Value

Does she know the value already?

 

 

Ok How much is this Zara bag going to be worth in two years time?

I was reading this article on www.fastcompany.com and I loved mainly one part which is about value of things. So many girls including me are buying and selling, buying and selling and we sometimes do not stop and think about the value of clothes and jewellery and all the bags and shoes we have. These few lines in the article made me seriously think. 

"At the time, he was the ninth-richest man in the world, worth approximately $19.6 billion. Enough, certainly, to afford a nice lunch. I looked at the soup he was stirring. “It suits me just fine,” he said, smiling. (note it was a soup from a sachet)

Thomson understood value. Neighbors reported seeing him leave his local grocery store with jumbo packages of tissues that were on sale. He bought off-the-rack suits and had his old shoes resoled. Yet he had no difficulty paying almost $76 million for a painting (for Peter Paul Rubens’s Massacre of the Innocents, in 2002). He sought value, whether it was in business, art, or groceries."

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 Ok so why do we need to buy the latest trend that will not be trend in few months in a designer shop and why do not we rather save the money for an amazing timeless bag? Is not that the point? Do I really need neon shoes and pay for them more than 20 £ because to me that is exactly the value of them. Why do I need to spend a lot of money that clearly does not have that value. 

From my experience if I have a dress like Reiss or French Connection that cost originally 180 £ I cannot sell it for more than 20 or 30 £. I tried many times but there is no value. If I buy Primark skirt for 5 £ I can still sell it for 3 £ and If I buy Chanel bag for 2 500 £ I know I can still sell it at least for 1800 £. 

Or do you remember when I mentioned the H&M neon and diamond necklace? Is the value really around 50£?  Or should we just search for something similar and cheaper because we do realize the value of it?

I love open discussions so what do you think? What is the real value? What would you or wouldn't you spend money on? 

 Tento tyden jsem cetla takovy clanek na www.fastcompany.com a strasne me zaujala jedna cast o hodnote veci. Precetla jsem si to nekolikrat dokola, fascinovalo me, ze devaty nejbohatsi clovek si koupi ubrousky ve sleve a jeste ekonomicke baleni, protoze si uvedomuje hodnotu takove veci, ale nemam problem utratit 76 milionu dolaru za obraz od Rubena. Zna totiz hodnotu veci. Ubrousek jak ubrousek, ale unikatni malba bude na hodnote snad i rust.  

"At the time, he was the ninth-richest man in the world, worth approximately $19.6 billion. Enough, certainly, to afford a nice lunch. I looked at the soup he was stirring. “It suits me just fine,” he said, smiling. (note it was a soup from a sachet)

Thomson understood value. Neighbors reported seeing him leave his local grocery store with jumbo packages of tissues that were on sale. He bought off-the-rack suits and had his old shoes resoled. Yet he had no difficulty paying almost $76 million for a painting (for Peter Paul Rubens’s Massacre of the Innocents, in 2002). He sought value, whether it was in business, art, or groceries."

Article: 8 Rules For Creating A Passionate Work Culture 

Takze proc musime utracet penize za trendy, co uz nebudou trendy. Proc si kupovat kabelku v Zare za 80 £, kdyz nema takovou hodnotu? Neni lepsi si koupit napriklad neon shoes maximalne za 20 £ a radeji investovat do veci, ktera je nadcasova a bude tu hodnotu opravdu mit i po trech letech, nebo alespon hodnota se bude drzet alespon na 70 % puvodni ceny?

Z vlastni zkusenosti vim, ze mam vzdy problem prodat prave saty napriklad z Reiss nebo French Connection, nikoho nezajima, ze jsem je mela na sobe jednou a staly 180 £. Mam problem je prodat za 20 ci 30 £. Kdezto kdyz prodavam sukni z Primarku, ktera stala 5 £, tak ji prodam za 3 £. A kabelky Chanel, ktere staly treba 2 500 £ se stale prodavaji alespon za 1800 £. 

Kdyz uvidite saty, ktere odpovidaji trendu v H&M a treba jine v Zare, ktere si nakonec koupite?

Takze oteviram diskuzi, jak to vidite vy? Jaka je skutecna hodnota veci? Za co utratite penize a za co ne?

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