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Originally Posted by Sylvanfan
If I buy my wife a diamond pendant today, 10 years from now we can probably trade it for the original value.
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An interesting argument, although trade in value is probably more like 50% only (on the upgradable plans). Still 50% is still more than the value of the TV like you said.
There's a reasonable value for jewellry, and then there's ridiculous. I got my g/f diamond earrings for approximately the value of my TV and she was thrilled. If she had wanted a pair 4x the value of my TV - tough noogies - that's excessive in my opinion.
We actually do the adopt a family thing rather than exchange presents at Xmas - ends up being way cheaper, lots more fun (shopping for little kids), not to mention being a good thing to do.