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Old 10-17-2023, 10:24 PM
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Mine is still in the box. Think I can get 3.1 million for it?


I’ll give you 3.1 million for it! (In Indonesian Rupiahs)
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Well, some people have more many than they could ever spend in a lifetime, so who cares what they pay for something that makes them happy. You only live once, why die rich?
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Old 02-04-2024, 08:22 PM
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I wouldn't give ONE TENTH OF ONE PERCENT of what that thing sold for.
Positively ABSURD.


That purchase price is in the realm of a Jeff Bezos kind of lifestyle where you are earning millions of $ per second. It makes no sense because your net worth / income is impossibly hard to fathom.

Me? I still scoff at the idea of buying a Starbucks coffee. My homebrew is cheaper by a lot, not to mention it tastes better.
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Spending that sort of money on ANY SORT of plastic model no matter the provenance is pure absurdity.
Should result in an immediate sentence to a mental facility featuring high-voltage electro shokk treatmunt.
A downn-townn BEATT-DOWNNNN is justified.
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Spending that sort of money on ANY SORT of plastic model no matter the provenance is pure absurdity.
Should result in an immediate sentence to a mental facility featuring high-voltage electro shokk treatmunt.
A downn-townn BEATT-DOWNNNN is justified.


In a free country you have the right to earn and spend money as you see fit. I kind of like it that way. Unfortunately more and more people want to punish those who chose free will.
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Well, some people have more many than they could ever spend in a lifetime, so who cares what they pay for something that makes them happy. You only live once, why die rich?


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In a free country you have the right to earn and spend money as you see fit. I kind of like it that way. Unfortunately more and more people want to punish those who chose free will.


Well said.
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