Originally Posted by
ilovecycling
Even if I was rich, I wouldn't spend that much out of principle alone. I can see $3k, because relative to all the other wheels available there needs to be a premium if you have a "better" product, and $3k happens to be at the top of the range of products out there. However, paying $6k (double) for something that is marginally better just seems stupid even if you are made of money.
*edit* Forgot to mention that in one year Competitive Cyclist will probably slash the price in half like they did this past year with all the 2010 wheels. I bought my $2550 Reynolds mv32c UL wheels for $1275. There is no way in hell I'm going to pay full price on a set of wheels. Even a filthy rich person would be angry if they unnecessarily spent $3k more than they had to.
Not necessarily. I'm sure that I deal with more rich people that most - I can see some wanting to be the first kid on the block with them and I can see others not thinking that it's worth a measly $3k to spend a year waiting for something that they really want.