# What items don't correlate their price premium to their functionality?

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**Created:** [January 25, 2013, 10:56pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-items-dont-correlate-their-price-premium-to-their-functionality/266106 "2013-01-25T22:56:14Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 26, 2013, 8:15pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-items-dont-correlate-their-price-premium-to-their-functionality/266106/26 "2013-01-26T20:15:51Z")

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> [@You're saying it wrong....](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/youre-saying-it-wrong/51536/32):
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> Fashion is a function despite what everyone will say. Paying a premium for something that serves a purpose makes sense. Paying 4 dollars for a bottle of fiji water that is no different than a bottle of poland spring is different.

Sure, it’s a function.  
But how many people besides pimps, CEOs and models actually need that function as opposed to simply wanting it? :rofl

> [@How can I wrap this panel?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-can-i-wrap-this-panel/51582/3):
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> because Im not famous and nobody would take me seriously, including myself.
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> As far as watches go I like cheap ones from Walmart. They tell time just fine and I dont give a shit if I fuck them up at work because Ill only be out $10. Pretty much disposable although they do take quite a beating.
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> Ive got a more expensive gold Citizens watch that I got as a gift that I always forget to wear and it seems like I need to get a battery everytime I do wear it and Ive gotta take it to a jewelry store to replace the battery because its pressed on and Walmart wont do it because they dont sell that brand. Its just a hassle.

It’s not as simple as being famous, but that’s a whole another topic.  
Far from everything we have serves a useful function, fancy watches fall into that category. I have plenty of stuff laying around that doesn’t have much use besides making me happy for having it.  
But if we are discussing functionality here as opposed to “I want it because I want it” factor, than it becomes pretty hard to justify a lot of things.

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