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Title: I have joined the Malthusian club...
Post by: viper37 on May 24, 2012, 07:38:16 AM
In overpaying for common appliance.

No, don't worry.  I have not bought a 4000$ stroller.

Only a 111$ toilet brush.  :Embarrass:

I really should have checked the price before placing the order.  And I thought I'd be saving money by going directly to the distrubutor.  Frack me :(
Title: Re: I have joined the Malthusian club...
Post by: Richard Hakluyt on May 24, 2012, 07:39:05 AM
 :lol:

What does it do to justify the price?
Title: Re: I have joined the Malthusian club...
Post by: PDH on May 24, 2012, 07:43:45 AM
He bought a gross.
Title: Re: I have joined the Malthusian club...
Post by: Malthus on May 24, 2012, 07:48:10 AM
I don't think your massively overpriced toilet brush is going to impress people with your conspicuous consumption like a $2000 stroller would.

Though I guess it depends on the crowd you hang out with.  :D
Title: Re: I have joined the Malthusian club...
Post by: Brazen on May 24, 2012, 07:50:21 AM
It would really have to be fitted with an Automated Skidmark Detection System clean the toilet itself to justify that price! Can't you send it back for a refund?

I still have one of the toilet brushes that came with my flat. There were two originally. And just one toilet :unsure:
Title: Re: I have joined the Malthusian club...
Post by: Malthus on May 24, 2012, 08:12:47 AM
Quote from: Brazen on May 24, 2012, 07:50:21 AM
It would really have to be fitted with an Automated Skidmark Detection System clean the toilet itself to justify that price! Can't you send it back for a refund?

I still have one of the toilet brushes that came with my flat. There were two originally. And just one toilet :unsure:

I suppose it gave the previous occupant and a friend something to do together of an evening.  :D
Title: Re: I have joined the Malthusian club...
Post by: Razgovory on May 24, 2012, 08:17:03 AM
It was the only toilet bowl brush he could find that exclusively cleaned the toilet in French.
Title: Re: I have joined the Malthusian club...
Post by: mongers on May 24, 2012, 08:20:39 AM
In some ways technology can perform this 'function'; I especially look back on the just sub $800 20MB hard disk I once bought, particularly  as yesterday a 4000MB micro-sd card cost me around $3. So roughly 250th of the cost for 200 times the capacity.


edit:
Actually I don't ever recall paying over the odds for something, whose function couldn't be performed by a budget or quality reasonable priced item.

Title: Re: I have joined the Malthusian club...
Post by: viper37 on May 24, 2012, 08:31:30 AM
Quote from: Richard Hakluyt on May 24, 2012, 07:39:05 AM
:lol:

What does it do to justify the price?

Nothing special, it's just plastic with a chrome like finish and it is bolted to the wall.  I selected all my accessories thinking no one would charge more than 20-30$ for something like that.  Turns out, I was wrong.
Title: Re: I have joined the Malthusian club...
Post by: viper37 on May 24, 2012, 08:32:27 AM
Quote from: Brazen on May 24, 2012, 07:50:21 AM
Can't you send it back for a refund?
no, all the stuff was a special order.
The other model I wanted was unavailable.
Title: Re: I have joined the Malthusian club...
Post by: viper37 on May 24, 2012, 08:32:51 AM
Quote from: Malthus on May 24, 2012, 07:48:10 AM
I don't think your massively overpriced toilet brush is going to impress people with your conspicuous consumption like a $2000 stroller would.

Though I guess it depends on the crowd you hang out with.  :D
I'm not a lawyer, I have to start small :D
Title: Re: I have joined the Malthusian club...
Post by: mongers on May 24, 2012, 08:41:21 AM
Quote from: Malthus on May 24, 2012, 07:48:10 AM
I don't think your massively overpriced toilet brush is going to impress people with your conspicuous consumption like a $2000 stroller would.

