"I wouldn't care if Ernest Hemingway sucked martinis out of that water bottle during the liberation of Paris, it's still absurd. "
In that case it would be well worth $100 for proof of the Tardis' existence. Grin. With abandon, Patrick On Thursday, November 7, 2013 1:46:40 PM UTC-7, Steve Palincsar wrote: > > On 11/07/2013 02:11 PM, Christopher Chen wrote: > > I agree that worth is an artifact (it's what we make of it) but, I'm > > happy to pay a few thousand for a bike because of the labor that went > > into it, from the lugs that are investment-cast, to the hand brazing, > > to those people who actually wear Nitto Factory hats at an actual > > Nitto Factory. > > > > And those intangibles are personal too. :) But they have real value, > > right? Those workers take home a wage that let them do things like > > take their kids to the beach, etc. > > > > The water bottle dude is taking advantage of buyers having imperfect > > knowledge. Caveat emptor, but, honestly, I'd feel like a real creep if > > I did stuff like that. > > There's a world of difference between paying the going rate for a > hand-made custom and paying ten times more than its new price for a used > old water bottle. That's not "imperfect knowledge," it's sheer > madness. I wouldn't care if Ernest Hemingway sucked martinis out of > that water bottle during the liberation of Paris, it's still absurd. > > > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.