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by teye 5608 days ago
The 20-year-old office clerk at a Beijing cosmetics manufacturer knows it could set him back more than $1,000. He'll have to save for months. But he said it would be money well spent. "As a man, you must have one of those bags," he said. "It will bring you status, dignity and boost your image."

Petrifying though that may be, that's only months. We saddle ourselves with six years of payments for the status symbols we can't afford.