Though I guess it depends on the crowd you hang out with.  :D

Maybe it depends on where your crowd hangs out; maybe it'll get notice by a friend taking a line of coke off the downed toilet lid ?  :unsure:
Title: Re: I have joined the Malthusian club...
Post by: Richard Hakluyt on May 24, 2012, 08:44:03 AM
Pimp My Bogbrush  :hmm:

There might just be a reality show in it, one can never underestimate the taste of the public  :cool:
Title: Re: I have joined the Malthusian club...
Post by: Malthus on May 24, 2012, 09:03:02 AM
Quote from: mongers on May 24, 2012, 08:41:21 AM
Quote from: Malthus on May 24, 2012, 07:48:10 AM
I don't think your massively overpriced toilet brush is going to impress people with your conspicuous consumption like a $2000 stroller would.

Though I guess it depends on the crowd you hang out with.  :D

Maybe it depends on where your crowd hangs out; maybe it'll get notice by a friend taking a line of coke off the downed toilet lid ?  :unsure:

I don't know - do people do coke off toilet lids in their friend's apartment?  ;) I though that was more a 'night at the club' sort of thing ... but maybe his friends don't want to share.  :hmm:
Title: Re: I have joined the Malthusian club...
Post by: 11B4V on May 24, 2012, 09:17:03 AM
Quote from: viper37 on May 24, 2012, 07:38:16 AM
In overpaying for common appliance.

No, don't worry.  I have not bought a 4000$ stroller.

Only a 111$ toilet brush.  :Embarrass:

I really should have checked the price before placing the order.  And I thought I'd be saving money by going directly to the distrubutor.  Frack me :(

Dude go to walmart for that shit.
Title: Re: I have joined the Malthusian club...
Post by: Crazy_Ivan80 on May 24, 2012, 10:14:02 AM
Quote from: Malthus on May 24, 2012, 07:48:10 AM
I don't think your massively overpriced toilet brush is going to impress people with your conspicuous consumption like a $2000 stroller would.

Though I guess it depends on the crowd you hang out with.  :D

germans?
Title: Re: I have joined the Malthusian club...
Post by: PDH on May 24, 2012, 10:14:47 AM
Quote from: 11B4V on May 24, 2012, 09:17:03 AM
Dude go to walmart for that shit.

Plus you can hit on chicks with tats there too.
Title: Re: I have joined the Malthusian club...
Post by: Ed Anger on May 24, 2012, 10:16:46 AM
Quote from: PDH on May 24, 2012, 10:14:47 AM
Quote from: 11B4V on May 24, 2012, 09:17:03 AM
Dude go to walmart for that shit.

Plus you can hit on chicks with tats there too.

Or that one with the urine bag.
Title: Re: I have joined the Malthusian club...
Post by: Razgovory on May 24, 2012, 10:25:30 AM
Quote from: Ed Anger on May 24, 2012, 10:16:46 AM
Quote from: PDH on May 24, 2012, 10:14:47 AM
Quote from: 11B4V on May 24, 2012, 09:17:03 AM
Dude go to walmart for that shit.

Plus you can hit on chicks with tats there too.

Or that one with the urine bag.


Oooh!  Or that chick on the anti-smoking commercials.  The one with the hole in her throat and the wig.  She looks pretty freaky.
Title: Re: I have joined the Malthusian club...
Post by: 11B4V on May 24, 2012, 10:48:22 AM
Quote from: Razgovory on May 24, 2012, 10:25:30 AM
Quote from: Ed Anger on May 24, 2012, 10:16:46 AM
Quote from: PDH on May 24, 2012, 10:14:47 AM
Quote from: 11B4V on May 24, 2012, 09:17:03 AM
Dude go to walmart for that shit.

Plus you can hit on chicks with tats there too.

Or that one with the urine bag.


Oooh!  Or that chick on the anti-smoking commercials.  The one with the hole in her throat and the wig.  She looks pretty freaky.

