# What is the most expensive sold on Amazon? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [August 6, 2013, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-expensive-sold-on-amazon/665535 "2013-08-06T22:01:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2013, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-expensive-sold-on-amazon/665535/21 "2013-08-07T23:09:29Z")
> [@drewtwo99](#): > > I was told that a “charge card” is different than a “credit card” in that it doesn’t have a hard upper limit, you can charge as much as you could possibly want, but must be paid off each month (or every quarter or something) or there are ridiculous penalties. Is that true? That is sort of true and it is mainly referring to American Express. Even they allow revolving credit on many of their cards now though so the distinction isn’t as clear as it once was. Also, ‘no limit’ doesn’t mean that the limit is truly infinite. It really means ‘no preset limit’ and that where they draw the line at any given time depends on your purchasing and payment history. You can’t generally charge $1000 a month for years and then suddenly decide to charge something that costs $150,000 on those cards. It will be declined unless you have talked to them first and they agree. Still, there are lots of cards with truly high limits that you can use at all will and plenty of people with charge cards and the purchasing history that can use their cards to charge something that costs in the hundreds of thousands of dollars any time they want. Lots of small business owners use company credit cards to help manage their cash flow and gain bonus rewards. They may routinely charge that much every month on a card in operating expenses and have the extremely high limit to show for it even if they aren’t personally wealthy. ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2013, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-expensive-sold-on-amazon/665535/22 "2013-08-08T00:19:47Z")
> [@Mdcastle](#): > > Modern art print for $25,882,433.96 with the usual funny reviews $25,882,433.96 is outrageous. Now if it were $25,882,433.95 I could consider it. ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2013, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-expensive-sold-on-amazon/665535/23 "2013-08-08T01:59:33Z")
> [@janeslogin](#): > > Considering any single item, not a multiple item package, what is the most expensive thing sold on Amazon? > [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > Here’s a roll of welding cable for 31 million + > > [http://www.amazon.com/4-250-WELDING-CABLE-Office-Product/dp/B00BAH6IGW/ref=pd\_sbs\_watch\_12](http://www.amazon.com/4-250-WELDING-CABLE-Office-Product/dp/B00BAH6IGW/ref=pd_sbs_watch_12) > > One of my favorite pastimes is reading the Amazon reviews of the ultra-expensive products > [@Leo\_Bloom](#): > > I’m so tempted to order this … OK, Dopers, [listen up.](http://imgur.com/CJhQJfl) ---
**Author:** ![Alley\_Dweller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alley_dweller/32/430_2.png) [@Alley\_Dweller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alley_Dweller)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2013, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-expensive-sold-on-amazon/665535/24 "2013-08-08T02:31:52Z")
> [@Leo\_Bloom](#): > > OK, Dopers, [listen up.](http://imgur.com/CJhQJfl) My hero! ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2013, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-expensive-sold-on-amazon/665535/25 "2013-08-08T02:35:57Z")
:eek: > [@Leo\_Bloom](#): > > OK, Dopers, [listen up.](http://imgur.com/CJhQJfl) Wow. ---
**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2013, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-expensive-sold-on-amazon/665535/26 "2013-08-08T03:08:03Z")
> [@Leo\_Bloom](#): > > OK, Dopers, [listen up.](http://imgur.com/CJhQJfl) You forgot to blur out the order number in the browser tab. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2013, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-expensive-sold-on-amazon/665535/27 "2013-08-08T04:06:21Z")
Wow! Now _that’s_ walkin’ around money! _Applauds **Leo Bloom** _ ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2013, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-expensive-sold-on-amazon/665535/28 "2013-08-08T06:22:46Z")
> [@Cheshire\_Human](#): > > You forgot to blur out the order number in the browser tab. 😉 Thanks. New link: [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/N4jNCww.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/N4jNCww) I know nobody will ever find out the old photo because I deleted it and Carlos Danger told me that always works. ---
