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30 Of The Wildest Things The Rich Are Able To Purchase That Poor People Don't Even Know Exist Landing 747s in small airports.

I grew up around Lexington, KY. The region is huge on horses, particularly Thoroughbred horses. The entire city is surrounded by horse farms, and these farms breed some of the best racing horses in the world. The rich and famous will often come here to buy Thoroughbreds to add to their breeding stock.

One such person is a shiek from Dubai (i think?) who owns his own private 747. Now the local airport isn't rated for 747s, and it's not legal to land one there unless it's a emergency. The shiek doesn't care though and lands his 747 there anyways. The airport fines him every time he does this, which he is totally fine with paying. I've been told that many of the upgrades to the airport over the years where almost entirely funded with money from those fines.

A_Crinn , Carlos Pernalete Tua Report

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235points

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BewilderedBanana 1 year ago

For rich people, fines aren't a punishment or inconvenience, just the cost of doing whatever it is they want to do. Can't park in that spot? Sure you can, it will just cost you X amount.

249points

30 Of The Wildest Things The Rich Are Able To Purchase That Poor People Don't Even Know Exist Luxury ice cubes.

Gläce Luxury Ice Co produces perfectly square ice blocks for “minimum dilution and maximum cooling”.

Hand-carved and completely clear, these cubes are sold in bags of 50 and each bag costs $325.

eternalrefuge86 , spoonfedsam Report

Final score:

210points

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Susie Elle 1 year ago

I don't see how an ice cube being perfectly square has any influence on the dilution factor of the water to the drink. It's not like there's less water in a square ice-cube than there would be in a wonky ice cube - maybe less air, but air doesn't dilute in the drink. Also, jesus christ 325 dollars

173points

30 Of The Wildest Things The Rich Are Able To Purchase That Poor People Don't Even Know Exist Private performances with big name artists. I was on a yacht in the Virgin Islands and some mega yacht owner pretty close to us had Christina Aguilera flown in to perform for his guest on the mega yacht.

We were close enough to see the performance - not close enough to pretend to be part of the party.

Kether_Nefesh , wikipedia.org Report

Final score:

189points

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Human on a stick 1 year ago

YOU WERE ON A YACHT?

112points

30 Of The Wildest Things The Rich Are Able To Purchase That Poor People Don't Even Know Exist Something they do that most people don’t know about is buy entire libraries at once.

My sister used to work at a bookstore, and told me someone came in and wanted to furnish their library with a library size purchase of books. They just wanted cherry picked best sellers left to the discretion of the people working there. It sounded wild.

anon , Ivo Rainha Report

Final score:

185points

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Jennifer Norton 1 year ago

Yeah a lot of rich people have libraries that are for show. They don't read the books they just want the room to look a certain way.

71points

30 Of The Wildest Things The Rich Are Able To Purchase That Poor People Don't Even Know Exist Pet cloning. Ex boss was getting his dog cloned for $100k

Jiltedjohn , Ricardo Bussi Report

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168points

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Shyla Bouche 1 year ago

This is so beyond wrong. Save a life. Save a lot of lives.

141points

30 Of The Wildest Things The Rich Are Able To Purchase That Poor People Don't Even Know Exist A person to go to jail for you in your stead.

This is a known phenomenon in Latin America but I imagine it happens in other places as well.

imk , RODNAE Productions Report

Final score:

168points

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Spikey Bunny 1 year ago

WTF! How is this allowed anywhere???

115points

30 Of The Wildest Things The Rich Are Able To Purchase That Poor People Don't Even Know Exist Private boarding gate at certain airports. Complete with showers, a spa, full bar, lounge, food, a bed, gym, sauna etc. Total privacy. Your luggage is scanned and taken through security by a concierge, and you're driven to the plane in a BMW 8 series.

LAX has them now.

bob-lob , Connor Danylenko Report

Final score:

166points

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David 1 year ago

NGL, if I was rich I'd be okay with skipping the TSA lines. I don't need the opulence but not spending an hour in a zig-zagging line dragging my luggage with me does sound pretty good.

9points

30 Of The Wildest Things The Rich Are Able To Purchase That Poor People Don't Even Know Exist Everyone knows about mega yachts, but the very rich also enjoy their own trains, or at the very least private super luxurious train cars. With their budgets it isn't expensive to rent space on freight lines and an engine, assuming they don't own their own. Sometimes a group of friends will hook their private cars together and motor around a continent having a big party.

