Would SOMEONE please explain to me why ANYONE would spend

[hyphenate]

$240 for a fucking PILLOW? Not a memory pillow or anything like that, but a 22" square decorative pillow!

I suppose being poor means I've never had the chance to devote that kind of money for a pillow, but anyone who would spend that kind of money is a lunatic, regardless of how wealthy they are.

http://www.decoratorsbest.com/detail.aspx?ID=144108

Yes, this is an interior designers website, but I am simply in wonderment that simple pillows could go for that much--I've made many of them through the year for about 2% of that matter!

I think there is a really different meaning for the word "need" in different classes in this country. $240 is, to me, two months worth of food, Two months of telephone/internet/satellite, or four months of my cellphone cost. It's nearly a full tank of oil for heat and hot water, a pair of new eyeglasses (which I desperately need) or about 24 months of canned catfood for these guys.

I'm outraged--in my quiet small way.

[MadMaddie]

1. I got nothing

I can think of plenty to do with that kind of money.

[Kali]

2. hell I wouldn't pay that for a couch!

(well, maybe if I was flush and found the perfect old style leather with wagon wheels, but not for anything "new")

[Dr Morbius]

14. Do tell, where do you shop?

Around Chicago, $240 for a new couch is not at all a bad price. The couch which currently sits in my living room was $400, and it was one of the less expensive choices. Most nice chairs are around $200 here, and a reclining chair a great deal more.

Seriously, is there a secret way to get good, sturdy furniture on the cheap?

[Kali]

16. shop? ha

being on a family ranch has its advantages - you become the recipient of the entire family's cast-offs! This includes vehicles AND furniture, and old air conditioners that don't work and old wooden fencing that should be burned and...:eyes:

Seriously - second hand or hand me downs for things like couches.

[Chan790]

3. Because they can?

:shrug:

Why does my mom have a signed Dali lithograph hanging in the living room? I can tell you it cost a lot more than $240, like 10x that. Why do I own an original print of Jose Serrano's Piss Christ?Who on Earth decided Julian Schnabel's monochrome powder-blue canvas was worth millions?

Do we really need the $10K chandelier? Are the Persian rugs really any better than the $25 IKEA area rug? It's a pillow, if it ain't worth $240 they won't sell very many and you'll be able to pick one up at Marshall's for $15.

[Kali]

4. seems like art is more justifiable than a fake zebra skin throw pillow

but that is just me - you are correct, it really amounts to "because they can"

at some point though, those that can, do so so extravagantly that those that can't (and who may be fucking hungry or destitute) get PISSED OFF and revolution may ensue.

[Chan790]

8. As you may have noticed...

like many of the the more egalitarian Parisian aristocrats of the 1790s, I'm not terribly opposed to the revolution. As I've pointed out before, there's plenty of lampposts on Wall St. and rope's cheap.

[rrneck]

12. Hear hear. +1. nt

[Tuesday Afternoon]

25. how high are those lampposts?

just askin'

[sammytko]

36. it not fake zebra - its cowhide dyed to look like zebra

seriously, if had the cash and I like the zoo look, I probably would.

[Kali]

37. um - isn't that fake zebra?

[hyphenate]

41. I would make sure that there were more available

at Target, and get two pillows, for about $10 EACH.

[hyphenate]

7. I like art

I have several original pieces myself, but since they're from science fiction and fantasy artists, they usually can't get huge amounts for them. Though one of them is a professional, who does happen to charge more for his work. I can see why people cherish art pieces--as a photographer, one of my goals someday is to be considered a fine art photographer.

But a pillow? This reminds me of the extreme conspicious consumption of Dennis Koslowski, the disgraced CEO of Tyco and his $17K shower curtain.

These people really DO live in another world.

[JanMichael]

13. It "ain't" o big deal, eh?

Right.

[applegrove]

5. I have a $100 shower curtain. I bought the material (really nice chintz) and sewed it myself.

I lent it to friends and wanted it back and we actually fought over it.

