what name brand items do you own that would consider a status symbol?

[FrekeChild]

Date: 3/2/2009 1:45:19 AM
Author: trillionaire

Date: 3/2/2009 1:44:02 AM
Author: FrekeChild

Date: 3/2/2009 1:31:18 AM
Author: trillionaire
you guys are so hoity-toity. I buy my diamonds from EBAY. Great values! I don''t know why you all spend so much on them. $500 and I have a 2ct, D, IF sparkler! I''m the envy of all of my friends!

Pish tosh! From Ebay you can get a 5ct, D, IF diamond for $100.

well, this is CLEARLY low quality. I think I see something on it. You should clean it in one of those sonic things. Plus mine are much darker. We all know ''D'' is for ''dark''.

And mine are certified by JO. You know, Jo, down the street...

Damn, D stands for DARK?! Here I was thinking it stood for something else...

And you know I know Jo.

 

[FrekeChild]

Date: 3/2/2009 1:47:22 AM
Author: TravelingGal

Date: 3/2/2009 1:44:02 AM
Author: FrekeChild

Date: 3/2/2009 1:31:18 AM
Author: trillionaire
you guys are so hoity-toity. I buy my diamonds from EBAY. Great values! I don''t know why you all spend so much on them. $500 and I have a 2ct, D, IF sparkler! I''m the envy of all of my friends!

Pish tosh! From Ebay you can get a 5ct, D, IF diamond for $100.

DUDE. How did the stuff from Deco''s toilet get in THERE?

That girl works fast.

I do what I can.

<--hoity toity face

 

[TravelingGal]

Date: 3/2/2009 1:47:00 AM
Author: coatimundi

Date: 3/2/2009 1:42:50 AM
Author: TravelingGal
Hey - on a side note, do you know if I say ''Classy'' with a Korean Accent, it comes out as ''Crassy?''

hahaha

Hee, I could so see that in a movie.

(Enter snobby Beverly Hills lady dripping in diamonds, swathed in perfume, dressed in the finest in monogrammed fashions.)

Korean guy: Hey lady! Yoo amazing! Yoo so crassy!

(Snobby Beverly Hills lady tries to ignore Korean guy.)

Korean guy: Rearry, yoo must have lotta friens. Evrheebody wanna be yoh frien, rye? Look at yoh diamond ring. Yoo ooze crass, lady!

 

[FrekeChild]

Oh my. TGal. I need you to bring that portable oxygen bar my way.

 

[trillionaire]

Date: 3/2/2009 1:55:09 AM
Author: FrekeChild
Oh my. TGal. I need you to bring that portable oxygen bar my way.

I know, right? No one ''oozes ''crass'' quite like TGal!

 

[Phoenix]

You ladies KILL me!! I haven't laughed sooooo hard in a long time!!

 

[WishfulThinking]

Date: 3/2/2009 1:45:19 AM
Author: trillionaire

Date: 3/2/2009 1:44:02 AM

Author: FrekeChild

Date: 3/2/2009 1:31:18 AM


Author: trillionaire


you guys are so hoity-toity. I buy my diamonds from EBAY. Great values! I don''t know why you all spend so much on them. $500 and I have a 2ct, D, IF sparkler! I''m the envy of all of my friends!

Pish tosh! From Ebay you can get a 5ct, D, IF diamond for $100.

well, this is CLEARLY low quality. I think I see something on it. You should clean it in one of those sonic things. Plus mine are much darker. We all know ''D'' is for ''dark''.


And mine are certified by JO. You know, Jo, down the street...

Oh my GOD!! Joe the Plumber?! It may be crass, but I do love me a fine working-class man with some grit under his nails.

 

[trillionaire]

This just in. It''s snowing where I live. In the south. In March. I''ll probably be skiing tomorrow, in the streets. We close everything in the south for snow. How''s that for status!

Take that NYC!

 

[coatimundi_org]

Date: 3/2/2009 1:53:39 AM
Author: TravelingGal

Date: 3/2/2009 1:47:00 AM

Author: coatimundi

Date: 3/2/2009 1:42:50 AM

Author: TravelingGal

Hey - on a side note, do you know if I say ''Classy'' with a Korean Accent, it comes out as ''Crassy?''

hahaha

Hee, I could so see that in a movie.


