But why term it 'expensive'? For one you don't know the price but even assuming the cost was non trivial (and it almost certainly was I will agree to that) sayi

But why term it 'expensive'? For one you don't know the price but even assuming the cost was non trivial (and it almost certainly was I will agree to that) saying 'expensive' infers lack of value. It's almost the language that is used in news articles to invoke some kind of emotion in the reader beyond what it should be. " The value relates to a particular purpose. An engineer earning $150,000 per year would be expensive to a small hardware store (a non starter even employment wise most likely) but not to Google, Amazon or even certain well funded startups.