Posted on 09/20/2016 4:14:52 AM PDT by simpson96
A New Jersey woman's $1,200 purse burned up on a sales counter in a mall when a battery exploded. And the entire thing was caught on a security camera.
Mara McInerney of Matawan, N.J. was shopping at the Freehold Raceway Mall on Sept. 11 when the incident took place. She was at a Sunglass Hut counter speaking to the salesperson when a huge cloud of smoke poured out of the purse. The employee took off running while McInerney backed away.
She grabbed the purse and dumped the contents on the floor but it was too late to save the bag, her wallet, several pieces of jewelry and an undetermined amount of cash. Everything had either melted or burned.
McInerney says the battery of her e-cigarette had been in a pocket by itself and exploded.
She says she had no idea that the devices could pose any danger and says she will no longer use them since she has a young daughter at home.
"At least it wasn't one of my Chanels," McInerney said.
(Excerpt) Read more at my9nj.com ...
The right purse is so hard to find and so essential to many women, I’ve often thought of trying to make one myself. I can never find one that’s really the way I want it to be - and probably wouldn’t even if I spent $1200.
I’m always thinking about insurance. It’s like my interpretive filter for life.
:)
Everyone has one, if they would only admit it.
I just had to throw away my purse and get a new one. I’d had the old one for only about three years, but it wasn’t very sturdy. Its good point was that I could keep an awful lot in it, while its bad point was that I couldn’t find anything in it. It was like a black hole.
I don’t love the new one ($18.95 at Walmart), but I haven’t lost anything important in it yet.
It’s probably not hard to design and build your own, if it’s a fabric sort. Harder to learn leather work. (My husband noticed my frustration when I couldn’t find one that had precisely the compartments/configuration that I wanted, and suggested I learn to make one - haven’t gotten ‘round to it yet.)
But I have also found great things - I’m especially remembering an ideal pair of sandals - from the cheaper stores; things that cost little, lasted years, were perfect - and I was too dumb to rush out and buy several while I could :-)
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