I got 250 ectos in 5 days easy.
Wait... did you say ectos? I thought it said white Kournan Bracers...
Mysterious Ecto's
MSecorsky
divinechancellor
lol 250 ectos... i haven't even found one. ok its because i hate uw, but ive never seen one, ive never held one. darn.
on the lighter side i get shards. shiney, pointy, near lethal black obsidian shards
on the lighter side i get shards. shiney, pointy, near lethal black obsidian shards
Zapper901
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I'm thinking that it's impossible to farm 250 ectoplasm in 5 days... My logic? Well, ecto drop rates are swirling the drain. In 7 runs last night, I only got 2 ecto. So farming 250 ecto in 5 days? Good luck with that. It is, however, possible to BUY 250 ecto in less than 5 days (0 gold to 2000k)...
Running will net you (droks run) 20k every 15 minutes. This allows you to buy 2 ecto after each run. In 125 runs, you can make 250 ectoplasm. 125 runs will take around 1875 minutes, or 31.75 hours. So, with a little luck, you can make 250 ectoplasm in as little as TWO days, if you have almost no life. |
Sirus Dibley
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Menzoberranzan
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Obviously someone is ignorant of how hard it is to learn another language which is based upon a completely different alphabet, and is jealous because they can't get 250 ectos in 5 days ;P
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The Silver Star
Well the whole 250 ectos in 5 days is a munch of poop, however i used to farm UW "full-time" pre nightmares and i did get roughly 20 a day in the few hours i had gaming after school, but in the existing "cicumstances" you would have to play 24/7 for 5 days and hope you have favor for 5 days sraight to get 250 o_O
marfable
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Originally Posted by daraaksii
Ecto's price is high becouse nobody selling them to the trader maybe. And yeah. 250 ectos in 5 days is more than impossible.
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Curar Partida
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Originally Posted by Roshi_ikkyu
So it leaves the question why? Ego, boasting that you can farm 250 ecto in 5 days. Just general good olde fashion selfesteem building, acting like your somebody. A loaded thread, possible flame bait. Personally I smell BS, why complain when your perhaps the richest person in GW. And you post on a forum to "define" a increase in sale price that will surely only make you richer! my favourite kind of idio-logic  |
Maybe should read the start of the topic before u Flame. This is not a "I have more ectos than some." post. It was a post about why the ectos are still up to 11-12k. Huckd on foniks duzent sem to wurk fur oll.
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Well the whole 250 ectos in 5 days is a munch of poop, however i used to farm UW "full-time" pre nightmares and i did get roughly 20 a day in the few hours i had gaming after school, but in the existing "cicumstances" you would have to play 24/7 for 5 days and hope you have favor for 5 days sraight to get 250 o_O
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Carboplatin
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Originally Posted by Curar Partida
BTW, 49 ectos yesterday. only 21 hours of game time. Now i can go sleep for 6 hours, and do it again.
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Priest Of Sin
Well.. you'll notice I said "as little as" two days. Meaning it would probably take you 3-4 with the scamming and downtime between accumulating people. I just decided to calculate what it would take if there were no little bumps in the road like noobies and scammers.
aB-
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Originally Posted by Curar Partida
BTW, 49 ectos yesterday. only 21 hours of game time. Now i can go sleep for 6 hours, and do it again.
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Brandon1107
I think the prices are rising so much because many skill nerfs that are gonna happen, people are stocking up and seeling them for big. And because people want to sell high before new chapters. 
I'm prolly not right but i gave it a shot.
Also Curar, that's disgusting. Do you have parents? Or like any kind of social life cause thats creepy?
I'm prolly not right but i gave it a shot.Also Curar, that's disgusting. Do you have parents? Or like any kind of social life cause thats creepy?
Roshi_ikkyu
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Originally Posted by Curar Partida
... BTW, 49 ectos yesterday. only 21 hours of game time. Now i can go sleep for 6 hours, and do it again.
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Why complain if your set to make massive amounts of money from selling your now 5 trillion stacks. That's the stupidest part of this thread.
Weee look at me I can farm 250 ectos in only 5 day w00t!!11!!....
But booo hooo I would only make a small 5 million selling them at 11k each, Why, when its soo easy to farm.
I can solve your problem, sell the ectos to a normal merch and not a rare material trader, or even any scammer spamming WTB ecto 1 k~!
And don't imply I'm flaming when I offer a difference of opinion, I would show you a flame but this community doesn't deserve it.
jereiter
Who buys ectos, and for which purpose?
Who sells ectos, and why? and where?
When do people buy ectos?
When do people sell ectos?
