Originally Posted by
jcrow
I own an expensive sewing machine and won't take it to retreats or classes because I know people will think I am a snob. I take my old machine with me. I am not a snob. I just like my good machine. My husband bought it for me and I love it, but I know there are the other kinds of snobs out there...the ones who look down on people who have expensive machines. They always had a "put down" about my machine...about wasting my money, etc., so I quit taking it. So remember, there are two kinds of snobs and I am reading about the second kind right here right now.
I hadn't thought about it - but jcrow is right about there being sort of a 'reverse snobbery'
It is probably envy (sour grapes) that is behind those types of comments.
If one can afford a very top of the line 'whatever' - use it and enjoy it!
If one can't afford a very top of the line 'whatever' - but can afford a 'whatever' that does most of what one wants/needs it to do - use what one has and enjoy that!