Ut_Prosim , Pixabay Report

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161points

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AndThenICommented 1 year ago

Friend of mine is getting into this business. It’s really fascinating

69points

#10

30 Of The Wildest Things The Rich Are Able To Purchase That Poor People Don't Even Know Exist You can buy houses "ready to move in only with a suitcase". These house are more than fully equipped. Everything is already there like the whole furniture, glasses, knifes, forks, spoons, tissues and toilette paper, towels, toys and games for the children etc.

ReginaldKray33 , Dmitry Zvolskiy Report

Final score:

159points

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XenoMurph 1 year ago

Kinda spoils the fun though

120points

#11

30 Of The Wildest Things The Rich Are Able To Purchase That Poor People Don't Even Know Exist Kidnapping insurance

anon , RODNAE Productions Report

Final score:

152points

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Sergio Bicerra 1 year ago

If someone's that stupid to kidnap me, they deserve no money.

145points

#12

30 Of The Wildest Things The Rich Are Able To Purchase That Poor People Don't Even Know Exist Dinosaurs and artifacts that have not been discovered by Science. A huge problem with Paleontology in general is that most new discoveries are locked up in private collections with noone being able to study them.

Taqiyya22 , zitanich Report

Final score:

146points

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Luna Crow 1 year ago

For real though? How does some monied m**o buy up something so fresh it hasn't even been studied yet?

50points

Kristal 1 year ago

Privately funded digs probably

37points

AndyR 1 year ago

There's a lot of fossil smuggling and illegal sales. Nicholas Cage got stung by one a while back.

9points

Christof Irran 1 year ago

Not just paleontology, archeology, too. Donald Redford, a Canadian Egyptologist, wrote in his book about his digs in Egypt, and how despite guards the most salient and historically important artifacts had routinely and without exception disappeared over-night. Why? Rich people offering bounties to local dig workers were just too tempting, and whatever new archeological finds there are pale in comparison to what's horded in private collections unavailable to science and beyond the reach of the law.

8points

Captain Kyra 1 year ago

Before archeology was an established science it was dominated by amateurs. Often the project was funded by the rich and they retained the artifacts. Other times the rich were the amateurs.

6points

Sven Grammersdorf 1 year ago

What the heck word is "m**o" ?

5points

Best Behave 1 year ago

It’s in the news right now. The first complete t-rex to be sold in Europe has just been sold for ~£5m. It’s comprised of 3 individuals and is one of the biggest found. It’s unlikely any scientists will get a look (although some rich cants do admittedly loan “their” specimens to museums for public display)

3points

laura lee 1 year ago

Wealthy amateur archeologists did and do this all the time

1point

Salty Wild Hair 1 year ago

read up on the elite. They believe these items are relics that hold special power.

0points

Janet Graham 1 year ago

When you fund the dig or dive, all they find is yours.

0points

Oliver Kettle 1 year ago

What is the censored word & what does it mean? I keep seeing it & have no idea

0points

Bobby 1 year ago

They fund the dig, paid smugglers to get it out of the country without following established artifact discovery laws

0points

Debby Keir 1 year ago

Maybe, just maybe, because they haven't been studied, they aren't actually real dinosaurs.... Remember an article a while ago - a mysterious person bought an alleged Leonardo da Vinci painting (Salvator Mundi) for 450 Million - apparently a while later, he found it was probably a fake. Just cos you have money, doesn't mean you can't be scammed....

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Nikki D 1 year ago

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Miranda Veracruz de la Joya Cardenal 1 year ago

Then they can donate it to a museum and not pay taxes. Get a museum room with their name on it to be praised.

5points

StrangeOne 1 year ago

And they tell us average incomed folk to save and not spend a cent on extra luxuries. yeesh

2points

David 1 year ago

The flips side of this is many artifacts have been discovered in the first place because some rich person could afford to fund the expedition.

2points

J MacDonald (macdonaldja) 1 year ago

Leo Dicaprio............do you happen to have a T-Rex Skull? (I went to high school with the wife of the guy who sold it to him)

2points

Julia Cargile 1 year ago

Shame on anyone who does this.

1point

Natalie 1 year ago

It belongs in a museum!

1point

Daniel Atkins 1 year ago (edited)

Indiana Jones has entered the chat.

2points

Gina Babe 1 year ago

I know someone who has 2 dino bones in their living room. It's a weird thing to be around, out of place

0points

Paul Gerrard 1 year ago

And many arent even legal. Some foreign find is brokered without that country even knowing.

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... 1 year ago

bruh why would you buy something like that?

