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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe $1500 diamond encrusted business card
Think youve got this life thing cracked? Think again. Have you received the magical invitation from Black Astrum asking you to sign up for its diamond encrusted business cards? No, no you havent. Come on, work harder.
A specialist in diamond-based design, Black Astrum is actively targeting what they call ultra-high net worth individuals across Europe, the Middle East and Asia as evidenced by its invitation-only policy.
The bespoke cards are made from a precision cast acrylic fabricated in Switzerland and are specially coated to be scratch and chemical resistant which helps to maintain their glossy finish.
Due to each designs unique specifications costs will fluctuate, but the average selling price is around £1,000 ($1,534) for each card (yes, you read that correctly) and a set of 30 cards will contain around 30 carats.
http://www.shortlist.com/cool-stuff/virals/the-worlds-most-expensive-business-card#image-rotator-1
Liberal Veteran
(22,239 posts)...you can't expect to get past my secretary.
Wait Wut
(8,492 posts)...is gonna have to step up their game.
Hugabear
(10,340 posts)Look at that subtle off-white coloring. The tasteful thickness of it. Oh my God, it even has a watermark!
Initech
(99,915 posts)left coaster
(1,093 posts)..and I *still* can't get a table at Dorsia!
MADem
(135,425 posts)and art are an important part of one's life--not everything should be North Korean in drudgery, greyness and misery.
But this? This is fucking OBSCENE. One of those cards could feed how many kids for a month?
What a waste. A hideous, offensive waste.
Worst crime? They're UGLY. What pompous ASTRUM thought up that lousy idea? It's as stupid as the "diamond encrusted" underwear they come out with to tout that lingerie show--but at least that stupid excess works to create jobs and commerce. These stupid cards have a VERY small market. Big fail, as the kids say!
Initech
(99,915 posts)Just when I thought demolishing a $12M house because you could was, along comes this. Not only does it say "Hey look at me I have a better job than you! Ha ha!", it says "I'm a pompous asshole who doesn't give a fuck" on top of that!
joeglow3
(6,228 posts)Oh, you are one of those who jump to conclusions because it is more fun to follow the mob than search for the facts:
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/golf-devil-ball-golf/why-did-tiger-woods-ex-wife-level-12-171330450.html
Initech
(99,915 posts)I work for an engineerig firm and I know it's entirely possible to bring a house up to code without demolishing it completely - which could have been easily done But we'll save that for another debate.
joeglow3
(6,228 posts)Initech
(99,915 posts)I won't say that it's not possible but I will say that it is possible to fix the foundation for far less than the cost of tearing it down and rebuilding from scratch. Because not only do you have to pay all the demolition fees (including the plans for demolition) you also have to pay for all the designing and rebuilding on top of the construction costs, and those add up.
Bonobo
(29,257 posts)is edible gold foil.
Listen to this hilarious bit.
Initech
(99,915 posts)Love David Cross, though! Mr. Show is the true way!
CoffeeCat
(24,411 posts)If so, I'll take two.
Hey, even the little guys forget their keys sometimes!
DisgustipatedinCA
(12,530 posts)Why don't we just shoot as many stacks of hundred dollar bills as we can straight at the sun. Does anyone know how many pallets of hundred dollar bills we can lift in a Saturn V?
Initech
(99,915 posts)rurallib
(62,346 posts)What better way to rub our faces in it?
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W. Mitt Romney
Candidate
President of the United State 2012
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sarge43
(28,939 posts)And here you thought the business card scene was over the top.
Hugabear
(10,340 posts)n/t
sarge43
(28,939 posts)LanternWaste
(37,748 posts)How common and vulgar-- the typeface looks like Lucida Sans Unicode.
Liberal Veteran
(22,239 posts)REP
(21,691 posts)Ikonoklast
(23,973 posts)I suppose the person who would want these 'things' also have a fleet of black Mercedes limousines, like every other Russian gangster on the planet.
Moonwalk
(2,322 posts)phone apps that send virtual "business cards"? Actual business cards are so last century.
NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)Card...$1500
Lunch $8
Loudmxr
(1,405 posts)It took me a while to remember his name-Benny Ray.
I didn't think that was wretched excess. I still don't.
Because Benny would get up each morning and load up his red pick-up truck with tires. A good 6 feet above the cab roof and distribute them to gas stations and other vendors.
He was in his late 70's early 80's. I, in the past 30 years, only have seen one pick-up stacked as high as Benny's who did it, most of the time, alone.
Some people deserve a little luxury ...like Benny who financed his nephew's (???) record. That is how I met one of the hardest working and joyful people I have ever met.
wandy
(3,539 posts)Ritek RiData Business Card CD-R (Biz Card CD/R Disc) 24X White Inkjet Printable CDR Blank Media Discs Hockey Rink with Free Vinyl Sleeves (CDRSS-PW) 5Min/50MB
http://www.meritline.com/ritek-business-card-cdr-white-inkjet-printable-blank-media-discs---p-18216.aspx
Liberal_in_LA
(44,397 posts)Nuclear Unicorn
(19,497 posts)I'd even take extras.
treestar
(82,383 posts)So this is to give other people this - are they just all fellow rich people, for whom it doesn't mean anything to the recipient in terms of its value?