Dont hate the Mart.  :mad:
Title: Re: I have joined the Malthusian club...
Post by: viper37 on May 24, 2012, 10:52:07 AM
Quote from: 11B4V on May 24, 2012, 09:17:03 AM
Quote from: viper37 on May 24, 2012, 07:38:16 AM
In overpaying for common appliance.

No, don't worry.  I have not bought a 4000$ stroller.

Only a 111$ toilet brush.  :Embarrass:

I really should have checked the price before placing the order.  And I thought I'd be saving money by going directly to the distrubutor.  Frack me :(

Dude go to walmart for that shit.
there's no Walmart yet in my hometown.
Title: Re: I have joined the Malthusian club...
Post by: Admiral Yi on May 24, 2012, 10:53:37 AM
WalMart gave up on Quebec because of all the union agitatin.
Title: Re: I have joined the Malthusian club...
Post by: Valmy on May 24, 2012, 11:27:34 AM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on May 24, 2012, 10:53:37 AM
WalMart gave up on Quebec because of all the union agitatin.

Hrm if I google 'Warmart Quebec' it looks like there are dozens of locations :hmm:
Title: Re: I have joined the Malthusian club...
Post by: The Brain on May 24, 2012, 11:30:32 AM
Quote from: Valmy on May 24, 2012, 11:27:34 AM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on May 24, 2012, 10:53:37 AM
WalMart gave up on Quebec because of all the union agitatin.

Hrm if I google 'Warmart Quebec' it looks like there are dozens of locations :hmm:

:bleeding:
Title: Re: I have joined the Malthusian club...
Post by: viper37 on May 24, 2012, 01:00:41 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on May 24, 2012, 10:53:37 AM
WalMart gave up on Quebec because of all the union agitatin.
No, they bought some of the Zellers store and are in the process of clearing the store, then they will modify it to suit their needs and re-open as a mini-Walmart.  It's a city of less than 5000 souls, it wasn't really in their priority.

As for giving up on Quebec, that's not the case, the market is just saturated for their big stores.  They got at least one in mid size cities (30 000 and above) accross the province.  Maybe they closed one and did not reopen it, I can't remember.

You need to take into account that the entire population of Quebec could fit in Boston's CSA.
Title: Re: I have joined the Malthusian club...
Post by: garbon on May 24, 2012, 03:01:02 PM
What's a CSA?
Title: Re: I have joined the Malthusian club...
Post by: Valmy on May 24, 2012, 03:03:13 PM
Quote from: garbon on May 24, 2012, 03:01:02 PM
What's a CSA?

Confederate States of America
Title: Re: I have joined the Malthusian club...
Post by: garbon on May 24, 2012, 03:11:19 PM
Quote from: Valmy on May 24, 2012, 03:03:13 PM
Quote from: garbon on May 24, 2012, 03:01:02 PM
What's a CSA?

Confederate States of America

Does Boston have any of those?
Title: Re: I have joined the Malthusian club...
Post by: 11B4V on May 24, 2012, 07:11:09 PM
Quote from: viper37 on May 24, 2012, 10:52:07 AM
Quote from: 11B4V on May 24, 2012, 09:17:03 AM
Quote from: viper37 on May 24, 2012, 07:38:16 AM
In overpaying for common appliance.

No, don't worry.  I have not bought a 4000$ stroller.

Only a 111$ toilet brush.  :Embarrass:

I really should have checked the price before placing the order.  And I thought I'd be saving money by going directly to the distrubutor.  Frack me :(

Dude go to walmart for that shit.
there's no Walmart yet in my hometown.
You can also use the online Walmart

http://www.amazon.com/Casabella-44668-Bowl-Brush-Set/dp/B0041D7OSS/ref=sr_1_2?s=bedbath&ie=UTF8&qid=1337904566&sr=1-2
(https://languish.org/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fecx.images-amazon.com%2Fimages%2FI%2F712MChIEjBL._AA1500_.jpg&hash=97fa5df737a11c7e52dc926aafb8e85a51e6c585)