(Enter snobby Beverly Hills lady dripping in diamonds, swathed in perfume, dressed in the finest in monogrammed fashions.)


Korean guy: Hey lady! Yoo amazing! Yoo so crassy!


(Snobby Beverly Hills lady tries to ignore Korean guy.)


Korean guy: Rearry, yoo must have lotta friens. Evrheebody wanna be yoh frien, rye? Look at yoh diamond ring. Yoo ooze crass, lady!

A STAR of the written word! Come to Hollywood--you''re nearby! Can I wear a moustache, and play the Korean guy?? I''m half, but it still counts!

 

[trillionaire]

Date: 3/2/2009 1:57:30 AM
Author: WishfulThinking

Date: 3/2/2009 1:45:19 AM

Author: trillionaire

Date: 3/2/2009 1:44:02 AM


Author: FrekeChild

Date: 3/2/2009 1:31:18 AM



Author: trillionaire



you guys are so hoity-toity. I buy my diamonds from EBAY. Great values! I don''t know why you all spend so much on them. $500 and I have a 2ct, D, IF sparkler! I''m the envy of all of my friends!

Pish tosh! From Ebay you can get a 5ct, D, IF diamond for $100.

well, this is CLEARLY low quality. I think I see something on it. You should clean it in one of those sonic things. Plus mine are much darker. We all know ''D'' is for ''dark''.



And mine are certified by JO. You know, Jo, down the street...

Oh my GOD!! Joe the Plumber?! It may be crass, but I do love me a fine working-class man with some grit under his nails.

I just enjoy the ''crack'' action!

 

[TravelingGal]

Date: 3/2/2009 1:57:30 AM
Author: WishfulThinking

Date: 3/2/2009 1:45:19 AM
Author: trillionaire

Date: 3/2/2009 1:44:02 AM

Author: FrekeChild

Date: 3/2/2009 1:31:18 AM


Author: trillionaire


you guys are so hoity-toity. I buy my diamonds from EBAY. Great values! I don''t know why you all spend so much on them. $500 and I have a 2ct, D, IF sparkler! I''m the envy of all of my friends!

Pish tosh! From Ebay you can get a 5ct, D, IF diamond for $100.

well, this is CLEARLY low quality. I think I see something on it. You should clean it in one of those sonic things. Plus mine are much darker. We all know ''D'' is for ''dark''.


And mine are certified by JO. You know, Jo, down the street...

Oh my GOD!! Joe the Plumber?! It may be crass, but I do love me a fine working-class man with some grit under his nails.

Oh my GOD! This is all so circular again. Deco''s toilet. That diamond. Certified by Joe the Plumber.

This is amazing. Rearry.

 

[decodelighted]

Date: 3/2/2009 2:00:05 AM
Author: TravelingGal
Oh my GOD! This is all so circular again. Deco''s toilet. That diamond. Certified by Joe the Plumber.
This is amazing. Rearry.

** blissed out from a thorough, tender rooting which will be rearry rearry hard to explain to an absent Mr. Deco **
I shouldn''t have asked to see his status symbol. Damn.

 

[TravelingGal]

Date: 3/2/2009 1:59:02 AM
Author: coatimundi

Date: 3/2/2009 1:53:39 AM
Author: TravelingGal

Date: 3/2/2009 1:47:00 AM

Author: coatimundi

Date: 3/2/2009 1:42:50 AM

Author: TravelingGal

Hey - on a side note, do you know if I say ''Classy'' with a Korean Accent, it comes out as ''Crassy?''

hahaha

Hee, I could so see that in a movie.


(Enter snobby Beverly Hills lady dripping in diamonds, swathed in perfume, dressed in the finest in monogrammed fashions.)


Korean guy: Hey lady! Yoo amazing! Yoo so crassy!


(Snobby Beverly Hills lady tries to ignore Korean guy.)


Korean guy: Rearry, yoo must have lotta friens. Evrheebody wanna be yoh frien, rye? Look at yoh diamond ring. Yoo ooze crass, lady!

