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CharlesShaw

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I’m thinking the point is to get news outlets and blogs to discuss the products and name the companies. Sort of like how the famous Neiman Marcus holiday catalog would include outlandish items, like perhaps his and her helicopters, and get mentions on the morning news.
 
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jhwalker

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May 31, 2011
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Well, I won't be using the lanyard to wear this around my neck. I plan to attach a $699 Mac Pro Wheel Kit to mine so that I can drag it around on a leash behind me.
You mean $1,699, surely? :p To get that Hermès branding.
 

sleven

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Mar 28, 2011
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Maybe this did not need to be an article. Unless the authors knew that the company would get flamed and wanted to enjoy the creativity of the forum trolls.

That said, what constitutes “high-end.” Is their leather and thread different than is found elsewhere? Perhaps the leather comes from a finely aged sacred cow, indigenous to a specific remote area, and the thread is actually the fine hairs plucked from a unicorn.
 
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Steve121178

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Apr 13, 2010
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Apple Fan 2008

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People who buy this:
 
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kemal

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Dec 21, 2001
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How does it stay on the plastic AirPod case? With sticky tape? I suppose it makes a $930 satisfying click.
 

jimbobb24

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Jun 6, 2005
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Real rich people receive these thing for free. So, that those poor people will look like them. Free advertisement for the brand and that's how they make money. Always remember the rich gets richer.
Observably false. Rich famous people get them for free. The average rich person is not famous. They buy things like to look rich or to compete with their class. And lots of rich people become poor and poor become rich.

On a lark I went into a high end store and they were selling a bag for $20,000. The bag outside design was hand painted and took a year. Functionally the bag was worse than what you buy at Walmart. If you bought that bag 99% of people who see it wouldn’t know it cost more than $15. But the point of such items is to signal your class and they know that is worth $20k and rich people are not trying to impress us randos they are trying to impress their peers.
 
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msackey

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Oct 8, 2020
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I have yet to find a reason to buy any AirPods case, I mean after carrying them with me for a collective 6 years they have never gotten damaged. They make the case thick and heavy. Think I'll be getting an iPad Pro then instead of this ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I've made my own AirPods case out of vinyl leather. It's just to protect the case from damage and the material is very soft and not thick.
 

MacDaddyPanda

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Dec 28, 2018
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$930, I literally just LOL'd in my work cube. For that kind of money I'd rather buy the monitor stand and use it as Decor.
 
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