When do people use ectos?
Who uses ectos in trade?
What is the symbol/status attached to ectos in the game?
What is the Aatxe/Smite drop rate of ectos?
Once you have answered these questions, the mystery of the lost ecto will disappear...
Who sells ectos, and why? and where?
When do people buy ectos?
When do people sell ectos?
When do people use ectos?
Who uses ectos in trade?
What is the symbol/status attached to ectos in the game?
What is the Aatxe/Smite drop rate of ectos?
Once you have answered these questions, the mystery of the lost ecto will disappear...
The Silver Star
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Originally Posted by Curar Partida
And yes, i do have favor pretty much 24/7. Unless, the small chance taiwan or Korea steals it for a few minutes. And u obviously did not farm "Full-time" becuase ur still i school. So unless u went to some fantasy school where u played games all day, u were part time. BTW, 49 ectos yesterday. only 21 hours of game time. Now i can go sleep for 6 hours, and do it again.
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Somethings moeny cant buy like friendship ofr everything else theres Mastarcard.
Malice Black
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Originally Posted by jereiter
Who buys ectos, and for which purpose? Traders
Who sells ectos, and why? and where? People that have no use for them. Populated areas When do people buy ectos? When they craft FoW armor. When they need to clear their storage of gold. When do people sell ectos? When they need cash. When do people use ectos? Trades Who uses ectos in trade? Peeople who can afford to What is the symbol/status attached to ectos in the game? Only item with any sicnificant "value" (black dye is an option but not widely used) What is the Aatxe/Smite drop rate of ectos? Aatxe-low Smite-Medium Once you have answered these questions, the mystery of the lost ecto will disappear... |
SotiCoto
Meh... Anyone who has so much money they can't store it obviously has more money than they'll ever need. More than 100k is one thing.... but storage can hold almost a million, can't it?
In any case.... I'm not sure why people make such a big deal about FoW armour anyway. Most of the classes' FoW armour is hideous... possible exceptions being found in the Dervish and Ritualist (minus the helm/mask in the latter case)... Haven't checked all of them in a while..... but still...
So many people seem to have FoW armour that I'd never consider it worthwhile to aquire (except in those particular cases noted)... Then again, its not as common as 15K Kurzick armour... especially on warriors. The batman clones are all over the place these days.
... I did have my mind set on Assassin's Vabbian... but since I've seen two of those (albeit female) in recent weeks, I've considered turning my attention to 15k Exotic... since I've never seen anyone wearing that.
I'm totally off-topic though.
Ectoplasm.
Amusing.
Why don't people use Diamonds as currency instead? Its not as if they've got any actual purpose otherwise (thus less likely to have fluctuating prices), and they're rarer than Ecto to the best of my knowledge. Rubies and Sapphires would do if you need something practical.
In any case.... I'm not sure why people make such a big deal about FoW armour anyway. Most of the classes' FoW armour is hideous... possible exceptions being found in the Dervish and Ritualist (minus the helm/mask in the latter case)... Haven't checked all of them in a while..... but still...
So many people seem to have FoW armour that I'd never consider it worthwhile to aquire (except in those particular cases noted)... Then again, its not as common as 15K Kurzick armour... especially on warriors. The batman clones are all over the place these days.
... I did have my mind set on Assassin's Vabbian... but since I've seen two of those (albeit female) in recent weeks, I've considered turning my attention to 15k Exotic... since I've never seen anyone wearing that.
I'm totally off-topic though.
Ectoplasm.
Amusing.
Why don't people use Diamonds as currency instead? Its not as if they've got any actual purpose otherwise (thus less likely to have fluctuating prices), and they're rarer than Ecto to the best of my knowledge. Rubies and Sapphires would do if you need something practical.
The Herbalizer
I would be interested in a screenshot of his wealth as he should have thousands of ecto. Or maybe he show some all the ectos in trade window.
He either has no life and spends all day farming which is really sad or is lying.
@ Above poster. A million gold can be spent very quickly so yeah when you have more than you can store you can spend it very quickly. This was especially true when items were worth more. Gold has many uses and is safer than ecto hence why people have multiple accounts. Ecto fluctuates and can lead to losing gold so raw gold is safer. I know some rich players with like 10 accounts.
He either has no life and spends all day farming which is really sad or is lying.
@ Above poster. A million gold can be spent very quickly so yeah when you have more than you can store you can spend it very quickly. This was especially true when items were worth more. Gold has many uses and is safer than ecto hence why people have multiple accounts. Ecto fluctuates and can lead to losing gold so raw gold is safer. I know some rich players with like 10 accounts.
