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[–] 39 points 2 months ago (5 children)

This is the dream. Being so rich that you can sell a wooden box for almost a thousand dollars.

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  • [–] 19 points 2 months ago (4 children)

    I mean coffins and ceremonial urns aren’t much cheaper.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago (2 children)

    I think a basic pine casket wouldn't run for 1k

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago* (1 child)

    Sure, if you don’t value a persons time at all, nor care about the person you’re burying and just screw plywood together that’ll fall apart when you go and move it.

    The material alone would be around $400. Two sheets of 3/4 plywood is $100.

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  • [–] 34 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    That's the box.

    "Handcrafted from solid pine wood, finished with beeswax oil, lined in deep green velvet, and fitted with a faux gator-skin leather carrying strap with gold hardware,” the listing adds, “each box features custom engraved details and is exclusively numbered 1/500, making this an essential piece of art for the hive.”

    Fyi. Pine wood is like the cheapest wood that exists.
    Secondly. It uses pleather labeled as "faux leather". Aka vinyl.

    Engraved with a cnc machine.

    Looks glued together.

    Wow. If you want a fancy box buy one from an artisan off Etsy or in real life or something.

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  • [–] 23 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    Just this morning I was thinking about that one app from like 15 years ago that cost $1000 or something, and it's sole purpose for existing was as a status symbol...that you have so much money you can drop a grand on an app

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  • [–] 13 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    Yeah, I think it was $999 in the us. Which was the highest you could set an app price at the time.

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  • [–] 12 points 2 months ago

    Not only is it empty, it's also empty.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    Anyone dumb enough to buy it should face backlash.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 months ago

    But it’s got everything that guy owns in it.

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    [–] 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

    How does someone so rich stay so in touch with the economic realities the average person lives with? How down to Earth!

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  • [–] 4 points 2 months ago

    Link's not working for me :(

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago (11 children)

    Why the backlash? She was honest with the name. Empty Box, Lost Yo Mind. If they bought it, then they lost their minds, and deserve the empty box.

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    INSPIRED BY THE BEAUTY OF TRADITIONAL BEEKEEPER CRATES, THIS LIMITED-EDITION COLLECTOR’S BOX IS DESIGNED TO HOUSE AND DISPLAY YOUR BEYONCÉ VINYL COLLECTION. HANDCRAFTED FROM SOLID PINE WOOD, FINISHED WITH BEESWAX OIL, LINED IN DEEP GREEN VELVET, AND FITTED WITH A FAUX GATOR-SKIN LEATHER CARRYING STRAP WITH GOLD HARDWARE, EACH BOX FEATURES CUSTOM ENGRAVED DETAILS AND IS EXCLUSIVELY NUMBERED 1/500, MAKING THIS AN ESSENTIAL PIECE OF ART FOR THE HIVE.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago (7 children)

    Right, but the description, and by extension Beyonce herself, isn't indicating that this is a joke or some statement against fans mindlessly buying anything they produce. She legit wants her fans to spend $1000 on a box, and frankly the bad press costs more than the $450,000 she expects to get out of it.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    If they blatantly say “this is commentary on rampantly consumerism” then the commentary does not work. And either way, there is no bad press. Do people love it? Hate it? Doesn’t matter, they’re talking about it.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago* (1 child)

    And either way, there is no bad press.

    The myth that "all advertising is good advertising" is just that. There are reputational impacts from stunts like these.

    Just look at how bad Ye has fucked up his career. Sure, he's still rich as hell, but he ain't coming back from that.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago (2 children)

    Okay, point out the sentence.

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  • [–] -3 points 2 months ago

    You're all just jealous.

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