Would you pay these prices?

gmarine · Jun 4, 2007

On eastern Long Island there is a gourmet deli/butcher with the following prices.
Lobster Salad $100 LB
Marinated olives $18 LB
Beef Filet $65 LB

I could go on but it was pretty comical. And the lobster salad sells out every day.

jlwquilter · Jun 4, 2007

No, I wouldn't pay those prices but I know exactly the place you are referring to! Some people have too much money

Timeshare Von · Jun 5, 2007

gmarine said:
On eastern Long Island there is a gourmet deli/butcher . . .

Nuff said . . . and no I would never even consider shopping in such a place!

cheter · Jun 5, 2007

That's more money then some people earn in a week, and trying to support a family!

Ekaaj · Jun 5, 2007

LOL, I wouldn't pay that even if I DID have the money, just on principal! That's outrageous...

Joe L · Jun 5, 2007

At those prices the Filet Mignon is a bargain, lol.

tlwmkw · Jun 5, 2007

Did you hear the item on NPR about Rich-istan?

This is a prime example of what that radio show was discussing. There are certain enormously rich people who have no idea of reality. They have so much money and are so competitive with it it's relly alarming. The gap between them and the rest of us is growing bigger and bigger. A strange world they live in.

Timeshare Von · Jun 5, 2007

tlwmkw said:
This is a prime example of what that radio show was discussing. There are certain enormously rich people who have no idea of reality. They have so much money and are so competitive with it it's relly alarming. The gap between them and the rest of us is growing bigger and bigger. A strange world they live in.

You don't have to go to Long Island, Los Angeles or other well known areas of affluence to see it. Ironically, I see you are in Charlottesville, which for years was known for the divide of "haves and have nots" . . . at least when I was a VA resident back through the early 1990's.

ricoba · Jun 5, 2007

Timeshare Von said:
You don't have to go to Long Island, Los Angeles or other well known areas of affluence to see it.

You can see it right here on the board from time-to-time. Just look at some of the prices people here on TUG are able to pay for timesharing and vacationing

Or look at HGVC, as a corporate example. All their current new construction projects; Honolulu, the Big Island, NYC, Orlando are all aimed at the high end consumer. So much for my 7000 points being considered "platinum"!!! :doh:

tlwmkw · Jun 5, 2007

Timesharevon you are right

Charlottesville does have a lot of rich folks. Lots of trust fund babies and retired corporate folk. The housing here has become very expensive as a result. If you were here in the 90's things were still relatively cheap- not so now. However, we aren't anywhere near the prices and over blown money of the Northern Virginia tech crowd or the Conn/NY investor crowd. We don't have food prices like this yet.

BSQ · Jun 5, 2007

I must be odd, cause I was OK with the lobster salad and olive prices. Granted I know for our use I wouldn't need a pound of either.

If it's the best around and it's something we enjoy, I'm not too price sensitive. Granted it wouldn't be on the shopping list every week.

BevL · Jun 6, 2007

For $100 a pound, I want a hunky guy feeding salad to me on a fork, while another keeps my wineglass poured and a third is giving me a pedicure!!

Timeshare Von · Jun 6, 2007

tlwmkw said:
Charlottesville does have a lot of rich folks. Lots of trust fund babies and retired corporate folk. The housing here has become very expensive as a result. If you were here in the 90's things were still relatively cheap- not so now. However, we aren't anywhere near the prices and over blown money of the Northern Virginia tech crowd or the Conn/NY investor crowd. We don't have food prices like this yet.

I grew up in Fairfax County and moved to Fredericksburg in 1982 where I lived until moving to Milwaukee in 1994. During my last six years in F-burg I worked for Southland Corp and the 7-Eleven Market Office out of Charlottesville so I spent a lot of time in the area, as well as the rest of our market area (from King George to Harrisonburg and everything in between).

I'm continually shocked by prices of housing throughout Virginia, including what used to be a small town Williamsburg as recently as the mid/late 90's. I've become relatively spoiled by midwest living and don't know that I would ever "fit in" again, especially inside the Beltway. I know my Milwaukee born/raised hubby would not like living there at all!

Ekaaj · Jun 6, 2007

BevL said:
For $100 a pound, I want a hunky guy feeding salad to me on a fork, while another keeps my wineglass poured and a third is giving me a pedicure!!

ROFLOL! Yep, I guess I would buy it if it came with all those perks!

(And I'm not even that wild about lobster...)

Big Matt · Jun 6, 2007

You have to remember that everything is relative.

Take a family who makes $50,000 per year after taxes. Spending $1000 on an item will probably make them think twice and they're going to make sure they get a good deal.

Now take someone who makes $500,000 after taxes. They probably think twice on $10,000 purchases. Also, they can make fifty of them before spending the whole amount. The first family can make five $10,000 purchases.

Now take someone who makes $5,000,000 after taxes...these are the folks who spend money like water. $100 for lobster salad is like the first family buying a slurpee.

tlwmkw said:
This is a prime example of what that radio show was discussing. There are certain enormously rich people who have no idea of reality. They have so much money and are so competitive with it it's relly alarming. The gap between them and the rest of us is growing bigger and bigger. A strange world they live in.

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