0points

laura lee 1 year ago

And the old ones, this has always been a problem

0points

Justin Rogers 1 year ago

A lot of wealthy people fund digs and get dibs. They get to claim it and name it. I would imagine ego plays a role

0points

Allen Bouchard 1 year ago

This weekend I saw ad to buy dino teeth. The actual fossils, not castings.

0points

Becky Samuel 1 year ago

Dino fossils including teeth, claws and coprolites (fossilised poo) are surprisingly common for some species and are readily available on the market. The legitimate fossil trade brings in useful cash and resources to fund digs and for local people.

3points

Timbob 1 year ago

I see nothing wrong with this, if the items were obtained legally and ethically. If I find a Dinosaur in my back yard, it’s mine, right ?

-3points

#13

30 Of The Wildest Things The Rich Are Able To Purchase That Poor People Don't Even Know Exist Education.

My neighbor used to get “tutored” at home by our school teachers and head of departments. Want me to believe they never leaked exams?

University is a whole different story from admissions to grades.

DrSuperZeco , RF._.studio Report

Final score:

145points

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David 1 year ago

Even without any cheating - I never went to college because I just couldn't afford it. But I did get a glimpse into the difference a great teacher can make. HS algebra was a struggle for me even though I coasted through HS and was still honor roll. It just didn't click very well for some reason. Then in a few weeks in naval nuclear power school they covered / passed all the algebra I had in HS as well as some trig I didn't have and that time I "got it". Same brain in my head but different teacher / teaching methods. Rich people can afford to change the teacher.

9points

#14

30 Of The Wildest Things The Rich Are Able To Purchase That Poor People Don't Even Know Exist A while back some guy on here was talking about his experience working as a sort of personnel manager for a billionaire and how things are just wildly different for them.

The specific example he used was how things work when these people want to go on a trip, and give any notice at all to their employees.

What happens is that an advanced team gets sent ahead by a few days to scope out the rented/bought location and report back exact dimensions for closet space, drawer space, etc. People back at the home go through the clothing, jewelry, etc, and draw up a priority list which is sent to the advanced team. The advanced team then spends the next two days purchasing the list of items. Entire wardrobes, jewelry sets, makeup kits, bathing supplies, etc. Anything they cannot get (not enough time, or is one-of-a-kind like the family heirloom watch the rich dude wears every now and then) is relayed to the house-team. The family's schedule is arranged such that the moment the family leaves the house on the day of travel, a whole team of people rushes through and packs up all the remaining items (only after the family leaves, you wouldn't want to deny them access to their items for even a few seconds) which are then sent ahead to the airport while the family has a lunch or something somewhere. Upon landing, their luggage takes one route (direct) and the family takes a similarly indirect route (unless otherwise directed) such that by the time they get to the location all of their items are not just unpacked but in their proper organized locations and ready for use without any of the advanced team ever being visible to the family.

What happens when the family leaves the location? The same situation in reverse, but quite frequently all of the repurchased items are just disposed of in some method. It's just easier, if not cheaper, to rebuy them each time the family goes somewhere if they aren't travelling to too many different locations in quick succession.

Mazon_Del , cottonbro studio Report

Final score:

141points

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Angela B 1 year ago

🤮 I find this level of excess so wasteful.

173points

#15

30 Of The Wildest Things The Rich Are Able To Purchase That Poor People Don't Even Know Exist You can rent celebrities for your private events. Not just musicians, but bona fide actors & actresses.

Super rich guy in Bel Air used to host his kid's birthday party in late October, so they went all out for a Halloween themed party.

Everyone at the kid's school was invited, plus their own friends.

Each year they'd hire some fantastic athlete to appear at the event; 1 year it was Tony Hawk, another year it was some Olympic gold medal gymnastic winners.

The one that threw me was when they hired Demi Moore, Anthony Kedis & Benecio de Toro to be "guests" at the party, to hang out and pretend they were friends with the kid.

Mind you this was a KID'S Halloween party, set outside in a huge, massive garden, spread out over tennis courts & lawns, with games, buffets, dessert tables, taco stands, omelette stands, bbq, pizza, burgers, etc... no booze, no one allowed inside. All the event staff were dressed in halloween costumes, it was VERY cool.

But it was sad to see Kedis & de Toro sitting together commiserating.... you could see the 'f**k, the things we do for a paycheck' look on their faces. They were at a KID'S party ffs.

Demi was very nice, she brought her little doggies.

