Men, do you want to put your muscles to work? When a punching bag just won’t do to vent out your frustrations or anger? May I suggest this:
If you have about $5,600 burning a hole in your wallet, you too can have a stainless steel box chair that “allows you - the user - to ultimately determine the resulting aesthetic by literally banging and hitting the form into the shape you desire.” And the pièce de résistance? A hammer is included in the package.
Ladies, do you want to set yourself apart from everyone else in the crowd? Don’t want just any old and ordinary luxury purse? Then sling one of these handbags over your shoulder:
The Louis Vuitton Tribute Patchwork handbag, which is created from other Louis Vuitton purses sewn together, will only set you back a cool $52,500. You know you’re in good company because Beyonce Knowles has one!
It’s nice when you have money to burn, right? If you become ultra-rich (net worth over 10 million dollars), what extravagant purchases would you make?
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I know those LV bags cost a pretty penny, but not 520,000 of them. Ridiculous!
Guess people need something to blow their money on. I’m sure as heck not one of ‘em!
The stainless steel box looks sooo cool! But if I had serious money, I’d want a condo in the upper floors of the 200 Eleventh Avenue building in New York City. Each condo has its own garage on the same level — and cars actually take an elevator designed for cars up to the owner’s condo level!
http://www.200eleventhavenue.com/
what happens when the elevator breaks down?
With awesome public transportation and stores that are at a walking distance in NYC, it will be a non-issue to go to somewhere as a backup if anything happens to the elevator. No biggie! A true native of NYC speaking here :)
Oh, that’s one of my favorite things about NYC (and one of the things I miss most!). I’m just not sure I’d want my car stuck in an elevator, especially if I happened to be inside it at the time.
Street parking never bothered me. Just gotta know when and where it’s legal and have a good book for street cleaning times. ;-)
It is why Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have earned my respect as celebrities with a load of money. Instead of blowing away their wealth like many are known for, they contribute significantly to those less fortune, 3rd world in particular and New Orleans where Hurricane Katrina has been impacted. Heck, Angelina bought her dress for measly $26 that she wore for the premiere of her movie, “Mighty Heart.” Compare to others, they live a rather simple life and are not obsessed with their appearance. God knows what the world would be if more people followed Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie’s example.
Yeah those who have money to burn waste money on 52,500 on ONE PURSE instead of using that kind of money to preserve our environment - saving our trees? animals in shelters? wildlife? and more… but no they have to have that purse!
Sure I am all for spoiling yourself but with reasonable actions - if it cost a rich person 52,500 to fly a plane and stay in a hotel, and so on… at least it’s money spent that will distribute businesses around the world than just one purse.
You asked what purchases I would make if I had 10 million…
The trouble is, I don’t usually buy “extravagant” things in general. I lean toward giving myself manicure & pedicure once a year, as a treat to myself. Books are another weakness…equivalent to chocolate candy, I guess.
But if I had 10 million…the first thing I would do is to buy a regular-sized house (I always wanted a house that was completely paid for!), and my “extravagant” purchase would be to buy a beach house in Ocean City, Maryland. I’ve a lifelong fondness for Ocean City, because as a native Marylander, my family went to Ocean City all the time, and I have pictures of myself as a baby sitting on the beach near the ocean. My aunt also had a beach house on 66th Street and Baltimore Ave in Ocean City…unfortunately that house’s gone and in its place is a parking lot for a tall, huge hotel.
And in my paid-for-house, I’d have a hot tub, and for my husband, I’d get a sauna because he loves them. (Can’t stand saunas myself, though.)
I’d take my family on trips as well. Near or far, doesn’t matter. I just want to travel! :-)
That’s about it for my 10 million, and I realize that I would still have lots left after all the above, but I really don’t have that urge to go “expensive” or “glamourous” or even Leona Helmsley-style. It’s just not me.
We are similiar in how we would spend the money.
I would get a house… (slightly bigger than regular sized, LOL). And I would also TRAVEL! I love exploring new places.