Priest Of Sin
Diamonds don't really have a purpose at the moment... but they will just keep going UP in price if peeps start buying them. Wait a minute... you could like... make a lot of money off this. Buy 100 diamonds now at 10k each... wait for people to start buying them.. price goes up to 12k each... you make 200k profit!
economics is fun.
economics is fun.
jereiter
I thought Aatxe rate was better...So says Wiki...But the drop rate could change over time....
SotiCoto
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@ Above poster. A million gold can be spent very quickly so yeah when you have more than you can store you can spend it very quickly. This was especially true when items were worth more. Gold has many uses and is safer than ecto hence why people have multiple accounts. Ecto fluctuates and can lead to losing gold so raw gold is safer. I know some rich players with like 10 accounts.
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Kitting out an entire group of 8 in 15K armour?
Buying one of every single green in Cantha?
What?!
I honestly can't imagine anything that I would spend that much cash on...... so I can't relate... unless its some Guild-related thing. I'm a Ronin, so I don't involve myself in that stuff (ironic, considering the name of the game).
Jeff Highwind
I'm suprised no one's mentioned the age-old rule "Pics or it never happened." But yea that ecto farmer is just spouting such utter horseshit. If what that poster said is true that means he sleeps for about 6 hours (which he mentioned), never eats, never relieves himself of waste, never moves, and has no social life. He's probably riddled in bed sores as well for staying in a chair for about 18 hours. LOL HAY GUYZ HOW ABOUT MY 10 GOLD R8 COLOSSAL SCIMITARS?!
Back on topic I haven't farmed UW in about 3 months since Europe zerg-rushed HA and stole favor, but even then I found it hard to get a stack of ectos without inflicting physical and social harm on yourself. In a 4-man trapper run I spend 250g for about a 2 hour run in the hopes that SOMEONE in our team gets an ecto. And not only are they quite rare, people are buying them up and no one is selling them to the trader, hence impacting the sale price.
Back on topic I haven't farmed UW in about 3 months since Europe zerg-rushed HA and stole favor, but even then I found it hard to get a stack of ectos without inflicting physical and social harm on yourself. In a 4-man trapper run I spend 250g for about a 2 hour run in the hopes that SOMEONE in our team gets an ecto. And not only are they quite rare, people are buying them up and no one is selling them to the trader, hence impacting the sale price.
wynoski
I too am poor...I probably have 2 ectos and maybe 200plat amongst all my characters...I agree with Soto...I have a necro...I looked at FOW armor...not interested...most people likeascended kurzick for Necors....which is precisely why I have primeval armor...it is hideous, due doe not show up well and well...I have only seen one other person with a full set...
SO where would 1M plat go? how many sets of armor do you need? do all of yout characters need an Urgotz flatbow just to pull?
Seriously, this thread was just amusing...I consider myself pretty hardcore spending 3-4 hours a night AFTER work, After playing with my kid/putting her to bed and after my wife goes to bed/lays down on the couch...
Who has time to worry about the fluctuating price of ectos? who really cares? I spend my gold on two things...buying a cool looking set of armor for my character (which I make each character finance) and invites for my guild...
Am I missing out on the whole GW experience? I hope not...Otherwise I have been wasting my time just having fun these past 7 months.
*wringing hands contemplativly*
Jeff Highwind
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Curar Partida
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Oh im sorry i have a lfie and by "full-time" i meant when i played all i did was farm and if you couldnt pick that up from what i said and only pointed that out to make an arguement you are an idiot. There is no need to brag that you famred 21 ecots in 6 hours because, 1. Its not that hard, 2. Nobody really cares, 3. This topic isnt about that and finally 4. Griding the same place for 6 hours everyday is nothing to be rpoud of.
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1. I never once bragged about any thing. I was proving a point.
2. LEARN TO READ!
3. STFU and dont post in something that your clueless on AND off-topic about.
BogusDude
*hands up* I sell my ecto to the merchant. Can't be bothered with WTS spamming and i just hold onto them until the merch price is good to sell.
