# Is Hermés overpriced?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-hermes-overpriced/573037
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [March 1, 2011, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-hermes-overpriced/573037 "2011-03-01T06:04:44Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)
#### Post date: [March 3, 2011, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-hermes-overpriced/573037/81 "2011-03-03T16:00:25Z")
> [@Rand\_Rover](#):
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> I don’t think people do it consciously (i.e., I don’t think they think “hmm, instead of saying that I am making a subjective judgment, I will attempt to convince others that I’m stating an objective fact about the world!”). I just think that some people have a problem with having an opinion, so they find ways to to imprint the world with their own feelings about it as if those feelings are an intrinsic part of the world. So, for these people, it is not the case that “I don’t want to pay what they are asking for the item” (a statement about the person), it is the case that “the item is overpriced” (a statement about the item).
Dude, Randy, most things people say are a matter of opinion. “Those scarves are ugly” is a matter of opinion. It means “They are designed in a way that is unpleasing to the eye.” Everyone’s eye? Of course not, but no one says “I am not making an objective statement about the world, but am attempting to convince you that this scarf is visually displeasing to me, which is, of course, subjective.” When someone refers to an item as “overpriced” they typically mean “I am not willing to pay that price for the item because I believe I can find something of equal quality and style for a lower price.” Style is, of course, a matter of opinion, but that’s not the point. Point is that is a different statement from “I am not willing to pay that price because it is a lot of money” or just simply “I am not willing to pay that price.”
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> This is just asinine.
I was Dio-ing you because I don’t feel like talking about it anymore.
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### Author:  [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)
#### Post date: [March 3, 2011, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-hermes-overpriced/573037/82 "2011-03-03T16:55:46Z")
It is all abot status (and perceived ststs).
I think Hermes is boght by the noveau riche types (with more money than brains).
Where I live (New England) the “old money” crowd doesn’t give a crap about this-they wear their grandfather’s suits and hats, and live in rundown old mansions.
Hermes is for the gy who made a billion in a start-up IPO, and wants to “feel rich”.
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### Author:  [@Rand\_Rover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rand_Rover)
#### Post date: [March 4, 2011, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-hermes-overpriced/573037/83 "2011-03-04T01:59:55Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#):
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> Dude, Randy, most things people say are a matter of opinion. “Those scarves are ugly” is a matter of opinion. It means “They are designed in a way that is unpleasing to the eye.” Everyone’s eye? Of course not, but no one says “I am not making an objective statement about the world, but am attempting to convince you that this scarf is visually displeasing to me, which is, of course, subjective.” When someone refers to an item as “overpriced” they typically mean “I am not willing to pay that price for the item because I believe I can find something of equal quality and style for a lower price.” Style is, of course, a matter of opinion, but that’s not the point. Point is that is a different statement from “I am not willing to pay that price because it is a lot of money” or just simply “I am not willing to pay that price.”
Well, I agree with you, I just think there’s a continuum here. People know they are stating an opinion when they say something is ugly, but many people believe they are stating an objective fact when they state that an action is immoral. I think the statement “that is overpriced” is somewhere in the middle–ie, it seems to me that people think they are doing more than simply stating their opinion.
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> I was Dio-ing you because I don’t feel like talking about it anymore.
No you weren’t.
re-Dio on dat ass 😃
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