I’d be happy with four or five-bedroom house, since I have a 2-year old son and a husband, and I’m 4 months pregnant. So four or five bedrooms will do. I just don’t want to get a mansion or make it very obvious that I’ve got ten million. I’d rather get small luxuries for the *inside* of the house…e.g., a hot tub and a sauna, rather than *outside* of the house.
Somebody posted in here saying she wanted a Mini Cooper…if I wasn’t going to have two little kids, I’d also get one, primarily because of its excellent gas mileage (you can get 100 MPG on it!) and its overall cuteness. But it’s just too small for toting around two little ones. I’d be happy with a PT Cruiser or something like that.
100 MPG???? Never heard of that! I read that the older models only got about 28 MPG, now the newer ones can get up to 40, but only because a lighter alloy is being used to make the engines.
Oops. I was repeating what a guy told me about Mini Coopers…I just checked the Mini Cooper website, and you’re right, it’s 40 MPG for highway and 32 MPG for city, which is still pretty high.
Maybe it was for some other car and my brain couldn’t remember what car it was. Oh well.
If I had over ten million dollars, I’d buy the house of my dreams, which would be a Craftsman bungalow with a clawfoot bathtub in each of the two bathrooms. I also would buy a Mini-Cooper, you know, the red kind with the black top. They just look so sporty and cute.
I’d pay off my college debt, set up college trust funds for my future children, and help my mother out financially because she deserves a secure retirement. Then I’d travel all over the world in first-class style, and stay in the best hostels (yes, I said hostels) in the countries that I’d visit.
And the clothes….I would love to be able to pick up a $400 pair of beautiful Italian leather boots with having to worry about that price tag.
Why would you prefer to stay in a hostel instead of a hotel? I’m curious.
Because you get to meet interesting people in hostels that you ordinarily wouldn’t get to in regular hotels. There’s this sense of community that you find in hostels. When I went to Paris two years ago, I stayed in a third-star hostel, and had a great time there meeting my fellow hostel mates during French continental breakfast. We all sat down at this long table every morning, and would pass the jams and croissants to each other.
Interesting. So what are the differences between hostels and hotels? One website (http://www.backpackeurope.com/hostels/compare.html) lists the pros and cons. Big thing for me is privacy.
I’d donate my money to charity– there’s only so much money that one truly needs. Spending 52 grand on a purse that goes out of style is crazy.
Well if you hurry, tonights Powerball is $300 million and as they say you cant win if you dont play!
My first luxury purchase would be a fully loaded Jaguar!
Winning ticket was sold in Indiana. I know a couple people there… I’m asking for a 1% break-off…LOL.
then I deserve 1% of your 1%. That would even make me happy!
That’s pretty excessive. Personally, I’d just pick up my own regular house or apartment, with regular car, and then just plain retire with the rest in some sort of fund, some in stocks.
I’m in the DC area and they said one of the Vuitton handbag buyers is in DC but wouldn’t identify them.
Right. DC is pretty small, so if you see the woman with that purse, you’ll know it’s HER… *pointing finger accusingly*
In all insanity with 10 million, first I’d pay off my debts… buy a house, pre-pay for a nursing home for my folks… and then invest half of what is left for my son, and the rest into a retirement fund for moi. Nothing exciting, except maybe I’d try to build my dream house… rather than buy… I’d have to think about this a bit more.. hmm…
Yeah think some more…with 10 million, you can think some more!
A villa outside Florence or Siena sounds about right for a luxury splurge. Or, along the Dalmatian coast if I wanted bigger bang for the buck. Other than that, I’d be very conservative.
This book is arguing that current luxury items aren’t worth the prices charged for them and based on the mystique of the marketing name or brand and contrasts that with the luxury items from the 19th century which were generally products of superior craftsmanship.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08.....?ref=books
I have generally found this to be true. Frequently “name” brands are not worth the price charged for and not just in luxury items. I would only purchase a “name” brand if it was demonstrably superior to its generic competitors.
That said, the examples listed above, including the stainless steel box and the ultra-expensive handbag are totally ridiculous. Ancien regime excess, anyone? You know what came later.