Wwwweeeeeeee , littlethings.com Report

Final score:

129points

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Tamra 1 year ago

It seems odd to me that any of those celebrities listed would actually need the money.

105points

#16

30 Of The Wildest Things The Rich Are Able To Purchase That Poor People Don't Even Know Exist Actual smart homes. The Alexa/Google Home market is bringing it more mainstream, but for decades the wealthy elite have had smart home functionality through companies like Crestron. The controls go far beyond controlling your lights and thermostat, and integrate with more technologies.

BetweenSips , Designecologist Report

Final score:

119points

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Fembot 1 year ago

Why would you want that

61points

#17

30 Of The Wildest Things The Rich Are Able To Purchase That Poor People Don't Even Know Exist Entire floors of hotels or multiple floors. Entire restaurants. Chefs from literally any restaurant in the world to cook for them, wherever they are.

I saw all of those things done by a Prince Of Saudi Arabia: We estimated it cost him $50,000 just for the one private meal in our restaurant, given that he:

1. Had the top four floors of our hotel booked (for the hundreds of staff to take care of him, his wife and his two kids; plus likely some concubines, if I'm being honest). As someone in this part of the world, being rich= the number of people who work for you.
2. He paid $30k just to close our restaurant for one meal.
3. Flew his favorite chef from New York to Orlando to cook for him, on his private jet; and then back again. Of course, it was likely the OTHER private jet he had just for his staff, not for himself or his family.
4. Make food our entire staff, all the kitchen staff, all the federal, state and local security and him, his wife and his two kids.

I have posted the entire story somewhere else in the past, but I couldn't find it easily.

I had a buddy who taught ski lessons to another Saudi Prince's little kid and had some nearly unbelievable and yet similar details during his interactions with them. That kid had an entire team around him or probably ten staff, plus vehicles, snowmobiles, a helicopter, and so on.

I later met a guy who worked on an ultra-luxury 300-foot yacht and served Bill Gates and his wife, among other super-rich people. Their primary job was to operate without interacting with them, or at least as little as possible.

This shows you, in some sense, that having people around you doing stuff you need to be done but doing it invisibly is another perk of being rich.

durgadas , Pixabay Report

Final score:

117points

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Christina Keenan 1 year ago

Watch out! Them there rich folk don't want to be seen with the HELP

45points

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30 Of The Wildest Things The Rich Are Able To Purchase That Poor People Don't Even Know Exist My dad barely qualifies as a millionaire in the loosest sense. He has told me that there is a certain threshold of wealth where you can just become reliably wealthier and wealthier without a big limit. It goes like this:

He has a friend from Berkeley who worked on Wall Street in the 80s and left with about $1000000 in his bank account by age 35

He used half of that money to start his own business which solar product that was greatly needed by other businesses in the area.

After about 4 years of that, he bought an apartment complex for some side income.

After 7 years the apartment complex has paid for itself, and he spends the profit that year on becoming a majority shareholder in another small business in the area.

After making money on that, he start another small business this time only loosely run by him with a separate CEO to run the company.

Using previously accumulated money he buys a golf course and now he is technically unemployed, but the dude makes between 3 and 4 million a year off of his passive income.

He called me a little while ago saying that his son is a bit of a s**t and that he wants to send him to the military school where I went. I wouldn't be surprised if his son never sees him.

RussiaIsRodina , Nathan Nedley Report

Final score:

113points

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Luna Crow 1 year ago

Takes money to make money. This is what the wealthy never understand about the poor

115points

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30 Of The Wildest Things The Rich Are Able To Purchase That Poor People Don't Even Know Exist Relationships.

I once worked at an Olympic horse ranch in Colorado, and the owner was from Seattle and was friends with someone that played guitar w Kurt Cobain. Then talking to one of the riders, they had been to a party over the weekend that March Zuckerberg was at. That’s when it hit me - when you’re rich, you just know everyone, or knows someone that knows them.

Six degrees of separation is only for the masses. The elites is closer to two or one.

iHitchhikesometimes , wikipedia.org Report

Final score:

108points

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Luna Crow 1 year ago

But how many of those relationships are authentic I wonder?

64points

#20

30 Of The Wildest Things The Rich Are Able To Purchase That Poor People Don't Even Know Exist Citizenship to countries that provide some benefit (tax shelter/international travel advantages/etc.)

maedchenhosen , Ethan Wilkinson Report

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102points

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censorshipsucks 1 year ago

yep. it's called a golden visa, you can just buy citizenship.

