$95,000 on a White Truffle!

[P.V.]

The fourth richest man in Russia bought a 4-pound white truffle — for $95,000.

If you had 95 grand to spend, would it be on a white truffle?

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[DepositSpinLose]

hey we gots a 2+ or 3 low mil winner today....what's that truf addy?

 

[jetset]

Folks with more money than sense spend it in some pretty strange ways...I was reading earlier this week about two of Russia's new super-rich who spent an evening in a bar trying to outspend each other on drinks for the crowd - the total bar bill came to well over $120,000!

In a world where people are starving to death or being pushed to suicide by rising costs and taxes, that just doesn't seem right.

 

[dionysus]

I'm sure people look at us gamblers and go 'really, you blew THAT much gambling - even won, and gave it back'???

if the guy has it to spend, who cares

 

[Cleveland]

If I had that kind of money I would hire someone from here (meister forums) to come play my slot games for me between bonus rounds. I would play the bonus rounds myself and pay them $ 100 per 100 slot spins they make with an additional $ 100 bonus for every free spin round activated. Extra $ 50 per trigger.

$ 10,000 for reading my T&CS for me.

 

[dionysus]

lol, i doubt id gamble, (well, a lot less)...someone could watch these bloody doogs while im out and about

 

[DepositSpinLose]

lol as if we would stop

didn't that one women who won 3.5 mil or so, kept gambing and just won another major of 1.5 or more this year? .....gambing is in ones dna and never stops. its either a great dream or a nightmare. yup yup yup

 

[chayton]

oh man, I have a whole box of white truffles. lol white CHOCOLATE truffles, that is....and actually there's only half a box now. Well a bit less than half. A quarter.

Anyhow...yes people will pay a lot of money for something that's so rare like that - funny it reminds me of the joke with the scientist who finds an animal that was previously thought extinct and he says, "Can you imagine? A species that was extinct for centuries! This is a scientific milestone! This animal may be the only one of its kind in existence..." Then he pauses and says thoughtfully, "I wonder what it tastes like..."

 

[Nate]

Interestingly enough ... From Wikipedia

'The record price paid for a single white truffle was set in December 2007, when Macau casino owner Stanley Ho paid 330,000 USD (£165,000) for a specimen weighing 1.5 kilograms (3.3 lb), discovered by Luciano Savini and his dog Rocco. One of the largest truffles found in decades, it was unearthed near Pisa, Italy and sold at an auction held simultaneously in Macau, Hong Kong and Florence.[13]

This record was then matched on November 27, 2010 when Ho again paid 330,000 USD for a pair of white truffles, including one weighing nearly a kilogram.


I'm buying 10 of those when I hit MM or MF....

Nate

 

[lotusch]

I have a cherrytree and appletree in my garden.
Fek,why are there no white truffles growing in my garden!

And 95k,ehm I would not spend that on a truffle although they ARE tasty!
I would trade in my old rusty 2001 Ford Focus for a 2012 or 2013 car,any brand hahahaha...
And book a familyholiday for a month on the carribian Islands.
And I would buy a brand new Iphone and I would buy me the new PS4 straight when it hits the shops and and and and and...
Aaaaaaah,one can only dream of having such amounts to spend! ^^

 

[diva2000]

You've got me..I am stuck, What would I do with 95K??? hmm from where do I start and how long do I have? LOL

 

[polli123]

Oh my god. Truffles...

I would spend 95k on a nice new BMW 5 series.

 

[sigothx1]

Furfill a dream, book a 4 week trip to vegas and register for the world series of poker, and play in as many side events as possible, sure if probly come home broke, but id have the most fun month possible

 

[Petri]

This is Vladimir Potanin. He is the general director and the co-owner of the "Norilsky Nikel" company, the largest producer of nickel in the world. He is the real businessman, not financial speculator robber from the Wall street. He signed the act of donation of inheritance on charity together with Bill Gates.
Rich people around the world make such purchases. It is very strange that the seller of a truffle decided to advertize himself thus.
Sorry for bad English.

 

[Andy Walker]

The human condition of setting values on things that really don’t make much sense, buying what is essentially a ball of fungus, wearing diamonds that have little point other than they can be better used as additions to drills to cut through metal, paintings that command great value when a digital camera would realise much better detail.

Buying the first Apple Computer which now would be far less powered than a universal remote controller for the TV. Bottles of vintage wine costing the gross profit of countries in the third world that would probably blind you if consumed.

Truffles when used sparingly and shaved delicately can add a great sweet flavour to a meal though.

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