Published by Swiss James on 25 Nov 2009 at 12:46 pm
Bargains
Back in the summer I wrote about some very expensive apples in the Freshmart supermarket, Jing-An.
Well since then we had that whole financial apocalypse and everyone tightened their belts a little.
Oh wait no, the price actually went up.
On my birthday I received, from notorious internet japemongerer Dingle, one of these space-gold-apples.
We had the bar staff cut it up and passed it around the table.
It tasted pretty much like a normal apple, except a bit more floury and dry. I don’t remember suddenly developing the ability to fly or shoot lasers out of my fingertips, so you’d have to conclude they’re not really worth the money. In fact there were a few slices left when we moved on to the next bar.
Five apples in a cardboard box: 998RMB (about 150USD, 90GBP)
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Didn’t you feel smarter after swallowing the alien-technology apple James?
It was a bit crap wasn’t it really, the only thing they’ve got going for them as a gift is the high price, everything else is rubbish..
You only spent 90 quid on his birthday present? No wonder Swiss is leaving.
i would think with a price tag like that, woai would have bought those. (i thought dingle was all about getting great gifts for his girl.)
Merengue in Texas, I buy awesome gifts for everyone! Mind you, H trumped me last weekend, just trying to figure out how to upload a video!
Am I the only one who can see that these are completely different apples to those cheaper 128 rmb apples?
Jeffwho- nope. If anything I felt a bit dumber after all of the apple and beer.
Dingle- it was a great gift, surprisingly from you. Just a bit disappointing in the execution, but you weren’t to know.
DavidA- my birthday is August 10.
Angie- WoAi is a very generous and caring lover / friend
WoAi- you say tomato and I say tomato.
Well all I can say is you need to try these ones before making the jugement. It’s like comparing apples with oranges.
I still don’t get the deal with these apples. Why on earth would anyone pay that much money for a bloody apple? Designer clothes, flash cars, fancy watches, etc – I get that, but this is an apple for goodness sake. How can they cost so much?
Who is buying these? WoAi?
They say An apple a day will keep the doctor away! How many doctors can you keep away from after eating one of these bad boys?
eggs is eggs.
when was your birthday?
WoAi- you buy, I’ll try
KimC- weird isn’t it?
Miss Jane- doctor stays away, bank manager comes knocking
balticninja – August 10, where were you?
I have seen similar things in China. Sometimes they just put a price tag on there without thinking… They probably expect you to do lots of bargain on that!
It’s a good birthday gift though! Apples are lucky fruits in China :)
they would never deserve that suprisingly high price. but people do buy them, u know wt? 998 in chinese means lasting fortune (jiu jiu fa=long long fortune literally). apples with that auspicious price tag are surely attracting those with fully packed wallets.