18k Solid Gold iPod shuffle Signals Downfall of the Civilized World
Published Tuesday, July 31, 2007 by Ted | E-mail this post
Normally we skip over these bullshit gold-plated gadgets, but it turns out this 18-karat iPod shuffle isn't gold plated at all, but it's solid 18-karat gold. Its picture was so pretty we couldn't resist, even when we first thought it was 18k gold plated.
We would've been even more impressed if it were solid 24-karat gold, but we'll just have to settle for 18k. There's just something strangely appealing about the irony and incongruity of the cheapest iPod made of a solid hunk of the most elegant of metals. It's just so, uh, inappropriate.
How much does it cost? Xexoo, a German company that apparently makes a pretty good living by soaking gullible, vain and rich buffoons, is going to clip those cash-soaked Diamond Jim Bradys for $19,343 to possess this dubious bauble made of 100g of solid gold. The company says there's even a diamond-studded upgrade in the works. We hope for the sake of the civilized world that none of these will sell well.
We would've been even more impressed if it were solid 24-karat gold, but we'll just have to settle for 18k. There's just something strangely appealing about the irony and incongruity of the cheapest iPod made of a solid hunk of the most elegant of metals. It's just so, uh, inappropriate.
How much does it cost? Xexoo, a German company that apparently makes a pretty good living by soaking gullible, vain and rich buffoons, is going to clip those cash-soaked Diamond Jim Bradys for $19,343 to possess this dubious bauble made of 100g of solid gold. The company says there's even a diamond-studded upgrade in the works. We hope for the sake of the civilized world that none of these will sell well.
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Oooo! Can I pre-order?
Roger... Yes, please send your payment of $19,343 dollars to me.
Heh. I've been trying, with no success, to comment on your site for over a year and this is the first one that takes. Go figure. Now I'm out $19,343. I see how your roll.