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I remember when I accidentally stumbled upon a $100 A5 notebook, in a regular department store, but located in a finance hub. It had no obvious feature to justi
by 323 4y ago
I remember when I accidentally stumbled upon a $100 A5 notebook, in a regular department store, but located in a finance hub. It had no obvious feature to justify the price, no leather, no gold leaf or anything weird. Just a good quality notebook.
It was quite a visceral shock to realize that obviously some people do buy them. Again, it was a regular upmarket shop, not some sort of billionaires exclusive hangout.
- ShroudedNight 4y agoThis was in currency more-or-less equivalent to the US Dollar? Was it made of vellum!? Even as a paper snob, $100 for a notebook elicits a visceral reaction.
- 323 4y agoYes, $100 USD equivalent. Looking at google images, no, it was definitely not vellum, just good quality paper. I remember feeling a bit ashamed because I was touching such expensive paper with my greasy hands :) I'm sure the location of the shop mattered a bit, everything there was on the expensive side of things, somewhat like in airport shops.