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Gotta say I love the ad copy for the 10 pound cube: ADD to your collection! This cube is the larger version of the world famous tungsten cube COMPARE t

Gotta say I love the ad copy for the 10 pound cube: ADD to your collection! This cube is the larger version of the world famous tungsten cube COMPARE the density to our 2.5" Aluminum cube to enhance the experience

cwkoss 5y ago
I wonder if anyone is manufacturing tungsten dumbbells. Would be very pricy, but also super cool.
- plorkyeran 5y ago
  The brittleness would be an issue. Shattering when you drop it isn't really a property you want in dumbbells.
  - temp0826 5y ago
    This is why I prefer uranium dumbbells
- 6nf 5y ago
  'Official' sports kettlebells are all the same physical size but are available in a wide range of weights. For sizes 8kg to about 32kg they just use steel. For heavier ones they use lead. The very heaviest kettlebells contain tunsten.
burnished 5y ago
this is the sort of value driven advertising that I appreciate
modeless 5y ago
How about the 4" 40 pound $2,999 one? > WHY? We thought nobody would buy our 17.6lb, 3" tungsten cube. We were so, so wrong
- mensetmanusman 5y ago
  Once it gets large enough, it will end up at MOMA.
  - EvanAnderson 5y ago
    Presumably in one of the basement spaces.
  - kindall 5y ago
    Imagine how much a really big cube of tungsten would weigh. Installing it at MOMA would itself be the art.
- hellbannedguy 5y ago
  My sister owns two shoe stores in LA. It wasen't till she raised her prices significantly things got going. Wealthy measure value by price. (I don't get it.)
  - freetinker 5y ago
    Shoes (especially the ones people buy for fashion value – think Louboutin stilettos vs. something more functional like New Balance sneakers) are a Veblen good. Their perceived value increases with their price. Like art. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veblen_good https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veblen_good
    - kragen 5y ago
      Also, if a market is efficient, prices will closely track (marginal) use value. If a brand can demand a price premium, it's because their products are higher quality, and nobody has been able to produce a comparable product at a lower cost. Red Wing boots are more expensive than Timberland boots, for example, because they're made from full-grain leather and have good quality control, and they will last the rest of your life if you care for them properly. (They're more expensive than New Balance sneakers, too, but Nike sneakers are the same price as Red Wing boots without being of high quality, for the Veblen-good reasons you cite.) That's why when I buy wine for my girlfriend I don't buy the cheapest brand. It's not that I think the wine market is efficient, particularly when I'm at a supermarket that can charge whatever price they want instead of comparing prices at https://1000corks.com/; https://1000corks.com/; it's that I think my ignorance of wine is deeper than the market's inefficiency.

cwkoss 5y ago

I wonder if anyone is manufacturing tungsten dumbbells. Would be very pricy, but also super cool.

plorkyeran 5y ago
The brittleness would be an issue. Shattering when you drop it isn't really a property you want in dumbbells.
- temp0826 5y ago
  This is why I prefer uranium dumbbells
6nf 5y ago
'Official' sports kettlebells are all the same physical size but are available in a wide range of weights. For sizes 8kg to about 32kg they just use steel. For heavier ones they use lead. The very heaviest kettlebells contain tunsten.

burnished 5y ago

this is the sort of value driven advertising that I appreciate

modeless 5y ago

How about the 4" 40 pound $2,999 one? > WHY? We thought nobody would buy our 17.6lb, 3" tungsten cube. We were so, so wrong

mensetmanusman 5y ago
Once it gets large enough, it will end up at MOMA.
- EvanAnderson 5y ago
  Presumably in one of the basement spaces.
- kindall 5y ago
  Imagine how much a really big cube of tungsten would weigh. Installing it at MOMA would itself be the art.
hellbannedguy 5y ago
My sister owns two shoe stores in LA. It wasen't till she raised her prices significantly things got going. Wealthy measure value by price. (I don't get it.)
- freetinker 5y ago
  Shoes (especially the ones people buy for fashion value – think Louboutin stilettos vs. something more functional like New Balance sneakers) are a Veblen good. Their perceived value increases with their price. Like art. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veblen_good https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veblen_good
  - kragen 5y ago
    Also, if a market is efficient, prices will closely track (marginal) use value. If a brand can demand a price premium, it's because their products are higher quality, and nobody has been able to produce a comparable product at a lower cost. Red Wing boots are more expensive than Timberland boots, for example, because they're made from full-grain leather and have good quality control, and they will last the rest of your life if you care for them properly. (They're more expensive than New Balance sneakers, too, but Nike sneakers are the same price as Red Wing boots without being of high quality, for the Veblen-good reasons you cite.) That's why when I buy wine for my girlfriend I don't buy the cheapest brand. It's not that I think the wine market is efficient, particularly when I'm at a supermarket that can charge whatever price they want instead of comparing prices at https://1000corks.com/; https://1000corks.com/; it's that I think my ignorance of wine is deeper than the market's inefficiency.