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bags in a box
In my packing and moving and unpacking adventures, I have identified a number of bags that I haven't carried in years, which don't take up much space in my home but do gather a certain amount of dust and in any case it hurts my half-Puritan heart a little to think of a useful object not being allowed to be useful. So I will shortly (for values of "shortly" having something to do with when I can stir myself to get around to it) be Craigslisting or eBaying them or something - but I'm happy to let all y'all have a whack at them first. I'll have to decide something about pricing, but if you're interested, let me know and we can talk. Comments are screened in the first instance and I'll unscreen if there's discussion to be discussed.
Harvey's Seatbelt Bags
Seatbelt Bags sell new for roughly $100 (give or take based on size). If I could recover sort of $50 for each of the above, I'd be pleased and the buyer would be getting a bargain (and in some cases a bag that is not available now or maybe ever again).
Seatbelt Bags are made from automotive seatbelt material woven criss-cross, and lined so stuff doesn't fall out of them; the tote and baguette sizes (but not the mini messengers or the clutch) have little feet on the bottom to stop the bottom of the bag wearing out if you set it down repeatedly on the floor. The bags (though I can't vouch for the component parts) are made in the USA, and near as I can tell are vegan-friendly.
Coach bags
I bought the black bag used from a friend for $150; I bought the brown one new for probably $275 or so, which is what fifteen years will do to price points. Both have been well cared for and are in excellent condition. I'd like to aim for $100 on the black one and $200 on the brown one. Ambitious? Perhaps, but still a steal compared to a new Coach bag at today's prices.
Coach bags - these ones, anyway - are made of very nice non-vegetable-tanned leather and I don't know where they are assembled, so they're certainly not vegan- or vegetarian-friendly and I can't promise there are no sweatshops in their history either. (Another reason buying used is better than buying new?)
Harvey's Seatbelt Bags
- size originally called "Medium Tote" in color originally called "DeLorean"; closest in dimensions now to the size called "Large Tote" and in color to the color called Silver, which does not seem to be available at the moment but I'm sure you can use your imagination - it's a lighter grey than this Storm the large tote is shown in at the link above. 12"W x 9.5xH x 4"D (rigid on the bottom); double handles, 10" drop. A decent-sized shoulder bag (front, profile, inside, bottom), with an interior pocket and a magnetic snap-top closure (no zipper).
- SOLD!
size originally - and still, I think - called ... Baguette, though the exact dimensions may have evolved; 10"W x 5.5"H x 4"D (rigid on the bottom); single handle, 8.5" drop. Color originally called Ferrari, now sensibly called Red, though the Ferrari red is a little deeper and bluer than this orangey Red red. (Here it is.) A fun-sized weekend bag with an interior pocket and a magnetic-snap tab closure (no zipper). - SOLD!
size and color Mini Messenger - Treecycle, exactly this bag (here it is) and not much used. - another Mini Messenger, whose dimensions by my measurements are 9.5"W x 9"H x 2"D (soft on the bottom), infinitely adjustable strap with a drop from 13" to 26.5", zip closure. Color Espresso, which I think is a little deeper brown than this appears on at least my screen; they may have changed the espresso color slightly since I bought the bag. (front, profile, inside)
- a
ConvertibleClutch, hardly used, the dimensions of which I think have changed since I bought mine: 10"W x 6"H x 2"D (soft on the bottom); 5.5" detachable wrist strap (but it does not convert to a shoulder bag - there's only a ring for the strap on one side), zip closure. In black, which I'm not going to link to an example of a black bag. Note that besides not having a convertible shoulder strap, mine is not zigzag the way the grapefruit sample is. (front, profile, inside)
Seatbelt Bags sell new for roughly $100 (give or take based on size). If I could recover sort of $50 for each of the above, I'd be pleased and the buyer would be getting a bargain (and in some cases a bag that is not available now or maybe ever again).
Seatbelt Bags are made from automotive seatbelt material woven criss-cross, and lined so stuff doesn't fall out of them; the tote and baguette sizes (but not the mini messengers or the clutch) have little feet on the bottom to stop the bottom of the bag wearing out if you set it down repeatedly on the floor. The bags (though I can't vouch for the component parts) are made in the USA, and near as I can tell are vegan-friendly.
Coach bags
- SOLD!
a medium-to-large messenger bag (here it is), near as I can tell approximately this bag, in black. 15.5"W x 10"H x 2"D; outside zip pocket covered by the flap, outside open pocket, inside open pocket with pen slots next to it also, inside zip pocket; messenger flap "closure"; adjustable strap with drop from about 15" to 21" in one-inch increments. - a larger messenger bag (front, back, front inside, inside), for which I cannot find an analogue on the site but really approximately the same as the black bag only bigger; 16.5"W x 11"H x 4"D; double outside open pocket covered by the messenger flap, large outside open pocket, inside divider, inside zip pocket, snap-up keyring tab, adjustable strap with drop from about 18" to about 26" in one-inch increments. In this brown.
I bought the black bag used from a friend for $150; I bought the brown one new for probably $275 or so, which is what fifteen years will do to price points. Both have been well cared for and are in excellent condition. I'd like to aim for $100 on the black one and $200 on the brown one. Ambitious? Perhaps, but still a steal compared to a new Coach bag at today's prices.
Coach bags - these ones, anyway - are made of very nice non-vegetable-tanned leather and I don't know where they are assembled, so they're certainly not vegan- or vegetarian-friendly and I can't promise there are no sweatshops in their history either. (Another reason buying used is better than buying new?)