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packman

(16,296 posts) Wed Nov 13, 2019, 10:13 AM Nov 2019

Ah, the problems of the rich - just like you and me (sarcasm)

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Maryana Beyder’s wasn’t just any ordinary bag, though. It was a pink Hermès Kelly clutch, since discontinued by the pricey French fashion house. Beyder’s husband had gifted her the purse, worth $30,000, as a 30th birthday present.

So after a waiter at a posh New Jersey country club spilled some red wine on the luxury handbag last year, the real estate agent sued for negligence, demanding that the Alpine Country Club pay her the eye-popping price of her spoiled handbag.

That lawsuit had already made local headlines, but on Monday, the club in Demarest responded with a surprising move of its own: It’s now suing its own employee – the waiter who allegedly spilled the wine – in the latest legal development after a dinner gone downhill.

https://www.boston.com/news/national-news/2019/11/12/handbag-wine-spill-country-club-waiter

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Ah, the problems of the rich - just like you and me (sarcasm) (Original Post) packman Nov 2019 OP

I heard she left the restaurant with Gucci bags under her eyes. Beakybird Nov 2019 #1

Owner and Country club safeinOhio Nov 2019 #2

I once spent almost a hundred on a purse Bettie Nov 2019 #3

Hermes has ugly handbags. BigMin28 Nov 2019 #4

I doubt the entire contents of my house is worth that. redstatebluegirl Nov 2019 #5

Beakybird

(3,333 posts)

1. I heard she left the restaurant with Gucci bags under her eyes.

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Wed Nov 13, 2019, 10:29 AM

Nov 2019

safeinOhio

(32,712 posts)

2. Owner and Country club

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Wed Nov 13, 2019, 10:40 AM

Nov 2019

can't afford insurance? Everything I own worth more than a grand or two is insured.

Bettie

(16,118 posts)

3. I once spent almost a hundred on a purse

Reply to packman (Original post)

Wed Nov 13, 2019, 10:41 AM

Nov 2019

and I thought that was an outrageous indulgence (but it was leather and lasted a long time).

Apparently, once you reach a certain level of income, accidents don't happen or if they do, you expect more than an "I'm sorry". Or, she's just not a decent person.

BigMin28

(1,178 posts)

4. Hermes has ugly handbags.

Reply to packman (Original post)

Wed Nov 13, 2019, 11:12 AM

Nov 2019

I guess some people will sport anything as a status symbol. Tasteless and crass.

redstatebluegirl

(12,265 posts)

5. I doubt the entire contents of my house is worth that.

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Wed Nov 13, 2019, 12:42 PM

Nov 2019

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