It's all relative though isn't it.
Going by your sig you own an S2000. For someone less wealthy than yourself that would be a really, really "stupid purchase".
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It's all relative though isn't it.
Going by your sig you own an S2000. For someone less wealthy than yourself that would be a really, really "stupid purchase".
The phrase is "the love of money is the root of all evil", which has a very different meaning.
Take Spie, for example. He has a lot of money. Has it made him evil? Doesn't look that way.
You could just scale up your purchasing if you wanted to, or feel special by making a difference to someone's life in some way. Find someone who's working a side job to pay for education and tip them £10,000, for example. Or buy a herd of cows to help loads of farmers in some war-torn hellhole country get back on their feet.
There's always something special you can do with lots of money.
If I had a ludicrous amount of money, I'd just go up to random people on the street, and hand them wads of like, 20k or whatever.
People you don't know, who are just going about their business. Just think how much you could brighten up their lives.
Like secret millionaire, I guess
People you don't know, who are just going about their business. Just think how much you could brighten up their lives.
Like secret millionaire, I guess
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I don't think it's silly spending a lot of money on Drink especially if you love the stuff but really I think it's silly the way they did it and the reasons for doing it. Doing it in a club with sparklers in and all that **** makes me wonder just what the mark-up was
and I wonder if they actually finished what they ordered or was it literally just to say "hey we can drop £65,000 on drinks" which I genuinely cannot understand.
OK, you have my buy in, that sounds rather lovely :F
I don't think it's silly spending a lot of money on Drink especially if you love the stuff but really I think it's silly the way they did it and the reasons for doing it. Doing it in a club with sparklers in and all that **** makes me wonder just what the mark-up was
I was at the F1 bar afterparty in Shanghai the other week and our drinks came to the table in glowing green covers held aloft by bars staff
Quite funny when the real rich people got 6 bottles of Krystal a few tables away!
It wasn't funny when the serving staff told us each additional carafe of Cranberry mixer was £13
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If I were mega rich you guys wouldn't be able to get owt from okuk anymore cause i'd be ordering the lot lol, seriously, I love building computers and i'd be constantly buying components just for the hell of it and then I'd flog em on the MM for a fraction of what I paid cause i'm a complete and utter nutter, but i'd still shop at Tesco, Asda and Sainsbury's and drink cheap beer and brandy. Animal charities would also benefit.
So a brand new £1,600 rig would only cost you £100
So a brand new £1,600 rig would only cost you £100
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Exactly, shes no better than someone on benefits spending it on something they don't really need while contributing nothing to society, you can argue that the money helped the business but it's money she shouldn't have in the first place and they've been given a lot for producing a little.
Even this isn't really correct, people work hard and should we rewarded for that within reason but often the point at which they make huge amounts is the point where others are working for them, they're making money off the backs of others when instead the workers could be paid more or their goods and services sold cheaper.
A top actor or sportsman may work a lot but that doesn't mean they should be entitled to excessive wealth, no instead everyone else working should be paid a bit more and the product sold to us for less, that way everyone benefits.
Im not saying people should make a fair wage/profit but it's often excessive and represents greed and an unfair distribution of wealth.
Bill gates may do good with his money but many rich people don't and to be honest i think everyone would have benefited from cheaper software.
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I'd be up for that
I do think some people end up with some insane amounts of money that just doesn't get used for the right things. To me, $87k on a bottle is madness. That money could be used to pay for something that is truly important.
I think people with large fortunes or money at their disposal do have some sort of responsibility to ensure that it's used with a bit of wisdom. I have more respect for wealthy people that put their fortunes to good use rather than those that just throw it away on luxuries. I think there is a line between comfort and just being greedy, when you reach the point where you can just throw money at things without either questioning the consequences, it's to much.
Money should be treated with respect and unfortunately that respect varies from person to person.
I think people with large fortunes or money at their disposal do have some sort of responsibility to ensure that it's used with a bit of wisdom. I have more respect for wealthy people that put their fortunes to good use rather than those that just throw it away on luxuries. I think there is a line between comfort and just being greedy, when you reach the point where you can just throw money at things without either questioning the consequences, it's to much.
Money should be treated with respect and unfortunately that respect varies from person to person.
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As I've said before I would be happy with the winning the millionare raffle in the Euromillions.
Basically spend £400,000 on flat, car(s) money gifts to family and shove the other £600,000 in a bank with hopefully 5% interest. £30k a year is more than the average wage and would be treated like such. Means living comfortably but still need to save and budget for the really big expendatures.
Basically spend £400,000 on flat, car(s) money gifts to family and shove the other £600,000 in a bank with hopefully 5% interest. £30k a year is more than the average wage and would be treated like such. Means living comfortably but still need to save and budget for the really big expendatures.
Relative yes. The price I paid for my S2000 is pretty average in the 'first world'.
Pointless discussing relativity in a thread about being too rich, suffice to say "too rich" is a relative term depending on who you ask as is the perception of value.
I think we can all agree a pretty standard baseline though, considering the numbers being bounced around as "too much" my S2000 cost would seem like a drop in the ocean.....
My car represents value for it's cost based on what you get. If it cost £100,000 and I bought it for it's looks alone that would not be value, would it?
Same cannot be said for 4 digit values on bottles of champagne, that never represents value.
People who can afford to buy 4 and 5 digit figure bottles of champagne aren't buying it for value though are they?