Double Century $770 million ...

[davidmash]

I have a pretty good imagination but I cannot imagine having enough money to where it makes sense to spend over $700 million dollars for a private yacht. And whats more, I don't want this to ever make sense for me. That's not to say that the other mega yachts make sense because in my mind they don't but I guess if they have the cash ...

World's largest yacht 'Double Century' is size of two football fields and costs $770m - Boston Newstime

It is a pretty sharp looking design in my opinion ...

[MTI]

You know the order for a 660' is right around the corner . . . whoops, didn't see the end of the article . . .

Double Century's time at the top could be fairly limited, though, because a gigayacht called Triple Deuce is set to be completed by 2018 - and that measures a staggering 728 feet in length. -

[INSIDIOUS]

meh ....

[Fulcrum525]

Originally Posted by INSIDIOUS

meh ....

Thank you, I needed a damn good laugh tonight

Who needs luxury when you can blow anything else out of the water

[INSIDIOUS]

I bet the starcraft aftermarket conversion is plenty luxo

[engatwork]

That could actually be construed as being O's yacht.

[sloride]

Originally Posted by engatwork

That could actually be construed as being O's yacht.

With the transfer of a few US nukes to the highest paying enemies that want to hear WJC speak, it could be theirs. That would save a country like Iran a whole lot of coin. Just buy one from H.C. and the slick one in some under the table deal.

[Txjake]

just another example of the rich getting richer and the poor...well, they aren't doing so well. Every day, the gap widens

[Idle]

Film studios and major oil companies buy these sort of things. They can be considered an expense if used in the approved way.

Renting a yacht for the Canne Film Festival is not as whacky as it sounds when you consider that hotel rooms at the finer places jack up their rates to over $12,000 a night per person.

[97 SL320]

Originally Posted by Txjake

just another example of the rich getting richer and the poor...well, they aren't doing so well. Every day, the gap widens

So says the guy that makes multiple posts about the latest car he bought / is thinking about buying when there are those that can't even afford a bicycle. To someone that is living below the poverty line, you are the evil rich.

[INSIDIOUS]

Originally Posted by 97 SL320

So says the guy that makes multiple posts about the latest car he bought / is thinking about buying when there are those that can't even afford a bicycle. To someone that is living below the poverty line, you are the evil rich.

Wow dude. What did your mother do to you?

[Txjake]

Originally Posted by 97 SL320

So says the guy that makes multiple posts about the latest car he bought / is thinking about buying when there are those that can't even afford a bicycle. To someone that is living below the poverty line, you are the evil rich.

Yeah that $3000 car puts me in the 1%

[Skid Row Joe]

Originally Posted by 97 SL320

So says the guy that makes multiple posts about the latest car he bought / is thinking about buying when there are those that can't even afford a bicycle. To someone that is living below the poverty line, you are the evil rich.

Well, I can't disagree......however.....

The appearance of being rich is there in these old MBs. Even though.....the perception of that wealth doesn't match the facts of the matter though, once one knows those facts about the vehicle in question.....

The bottom-line is that most of those old MBs would put many ppl in the poor house if they had to pay a professional shop to keep it running up-to-snuff, as their only vehicle of dead-on, dependable transportation.

[JB3]

Reminds me of the AT&T logo.

My understanding of the article is the yacht does not yet have a buyer? Its being marketed for over 700 million and cost 500 million to build?

Joe looks like you have an outlet for those time warner funds!

[97 SL320]

Originally Posted by Txjake

Yeah that $3000 car puts me in the 1%

I never said you were in the 1% or even rich according to some elevated level. And I was not referring to driving a MB as you also have a Datsun Z car from what I recall.

I said that a person living below the poverty line is going to consider everyone above them including you "rich". A 3K car to someone that can't afford a bicycle might as well be a 770 Mil boat. It is a matter of perspective.

And before someone says to add a luxury tax to punish those evil rich, this has been done before in the US ( and England from what I recall ). The "rich" stopped buying things and Joe lunch box got laid off at the shipyard / RV factory / aircraft plant as a result.

If you want to punish the rich because they paid $ 50 K for a new kitchen, you better punish 10 Joe lunch boxes when they pay $ 5 K each as both groups generated jobs for other Joe lunch boxes.