Bag Borrow or Steal
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Thanks to a company called Bag Borrow or Steal, women can look like a million dollars without spending it on their handbags. While many women would love to have enough disposable income to carry a new designer bag every month, for most it's just not a reality. Read on to find out how this revolutionary company can make your handbag dreams come true.
About Bag Borrow or Steal
An innovative handbag company, Bag Borrow or Steal (BBoS) offers women the chance to carry the designer handbags of their dreams -- without forking over the money to buy them. The clever concept akin to online movie rental subscriptions like Netflix is this: you sign up and pay for a monthly subscription for the handbags (or jewelry) you'd like to rent. You choose the bag you want and it is shipped to you. When you want to return the bag, you do so using the shipping label BBoS has supplied.
Advantages to this system include the fact that you can keep on ongoing "wishlist" of bags you want to borrow, there are no late fees or time limits, and if you find a bag you can't part with, you have the option to buy it. After your first three months of membership, you can borrow up to five items at a time.
Prices
Prices vary depending on the type of bags you are interested in carrying. Their membership fees are divided into four subdivisions. Couture, the highest membership fee at $175, offers haute designer bags. The Diva membership allows you to top-notch designer bags for just under $100 per month. The Princess subscription is under $50 for designer from well-respected designer names in the handbag business. For fashionistas on a tight budget, the Trendsetter membership is just $20 a month for great looking, stylish bags.
Designer Handbags Available
While all the handbags offered from BBoS are designer, your selections are limited based on the subscription you choose. The lower priced subscriptions offer choices from well-known designer such as Coach, Dooney and Bourke. If a beautiful Louis Vuitton or Kooba is what you're looking for, your subscription price will be slightly higher.
The highest subscription allows you to choose bags from the world most incredible names in handbag design, such as:
- Gucci
- Prada
- Marc Jacobs
- Balenciaga
- Jimmy Choo
- Yves St. Laurent
- Fendi
Controversy
Service Scares
Although Bag Borrow or Steal has reserved quite a bit of publicity and is making its stake in the handbag business as a multi-million dollar company, controversy has become associated with the name as well. Some women have had less than satisfactory experiences with the customer service departments, claiming they were charged subscription fees after cancelling their accounts or being charged for handbags they never received.
Availability issues also arise -- paying for a handbags rental subscription guarantees that you will be carrying the hottest, most up-to-date bags, right? Unfortunately some consumers allege that the bag selection is too limited for the prices charged. Indeed, to pay for the "It" bag of the season and only have a small selection would prove unnerving, to say the least, to handbag lovers near and far.
Loving the Freedom
Other customers, however, have fallen in love with BBoS and praise them for their revolutionary business concept, as well as the variety and quality of handbags they have viewed and worn. Many women love the freedom they have to wear new and different handbags so often without paying what it would cost to buy them.
As is the case with many handbags, perhaps Bag Borrow or Steal is best dealt with in the tried and true binary of women's fashion and accessories: you either love it, or hate it.
For More Info.
For more info, visit the Bag Borrow or Steal website.
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