A STAR of the written word! Come to Hollywood--you''re nearby! Can I wear a moustache, and play the Korean guy?? I''m half, but it still counts!

I can''t. I don''t have a prius and no way I am going to drive up the 405 without that carpool sticker.

Guess that''s the price I pay for driving a Bentley.

And as a hapa you can still play the Korean guy, but that means you only screw up half the L''s.

 

[TravelingGal]

Date: 3/2/2009 2:01:54 AM
Author: decodelighted

Date: 3/2/2009 2:00:05 AM
Author: TravelingGal
Oh my GOD! This is all so circular again. Deco''s toilet. That diamond. Certified by Joe the Plumber.
This is amazing. Rearry.

** blissed out from a thorough, tender rooting which will be rearry rearry hard to explain to an absent Mr. Deco **
I shouldn''t have asked to see his status symbol. Damn.

Well, status symbols are always large or flaunting. I''m sure it was worth a look see.

 

[WishfulThinking]

Priceless. But not as priceless as my tired eyes in my morning seminar... goodnight you rowdy fellas.

 

[TravelingGal]

Night Wishful!

I better hit the sack too...I have to wake up with my little status symbol early in the morning.

 

[softly softly]

Date: 3/2/2009 1:12:30 AM
Author: TravelingGal

Date: 3/2/2009 1:08:37 AM

Author: decodelighted

Date: 3/2/2009 1:05:15 AM

Author: HollyS

Date: 3/2/2009 12:52:55 AM

Author: TravelingGal

Girls, get over yourselves. Don''t you know the ULTIMATE status symbols these days to cart around a snotty nosed baby and be on the arms of a man with an Australian accent?

OMG, TGal is really Nicole Kidman!!!!

And Nicole Kidman is the face of .... CHANEL. This is getting circular. Is circular classy? Pls. advise ...


**googling for shrimp bbq-ing lessons for my hubby & flushing my diaphram down the loo**

C''mon, everyone knows Aussies really throw a snag on the barbie. Or is it a snog. Or maybe it was shag. I can never really remember all the Aussie Slang.


Ahem, which is strange, since I AM Nicole Kidman, the face of Chanel.


*bows*

Nicole darling you were right first time, it is snag (meaning sausage, don''t ask me why, but it is slightly better than calling it a ''banger'' which is what the Brits do). A snog or a shag on a barbie sounds painful.

 

[trillionaire]

Is it my butler that is considered a status symbol, or my chauffeur? I can never remember, I am always mixing it up....

 

[ladypirate]

Too bad none of you can touch my classiness. I have a keytar.

I use it to record music that I listen to on my 8 track player.

(Seriously, though. I really do have a keytar. It is awesome.)

 

[Lorelei]

Date: 3/2/2009 10:31:10 AM
Author: trillionaire
Is it my butler that is considered a status symbol, or my chauffeur? I can never remember, I am always mixing it up....

Oh a butler my dear!!!

 

[trillionaire]

Date: 3/2/2009 10:49:01 AM
Author: Lorelei

Date: 3/2/2009 10:31:10 AM

Author: trillionaire

Is it my butler that is considered a status symbol, or my chauffeur? I can never remember, I am always mixing it up....

Oh a butler my dear!!!

Ok, so what about my Butler''s chauffeur?

This is so confusing. I should pay someone to sort it out for me...

 

[purrfectpear]

Two words...Nouveau Riche

By the way, did anyone catch Real Housewives of NYC last week? I cracked up when Luann de Lesseps was ordering pizza delivery and when they asked her for a name, she actually said Countess. WTF orders pizza with a "title"?

 

[Ellen]

Date: 3/1/2009 8:29:52 PM
Author: Dancing Fire

Date: 3/1/2009 8:23:34 PM
Author: B.H.S

Date: 3/1/2009 4:19:07 PM
Author: Ellen

Date: 3/1/2009 4:02:27 PM

Author: B.H.S

My cars, homes, jewellery, clothes, handbags, perfume, makeup, etc.


Not to sound like a complete snob but I don't buy or do cheap things. If it works for others, great, but it doesn't suit me. I can certainly afford the expensive luxuries in life so I expect nothing less. Besides, I live in a very affluent community so it's just the norm here. You don't see Coach and Toyota cars around here. If we do, we know you're just a tourist.

