my $12,000 wallet goes coach?

wambu

2010-01-31 05:24:16 PM

"They buy suitcases for their suitcases."

Of course, now it all makes sense.

NightOwl2255

2010-01-31 05:24:58 PM

skandalus: I'd have more respect if you passed the money onto your employees, investors, or even your customers. Because you clearly don't need it.

He did just that. He passed it on to the good people at Hermes. They paid their employees, and suppliers and taxes. Those employees bought other goods and services and those suppliers paid their workers. See how that works. Of course he could have just put the money under a mattress and not "wasted" it, and that would do the economy a lot of good.

God-is-a-Taco

2010-01-31 05:25:03 PM

Someone who donates $100,000 to charity gets far more attention and awe than someone with a $300,000 car or necklace or whatever, so I don't understand this aspect of being rich.
Wouldn't it be more logical to give away money and still be rich, demonstrating you're more rich than previously thought?

Gdalescrboz

2010-01-31 05:26:41 PM

this suitcase better have the nickname "the football" and have the ability ot nuke anyone, anywhere

0x1a4

2010-01-31 05:27:31 PM

accelerus:

I can't afford a 27K suitcase, hell I can't even afford a 500 dollar one, but I extend to everyone the same non-judgment I'd hope they extend to me.

I agree. I spent 2 grand on a guitar, so who am I to judge? Hmm, Perhaps I should get into a new business. Anyone know how hard it is to make suitcases?

flashfry

2010-01-31 05:27:34 PM

When you think of $27,000 suitcases, think of me, Bob Greene.

/god I miss the old Phil Hendrie

Nem Wan

2010-01-31 05:28:51 PM

jst3p: skandalus: What kills me is that I hear people talk about how hard you work and how you "deserve" these sorts of things, but if all you can think of to spend your millions on is a bag that costs as much as my car (or even a few of my childhood neighbors' homes), then let's face it. You're out of things to blow money on. I'd have more respect if you passed the money onto your employees, investors, or even your customers. Because you clearly don't need it.

Serious question, why do the employees, investors or customers deserve it more?

They did the work and probably had many of the ideas that created your wealth, and you couldn't have done it without them, or you'd have disposed of them to keep even more for yourself. They have a finite time on this earth just as you do. How does the sum of their man-hours compare to yours? You can say they were fairly compensated if they were paid only what they were promised, or at least enough to keep them from quitting, but did they really get a fair share of what they created?

greentea1985

2010-01-31 05:28:57 PM

I have a feeling that the store is targeting the Palm Beach crowd, those who have tons of money, and like to buy very flashy things to show off how much money they have, i.e more money than brains.

logistic

2010-01-31 05:29:11 PM

Notice they are editing out the authors toupelmet in the pics.....

HMS_Blinkin

2010-01-31 05:29:34 PM

Troo: FTA: There, a spokeswoman, Bernice Kwok-Gabel, said that for many customers, only the best that money can buy will do.

Made me think of Gone with the Wind, in a sort of speech-impediementy way...

At first I accidentally read that as Kowk-Gabel, but I like your interpretation too.

NightOwl2255

2010-01-31 05:29:43 PM

0x1a4: I agree. I spent 2 grand on a guitar, so who am I to judge? Hmm, Perhaps I should get into a new business. Anyone know how hard it is to make suitcases?

Problem is, the suitcase it worth $1500. The Hermes name is the other $26k.

de_Selby

2010-01-31 05:30:52 PM

popinjay: That was the worst article I've ever read. I will never get those two minutes of my life back.

Actually, it was a very good article: well written, slightly humorous, with a good point.

Essentially: we'll never understand the appeal of this thing, unless we can afford it. Or travel on private jets. Which pretty much is the same thing.

If you fly enough, you'll see stuff like this advertised all the time. It was nice to read about someone who carried out my own curiosity.

flashfry

2010-01-31 05:31:01 PM

dennysgod: FTFA "Some people buy metal cases in which to enclose their suitcases," she said.

She saw the disbelief in my eyes, smiled, and said:

"They buy suitcases for their suitcases."

Approves

awesome.

Smarshmallow

2010-01-31 05:33:29 PM

When I was in college, I once read in the campus police report that a girl's room had been robbed of a $5,000 set of earrings and a $10,000 necklace. From a dorm.

I bet the thief expected a laptop or a really nice sandwich maker.

jst3p

2010-01-31 05:34:24 PM

Nem Wan: jst3p: skandalus: What kills me is that I hear people talk about how hard you work and how you "deserve" these sorts of things, but if all you can think of to spend your millions on is a bag that costs as much as my car (or even a few of my childhood neighbors' homes), then let's face it. You're out of things to blow money on. I'd have more respect if you passed the money onto your employees, investors, or even your customers. Because you clearly don't need it.

Serious question, why do the employees, investors or customers deserve it more?

They did the work and probably had many of the ideas that created your wealth, and you couldn't have done it without them, or you'd have disposed of them to keep even more for yourself. They have a finite time on this earth just as you do. How does the sum of their man-hours compare to yours? You can say they were fairly compensated if they were paid only what they were promised, or at least enough to keep them from quitting, but did they really get a fair share of what they created?

Yes, by your own words.

God Is My Co-Pirate

2010-01-31 05:34:27 PM

NightOwl2255: skandalus: I'd have more respect if you passed the money onto your employees, investors, or even your customers. Because you clearly don't need it.

He did just that. He passed it on to the good people at Hermes. They paid their employees, and suppliers and taxes. Those employees bought other goods and services and those suppliers paid their workers. See how that works. Of course he could have just put the money under a mattress and not "wasted" it, and that would do the economy a lot of good.

And Hermes is one of the few remaining companies that still hand makes everything, pays adult artisans a good wage, and pours their money back into the French communities where they're located.

Now I can't really imagine having $27,000 in my pocket and thinking: okay, what do I spend this on? Hmmm. Suitcase! But that's beside the point. The point is that the writer of the article is a dense and ignorant failure at writing, comprehension, and life.

NightOwl2255

2010-01-31 05:35:20 PM

Nem Wan: They did the work and probably had many of the ideas that created your wealth, and you couldn't have done it without them, or you'd have disposed of them to keep even more for yourself. They have a finite time on this earth just as you do. How does the sum of their man-hours compare to yours? You can say they were fairly compensated if they were paid only what they were promised, or at least enough to keep them from quitting, but did they really get a fair share of what they created?

I see we have an idealist in the thread. Or maybe a straight up socialist. You see, while those workers were working their 40 hour work week, and going home and watching TV at night. That owner was risking his money, going into debt, working 120 hours a week building something. The worker gets his salary and the owner gets the riches. It's a really great system.

de_Selby

2010-01-31 05:35:39 PM

accelerus: 500

Whenever I need to buy a suitcase (which is not often), I buy the most expensive one I can afford. If it gets damaged, either the airline will pay for a replacement, or Samonsonite will under warranty (my company of choice).

I am sure some farker will contradict me, but I fly around 30K miles a year, and have never had to pay to replace a damaged suitcase. I've had three replace though.

Smarshmallow

2010-01-31 05:35:42 PM

accelerus: ...obama voters that gets pissy because someone has something I don't.

accelerus: I extend to everyone the same non-judgment I'd hope they extend to me.

Hahaha.

ScottMpls

2010-01-31 05:36:13 PM

And I thought I was getting ripped off paying $80 for a Samsonite at TJ Maxx.

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