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Originally Posted by Sliver
You are the only one drawing that comparison/straw man/false equivalency, but I'll bite anyway.
A $30,000 car typically has a legitimate, ~$30,000 value when broken down to the sum of its parts plus labour. A piece of shiny rock for $8000 does not. It's value is arbitrarily made by the people who sell it to you at an insane mark up. It's a scam. They have totally over inflated its value to the maximum point they think you'll pay without consciously cluing into the fact that they're bending you over and laughing at you while they do it.
Not to mention people that recognize the poor value in an $8000 ring would also look for better value in buying a car at a used-price sweet spot in terms of mileage, age, wear and tear, etc., which brings me back to my original point that your argument is a straw man.
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You are arguing utility.
While it may be a perceived utility that makes girls feel better with a bigger diamond, its still utility, if it makes them happy enough to spend 6K, then so be it. You cannot argue against the laws of economics.