>338.04 US Dollars
>for a backpack
Collusion
>>152965045
Spotted the poorfag.
>>152965045
This is why Elevens stopped having kids
My last backpack was 150€. It wasn't as cute though.
Its backbreaking for sure.
Yeah, the very good ones actually go for that price in real life.
>>152965045
Those backpacks are made to last.
>1000 dollars
>For a personal computer
I only paid $60 for mine and it's still in good condition after 9 years of use.
Not nearly as cute though.
>>152965346
Last what? They will just go for one day and never come back!
>>152965045
If my backpack was cute as that, I'll pay
>>152965611
Loli not included.
I payed like 90 pounds for mine and I've had it for almost 6 years.
>>152965370
>Not hogging a computer at a public library all day
I want to fuck that backpack
What are you talking about? That's the tuition right there, OP.
>>152966147
No it isn't, It's just for the backpack. If I had to pay that much for one it had better be able to suck my dick.
>>152965370
Fuck you
Computer >>>>>>>> car
>buys a new apartment like it's fucking nothing
>spends nearly 500$ on school supplies on a whim
how fucking rich is kobayashi
>>152966453
Next story arc is actually about her fall into debt.
>>152965370
Computer
>fap to hentai
>watch anime
>read manga
>play games
>you'll never get bored at all unless you're retarded
Backpack
>you put stuff in it
>>152966698
>>read manga
You should be doing that on a tablet.
And where do you put the tablet?
Into your backpack of course.
>>152966453
>According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, in 2012, the average salary for an application software developer was $93,000
Kobayashi always lived in the second apartment in the manga, there was a cleaning chapter but not a moving one. She's the best engineer at her firm so I'm guessing she's the highest paid. And while she's a meido otaku, she doesn't seem to spend that much on memorabilia unless she has a huge stash somewhere.
>>152966698
But it's important stuff like your rape buzzer
>>152966722
You don't need to put it into your backpack if you never go out in the first place.
>>152966794
You need to be ever prepared in case the party van stops in front of your house.
>>152965045
>>152930174
Why are you making this exact same thread again?
Are you upset that your last one died well before the bump limit?
That means no one wants to talk about it. Just let it go.
>>152965541
They are made to be passed down to your children, Randoserus are fucking expensivebecause they are made of legit good leather and wont crap the bed in a few months like chink made bags for kids
>>152966926
It's not even the same person, you can clearly see the screenshots are from different people. Generals aren't allowed on /a/.
>>152966739
The thing with female otakus is that they usually buy clothes, not memorabilia, when kobayashi learned she lacked the figure to pull the maid outfit, she gave up on buying clothes
>>152967004
>38,000 yen Backpack general #261
>>152966926
Nice autism
>>152967004
Because the same person can't take multiple screen shots.
>>152967132
What kind of person changes jpg quality in between screenshots for anonymity, but doesn't bother changing the filename?
>>152967132
Because different people can't discuss the same topic
>>152967072
>i- if you see through my shitposting spam u hav autism
>>152967271
Intentional misspelling is shitposting.
Remaking an okay thread is not. (that said, discussing backpacks and tshirts does not necessarily belong on /a/)
>>152965289
>>152965071
Spotted the spoiled rotten rich kid snob who doesn't know the true value of money.
>>152967162
>>152967229
Because you don't want to look pathetic for spamming the exact same thread.
>>152967304
>an okay thread
Hah. No, it's trash. Which is why you had to remake after it died when you couldn't keep bumping it.
>>152967346
Not him, but is a $300 luxury expense really out of reach for you. To each his own, anon, but that is a pretty trivial sum of money.
>>152965289
Ok, you win.
>>152967346
That really was a nice response, anon. Unfortunately, I can’t be bothered to dignify it. Why, you may ask? Well, I must inform you that in the span of our correspondence, I have ejaculated about five times to a rather enthralling hentai called ‘Emergence’. The way the hentai depicts the gradual process of a virgin becoming a cum dumpster really made me erect. Hell, I haven’t gotten that aroused since Anton Yelchin’s death. Anyways, this girl gets raped by her drunk father and has sex with all the boys at school. Now, these parts were perfectly fappable, but the real fun starts when she gets bullied and ostracised from her class. Her downward spiral of drugs and prostitution eventually leads to her becoming a mere shadow of human being. In her last dying moments as a pregnant prostitute, she dreams of a future with her (would be) daughter. Instead of getting to live that future, she dies alone in a cold room. I swear that last scene will always bring me to ecstasy. Now, if you really want to get my attention, you must commit yourself to reading such refined works as I do. Only then can I consider you my intellectual equal.
