Oy Vey

M6Classic · Post by **M6Classic** » Sat Sep 25, 2010 12:25 pm

http://www.twinluxe.com/shop/shave/inst ... /index.php

Anybody else seen this? I don't want to hear any more kvetching and carping about the price of big Plissons.

Buzz

marsos52 · Post by **marsos52** » Sat Sep 25, 2010 12:43 pm

now there a set to jump on...

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marc

Post by **drmoss_ca** » Sat Sep 25, 2010 1:20 pm

Even the chrome version is $788!

Chris

desertbadger · Post by **desertbadger** » Sat Sep 25, 2010 1:22 pm

It's not even a two band.

Regards,
David

bernards66 · Post by **bernards66** » Sat Sep 25, 2010 2:26 pm

Righto! No more bad noise about the price of big Plissons....not after this nonsense....unreal!
Regards,
Gordon

drumana · Post by **drumana** » Sat Sep 25, 2010 3:19 pm

You can get 14 or 15 Simpson brushes for that price. Who buys something like that?

Thalay Sagar · Post by **Thalay Sagar** » Sat Sep 25, 2010 3:24 pm

I believe Messrs. Tusser and Barnum had salient observations on this point.

paddy · Post by **paddy** » Sat Sep 25, 2010 3:34 pm

You can get 14 or 15 Simpson brushes for that price. Who buys something like that?

er, uh i have to confess that i have both the arctic and the anthracite sets. both look pretty nifty on the bathroom cabinet and for me a few months living on just baked beans is a small sacrifice.

kidding

bernards66 · Post by **bernards66** » Sat Sep 25, 2010 3:36 pm

Oh, those guys are around....I've seen them; buckets of money and just looking for stuff to blow it on, but no time, or inclination, to actually find out what's what about any of it. I've told the story here before of standing by the cologne counter at Saks in Sarasota when this young guy walks up and says to the other sales gal, "what's the most expensive one you've got?!" Note, no interest in the actual scent, or who made it , or nothing. She could have sold him absolutely anything, re-bottled Skin Bracer, whatever, just so long as it was the "most expensive". I saw a guy in the original AoS shop in NYC buy a $500 straight razor when he obviously hadn't the slightest clue how to use it, let alone maintain it. Didn't matter.
Regards,
Gordon

SteveK · Post by **SteveK** » Sat Sep 25, 2010 4:32 pm

Soon to be featured in the "Robb Report," no doubt. Their reader is the target audience, I suspect.

Steve

Squire · Post by **Squire** » Sat Sep 25, 2010 9:35 pm

My late Father's phrase was, 'more money than sense'.

aircraft_electrician · Sat Sep 25, 2010 10:49 pm

Wow, they're not even attractive, at least to my eye.

They say the Anthracite set incorporates a PVD coating, but they don't say what it's coated with. PVD (physical vapor deposition) is a coating method, not a coating. I certainly wouldn't buy anything (espacially at that price) unless I knew what it was coated with.

I'm pretty sure these sets are aimed at those with more money than common sense, as my dad, like Squire's, would say.

Tom

Squire · Post by **Squire** » Sat Sep 25, 2010 11:03 pm

Dad would pay what it cost but no more than what it was worth. He died wealthy with no debts.

jww · Post by **jww** » Sun Sep 26, 2010 5:51 am

Squire wrote:Dad would pay what it cost but no more than what it was worth. He died wealthy with no debts.

Sage advice -- sound in any economy, and a sure way to actually become well off on any income. It's never about how much we make, but always about how much we spend.

Now -- about that new Plisson I have been contemplating ------- just kidding. ...jww

ferroburak · Post by **ferroburak** » Sun Sep 26, 2010 7:59 am

Whaat?

JohnnyO_Jr · Post by **JohnnyO_Jr** » Sun Sep 26, 2010 8:39 am

It seems like there's a review out on this TwinLuxe shaving set. Luxist.com luxury blog:

http://www.luxist.com/2010/09/24/luxist ... g-for-men/

Seems to be a positive review along with the TwinLuxe shaving cream.

The writer also says this TwinLuxe set is designed by the Rolls Phantom car designer. I guess that would explain the high price tag.

i_shaved_something · Post by **i_shaved_something** » Sun Sep 26, 2010 9:32 am

Hey, free shipping in the US!

Bargepole · Post by **Bargepole** » Mon Sep 27, 2010 8:15 am

It says:

This high-tech material is typically used in demanding industrial and structural applications such as engine parts and ballistic armor

Right! Fine. So why make a damn shaving brush out of it, then?

The 'CHROME' Edition razor and brush are made in Germany reflecting unparalleled quality and attention to detail.

Note "reflecting", not "embodying" or "incorporating" or even, lord help us, "with".

Combining an aggressive masculine look with the unique matte texture of the PVD coating, this shave set radiates raw power.

Looks aggressive and masculine. But isn't. Just looks it. And radiates raw power to whom?

What on earth is the thought-process leading up to a decision to buy any of this wozzle, I wonder?

And how sad it's still got a Fusion blade on the end of it like, looking like a garish Rude Boy athletic show.[/quote]

notthesharpest · Post by **notthesharpest** » Mon Sep 27, 2010 10:41 am

I like my power lightly toasted.

Blue As A Jewel · Post by **Blue As A Jewel** » Mon Sep 27, 2010 3:00 pm

My father, the psychiatrist, would have had something to say about the person owning this... probably similar to what he said to me when I was 16 and wanted to get a motorcycle...