42points

MejaTheVelociraptor , Bo Ponomari Report

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30 Of The Wildest Things The Rich Are Able To Purchase That Poor People Don't Even Know Exist Unique items. Occasionally you see in the news stuff like “hat used in some popular movie auctioned for $80,000” or “5000 year old Egyptian statue auctioned for $2,000,000” and I think “what kind of auction do you even go to buy that kind of thing”.

Final score:

99points

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Robert T 1 year ago

You've never heard of Christies then?

53points

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30 Of The Wildest Things The Rich Are Able To Purchase That Poor People Don't Even Know Exist If you are rich you can have a leg up when it comes to organ transplants. I believe there are flight services where you pay a subscription fee every month or year and if/when an organ is available it will fly you out right way. Also Steve Jobs gamed the system because he was able to get to different transplant hospitals over the country quickly because of his money so he was able to be on multiple waiting lists. He was on liver transplant lists in California and Tennessee, and I believe the later had a shorter waiting list and because of his severity he was able to rise up the list and get a liver faster than if he was only on the list in California. This practice is not technically against the rules but many view it as unethical.

Basically if you need an organ you better be rich.

millagilmores , Vidal Balielo Jr. Report

Final score:

95points

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Becky Boat 1 year ago

Steve Jobs had Pancreatic cancer and you cannot get a pancreas transplant no matter how rich you are because it cannot be done.

15points

#23

30 Of The Wildest Things The Rich Are Able To Purchase That Poor People Don't Even Know Exist Private banks. Rich people use banks like Chase, but they don't bank through regular branches, instead they use Chase Private Banking. They never wait on hold for a banker to pick up the phone, they get same day access to their deposits, lines of credit, etc.. Deposit $3 million into your checking account and you'll get a call from your Bank's private banking group.

kosherhalfsourpickle , Pixabay Report

Final score:

90points

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Jeremy Crocker 1 year ago

Not all banks have a private group like that. When SVB went under a number of individuals with large balances feared they'd lose everything because they exceeded the insurance limits. SVB was popular with tech startups, had the government not stepped in a number of emerging technologies companies could have gone bankrupt.

1point

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30 Of The Wildest Things The Rich Are Able To Purchase That Poor People Don't Even Know Exist I had a buddy who hired a driver, got him to get a chauffeur's license, and then made sure his jaguar was long enough to meet criteria as a limo, and then he could legally drink in the backseat.

When I traveled with him internationally, someone met us at the door when we were dropped off, and they walked us to our plane. None of that customs/security stuff occurred.

igotnothingtoo , Apple_Slipper Report

Final score:

85points

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censorshipsucks 1 year ago

That's weird, in my country it's just the driver that isn't allowed to drink. Also, that Jag above is a 2009 model and you can get it for about $ 16 667 these days.

32points

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30 Of The Wildest Things The Rich Are Able To Purchase That Poor People Don't Even Know Exist For most people, a car is a depreciating asset - from the moment you buy it, it starts to go down in value. For ultra wealthy car collectors, they are able to access limited edition cars that go up in value immediately. For example, McLaren only made 375 'P1's that they sold for $1-1.5M...they are now worth easily over $3M.

The challenge is it takes more than just money to get one of these - with only a few hundred models to allocate, and with them immediately earning their owners a profit, the manufacturer will look at a number of criteria to decide who gets one. Including how many models of their 'regular' cars you have purchased. If are offered a Ferrari La Ferrari Aperta for $2.2M, you probably own 5+ other Ferrari's and you just bought a pair of matching Portofino's for your twins who are going off to college.

MesWantooth , Auto Records Report

Final score:

82points

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Robert T 1 year ago

You're talking about new cars here, but classic cars also appreciate in value, and the rarer the car, the more it will be worth. Some cars are destined to be future classics and whilst they will initially depreciate, they will start to appreciate after a period of time when they are no longer being manufactured and the numbers on the road start to dwindle due to accidents etc.

36points

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30 Of The Wildest Things The Rich Are Able To Purchase That Poor People Don't Even Know Exist If you're willing to fork out $35,000 for the player and $500 per showing, you can watch films that are currently in theaters in your own private home-theater.

reddit.com , Curtis Adams Report

Final score:

78points

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Ghx 1 year ago

No big deal, you can also do that for free, online.... 😏

84points

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30 Of The Wildest Things The Rich Are Able To Purchase That Poor People Don't Even Know Exist Specialized household staff. When someone is truly mega-rich, running their household takes the same complexity as running a small to mid-size company, and management is skilled and compensated accordingly. Don't think "butler" - think "head of operations at a luxury hotel."

