Scary article about Gymboree addiction

[lesliepear]

http://money.cnn.com/2005/07/20/pf/shopper_0508/index.htm

Not me. Not even close. And fortunately Mark didn't see the article - he complains about stuff more than money (I pay my bills).

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Similar thing...

[iterrible.livejournal.com]

The other day the local radio station had people call in to tell about what they have to hide from their spouses. One woman called and said that she had to hide her Louis Vitton (I know that's spelled wrong) purchases from her husband and she went so far as to lie to him and tell him she bought one on ebay for like $45 when in reality she'd spent like $1200. And that wasn't a one time occurence, Robert and I were both stupified. He told me he'd kill me if I spent that much on a purse, I told him I'd kill me for it.

[kimatha.livejournal.com]

Wow. I especially love the part where it says she's "cut down" to $150 a month, when they're $50,000 in debt.

[luvmom.livejournal.com]

Scary stuff.

I never was a big gymboree fan. I have bought stuff from them over the years for my kids but never in any mass quanity. Normally I am not big on their styles or colors and don't like how some of the clothes wear on the child. But non the less they do have a great resale value on ebay.

[msmichelle.livejournal.com]

WOW! (when they showed the little girl's closet, i was trying to see if i recognized any of the lines ;P)

First, how is there even opportunity to amass that kind of gymbo debt? I thought perhaps she was shopping for many but with just one child? And, she even hits the 7.99 clearance? I like gymbo but not that much.
Secondly, how are they ever going to get rid of that credit card debt? 5-7 years? I don't see how.

[happytootum.livejournal.com]

That's just insane. I know some people who are always buying at Gymboree because they like the stuff and they get those GymBucks or whatever..it's a vicious circle that stuff..you have to buy 100 bux worth of stuff to redeem your bux or whatever..I've never been into a gymboree store..I only get some gymboree stuff second hand at garage sales and in resale shops sometimes..but I don't look for the label..I just look for what I like and occasionally it's a gymboree item.