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"If you&amp;#x27;ve ever saved up for a hot handbag, grown sick of it in a matter of weeks, and found yourself too strapped for something new, then we&amp;#x27;ve got news that may make your weekend: Handbags4Barter.com will let you trade accessories with someone you&amp;#x27;ve never met halfway across the country. We&amp;#x27;ve seen the swap-with-a-stranger concept on the web before--remember ThredUp.com, &amp;quot;the refresh button for your closet&amp;quot;?--and we&amp;#x27;ve seen sites that let you borrow handbags for a special occasion (or a week-long &amp;quot;why the heck not?&amp;quot; splurge), but Handbags4Barter.com fuses both of those ideas in a handbag exchange program. Here&amp;#x27;s how it works: You sign up (free) then you purchase credits ($4 each), and use one credit to post a photo of your own tote or clutch. Then browse other people&amp;#x27;s bags and offer to make a trade (another $4 credit). Both parties are responsible for their own shipping through a &amp;quot;trackable&amp;quot; source like UPS for FedEx, and much like eBay, it works on the honor system. So you package up your old Coach bag on the same day that your new friend across the country ships out her old Gucci, and you&amp;#x27;ve each got a new handbag for $8 (plus the cost of shipping) in a matter of days. Sign up for Glamour.com&amp;amp;#8217;s Style Tips of the Week and Beauty Tip of the Day newsletters! The selection of bags admittedly isn&amp;#x27;t over-the-top quite yet (though we spied a few pieces from Vera Bradley, Coach, and a couple of vintage numbers that were covetable), but the concept seems strong enough that if enough people were into it, it could become a really great marketplace for one woman&amp;#x27;s trash and another&amp;#x27;s treasure. Handbags4Barter.com is giving Glamour readers a special offer to try out the site--one free credit to start swapping! When you sign up, choose &amp;quot;Glamour.com&amp;quot; in the referral box, which will let you post a bag for free for 30 days. You can also donate your bag to Dress for Success, a non-profit organization that helps clothe women who are re-entering the workforce. What do you ladies think? Would you be willing to swap handbags with a total stranger? Do you have any old ones lying around that might look pretty darn good to someone else? Discuss! PLUS: - Your style problems, solved: &amp;quot;Find me Cameron Diaz&amp;#x27;s handbag from Knight &amp;amp; Day!&amp;quot; - 30 ideal summer bags - 18 bags and shoes that will add an instant shot of sunshine to any outfit Glamour stylists answer your fashion questions at WhatToWear.com. Ask away! You could win $50,000 just for registering or logging in to Glamour.com! Visit Shopglamour.com for cute stuff starting at just $10! Enter the latest Glamour sweepstakes! Photo: Net-A-Porter"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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