Interesting. So, does that mean if you found a well made piece of furniture, but it didn't have a 'brand/status symbol name, you wouldn't buy it? In other words, what defines 'cheap'? Does slapping a brand and several thousand dollars on something make it better? or just more expensive?

For some things it doesn't make it better but for a great deal of other things it does. Examples; handbags from Hermes last a heck of a lot longer than those bags from Walmart. Chanel, Gucci and Louis Vuitton clothes are going to last longer than Walmart and Target clothes. A Bentley lasts longer than a Dodge Neon. Do I need to continue? To answer your question, furniture is a tad different than handbags, cars, etc.. However if I need furniture I don't go to some place such as Raymore and Flanigan (not that there's anything wrong with that), I go to speciality or antique stores that carry the stuff I like and would put in my home.

As for what defines 'cheap', it's all subjective. I would rather not say what I, personally, consider 'cheap'. I certainly don't wish to offend anyone.

hey,why not? you been doing a pretty good job so far. i wanna know how the rich people lives in B.H.

Actually BHS, you wouldn't offend me, no matter what you said. I had fair warning with your first post and your av, I know exactly where you're coming from.

Did someone say "bar"??


Phenominal thread ladies.

(for DF)

 

[ksinger]

Status symbols? I avoid them. Gauche.

If I have anything that gives me status in my OWN eyes, it would be the fact that every single piece of artwork in my home is an original. I love handmade things, one-of-a-kind things. Why buy a purse that thousands of other women have, or has been knocked off a zillion times, when you can have a single, gorgeous work of art that no one else will ever have? I have been collecting artwork since I was 18. Of course to see my incredible status, you have to be invited into my home, the ultimate sign that one has "arrived" after all. (Yes, you may all be ill now)

Seriously, I have nothing that I know of that could be interpreted as a status symbol.

 

[Ellen]

Date: 3/2/2009 11:35:04 AM
Author: ksinger
Status symbols? I avoid them. Gauche.

If I have anything that gives me status in my OWN eyes, it would be the fact that every single piece of artwork in my home is an original. I love handmade things, one-of-a-kind things. Why buy a purse that thousands of other women have, or has been knocked off a zillion times, when you can have a single, gorgeous work of art that no one else will ever have? I have been collecting artwork since I was 18. Of course to see my incredible status, you have to be invited into my home, the ultimate sign that one has ''arrived'' after all. (Yes, you may all be ill now)

Seriously, I have nothing that I know of that could be interpreted as a status symbol.

Huh, just pulling in the driveway does that for me.

 

[Lorelei]

Date: 3/2/2009 11:46:34 AM
Author: Ellen

Date: 3/2/2009 11:35:04 AM
Author: ksinger
Status symbols? I avoid them. Gauche.

If I have anything that gives me status in my OWN eyes, it would be the fact that every single piece of artwork in my home is an original. I love handmade things, one-of-a-kind things. Why buy a purse that thousands of other women have, or has been knocked off a zillion times, when you can have a single, gorgeous work of art that no one else will ever have? I have been collecting artwork since I was 18. Of course to see my incredible status, you have to be invited into my home, the ultimate sign that one has ''arrived'' after all. (Yes, you may all be ill now)

Seriously, I have nothing that I know of that could be interpreted as a status symbol.

Huh, just pulling in the driveway does that for me.

 

[Ellen]

 

[purrfectpear]

Badddd to the bone that Ellen is

 

[Mrs.Guz]

Class is considerate of others. It knows that good manners are nothing more than a series of small sacrifices.

Class bespeaks an aristocracy that has nothing to do with ancestors or money. The most affluent blueblood can be totally without class while the descendant of a Welsh miner may ooze class from every pore.

Class never tries to build itself up by tearing others down. Class is already up and need not strive to look better by making others look worse.

Class can "walk with kings and keep its virtue and talk with crowds and keep the common touch." Everyone is comfortable with the person who has class because he is comfortable with himself.

If you have class you don''t need much of anything else. If you don''t have it, no matter what else you have, it doesn''t make much difference.

 

[tlh]

I have groupies... so I guess that makes ME a status symbol!