Considering a perfect ele sword might sell for 700k it doesn't take long to spend 1mill, or buy gems for coffers, or a mallyx
But considering the 50 ecto a day guy doesn't do anything but UW farm 24/7 he either a) has 100mules storing it all for no reason whatsoever or b) is one of the aforementioned ebay sellers
I have been meaning to try the ele/mes build, but only because i haven't got around to trying it yet. Nerfs don't effect solo trapping but my preferred choice is still 55Mes for fun, the SV/AV changes don't change much other than slowing down the smite kills, only problem i have now is i have to actually interrupt nightmares instead of just wanding them ;p
Considering a perfect ele sword might sell for 700k it doesn't take long to spend 1mill, or buy gems for coffers, or a mallyx
But considering the 50 ecto a day guy doesn't do anything but UW farm 24/7 he either a) has 100mules storing it all for no reason whatsoever or b) is one of the aforementioned ebay sellers
I have been meaning to try the ele/mes build, but only because i haven't got around to trying it yet. Nerfs don't effect solo trapping but my preferred choice is still 55Mes for fun, the SV/AV changes don't change much other than slowing down the smite kills, only problem i have now is i have to actually interrupt nightmares instead of just wanding them ;p
The Herbalizer
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Spent very quickly on what?
Kitting out an entire group of 8 in 15K armour? Buying one of every single green in Cantha? What?! I honestly can't imagine anything that I would spend that much cash on...... so I can't relate... unless its some Guild-related thing. I'm a Ronin, so I don't involve myself in that stuff (ironic, considering the name of the game). |
fow armor
making every single char pvp ready. and by pvp ready I dont mean one sword and shield with nice stats. For me pvp ready is having weapons for every situation so for war they have elemental, vamp, zealous, +30hp, +5 armor. Once done my main account had no space as every slot was used up by items.
@ uw farmer who farms real fast. how many ectos do you have atm? and can you post some pics so everyone stops bitching. would clear your name....
Priest Of Sin
the ecto farmer is going to hide now. Or he's going to accumulate 250 via eBay and do some photoshop hax. Or he's telling the truth about his ecto farming abilities. If that is the case, I have one more reason to feel really, REALLY good that I only spend 2-3 hours a day on Guild Wars. Social life ftw.
The Herbalizer
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the ecto farmer is going to hide now. Or he's going to accumulate 250 via eBay and do some photoshop hax. Or he's telling the truth about his ecto farming abilities. If that is the case, I have one more reason to feel really, REALLY good that I only spend 2-3 hours a day on Guild Wars. Social life ftw.
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The rediculously rich I know either old school farmed which was easy ecto/gold for the time put in, ran, power traded or ebayed. The four I mentioned are waaay faster than farming atm and never really ate up your life. Normal farming/Pre nerf farming is majorly ftl.
Im suprised I havnt seem the individual being discussed throwing around major gold on the ventaris sale or posting expensive armor sets in screenshot forum...
Some people (not sure who as too lazy to look) said he/she may be gold seller. Well... 50 ecto per day is like say 500k. 500k is like $30 to sell for $$$. TBH I would rather get a normal job or a paper round or something which can earn that amount in waaay less time.
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"Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence"
??Ripskin
(Not reading all the posts just towards the main topic)
Because not all builds are as easy as you say they are, and noone's selling to trader, but people are buying from him.
Because not all builds are as easy as you say they are, and noone's selling to trader, but people are buying from him.
Roshi_ikkyu
The Herbalizer,
I agree. I think we should call for evidence on his claim.... But I have no faith that we'll see any. Well un-edited (photoshop-ed)
Un-till then I refuse to engage with 'the poster' any more, old saying something about fighting a fool and looking foolish
I agree. I think we should call for evidence on his claim.... But I have no faith that we'll see any. Well un-edited (photoshop-ed)
Un-till then I refuse to engage with 'the poster' any more, old saying something about fighting a fool and looking foolish
Lord Sojar
Possible Flame bait. My dear Roshi, we raise thousands of Guru trolls on this forum using the exacting science of injecting Searing Flames into their genetic code. they flame these type of posts until there are not even ashes left.
Oh well, useless thread. Mod should close this before the flaming fires spread to new areas.
Cheers,
Rahjmeister.
Oh well, useless thread. Mod should close this before the flaming fires spread to new areas.
Cheers,
Rahjmeister.
SotiCoto
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The quickest I went through gold was 7 million in a week or so as I wanted to make all my chars pvp ready.
fow armor making every single char pvp ready. and by pvp ready I dont mean one sword and shield with nice stats. For me pvp ready is having weapons for every situation so for war they have elemental, vamp, zealous, +30hp, +5 armor. Once done my main account had no space as every slot was used up by items. @ uw farmer who farms real fast. how many ectos do you have atm? and can you post some pics so everyone stops bitching. would clear your name.... |
#2. Weapons... while I have a few greens lying about for various purposes (mostly randomly dropped ones), many of my weapons are randomly encountered gold weapons, left unchanged and costing me nothing. Along similar lines, I tend to deck heroes out with collector weapons.... often unmoddable Wand + Focus sets for spellcasters (which can be better than unmodded staves in many respects)... though a few have modded collector weapons. It really doesn't cost that much... but they're as good as any green.