The staff that household managers oversee can be really specialized as well. For example, Larry Ellison has his own personal curator to oversee his collection of Asian art. They do things like:

* advise on the purchase and sale of art in his collection
* oversee storage and display of art housed on his property
* oversee process of lending art for storage and display at museums

The curator will often have their own staff to conduct actual conservation work, art transport, art installation, etc. So if you've already got an in-house crew of 7 people focused on your art collection alone, imagine how big your entire household staff is! That's why you've got a household manager.

overduebook , SHVETS production Report

Final score:

72points

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TheElderNom 1 year ago

I would love to be able to afford a housekeeper, basically I want someone to do shopping, cooking and cleaning. I don't mind doing either of these things occasionally but it gets tedious when it's all the time.

38points

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30 Of The Wildest Things The Rich Are Able To Purchase That Poor People Don't Even Know Exist Private jet timeshares. For those not quite rich enough for their own private jet, or those rich people wanting to be a bit frugal.

allthedifference , Asad Photo Maldives Report

Final score:

69points

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OWEN CASH 1 year ago

There are 'private timeshares' for just about any expensive luxury item. Yachts, jewelry, cars, etc.

26points

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30 Of The Wildest Things The Rich Are Able To Purchase That Poor People Don't Even Know Exist I don't see it on here, but the vast majority of financial products are out-of-reach for all but the rich. One reason the rich get richer is that they have access to investments that we've never heard of. Ever seen "The Big Short" why do you think Goldman Sachs took a week to correctly price Dr. Michael Burry's housing-short position? Because they were securing that position for themselves and their clients. Those financial instruments are so complicated and the regulation on them so byzantine that it wouldn't surprise me if Goldman actually didn't do anything illegal, like they're allowed, at their discretion, to misprice an asset for a certain period of time. Probably under the guise of the assets being complicated to price, but really it's just a buffer for them to get an edge that regular people couldn't believe.

Imagine going to a horse race an being able to bet on the horses near the end of the race. Rich people get that.

Final score:

66points

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Ace 1 year ago (edited)

Written by someone without a clue about how financial instruments actually work. There's no such thing as guaranteed risk-free investment no matter how rich you are.

15points

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30 Of The Wildest Things The Rich Are Able To Purchase That Poor People Don't Even Know Exist I used to work in the photo department at Saks Firth Ave. Some days, I would shoot an entire rack of clothing worth around half a million dollars. There was a Alexander McQueen leather jacket that was around $40,000. So I imagine a lot of that sort of nonsense.

workinreddithoe , Dom J Report

Final score:

65points

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Rwby Couch 1 year ago

I just got these super cute shorts from a thrift store a few weeks ago, and they are SUPER comfy. All of those designer clothes don't look comfy. So pass

29points

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30 Of The Wildest Things The Rich Are Able To Purchase That Poor People Don't Even Know Exist Some wealthy people buy books as decoration, with no intent of reading most of them. They buy books from wholesalers by the linear foot, specifying how the books look on the shelves (size, color, material of spine, etc.) without any regard for what the books actually are. They just need to fill wall space in library/office rooms in their homes.

JamminOnTheOne , Pixabay Report

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16points

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ACE PIRATES 4 THE WIN 1 year ago

Nooo all those wasted books :(

21points

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Luna Crow 1 year ago

So many of these sound so hollow it makes me sad. If you had the money to buy entire libraries and fine art, why on earth would you hire a stranger to pick it for you? And renting celebrities as friends? I'd rather hang out with people who choose to be around me because they want to

32points

Bunzilla 1 year ago

Because they trust an 'expert' opinion, and it takes the 'stress' and time out of picking it out themselves. And if they don't like it, no big deal. Sell it on, or put it somewhere out of the way to appreciate in value. Once again, rich people can buy themselves tons of time.

5points

Johnny Helfridge 1 year ago

My sister's former boss in NYC had a girlfriend who had a job purchasing books to build private libraries. She spent several months putting together Bill Gates' private library back when he was building his mega mansion (1999-ish?). If I recall she had a budget of $5 million just to buy the books.

1point

Dina Anastasakos 1 year ago

But then how can you show off to your friends with just "ordinary" people around. Like why did that guy need Demi Moore at his kids birthday party?

1point

Admiralu 1 year ago

They are all things I've heard of before.

