Things you don't see the value in...

[anonymous-user]

I was looking at E-bikes the other day and it got me thinking about my own (maybe skewed) ideas on value for money. For example, a Specialised Electric S-Works... £14k. I know its the dogs doo-dads of the the e-bike world, but its FOURTEEN THOUSAND POUNDS... for a bike. I could go and buy a brand new car for that.. with seats for people and room for luggage. I just can't get my head around it

Same for expensive jeans... I was looking at Hebtroco jeans the other day, but I can't do £160 for a pair of jeans. Yet I've got Tom Ford aftershave and Oakley sunglasses.

And last week I was pissed off because wife and I both bought washing powder so now we have £20 worth of it sat in the utility room

Anyone else get this?

[munroman]

Those horrendous 'Duck Lips' that look as if those sporting them have suffered severe Bee stings?

[Baldchap]

Everything I don't like or use I probably don't understand the value of.

Doesn't mean it doesn't have value to someone.

[Boom78]

Agree on jeans, I don’t understand expensive branded ones, as long as the fit/colour is what I want then £30 is more than enough .. but will happily spends hundreds on trainers, boots and coats

[Freakuk]

Private plates... Other than trying to hide a vehicles age, just seems an unnecessary expense and faff to me.

[Trustmeimadoctor]

Boom78 said:

Agree on jeans, I don’t understand expensive branded ones, as long as the fit/colour is what I want then £30 is more than enough .. but will happily spends hundreds on trainers, boots and coats

there can be huge differences in denim quality in denim even within the same brand and it depends if you want things like a heavyweight, lightweight, stretch, no stretch, shrink to fit etc etc and thats before you get to wanting a fancy selvage on your jeans

[PushedDover]

My Ebike was a relatively boggo £2600 type hardtail.
Best toy I have bought for a loooong time and made a huge difference to my approach to exercise / getting out there and hence then Mental Wellbeing.

Not sure a £14k one would have improved that in my circumstances

[Drezza]

Snap-On tools

[Randy Winkman]

Freakuk said:

Private plates... Other than trying to hide a vehicles age, just seems an unnecessary expense and faff to me.

Same here. They are quite possibly the ultimate expression of vanity. Just some different printed numbers and letters on a plastic plate. I guess that's why they are sometimes called "vanity plates". The only value I can see in them is that, like lots of things, people buy them because they think they will go up in value.

[Trustmeimadoctor]

Drezza said:

Snap-On tools

yeah where they intentionally price things stupidly high to push you toward what they actually want you to buy nad billy bonus if your determined to actually buy the intentionally overpriced set

[Koyaanisqatsi]

Getting food delivered (Deliveroo, Uber Eats et al.). I seem to be one of the very few people in the world who hasn't used one of these food delivery companies. I simply don't see the value in paying a premium for the food to be worse (sweaty, cold, squashed) than it will be if I get off my arse and travel 5 or 10 minutes myself to enjoy it.

[Greenmantle]

Koyaanisqatsi said:

Getting food delivered (Deliveroo, Uber Eats et al.). I seem to be one of the very few people in the world who hasn't used one of these food delivery companies. I simply don't see the value in paying a premium for the food to be worse (sweaty, cold, squashed) than it will be if I get off my arse and travel 5 or 10 minutes myself.

this.

[Trustmeimadoctor]

Greenmantle said:

Koyaanisqatsi said:

Getting food delivered (Deliveroo, Uber Eats et al.). I seem to be one of the very few people in the world who hasn't used one of these food delivery companies. I simply don't see the value in paying a premium for the food to be worse (sweaty, cold, squashed) than it will be if I get off my arse and travel 5 or 10 minutes myself.

this.

but i cant sit in a nando's with my balls out watching tv when away on buisness

like i can in my delux premier inn

[anonymous-user]

Shaving foam / cream. Entirely pointless waste of money driven by marketing hype. Warm water (and a bit of soap if you insist) does the same job.

[President Merkin]

Koyaanisqatsi said:

Getting food delivered (Deliveroo, Uber Eats et al.). I seem to be one of the very few people in the world who hasn't used one of these food delivery companies. I simply don't see the value in paying a premium for the food to be worse (sweaty, cold, squashed) than it will be if I get off my arse and travel 5 or 10 minutes myself to enjoy it.

I remember this whenever that view comes up. God bless the Chemical Brothers.

[bloomen]

Randy Winkman said:

Same here. They are quite possibly the ultimate expression of vanity. Just some different printed numbers and letters on a plastic plate. I guess that's why they are sometimes called "vanity plates". The only value I can see in them is that, like lots of things, people buy them because they think they will go up in value.

It's 'cherished' that really gets my goat. If I ever came across anyone who said that to me I'd push them in the sea.

I see images of the family unscrewing the plates and cradling them between Mother's bosoms while the rest of the family weep and hold each other.

[anonymous-user]

Koyaanisqatsi said:

Getting food delivered (Deliveroo, Uber Eats et al.). I seem to be one of the very few people in the world who hasn't used one of these food delivery companies. I simply don't see the value in paying a premium for the food to be worse (sweaty, cold, squashed) than it will be if I get off my arse and travel 5 or 10 minutes myself to enjoy it.

I was of the same opinion, until I had kids. Stuck in the house when they're in bed I can still enjoy an occasional takeaway.

[Doofus]

Randy Winkman said:

Freakuk said:

Private plates... Other than trying to hide a vehicles age, just seems an unnecessary expense and faff to me.

Same here. They are quite possibly the ultimate expression of vanity. Just some different printed numbers and letters on a plastic plate. I guess that's why they are sometimes called "vanity plates". The only value I can see in them is that, like lots of things, people buy them because they think they will go up in value.

This. A numberplate is just a barcode essentially.

I have two dateless plates. But at least they aren't 'personal' in that they don't try to spell my name, or the model of car or even a random word..

[anonymous-user]

Baldchap said:

Everything I don't like or use I probably don't understand the value of.

Doesn't mean it doesn't have value to someone.

I agree, just pondering on the subject of perceived value and finding it interesting.

[Zarco]

Weddings.