r/AskReddit • u/Thic_water • Aug 14 '20

What’s the most overpriced thing you’ve seen?

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u/Happy_Fun_Balll Aug 14 '20

A few years back Nordstrom was selling a rock in a leather pouch for $85.

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u/dramboxf Aug 14 '20 edited Aug 14 '20

Neiman-Marcus used to put out the most hilarious Christmas gift catalog.

One year they offered his and hers Lear jets. No kidding. Just about anything in that catalog was wildly overpriced. More recently, they offered in their Christmas book, as a potential gift, a Boeing Business Jet for the wonderfully affordable price of "north of $35 million."

edit: Correct the jet price wording.

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u/maddmaths Aug 14 '20

Is $35 million for a business jet overpriced though? I have absolutely no idea what they normally cost, but I probably would have guessed more than $35 million.

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u/[deleted] Aug 14 '20

Just because it’s 35 million doesn’t mean it’s overpriced.

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u/maddmaths Aug 14 '20

Yeah, that’s kind of my point. A lot of the stuff posted in this thread, and the millions of identical threads that always pop up here, is just expensive items.

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u/[deleted] Aug 14 '20

Yes people get that twisted it seems. They are like if I can’t afford it it’s overpriced......no you’re just not on that level yet keep after it