>>152967346
>how dare you have money!
You sure showed him
I've had the same black Eastpak backpack for like 15 years. Shit's great.
>$300 for a backpack
http://www.coach.com/coach-mens-leather-backpacks-campus-backpack-in-pebble-leather/72320.html?dwvar_color=BKBLK
Are you even trying nips? And this isn't even a "luxury" brand.
>>152967505
http://www.saksfifthavenue.com/main/ProductDetail.jsp?PRODUCT%3C%3Eprd_id=845524447044877&site_refer=GGLPRADS001&prod_id=0400092669172&cagpspn=pla&CAWELAID=500002830017367183&gclid=Cj0KEQiAzsvEBRDEluzk96e4rqABEiQAezEOoMTW6KeR1G3vuJoWD65cmVbmbM9ciXj9m7IpRik-8vgaAvwe8P8HAQ
>>152967396
>>152967425
>But is a 300 dollar leather backpack that won't even be useful for several years too much?
You can find a insulated battery charging backpack for 200. Why do little kids need LEATHER for?
>>152967562
See my store links:
>>152967505
>>152967542
Some people just have more money than you, and want to buy their kids nice things?
Why do you need Target brand shit clothes when Walmart brand shit clothes will do just as well?
I love this "argument" and see it on /g/ all the time. "If something isn't a necessity, then paying money for it is dumb!" Thank God capitalism doesn't give two shits about what people like that think.
>>152967562
To not be paraded around as that poor fuck with the jansport.
Did you even watch the episode?
>>152967376
OP here, I wasn't on /a/ yesterday because I was working so I didn't know any thread existed that previously discussed this topic. I sincerely apologize for triggering your autism by daring to post something that someone had posted before. Next time I start a thread I'll be sure to clear it with you in advance to be sure it's on your list of approved topics.
>>152967710
>OP here, I wasn't on /a/ yesterday
Because you would never lie on the internet.
>trigger
Go back to tumblr.
Would you buy them, /a/?
>>152967710
Save your sarcastic snide. Learn how to use the catalog.
>>152967622
>>152967662
You can just say you don't know what to do with your money anon.
Burning off an extra 150 for an arbitrary standard is what caused the marriage party to turn the entire first world population retarded and spending easily a month's worth of paychecks for a single day's benefit. Also we're talking a 300 dollar leather backpack that's mandatory, not a "nice thing"
Did YOU watch the episode?
>>152967778
I would certainly buy Shinka. The other two, not so much.
>>152965045
It's not collusion, it's capitalism at work. If you sell your randoserus for cheap your stock will be sold out in a couple of days thanks to all the drooling fetishists. So in order to balance the supply and the demand, you raise the price until it hits the equilibrium where only those that absolutely need it (the parents) can buy it. You obviously can't gear your entire economy towards producing randoserus when you're on a smallass island with no people, and the buyer won't be happy with some chinese knock-off either, so until some enterprising capitalist notices the shortage and sets off to create quality product in massive quantities, you're stuck with the high price.
>>152967020
>>152966739
Consider also that she has no boyfriend, only one friend, no family, no hobby beside anime and maids she doesn't seem to spend a lot of money on, so she probably saved a lot over the years.
>>152966739
That's the U.S though.
>>152967889
Nips like to save money in general, if they can.
>>152965045
Even if she imported that shit BACK from the US, would so so much cheaper
>>152967808
Yes, I watched the episode. And any retard who has been shopping before knows that there are varying degrees of product quality, all while maintaining a similar aesthetic.
And it makes me sad that you think that people who enjoy things "don't know what to spend their money on". This kind of sentiment is why privileged millennial college kids fight things like capitalism and corporatism. They think that "having more money" is some inherent sin, and that no one who does have said money could have possibly worked hard for it, or have a purpose for it.
Tragic, really. I don't mock you because you're poor, but just because you can't see how those with wealth might enjoy their lives doesn't mean that it doesn't happen.
