RE: Re: The price of hifi...

["Paul Smith" <ukha@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,


I'd say batteries, just looking in the rapid catalogue they range
from just 10p to over =A3130 and I bet you can get some much more expensive
than that.


Regards,

Paul


-----Original Message-----
From: yhkeppy [mailto:keith@xxxxxxx]=20
Sent: 07 May 2004 08:16
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: [ukha_d] Re: The price of hifi...

The ultimate has to be houses - =A35,000 for a skuzz-bucket in
<insert=20
least favorite town> to c=A31bn for Buckingham Palace.

k

--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Mark Harrison \(Yahoo!\)"
<mph@a...>=20
wrote:
> Is there any other type of product where the range in price from=20
cheapest-dearest is so big?
>=20
> We were invited to an evening with Meridian and Dynaudio on=20
tuesday, and jolly good fun it was, too.
>=20
> However, it struck me that one can go into Richer Sounds, and buy=20
a pair of speakers for, say, =A350. Alternatively, the most expensive=20
pair I've heard to date was the Dynaudio Evidence Master, which cost=20
a cool =A351,000 per pair.
>=20
> I'm hard pressed to think of ANY other type of new, commodity,=20
purchase where you get a range of 1,000-fold from the cheapest to=20
the most expensive.
>=20
> New cars, for instance, start at around the =A35k mark for a
Perodua=20
thingy... but the most expensive new cars are around the =A3300k mark -
"only" 60 times more expensive...
>=20
> Laptops are even more closely bunched.... an "el cheapo end of=20
line", but nonetheless new, laptop can be had for =A3350... but
you're=20
hard pressed to find anything on the market for more than 20 times=20
that.
>=20
>=20
> Anything? Boats, maybe?
>=20
> Mark
>=20
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]




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