Originally Posted by pj7

for matter of record? by your reasoning Cig is bragging about his Denali by listing the price paid.
personally, if i state what i paid for an item, it is to do only that.
no hidden motives.
I'll agree with you in this. But let's face the facts here when referring to "most" people. People tend to brag about how expensive their *things* are because in this day and age status is more important than function. And people who live for status can not fathon function on the cheap, they just can't accept that someone can spend way less than them on something identical and still be as happy, if not happier than they are.