MadameDuBain
Sat 07-Nov-09 11:45:20
LaurieScaryCake
Sat 07-Nov-09 11:47:58
Bet it would be really hard to get insurance to cover it if you dropped one.
D'ya think Simon Cowell will order a 100 for his tree
?
Some saddo with buy it. Madness!
MadameDuBain
Sat 07-Nov-09 11:56:42
Yes DP's first thought on seeing it was that he would drop it 
Bloody hell! I was way off. Am now off to order 3 for my tree. ( more likely to go to wilkinson's and buy a box for a quid)
stinky
Sat 07-Nov-09 12:02:27
can't believe you have to pay delivery on top!
you pay for delivery? Do you think it's a joke?
Hightest bid we got to was £200 after I'd zoomed in and just showed them pic, ds2 was the closest.
WTF its not even that nice!!!
BalloonSlayer
Sat 07-Nov-09 13:23:57
OMG!
Do you know I actually thought that link would go to the £3.99 Christmas decorations I bought for the DCs teachers at Christmas last year, but couldn't justify buying for our tree
.
I actually came on to this thread just to feebly say "Oh but sometimes people buy just one for a present you know ..." <tails off>
But that thing looks like any other bauble doesn't it. I am confident we have some in our loft which are not dissimilar and came in a box of twelve from Homebase for a fiver.
Wouldn't you have to stand my the tree saying to your guests: "What d'ya think of me new bauble then? How much d'ya think it cost? Go on, have a guess!"
God people are weird
BalloonSlayer
Sat 07-Nov-09 13:28:11
Wonder how much delivery is?
Am imagining it being delivered by those twats parcelforce and CRAMMED through the letterbox.
MadameDuBain
Sat 07-Nov-09 17:16:21
I'm sure delivery involves a coach with white horses and a footman with a cushion 
Saw a lovely glitter fairy on a mushroom that looked more expensive than that . Not even something of outstanding beauty or art!
WHY!
mmmmmchocolate
Sat 07-Nov-09 21:07:44
It kind of makes me feel a bit tight for rejecting these lovely baubles I saw yesterday because the were £2.50 each and I would need to buy about 6 of them 
Fabster
Sat 07-Nov-09 21:09:04
Haven't looked at the link yet but I saw one on tv the other day and it was 5 figures.
hormonesnomore
Sat 07-Nov-09 21:13:07
Yes Riven, obscene is the word for it!
it doesn't even look that nice. if that was on a tree mixed with wilko's decorations I bet most people wouldn't even notice.
RockinSockBunnies
Sat 07-Nov-09 22:05:04
It was less than I'd imagined. I had visions of a Faberge-kind of thing, encrusted in rare diamonds or something, costing at least £50,000!
It's not that nice is it?
RockinSockBunnies
Sat 07-Nov-09 22:06:53
Found one that's ten times more expensive! Look
MadameDuBain
Sat 07-Nov-09 23:59:50
Wow Bunnies! But I actually quite like that one's arty looks (and at least they admit it's a gimmick/one-off and not really for sale...)
I think it's quite pretty, but it would be just as pretty with something other than real gold and real diamonds.
Stayingsunnygirl
Sun 08-Nov-09 00:21:49
Well, I thought that the first one was pretty enough, though I'd prefer a dark blue bauble inside - but I bet John Lewis could make one just as pretty and a darned sight cheaper!
I do buy one or two new baubles a year, to add to the much loved collection that comes out each christmas, but I suspect that neither of the baubles on this thread will be on the stayingsunny tree this year - or any other!
(the first one is quite pretty, that is. The second one is hideous)
That's fucking sick.
You could build a primary school or a maternal health clinic in every village in Laos for that.