[Closed] So, what expensive stuff IS acceptable?

Skis and Holidays

I have to admit, mrsfry's imagination is starting to concern me. Assuming her posts are based on imagination, not experience that is...

Baked beans.

Shoes. It's worth spending money on decent shoes.

“The reason that the rich were so rich, Vimes reasoned, was because they managed to spend less money.

Take boots, for example. He earned thirty-eight dollars a month plus allowances. A really good pair of leather boots cost fifty dollars. But an affordable pair of boots, which were sort of OK for a season or two and then leaked like hell when the cardboard gave out, cost about ten dollars. Those were the kind of boots Vimes always bought, and wore until the soles were so thin that he could tell where he was in Ankh-Morpork on a foggy night by the feel of the cobbles.

But the thing was that good boots lasted for years and years. A man who could afford fifty dollars had a pair of boots that'd still be keeping his feet dry in ten years' time, while the poor man who could only afford cheap boots would have spent a hundred dollars on boots in the same time and would still have wet feet.

This was the Captain Samuel Vimes 'Boots' theory of socioeconomic unfairness.”

It's only weird if i did it whilst they were gagged and bound....in a sack...the back of a van.

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I'm back in Canary Wharf, I'll be working amongst all those nasty money grabbing people you lot sooooo hate.

Shall I report back tomorrow night, y'know just to let you know what they all bought/received over Xmas?

You'll hate them for it no matter what they received 😆

I do expect a watch or two to make an appearance..

Oh, and it's Bonus season again 😆

Desktop PC because laptops tablets iphones etc etc are sh*t.

House
Shoes
Watch
Bed
Dinner

Pedigree cats...

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Those aren't cats, they're Siamese.

And they're glorious! Wow.

Second homes, holiday homes and buy to let homes, especially ones that cost more than a watch

Got a couple of those Siamese too. And yes, they're an ongoing investment...
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Nice scarves.

Nice scarves.

Get out.

Nice scarves.

Like you'd know. Might replace that Chelsea scarf which I assume you've chucked in the bin this year.

Shoes
Boots
Gin
Waterproof jackets
Bespoke shotguns
Custom built rifles
Shooting optics

Like you'd know.

? 😐 I'm happy with my Missoni/Wallace&Sewell/Drakes scarves, sorry if they haven't captured the neckwear zeitgeist for men about town. 😥

Stealth edit there so I'll indulge you and address that point, I threw that scarf out because it was free when I attended a European game (remember those?!) but it was made of cheap synthetic so it got binned when I moved

Not pants,

neckwear zeitgeist

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Slippers & single malt #sostw.

+1 for good quality firearms and optics. Both make a serious impact to accuracy. No pun intended there. I'm seriously considering a PM2, but I'm going to wait until I have something better than just a Remmy 700 to sit it on.

I'd also like to suggest gloves as something worth spending decent money on. My Hestras were expensive, but they are awesome.

Footwear(includes socks), jackets and a comfortable seat on a flight. All things I'll gladly spend on.

batfink.

Wise words in these unfair times.

qwertyuiop7 - Member
Arc'teryx,

Its ok to pay more for something when it results in more pleasure being derived directly from its function or its form. Not just becuase you want to look like a billy big balls to other humans.

You can do what you want, rub your knob with a cheese grater, talk loudly on public transport, buy a range rover evogue (or whatever), its not against the law but just makes you look like a ****er.

Books. You can't have too many books.

Anything you like is fine by me, even if you just have it to show off/get the glow from having 'the best' of its kind.

If you have to pretend it's an investment, though, you can shove it up your bum. Unless it's actually an investment, e.g. a pension.

Nuclear weapons and submarines to launch them from! 😈 😆

Trifle

mrsfry - Member

Trifle

Another one of your (perfectly acceptable) fetishes?

Anything is allowed surely? If it floats your boat who gives two hoots if it doesn't floats someone else's?