0points

2x4b523p 1 year ago

Being mega rich sounds exhausting. I guess you have to be born into it to enjoy such life. Having people around you constantly, staff all around house all the time, that would drive me bonkers. I’m fine with winning a lottery, a few millions to travel and not have to work lol, but still kinda keep in touch with life as I know it.

20points

Tyranamar Seuss 1 year ago

My friend who was rich hated the stress of always having staff around. Her dad was political so reputation was very important. You roll out of bed and you've got the upstairs maid, the downstairs maid, the house manger, and the chef, minimum. And you got to be polite and cheery to each one. It's like living in a hotel and always having to be "on."

0points

Kat Min 1 year ago

Paul Mc Cartney described how he once had a driver and a butler and got rid of them because it drove him nuts. I think, you need to grow up with live-in staff to be able to not freak out over the lack of privacy

0points

Tess 1 year ago

You just need to be the appropriate level of mega rich. You have all of the staff, managers, area managers, department heads, COO, CFO, CEO, board of directors, a head of the board of directors. A transport fleet for staff (air/land/sea), a far more extravagant personal transport fleet. Properties/estates are constructed with employee quarters (likely underground with a sophisticated elevator and (smart..?) dumbwaiter system. Every wall is of a depth to allow for staff passageways (acoustically treated to avoid employees overhearing conversations). Hidden doors in every room. Furniture strategically placed for permanent blind spots to avoid any interaction with staff. Properties and transport are all part of a collective smart system. All requests/plans/whims are communicated to staff by analysing conversations, removing all but the relevant information, producing an alert for staff to action. The head of the board of directors is available for any in person communication.

0points

VonBlade 1 year ago

All I want from "money" is enough to buy myself and close family members detached houses so we don't have to worry about neighbours, and then enough to live on at the standard we currently do (poorly). That's it. I don't need yachts, art, hypercars, foreign holidays, luxury fashion and books I won't read. Just a house of my own without neighbours and the knowledge my loved ones have that too.

19points

Emily Janssens 1 year ago

Yeah If I were flush with money I'd get my driver's license, buy a small car, go on my dream holiday (Japan), and buy a hobby farm for myself to live on (I'd love to live almost fully self-sustainable but that takes money to set up). And if I had money left over I'd start up my social entreprise where I help younger people who have difficulties living alone or entering the regular job market (in conjuction to animal welfare which is also part of my entreprise idea) Oh and I would pay for a housekeeper to come by three times a week to help out with the general cleaning and pay them way above minimum wage for that because they deserve it for the work they do.

10points

Bunzilla 1 year ago

Totally. If I had more money, we'd move provinces, build a new energy efficient house and a little bit of land (like 1 acre?), and maybe hire a well-paid housekeeper who'd come twice a week to clean (I'm disabled, and my parents are getting older). We'd get some new electric cars, some automatic watering systems so my parents can garden more easily and have solar panels to provide most of our electricity. Plus, I'd buy my brother and sister-in-law a house too. Just... be comfortable.

2points

Mari 1 year ago

This makes me sad. They are throwing away their money and other people are starving from poverty.

13points

Greg Baughman 1 year ago

I just want the opportunity to prove that money wouldn't corrupt me. I used to be young and poor.... now, after years and years of work, I'm not young any more.

9points

censorshipsucks 1 year ago

so in my country I'm top 1% (well I was), so I had the luxury of doing some of these things. Not private jets etc., that's way beyond me, but a few things like hiring people to sort out s**t. So for example, any government red tape I just pay someone to queue. Any banking s**t I just have a private banker. And periodically I buy lunch for all my staff. But the other stuff is WAAAY beyond what I can afford. To do some of that stuff here (Africa) you'd need to be a billionaire in our local currency (dollar millionaire).

8points

Admiralu 1 year ago

The private jets listed weren't owning, but renting space. We have several companies that offer the service here that charge a few thousand for a trip. Business people love it because they don't have to do TSA or big lines.

0points

Suzy Creamcheese 1 year ago

Let's face it, there's practically nothing that *isn't* available for purchase if you're rich enough. That being said, an old saying about having more money than brains comes to mind...

5points

Tess 1 year ago

Depending on the person they may have had brains before being rich, then used money to buy things that turned their brains to mush.

1point

Khandnalie E 1 year ago

The moral of the story is that we have to eat the rich. Nobody goes hungry because there is not enough food, or homeless because there are no homes. People go without because some have far too much.

4points

Rachel Reynolds 1 year ago

It takes way less money to buy the materials for a guillotine...