Okay, here is a possible: She simply got ripped off by that store.
>>152965045
A gangbang it's not complete without a randoseru, anon.
>>152967977
>Privileged millennial complaining about other privileged millennials projecting his need to spend a lot of money on useless stuff onto a kid needing a leather backpack that's worse than something half its price.
It's more your fault they act like that than mine buddy. Also >>152967959
>>152967910
>Nips like to save money in general
Males, maybe.
>>152966698
A good backpack lasts for like ten years
That really isn't much.
From elementary school up until high school I used cheap $20 bags, and they broke within a term. When I went to university I bought a Swiss Gear bag and I still use it a decade later (with some small repairs because the interior lining is cheap.)
It was a cheap bag too, I bought a bugatti bag like 4 years ago and I still have that also.
When my niece started school I bought her a randoseru, and she'd still probably use it now if it fit her or the ridiculous textbooks that kids in the 8th grade apparently need now.
There's nothing wrong with spending more than $50 on something that will be used every day for years.
>>152968279
>>152967977
>>152967808
>>152967622
>>152967562
>>152967505
Just kiss already and get it over with you sissyboys
>>152968291
>males, maybe
You really dunno jack shit. Female holds the pursestring and the finance of the nip household since that's her "retirement fund" right there.
I'd be willing to spend more than double that on a backpack if it came with a cute dragon loli.
>300 dollar backpack last 6 years
>2000 dollar computer lasts 6 months until you need to upgrade it again
take that pc mustard race
>>152967959
>get it in two months
But school starts now
>>152969230
>1000 dollar computer working on 6 years
I just watch anime, play 2hu, and shitpost. I don't need the hot new graphics cards.
>>152969230
>lasts 6 months until you need to upgrade it again
>2000 dollar computer
the only reason you would need to update it if you spent $2000 is if you bought a mac
>>152965289
Why does she sleep like that?
>>152965370
Yes, and?
It already payed for itself by tutoring on normalfag Skype.
Visible sage fucking where?
>>152968696
Spending $50 on a backpack is fine, $300 is simply stupid. I used a $50 backpack through high school and college and I still use it when I travel
>>152969563
Why? My bag costs $230 cnd, her randoseru cost around that much. Both are still in great condition despite being 5 and 8 years old respectively.
Meaning they will still probably be in good condition in another half decade.
>>152969563
1. Japan is a conformist society. That backpack is a symbol of modern education for kids since 30s and you are expected to provide that for your kid.
2. The bags are made in Japan as such. There's no reason to drop the prices down. Using knockoff brands on a mandated cultural institution? As a Nip? Nope.
It's a far more insane level of stupid than just the sticker price.
>>152969666
Because you could have gotten similar quality at half the cost. You are literally paying for a brand name.
>>152969457
maybe her wings hurt
>>152969946
So? It looks better too.
>>152969946
You are paying for conformity, MIJ, keeping up with the Joneses. The bag does last for years though.
>>152965370
I'm not a poorfag, but i've had the same toaster laptop for 4 years now
>>152969946
you can't, actually
full grain leather is expensive and unparalleled
300 dollars for that amount of high grade leather is actually a good price
ITT: Poorfags thinking they know the value of money simply by virtue of being poor and throwing autistic fits because some people can actually afford nice things.
>>152965045
It's their hivemind acting up. It's been drilled into them that they must buy this retarded bag rather than a practical one. Even the shape is fucking awkward as hell 0/10 for aesthetics terrible for their backs.
Those are like, real leather right? I can see why they're that pricey.
Expensive = high quality meme needs to die.
if you buy coal lumps for thousands of dollars you're an idiot
>>152970276
I would get myself a full grain leather backpack if it didn't look unprofessional.
This Saddleback one goes for $485.
>>152970451
yet you cant buy a diamond for a dollar
You can't put a price on cute
>>152970361
folded 1000 times too but yeah they're leather bags
I mean you should see how much a purse can cost
I guess it's hella durable and will last decades but the kid only spends like 5 years in elementary school. Plus what kind of lame nerd carries the same bag for 5 years jesus christ.
>>152970566
>what kind of lame nerd carries the same bag for 5 years jesus christ.
enforced by the school system
>>152970566
What kind of nerd carries the same bag from Costco that starts falling apart 6 months in and has to be replaced every year?
