'She didn't think I was serious': Customer dresses 'overly casual' to visit designer clothing brand store

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Remy Millisky • Writer and Editor
Feb 21, 2024 11:00 AM EST

"Don't judge a book by its cover," a customer advised after having an interesting shopping experience. 

Have you heard the phrase, "Money talks but wealth whispers"? It often refers to how different types of wealthy people dress, the cars they drive, or the content they post about their glamorous lifestyle. For the "money talks" crowd, these might be people who grew up in lower or middle-class beginnings and eventually made it, gaining their status by working hard. These folks love to flex for social media, showing off their shiny sports cars, $800 sneakers, and countless vacations to popular beach destinations. They're proud to have made all that money in their lifetime, and they're dying to show it off. 

As for the "wealth whispers" folks, they have a totally different view of their status. These are the generationally wealthy people. They've been rich since they were born and have never known life besides that. They don't feel the need to flex on their social media followers, and they usually dress down to fit in. 

The person who shared their story of petty revenge at a designer clothing store. They were not thrilled with the way a sales rep treated them during their stroll through the store. This shopper, u/Prize-Break8433, writes that they were interested in a designer backpack, but they didn't buy it the first time around. You can check out their tale of pettiness below. Then, read about this group of bridesmaids who teamed up to get back at a really entitled bride and her husband-to-be. 

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    Dressed overly casual at a designer store so that the sales rep wouldn't get commission
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    I don't typically buy a lot of designer clothing but when I do go shopping, I dress pretty casually. Last week I was strolling through the mall and there was designer backpack on display that caught my attention. I went inside the store (wearing a hoodie and ripped jeans) and went to inquire about the price of the backpack. I waited around for
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    10 minutes for someone to help me until I decided to go up to one of the sales representatives myself. She told me to wait because she was helping another customer so I sat down and waited. I saw her in the corner of the store just standing, not doing anything. I decided to wait another 5 minutes for her to come back but she never did.
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    I walked back up to her and told her I wanted to inquire about the backpack. I asked her if she could bring one from the backroom so I could take a closer look at it. She told me that she wouldn't be able to do that unless I was planning on purchasing the item. She seemed annoyed with my request. Before I could say
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    anything else, she quickly walked away to help another customer. I'm quite young (25F) and I could tell she didn't think I was serious about purchasing it and didn't want to waste her time. I would have actually purchased it then and there if she hadn't been so dismissive.
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    A few days later, I went back into the store. This time I made sure to dress a even more casually than before. I walked in with a pair of sweatpants, running shoes, a tank top and zip-up. The same lady was working that day and turned her back to me as I soon as I walked in. I went up to one of the other sales
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    representatives (this guy was younger, smiling and seemed eager to help) and I told him I wanted to purchase the backpack and he gladly went inside and got for me. He even asked if I'd like to take a look at it before buying. I thanked him and he checked me out. The store
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    manager was also by the cashier and I let him know that I came in last week and that the lady wouldn't let me see the product before purchasing it. He was upset to hear this and told me this wasn't the first time he had received a complaint about her.
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    The item was a few grand and all the commission went towards the junior. He was so kind and grateful. She avoided eye contact with me after she got told off by her manager and I smiled at her as I walked out of the store. Don't judge a book by its cover.
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    ThreeDogs2022 Big mistake! HUGE!
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    CptCroissant. I think it's somewhat common knowledge that if you're in a very expensive place, the more unkempt you look the richer you probably actually are because you've lost the will to give a and need to impress others.
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    savealltheelephants That woman obviously hasn't worked there long. One of my friends worked for a high end designer store in Vegas and said that the women who came in dressed to the 9s in designer stuff usually spent $ (like 2000- 10000) but the BIG SPENDERS (20,000+) usually came in
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    wearing sweats/casual clothes and looking like they were you know, spending the day walking around the mall shopping.
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    TheSilentSong My mom was a hair stylist that took on a lot of mid to high class customers, but certainly didn't turn away anyone below those bars.
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    She told me one day in her first salon, a man that looked somewhere between a construction worker and outright homeless guy came in. NO ONE wanted to handle him and actively pretended he didn't exist. Turned out the guy was rich. Became a repeat client.
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    hockeynoticehockey. Many years ago, part time job in my city's highest end men's clothing store. High end, like I couldn't buy a pair of socks with a week's pay high end. It's Christmas time, my coworkers had their pick of new customers since we were so busy. I noticed a man enter who looked nothing
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    like the other shoppers. Maybe in his 50's, wearing a well worn parka, just standing there. Not one of my money grubbing co workers would even look at him, so I did. 30 minutes later he walked out with 12 Pringle cashmere sweaters and paid cash. The commission on one purchase was
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    more than I made in a month. Just because I didn't read a book by its cover.
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    BelaNorn My mom used to work for a money manager. She always said the people who came in dressed up and dripping in expensive items tended to have much less money than those who came in dressed in normal or casual clothes.
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