I agree with you. It’s like the difference between store-brand/name-brand food and gourmet food. People would shell out $$$ for Kraft, but not the generic supermarket brand, even though the quality is similiar. Whereas something like Whole Foods or Wegmans are on a whole ‘nother level.
Wegman’s, in the D.C. area, clearly beats all other competitors. It’s a rank of it’s own — number one. A distant second ranking is probably shared by Whole Foods and Giant. Wegman’s brand is so much better than most other food stores that I’ve encountered, both in the East and West Coasts.
that purse… it actually was a PR stunt. the intention was to create a buzz about each handbag that went into the “frankenstein.” by doing that, vuittion didnt spend but MADE money in promoting their line of handbags. Sheesh. all they did was announce an obscene price tag and the media blared it to the world… clever if you take that into consideration. like the NY hotel lounge that decided it’d get more publicity by kicking out paris hilton rather than letting her become a regular. way better than buying ad space when lifestyle mags do writeups on you.
point is: the ugly handbag gets two thumbs UP from me.
the most heinous frivolty of our time is bottled water–for which i’m guilty everyday, to the tune of $500+/yr–according to an acquaintance who claims to know the dirty secrets behind purified water.
me, what’d i do with the $10 mil? maybe more bottled water…
With all the water that $10 mil can buy, maybe you should also invest in some Depends to help control the “yellow wata.” ;-)
Don’t you have a Louis Vuitton purse and wallet???
Yes, I do…they were gifts that I graciously accepted. But I wouldn’t shell out the cash on my own, though… ;-)
Is it me or does the red bag sticking out of the purse looking like either an angry red pimple or a cancerous tumor?
Vikki you know i love spoiling ya and i buy you exspensive stuff that’s out of love. And yeah beacuse i got it like that! but as long the bills are paid family taken care of you will always be spoiled , if you got the money you should do whatever you want with it alot ppl say they wouldn’t spend money on such a such thats a bunch of bull! Maybe not a purse but they do on other things, It all depends on how your living you life.I wiuldn’t buy that puse “as shown in the picture” because it’s ugly and thats a silly price. I’ll admit i have a louis vuittion wallet and Vikki have the purse and wallet. you work hard to get thing what you want you should’nt have to worry what others thinks. But i do know the price of a dollar when need. Just use common sense. Some ppl has a whole lot of money they just dont know what to do with it, some ppl does it for showing off. but like i said i do it beacuse of love,spoiling and i got it like that. its my money and i do as i’m please no one gave me the money but me!
And who would buy a steel box to hammer in a seat? My butt already hurts just from the IDEA of sitting on a roughly shaped chair with pointy edges that may give hemmoroids and cuts. Good god.
Cancerous tumor??? That’s an interesting way of looking at it…
I happened to come across an article about an even more expensive clothing item - Lederhosen shorts (made by an austrian company Wohlmuther) that costs…
$115.000 !!!
http://style.rbc.ru/fashion/2007/08/27/34833.shtml
Well well well… I see all the people fantasizing about what they would buy with $10 million… interesting how they’d be buying stuff for THEMSELVES.
Some say they would only buy what they need. That’s good. What about what to do with the leftover money? Well, ever think about philanthropic activities??
That’s what’s wrong with a system that allows people to accumulate too much money, they keep it for themselves while others starve. Socialists have something to say about that, in making sure all the people have at least their most basic needs satisfied. But in order to do that, put a floor on poverty, there needs to be a ceiling placed on wealth. That way, the wealth in society can be distributed more fairly.
And go ahead, call me a pinko commie!
Look at Russia…even with high-minded socialist ideals, there was still a huge difference between the rich and the poor in Russia. The socialist regime didn’t remove the concept of rich, middle, poor classes at all.
And you notice that all the “aid”-type concerts intended to raise money for homeless, for Ethopia, for farms, etc etc…ultimately didn’t make any dent in alleviating these problems!
Lastly, Bill Gates has donated a huge chunk of his fortune to schools (via his company and/or foundation), and yet overall, there are still many schools that continue to need more money, equipment, teachers, etc.
All the money in the world isn’t going to solve all problems.
Check this out… a rich lady dies and leaves $12 million to her pooch…
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/.....329D20.DTL