[hyphenate]

10. See?

I just commented on Dennis Koslowski's $17,000 shower curtain! I can understand $100--it probably goes well with the rest of the decor in your room. My latest two curtains were $1 at the dollar store, but I have a great one I went out and spent almost $13 for to go with the new theme which I'm working on.

[whistler162]

21. So it wasn't cheeze chinz!

[applegrove]

44. LOL!

[MiddleFingerMom]

6. My girlfriend in Atlanta HAD been married to a very VERY wealthy man...

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...and when they divorced, got a 7-figure one-time settlement, which
she went through quickly -- in large part because she had a cliff house
built and before the house was finished, the cliff started crumbling and
she lost not only the house, but a fortune in (unsuccessful) legal fees.
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She showed me a catalog that had a $2500 shower curtain.
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TWENTY-FUCKING-FIVE-HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR A SHOWER CURTAIN.
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The rest of us have NO idea how much money is spent so uber-extravagantly
when there are so many others going hungry.
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[Fleshdancer]

9. absolutely disgusting

I don't care if I randomly receive millions tomorrow, I could never justify spending that much money on a freakin' pillow.

[rrneck]

11. I buy glasses online for about twenty bucks

but I have a simple scrip. Even bifocals are real cheap. Google cheap eyeglasses and there tons of sites.

[hyphenate]

19. Thanks for the tip

Unfortunately, I am a diabetic, so I need to make sure of my prescription and all that stuff. I wish I could spend less, but it's not likely to ever happen. :)

[Bryan]

15. Two hundred and forty dollars!?

Do you know how much pudding you can buy for that?

http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/bc8caeb743/240-worth-of-pudding-from-greatest-comedy-sketches

[supernova]

17. It's rediculous

I can get 2 yards of designer fabric and make my own for less than 1/2 of that.

[XemaSab]

38. I can go to the remnant store

and make a dozen pillows for less than 1/2 that. :P

[supernova]

39. I can too, but

the concept wasn't can you do it the cheapest. The quest is to have a "luxury" item. You can certainly do it for far less. IMO zebra print anything in home furnishings, away from the set of Bonanza, is just tacky.

[XemaSab]

45. The remnant store in Santa Barbara

is totally luxury.

[KT2000]

18. what about purses that cost

thousands and are ugly.
People are suckers sometimes.

[hyphenate]

20. I totally agree!! eom

[unpossibles]

22. I've seen a patio umbrella marked down to $1000

and I am sure there are fools who will fall for it. Today I saw a cable - A CABLE! - that cost $7,000 and it was on sale. If something costs $7K it better have wheels and an engine.

[hyphenate]

42. Yikes!

I saw HDMI cables for $35, and thought that was atrocious. I finally bought 2 at Amazon for less than $5 each. And I don't see my TV picture compromised by the lower cost cables at all.

[proteus_lives]

23. I've spent around that much on a comic book. Who cares?

Why judge if someone has the extra cash and isn't hurting anyone for it?

:shrug:

[YellowRubberDuckie]

29. Comic Books are an investment.

A pillow is just fabric and batting, and will not gain value monetarily.
Just a thought.

[uncommon]

33. It's still irrelevant - if a person really feels the need to spend

$240 on something, so be it. It's stupid, but it's their money until after the revolution :evilgrin:

[YellowRubberDuckie]

40. Sure. I'll agree with that....

But I also say that person needs to be backhanded across the face. :evilgrin:

[petronius]

24. I'm more bemused by putting a zebra print on "natural cowhide"

For that price, I expect natural zebrahide, dammit!

I'm not really outraged when people spend large amounts of money on stupid stuff, or even small amounts on stupid stuff. I don't hate the rich, or want them to be obliterated - once they've paid their taxes, I couldn't care less what they do with their money (although I could suggest a zillion better uses than pillows).

(Of course, there's plenty of room for complaint on the tax topic; I prefer a strict, undodgeable, progressive tax scheme that targets investment income as well as paychecks...)

