So… I was surfing through the web yesterday in a fairly jobless fashion (despite the fact that it was a Tuesday and I was actually kinda swamped), and I came across this:
The Hermes Bicycle
Bicycle in lacquered stainless steel.
Frame, handles and saddle in Taurillon Clemence leather.
Kickstand, front and back lighting, carrier with bungy cord, mud flap and spoke protector.
Can someone please explain to me why anyone would buy this???
Firstly, if you convert it, that’s about 1,88,000 INR (and to save myself the trouble, lets assume that all future prices that I dont mention in USD or GPB are INR)… let me just say OUCH!
Even thinking about it makes my wallet hurt.
Who spends almost 2 lakhs on a bicycle!!! And what’s worse… it’s covered in leather! How totally impractical is that? What if it starts to rain?
This is NOT what I would call a sensible use of money.
I guess you really know you have way more money then you know what to do with (or a complete disregard for Daddy's Dollars) when you start buying things like that.
(Oh! Check out the Hermes baby stuff while your there… now I know that most new parents can be made to buy practically anything for darling baby, but seriously! Who buys a US$930 plush horse? That’s almost 44 thousand rupees!)
So then I started to wonder, what are the really daft things out there that no one but a really filthy rich, and possibly slightly brain damaged person, would be suckered into buying?
And here are a couple of things I found.
You may have heard of a few of them before, but they were just too noteworthy not to mention.
Bling H20
(Water for the super rich and vapid)
Cost? US$40 a bottle. For WATER!
Weirdly enough reading the site taught me something new... who knew there were awards for water?
Oh, also, its not water for everyone... apparently "just those that Bling."
Miniature Home Chocolate Fountain
(Figured I ought to put in at least one thing which I would totally buy if I had the cash)
The Miniature Chocolate & Fondue Fountain is the ultimate accessory for every fondue lover and home entertainer.
The elegance and fun of the larger chocolate fountains can now be yours with a personal chocolate fountain of your own!
Depending on size and capacity, these cost between US$86 - 196.
Because what could possibly be more elegant then a chocolate fountain?
Charlotte Thomas Bespoke
(Sheets I would be to terrified to fall asleep on)
The most expensive bed sheets in the world - handmade, using the finest merino wool backed with hand-loom silk and thousand-count Egyptian cotton sheets, and threaded with 22 carat gold.I imagine sleeping on them would feel awesome, they're reputed to be the finest bedding in the world.
How much do they cost?
Well, I'm guessing the Britt sense of propriety stepped in here, because the site doesn't say.
And its also probably a sliding scale, since the sheets are made to each buyers specifications.
But each individual pillowcase is about GBP1,200, so one can only imagine.
(For the curious, that's 92,400 bucks per pillowcase).
and lastly... just coz I find it hilarious that they're just pretty flip-flops (which you could probably find for about a 100 bucks here - and probably less in fact).
Limited Edition Havaianas
(They actually cost more then the chocolate fountain!)
And yeah, they're probably Swarovski Crystals, but it doesn't actually say that on the product page, so who says they aren't just glass?
I sure as heck wouldn't spend over 9K (US$198) on these, but that's what they cost!
But then, even the regular run of the mill Havaianas cost about 846 bucks at the very least!
And now I'm feeling exceedingly poor and totally weirded out by the things people will spend money on.
So I guess I'll go eat lunch, and leave you with this.
2 comments:
Oh, come on. You know that the crystal encrusted chappals are totally worth it. (they ought to throw in a silk bathrobe, threaded with gold - with, like, a lining made out of cashmere wool... Actually that might be a really comfy bathrobe.)
I found a site a few months ago that catered to aging hippies who've struck it rich... and I cannot for the life of me find the link. But it was similarly entertaining.
woohoo! bling bathroom chappals! now all you to do is pee in the dark so that you aren't blinded by your own feet...
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