New houses/buildings are not more expensive used than new. Like everything else, new houses command price premiums over used ones that are otherwise identical. The thing about housing (and the real topic of your question, I suppose) is that it generally appreciates in value over time, because land (and by extension housing) in a given area is a finite resource: you can’t just ship in a few more acres on a container ship from China if you want to build more houses in Somewhere, USA. As time goes on, and more people want to move into a given area, the demand (and therefore price) for housing goes up.
So, a house bought new in 2000 might sell used in 2005 for more than it was purchased for, but it will still be worth less than other houses just being built in 2005.
It’s not too good in my part of L.A. either. I keep meaning to try one of those Pur filters that you mount on the faucet, but I never get around to it.
Well, if you’re content with plastic lenses that get all scratched up, that’s fine. I think real glass lensed sunglasses are worth every penny, but I wouldn’t be willing to pay even more just to get the latest trendy brand.
Those clean-up crews that come in when someone blows their brains out, or has been laying in the bedroom dead for X days…they charge THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS AN HOUR to do it! :eek:
I can’t help but think the cost has more to do with exploiting people’s vulnerable emotional states. Same goes for coffins- pay $5000+ for something you are going to bury in the ground?!
Anything done by a celebrity. Paintings, autographs, endorsements, etc. I wish my signature was worth money to people, that must be a weird ego boost to know people will pay for that kind of thing.
I would say really high end sports cars. A $300,000 sports car doesn’t do much that a gently used sports car like a Corvette at $30,000 can do. If you look at the engine specs they are usually pretty similiar in regards to hp, torque, 0-60, etc.
And phone sex. That is soooooo overpriced at $200 an hour.
