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  • #16
    Re: USED: Asking price

    Originally posted by 515951565C5A380 link=1330680346/14#14 date=1332203642
    Im not talking about desire or money, just acceptance.

    Fair enough Iain. I didnt mean to suggest you were being unfair to others. Sometimes online forum threads are like talk back radio. Eventually dissenters leave and conversation spirals towards a centric view. Sometimes.

    Ive been down the lack of acceptance track with computers and incidently with cameras. Try telling family, friends and workmates the camera you bought on your trip cost more than the trip. Then youll see a stunned look or two. Its just a cross to bear I guess.

    Acceptance often follows exposure and experience. Sellers of high end coffee machines dont appear in every shopping centre or department store unlike the appliance level machine. So its natural for others to think "excess" not "hobby". There was a time when this was true for high end photographic gear too and people woul almost reel in shock when prices were mentioned. But now high end photo stuff  can be found everwhere and people just accept the fact others like owning and using them. Same with computers. Though at least coffee machines and cameras have longer lifespans.

    Your fortunate that  others appreciate your guidance seeking  the finer things.

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    • #17
      Re: USED: Asking price

      We live at a time in Australian history when a sizeable proportion of the population is quite affluent. I guess we can attribute this to a fairly stable economy and the two-income family. I often look at the affluence (maybe based on debt but still superficially affluent) of the average working family and reflect on how different it was in the 50s & early 60s when I was growing up. I know lots of people who holiday overseas every two years but express horror at the price of a good coffee machine. Of course it is about personal priorities and what you value. Ive never heard anyone express horror at money spent on a new tinny & outboard motor which is somehow totally acceptable and not an extravagance. I do my best to avoid making judgements about peoples toys.

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      • #18
        Re: USED: Asking price

        Originally posted by 20252626282136440 link=1330680346/15#15 date=1332210349
        Acceptance often follows exposure and experience
        Originally posted by 162B272F3D440 link=1330680346/16#16 date=1332291386
        We live at a time in Australian history when a sizeable proportion of the population is quite affluent.
        And since were constantly exposed to our own increasing affluence, we dont see an issue (nor is there necessarily one) with spending big dollars on boats, cameras, houses etc. Its good to remember how good we have it though - were only a generation or two away from waking up at 5am to feed the animals and milk the cow at the age of 6... Or living on a horse owning nothing but the horse and everything its carrying.

        Originally posted by 162B272F3D440 link=1330680346/16#16 date=1332291386
        I do my best to avoid making judgements about peoples toys.
        I agree absolutely - I have friends who have boats worth tens of thousands, but theyre on it every weekend fishing or skiing or something. So long as the kids are fed and watered, you can spend your money on whatever you choose! Its only excessive when you live beyond your means, ie income < outcome. Generally. And all generalisations are dangerous And this topic is OT... generally :P

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