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In Reply to: RE: TAS serves up another crock of cognitive dissonance. posted by john.potis@comcast.net on March 20, 2008 at 09:31:43
>>You look at the car and then you look at the amps and you can’t help but scratch your head. <<
When I read this I honestly wasn't sure which price made you scratch your head--the car or the amps?
A couple months ago, a girl who hadn't adequately cleared her windshield of snow came across the center line and totaled my car--which isn't hard to do when it's worth about $1200 bucks. So I took the insurance settlement (more than it was worth, about $2K) and went shopping for a new car. I bought a rust-free 1996 Jetta with 113K miles on it. Because it had been assembled from two previous cars by a qualified, employed VW mechanic, in his spare time, it cost me just $2,000. Drives great, looks okay, and doing that kind of deal is a lot more fun than shopping on a used-car lot.
I would never, ever spend $30K on a car, unless (God forbid) I were to find myself commuting 50 miles each way to work by car. Given my current lifestyle, the idea of spending that kind of money for a car is ludicrous. And it's not an income thing; I could afford it without stress. It just doesn't interest me.
Now, $16K for a pair of amps seems a bit rich to me, too, but it's less crazy than $30K for a car (let alone what a truly high-end car would cost). Assuming they're good of course.
So (and I direct this question to anyone who wants to comment)--what's a real world price for a car? $2,000? $3,000? $30,000? Does the fact that Circuit City sells disc-spinners for preposterously low prices condition our response?
I'm not saying value isn't a consideration; it is, and I think it's fair game for reviewers to say whether something is worth the price. But people's values, and how they perceive value, differ.
Jim
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