>>152965045
thatll go good with my 120$ plain white T I bought from THE kanye west
>>152970679
How is it the same bag if it's being replaced you dumbass? Plus my bags don't "fall apart". I just choose to replace them cause you know, I want something new.
>>152970526
yeah you can. Some antique roadshow bitch bought a jewelry box for 50cent. shit had a diamond ring hugging the corner
>an entire cow's rawhide is like $3
>a purse which is 1/100 of that the above is over $300
People are retards
>>152967396
>Randosels
>luxury expensive
not really, Randosels are mandated by schools because they are hard and sturdy, they will more often than not outlast the kid who is going to use it, so the only luxury is buying a brand new one, since you can give your kid an old one, usually the one you used when you were a kid
Its not uncommon these things last over 3 geerations of kids and still be used
>>152970526
Maybe that has something to do with the artificial rarity and collusion between companies to keep the prices high along with a fantastic propaganda campaign. A bit like Toru's suggestion.
Really makes you think.
>>152970526
There are 2 kinds of diamond, industrial use and the one used at jewelry, the industrial is the ugly diamonds used in saws and other shit, which is a lot cheaper than regular diamonds
>>152970910
>A handful of sand is like $1
>A Xeon processor can be over $1000
People are retards
>>152970910
You know that /fa/ operates with the assumption at the retail level that you only need to sell 1/10 of the total quantity made with that raw material to recoup cost and to make profit, with anything other than that being pure gravy?
>>152970910
> carbon soot is worthless
> Diamonds are priceless
people are idiots
>>152969230
>lasts 6 years
Try 60
They are made of thick firm quality leather and are handmade, once the kid finishes the 6 years they are required to wear them, you can store them nicelly and they will survive through the third world war like time was stopped from tem
>>152970910
> Sex with hot girls is free if you just be yourself
> people still pay for sex
bakas
>>152971050
Hm, so there is extra collusion between the bag makers and storage companies. Man this rabbit hole is deep.
>>152970566
Got an HP backpack as a birthday gift from my parents when I was 17
Im 25 and still use the same backpack
>>152971098
>sex with hot girls is free if you just be yourself
That meme needs to stop
>>152971032
Diamonds are intrinsically worthless
>>152970941
Maid Dragon is actually a bit of a social commentary. It's too bad that some weeb watchers don't pick up on the author's jab at Nip society.
>>152970986
>circuit fabs cost billions of dollars
>xeon processors are only $1000
What a steal
>>152971149
The collusion is in between the bag makers and the social stigma
Your kid is going to school? It needs a randoseru, no why's if's or but's, it needsa randoseru and you are going to pay for it
Who makes them? like 10 companies
All either full hand made or a bit of machine pressed
The cheapes one (like the one some anon posted the amazon pic) are made of fake leather and go for around 100 USD
The Good ones are made of real leather and are priced around 300+
Brand ones are around 100000 yen or 1000 USD and are fully hand made with high grade leather that you could take an arrow to it and not even feel it
>>152971193
> he hasnt tried it
>>152971467
Yep. The best ones are leather handmade and they would go for 800 dollars or so, and it is a social stigma.
The backpack actually is a part of Japanese modernity as much as sailor fuku uniforms are, and they came about from leather stitched army backpacks that were given to army cadets.
Meiji emperor's kid (crown prince, later Taisho emperor) got such a backpack as a gift while attending school back in 1880s, so the Japanese dutifully emulated that example.
If you want to get all conspiracy minded about it, then the fact that it's a remnant of Japanese imperialism should really rustle your jimmies.
>elementary kids don't need to wear uniforms
>but need a randoseru
Isn't that a little weird
After reading some of the replies now I understand why "artisan water" sells
Still at the beginning of the episode, are we talking about this >>152965289 backpack? Because children, especially girls, won't wear thing like that for long, and overall spending tons of money on children's clothes is only a good idea if you are extremely rich.
>>152972620
She's a dragon. She's much older than she appears. She'll continue being a loli for centuries.
>>152972227
The randoseru and hat is uniform.
>>152972669
Oh yeah good point, it's just that discussion in this thread went far enough for me to pinpoint what I did.