While I can see you'd need a lot of kit to be totally PvP prepared.... it needn't cost even a tenth of what you're suggesting unless you're just in it for showing off... basically...
And when I wanna show off... I pull out my post-Shiro Adept weapons... because they're pretty... ^_^ ... and cost me.... oh yeah.... nothing.
O'course I am saving up for a few sets of 15K armour... but thats less for any statistical advantage and more so I have something pretty to wear when I'm pratting around in Shing Jea Monastary trying to get the Drunkard and Incorrigable Ale-Hound titles (alongside all the other boozers there). Same reason why I wanna get my hands on CE Factions... Chae Soon demands backing-dancers!
Riken Chrono
jesus christ you must play hella
EinherjarMx
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#1. FoW armour is, as far as I'm aware, not inherantly better than Kaineng Centre armour in its original grey... Won't help your PvP performance... though I suppose if you've got it for credability then it might help get into teams (or make people attack you on sight, perceiving you as a real threat). Why spend over 75K when you can get statistically the same deal for 7.5K?
#2. Weapons... while I have a few greens lying about for various purposes (mostly randomly dropped ones), many of my weapons are randomly encountered gold weapons, left unchanged and costing me nothing. Along similar lines, I tend to deck heroes out with collector weapons.... often unmoddable Wand + Focus sets for spellcasters (which can be better than unmodded staves in many respects)... though a few have modded collector weapons. It really doesn't cost that much... but they're as good as any green. While I can see you'd need a lot of kit to be totally PvP prepared.... it needn't cost even a tenth of what you're suggesting unless you're just in it for showing off... basically... And when I wanna show off... I pull out my post-Shiro Adept weapons... because they're pretty... ^_^ ... and cost me.... oh yeah.... nothing. O'course I am saving up for a few sets of 15K armour... but thats less for any statistical advantage and more so I have something pretty to wear when I'm pratting around in Shing Jea Monastary trying to get the Drunkard and Incorrigable Ale-Hound titles (alongside all the other boozers there). Same reason why I wanna get my hands on CE Factions... Chae Soon demands backing-dancers! |
#1 credibility in pvp groups (at least the good ones) isn't given by the armor, if you use 15k armor or fow or vabbian or whatever armor you like is because a)you can afford it, b)you like your pve chars to be pvp ready, c)they look good ^_^
#2 yes, you can get almost any weapon with the right stats from a collector or crafter, but then there we go back to #1, people use golds because they can afford it, is like saying "why would you buy a ferrari to go to work, when a daewoo can do the same and it is cheaper?"
and back to the OP, pics or never happened
SotiCoto
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#1 credibility in pvp groups (at least the good ones) isn't given by the armor, if you use 15k armor or fow or vabbian or whatever armor you like is because a)you can afford it, b)you like your pve chars to be pvp ready, c)they look good ^_^
#2 yes, you can get almost any weapon with the right stats from a collector or crafter, but then there we go back to #1, people use golds because they can afford it, is like saying "why would you buy a ferrari to go to work, when a daewoo can do the same and it is cheaper?" and back to the OP, pics or never happened |
I mean I can understand getting 15k armour as an occasional luxury over a larger span of time..... but its not necessary for making a PvE character "PvP-ready"... They'll do just as well in cheaper armour..... let alone every single character on an account in one go. I don't think I'd ever be able to go through that much cash in such a short space of time on entirely unnecessary decorum.
I mean theoretically one could spend any amount of money in GW.... any amount whatsoever.... but then I'm talking about effective spending... rather than something which could be considered along the same lines as burning the stuff.
In case you're wondering, I'd go to work in the Daewoo rather than the Ferrari. Spending more money just because you have more money is retarded.... IMHO.
Carboplatin
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...... So people need vast amounts of money to buy things they don't need to buy? .....
I mean I can understand getting 15k armour as an occasional luxury over a larger span of time..... but its not necessary for making a PvE character "PvP-ready"... They'll do just as well in cheaper armour..... let alone every single character on an account in one go. I don't think I'd ever be able to go through that much cash in such a short space of time on entirely unnecessary decorum. I mean theoretically one could spend any amount of money in GW.... any amount whatsoever.... but then I'm talking about effective spending... rather than something which could be considered along the same lines as burning the stuff. In case you're wondering, I'd go to work in the Daewoo rather than the Ferrari. Spending more money just because you have more money is retarded.... IMHO. |