Wednesday, May 9, 2012

These Surprising Internets

"16 inch Square End Grain Chunk Cutting Board; $130"

This was an ad on Slate.com, an ad for Amazon.com.  I was a little surprised that Amazon sold cutting boards, doesn't it tend to show that they're selling literally everything these days?  I was a little surprised that a cutting board would sell for $130, doesn't that seem like a lot to you?  I guess it is a good sized one, and square end grain chunk at that. 

But if you wanted a cutting board, would you really buy one from Amazon?  And for $130?  If you did, now that really would be surprising. 

1 comment:

fred c said...

My friend Rod blames this whole thing on credit cards. No one, says Rod, would stand in Pier One and pay $130 cash for a cutting board, but on the Internet with a credit card the entire experience is not real, and Bingo! balance going up.