**Author:** ![appleciders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85f322/32.png) [@appleciders](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/appleciders)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2013, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-expensive-sold-on-amazon/665535/29 "2013-08-08T07:32:45Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > That seems crazy expensive for a print. At least the Monet is an original piece. Sometimes prints aren’t copies of a work, but are the work in itself. For instance, lots of Escher works are prints of woodcuts. One of Escher’s woodcut blocks could produce an unlimited number of original prints. Doing that would cause the value of the prints to fall through the floor, of course, but they would be originals. But yeah, my reaction is that that’s crazy expensive, even for an original. ---
**Author:** ![Isilder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/cc9497/32.png) [@Isilder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isilder)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2013, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-expensive-sold-on-amazon/665535/30 "2013-08-08T07:50:57Z")
The OP used the word “sold”, which is more specific than items offered for sale with insane prices attached. Insane offers to buy don’t actually mean ‘sold’ either. ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2013, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-expensive-sold-on-amazon/665535/31 "2013-08-08T07:53:41Z")
> [@Leo\_Bloom](#): > > Thanks. New link: > [Imgur: The magic of the Internet](http://imgur.com/N4jNCww) > > I know nobody will ever find out the old photo because I deleted it and Carlos Danger told me that always works. They charged for S&H? What a rip off. ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2013, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-expensive-sold-on-amazon/665535/32 "2013-08-08T08:24:34Z")
> [@Isilder](#): > > The OP used the word “sold”, which is more specific than items offered for sale with insane prices attached. Insane offers to buy don’t actually mean ‘sold’ either. Well I bought mine. ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2013, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-expensive-sold-on-amazon/665535/33 "2013-08-08T13:47:34Z")
Right now, as we speak, an agitated Mrs. Bloom is on the phone to an employye of Amazon in the Phillipines who is amusingly bored and incompetent. Only TMI prevents me from repeating my wife’s credulous queries to me, and my amusement at her lack of amusement. As of now she believes the product is 100 feet of tape embedded with gem-quality diamonds to fix a loose cable. ---
**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2013, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-expensive-sold-on-amazon/665535/34 "2013-08-08T14:38:58Z")
> [@Leo\_Bloom](#): > > Thanks. New link: > [Imgur: The magic of the Internet](http://imgur.com/N4jNCww) > > I know nobody will ever find out the old photo because I deleted it and Carlos Danger told me that always works. That’s OK, I copied it down for you. 😉 Anyone who wants it, feel free to PM me. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2013, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-expensive-sold-on-amazon/665535/35 "2013-08-08T17:51:39Z")
You know, it’s just as well. I was about to get a bad bargain. I ordered 250 ft of insulated cable for $31,249,687.50 + $40.99 shipping, when I could’ve ordered [the 500-ft spool](http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00BAH39FK/ref=mp_s_a_1_2?qid=1375983624&sr=8-2&pi=SL75), for $1,706.57 + $222.49, and cut it. On the other hand, the market being what is, I might have unloaded the remainder to somebody who was about to make the same mistake, and made a sweet profit, even after eating the 5-fold shipping cost. ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2013, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-expensive-sold-on-amazon/665535/36 "2013-08-08T19:20:56Z")
$222.49 for shipping??? What, is it delivered by specially trained condors? ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2013, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-expensive-sold-on-amazon/665535/37 "2013-08-08T19:41:01Z")
> [@Dendarii\_Dame](#): > > [Amazon Founder Says He Clicked on Washington Post by Mistake | The New Yorker](http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/borowitzreport/2013/08/amazon-founder-says-he-clicked-on-washington-post-by-mistake.html) > > According to this, it’s the Washington Post News Corporation. Jeff Bezos “bought it by mistake.” 🙂 > **[Chinese News Outlet's Hilarious Gaffe About Washington Post Sale](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/xinhua-jeff-bezos-washingon-post-satire_n_3725408)** > > Chinese News Outlet's Hilarious Gaffe About Washington Post Sale And, according to this link, a Chinese news agency didn’t get the joke. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-expensive-sold-on-amazon/665535.md?page=1)