[hedgehog]

30. I also am wondering where they found a cow with zebra stripes,

and what couch or chair goes with this pillow!

[RandomThoughts]

26. There are some possiblilities that could explain that.

Brewsters Millions.
http://www.flixster.com/movie/brewsters-millions

Also explains something else :rofl: (that is so bad, but funny)

Brewster's Millions - The Proposal (HD)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXKy4PMnFZQ

LOL

There is another view on it, I think of things in many concepts, so if I have money I spend it, even though I don't think of it as money, but understand seeing it from that angle.

And if that kind of money was inherited, blowing off the stack, would remove ability of other people with that access from using it against me, was going to write a story about that. Although I don't believe in that view of it either.

Although in truth, it is something to do to find nice thoughts in many movies and songs.


And still due beer and travel money, so there is always that. Yee Haw!!!!!!!!!

Just for humor, an essential service. whew.

[hyphenate]

43. Ah, but if it's for something like Brewsters Millions

it could not have been BOUGHT. It could have bee rented, but it would be an asset if it had purchased, and he wasn't allowed to own anything other than his clothing at the very end of the film. Actually, ir's among my top 50 favorite films, so I've seem it multiple times, trying to figure out how I would have spent $30 million dollars.

[RandomThoughts]

46. What I find interesting is it fits a sequence.

Played the 300 video clip a few days ago, with the guy charging with the spear.

Then the Britney spears clips,

Then the 300 reward was mentioned.

Then the boys were standing on the desk in the Dead Poets society clip.



Then there is the cigars, which a reference to Freudian cigars, which is really interesting since that is a comment on symbolism. I figure it was a constructed movie.


So shrug, makes sense to me. A few other correlation, Brewster, and beer, and Cubs which are young lions, so figure there is a pattern in there rolling out.

Also had a shake spear quote, which ties in the sequence, and also matches the 300 clip.


So I am pretty optimistic about that travel and beer money, and many good experiences :)


Side note, commanders of upper pass were replaced to avoid repeat, so it makes sense as a pattern indicator also.


Spartans!!!!!!!!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RQm37K-clg

you have to ignore the race filter, the class filter, and the cultural filter LOL Also ignore the eugenics filter. Happens when fighting in the shade sometimes.

I posted a couple days ago about how some use the tentacle mouth symbolism in many films, it is in that film also, with the chain mail face shield over the bad guys in that film


Side note, boy girl, has nothing to do with gender, many of the 'Spartans' include many women singers, in the telling of the story, and personally I am glad their music was around during difficult times in my life. :loveya: In my view, the real few against many, but for many.

[tigereye]

27. for the same reason someone would spend 500 for a dog dish?

(once saw that in an article about Hollywood in the National Geographic)

[YellowRubberDuckie]

28. Because most people with money have more money than sense.

:shrug:

[hedgehog]

31. I read Joe Biden's discussion of alternative tax proposals,

a $4000 cut for millions of middle class families or a $bazillion for a very few. Now I'm thinking about an ad campaign, contrasting the car payment, the college tuition, the mortgage payment etc that the middle class families would spend their tax break on vs the baubles the very rich would spend theirs on.

[uncommon]

32. I wouldn't. But that pillow is leather so...

it's understandable that it is expensive.

[TreasonousBastard]

34. Sure. As soon as someone explains to me why a $240 pillow is...

such a big deal. You could spend thousands for a pillow if you knew the right pillow boutique.

(And where the outrage brigade gets the right to tell people how to spend their money.)

[RandomThoughts]

35. heh, the actual error is people thinking it is there money.

That is the flaw, every time someone says they should not be told how to spend their money, have them explain why it is there money.

There is not a single billionaire in existence that can do that. Because very little of the billions is really theirs.

And that is the big lie, the lie they tell you, and the lie many of them believe.

[cwydro]

47. If I had an extra $240

it would go to traveling!

A pillow? Sheesh. But hey, if someone has the money and wants the damn pillow, let 'em go for it!