Fat Boy Chairs
Kobe beef
Bespoke Tailoring

Cameras and lenses

Hair shirts

Stuff that is slightly more expensive because it is locally made, British made, European made (but not Swiss made because Switzerland is a financial rogue state).

Food stuff that is slightly more expensive because lower productivity resulted from better conditions for animals and less chemicals/drugs being used. Local seasonal fruit within reason.

Stuff that has a lower environmental impact (which doesn't always mean lower carbon footprint).

Stuff that is healthier, for example recycled polyester or hemp insulation is more expensive than glass fibre but they are healthier to work with. A petrol car even if it has a marginally higher CO2 rating.

Stuff from companies with better corporate ethics. No Nestlé (they're Swiss anyhow), no mains gas connection, no Apple (but lots of locally grown apples)

Boats, youre allowed to spend whatever you like on boats.

Edit: as long as its not an American boat

I spend half the week in rural Sussex, and half in a well-off bit of Surrey.

In Sussex we have small cars outside big houses, in Surrey it seems to be big cars outside small houses.

go figure

In my opinion, stuff that's expensive in relation to other things that do the same job are justifiable of they do it better, or for longer, or enable me to complete whatever the given job is with more satisfaction, if that makes sense.
Arcteryx are a bunch of arseholes. They tried to reject a warranty claim on a £600(I didn't pay that much mind you but it's still a very expensive coat!) LEAF Alpha jacket because of blisters forming in the fabric after 6 months of ownership as apparently the warranty covers their construction of the item but not the stuff it's made of. After a lot of ever shirtier emails I got a replacement which ended up being sold unopened. I'll never buy from them again.

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[s]Stuff that is slightly more expensive because it is locally made, British made, European made (but not Swiss made because Switzerland is a financial rogue state).

Food stuff that is slightly more expensive because lower productivity resulted from better conditions for animals and less chemicals/drugs being used. Local seasonal fruit within reason.

Stuff that has a lower environmental impact (which doesn't always mean lower carbon footprint).

Stuff that is healthier, for example recycled polyester or hemp insulation is more expensive than glass fibre but they are healthier to work with. A petrol car even if it has a marginally higher CO2 rating.

Stuff from companies with better corporate ethics. No Nestlé (they're Swiss anyhow), no mains gas connection, no Apple (but lots of locally grown apples)[/s]

Hair shirts

Switzerland is a financial rogue state

So's the UK, so logically we should be supporting the Swiss, surely?

Artwork. Its ok to spank serious money on artwork, because you can buy something you really love, and get to look at it all the time while tilting your head slightly, scratching your chin, furrowing your brow and looking thoughtful.

Admittedly it doesn't tell the time though.

Maybe a nice clock then

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Its ok to pay more for something when it results in more pleasure being derived directly from its function or its form. Not just becuase you want to look like a billy big balls to other humans.

And who exactly is the one that gets to decide which of these cases apply? The owner or observer?

And here we come to the real problem, people might have tastebuds firmly wedged up their arse and buy truly horrific shit (such as the shite that passes as a light fitting these days) but does that make them bad people simply for having different tastes to you? Or does it come back to money and the sense of entitlement some people feel they have in telling other folk how they should be spending it?

As for investing in a watch, invest away. If it does better than a savings account then you would be stupid not to, it isn't like the fabric of your watch can collapse overnight unlike the fantasy of your savings (£80000 fcs compensation notwithstanding). At least with a watch you have something tangible to hold on to should the worst happen knowing that at least someone, somewhere in the world will give you a few sheckels for it unlike a wheelbarrow full of Reichmarks. Even if it never appreciated in value you would still be better off.

As for art, don't get me started on that pretentious bollocks (liking different things shocker...)

I would agree with things that go bang.
Also on a slightly more day to day note, Wellies. Cheap ones are crap if you have worn nice ones.
However to all of this, better than expensive is expensive stuff bought cheaply.

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Like. most . of. the. stuff. mentioned. in. this. thread.

And anything that pisses off the jealous types.

Wellies. Cheap ones are crap if you have worn nice ones.

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