Other than diamonds

[Mo0o]

I was just pondering this today. Other than diamonds, what other items have an artificially inflated street value? Drugs is probably another one but I wanna stay on legal items being sold.

 

[Ns1]

designer clothing
baller watches

 

[iluvtruenos]

Platinum? Any rare metals, really.

Laws of supply and demand...

 

[Mo0o]

Originally posted by: iluvtruenos
Platinum? Any rare metals, really.

Laws of supply and demand...

But thats not artificially inflated is it? it just simply isn't there. De Beers has large store rooms of diamonds that they hold on to instead of releasing it into the market.

 

[slick230]

Harley-Davidson motorcycles.

 

[cjgallen]

Ipods.

 

[Mrvile]

Old artifacts from around the 1200s.

 

[faenix]

iPods although I can't live without mine.

 

[mugs]

You could say video game systems immediately after release... except that the manufacturer does not benefit directly from the higher prices, they benefit from the hype the artificial demand creates.

 

[Auryg]

Originally posted by: cjgallen
Ipods.

QFT.

But then again that's what happens when you spend a ton on commercials...and convince people they're worth that much.

 

[vi edit]

Insert "name brand designer" product of any type.

 

[Insomniak]

Monster Cables.

 

[deftron]

How are iPods overinflatted?


All them hard drive based players are about the same price,
ipod included.

 

[DVad3r]

Cocaine, weed, and pretty much any drug out there

 

[Nitemare]

If you wanna hang out you?ve got to take her out; cocaine.
If you wanna get down, down on the ground; cocaine.
She don?t lie, she don?t lie, she don?t lie; cocaine.

If you got bad news, you wanna kick them blues; cocaine.
When your day is done and you wanna run; cocaine.
She don?t lie, she don?t lie, she don?t lie; cocaine.

If your thing is gone and you wanna ride on; cocaine.
Don?t forget this fact, you can?t get it back; cocaine.
She don?t lie, she don?t lie, she don?t lie; cocaine.

She don?t lie, she don?t lie, she don?t lie; cocaine.

 

[kogase]

RIAA music. 1000 year eggs. Food at the movie theater.

 

[BurnItDwn]

Brand name prescription drugs ... you know, so the manufacturers can spend billions of dollars on marketing.....

 

[Adica]

Sausages from those sausage stands at 2 am. People will pay anything for food when they have the munchies.

 

[Epic Fail]

windows

 

[suse920]

hookers

 

[Nitemare]

Human organs

 

[Mo0o]

Originally posted by: suse920
hookers

Gottadeal has coupon codes on sonz that makes it reasonable

 

[GagHalfrunt]

Originally posted by: BurnItDwn
Brand name prescription drugs ... you know, so the manufacturers can spend billions of dollars on marketing.....

And billions on R&D and insurance. Yeah, they're selling pills that cost $1 to make for $20, but it's the second pill that costs $1. The first one costs $500 million

 

[SouthPaW1227]

Designer clothes/watches.

Insanly prices cars.

 

[Leper Messiah]

Intel EE processors.