4points

ADHORTATOR 1 year ago

I had a customer who forgot his pyjama at home, so one of our drivers picked it up and drove it 500 km to the swiss Alps to him.... Buying another would have been cheaper, but he wanted his old one.....

4points

Kevin J. Henning 1 year ago

Judging by this list is sounds like another wild thing the super rich do is act selfish as hell.

3points

Khandnalie E 1 year ago

How do you think they got rich?

3points

HelluvaHedgehogAlien 1 year ago

I’m born in a fairly rich family, and honestly we’re all appalled about these wastes of money. What use are these? Donate stuff for people in need

3points

Miranda Veracruz de la Joya Cardenal 1 year ago

Eat the rich

2points

ADHORTATOR 1 year ago

I love your username :-) ... Al Bundy is my all time favorite

0points

Tyranamar Seuss 1 year ago

We need a post: Pandas what would you do if you had A LOT of money?

1point

Spooky Scary Skeletons 1 year ago

While Bored Panda seems to have a fetish for frequently attacking us every week or so with this Oligarch Porn to make us feel inferior, remember one fact: rich334-64...e71b06.jpg

1point

Colin 1 year ago

I want to win the lottery so I can replicate my farm from Stardew Valley. No neighbours, grow my food or be able to make my own products from what I've grown.

1point

Ghx 1 year ago

Life is pay to win

1point

Niall Mac Iomera 1 year ago

Eat the rich

0points

Mary Peace 1 year ago

There were 31 images and now there's only 30. So one thing didn't make the cut. So sad.

0points

Mimi M 1 year ago

'Golden Handcuffs'. Trapped in a lifestyle (or a very well-paid but hated job) you can't afford to leave.

0points

Kat Min 1 year ago

I am missing the firelog piles that someone in London builds for rich people.

0points

Channo Sagara 1 year ago

I'd be honest now i can b***h about all these, but if I'm filthy stinkin rich I'll do each and every one of these stupid shits.

0points

Dizzie D 1 year ago

The one thing I would enjoy about being rich is finding someone to do all my ironing. I hate ironing.

0points

Paul Richards 1 year ago

There needs to be a wealth cap

0points

Miki 1 year ago (edited)

"That Poor People Don’t Even Know Exist" and ok, I wasn't aware about cloning.

0points

Anička 1 year ago

Well, as time goes on it's gonna be harder and harder to find things to add to the list. And some people probably didn't know all this prior to reading 😋

0points

Fry Me A Liver 1 year ago

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0points

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Luna Crow 1 year ago

32points

Bunzilla 1 year ago

5points

Johnny Helfridge 1 year ago

1point

Dina Anastasakos 1 year ago

But then how can you show off to your friends with just "ordinary" people around. Like why did that guy need Demi Moore at his kids birthday party?

1point

Admiralu 1 year ago

They are all things I've heard of before.

0points

2x4b523p 1 year ago

20points

Tyranamar Seuss 1 year ago

0points

Kat Min 1 year ago

0points

Tess 1 year ago

0points

VonBlade 1 year ago

19points

Emily Janssens 1 year ago

10points

Bunzilla 1 year ago

2points

Mari 1 year ago

This makes me sad. They are throwing away their money and other people are starving from poverty.

13points

Greg Baughman 1 year ago

I just want the opportunity to prove that money wouldn't corrupt me. I used to be young and poor.... now, after years and years of work, I'm not young any more.

9points

censorshipsucks 1 year ago

8points

Admiralu 1 year ago

0points

Suzy Creamcheese 1 year ago

Let's face it, there's practically nothing that *isn't* available for purchase if you're rich enough. That being said, an old saying about having more money than brains comes to mind...

5points

Tess 1 year ago

Depending on the person they may have had brains before being rich, then used money to buy things that turned their brains to mush.

1point

Khandnalie E 1 year ago

The moral of the story is that we have to eat the rich. Nobody goes hungry because there is not enough food, or homeless because there are no homes. People go without because some have far too much.

4points

Rachel Reynolds 1 year ago

It takes way less money to buy the materials for a guillotine...

4points

ADHORTATOR 1 year ago

4points

Kevin J. Henning 1 year ago

Judging by this list is sounds like another wild thing the super rich do is act selfish as hell.

3points

Khandnalie E 1 year ago

How do you think they got rich?

3points

HelluvaHedgehogAlien 1 year ago

I’m born in a fairly rich family, and honestly we’re all appalled about these wastes of money. What use are these? Donate stuff for people in need

3points

Miranda Veracruz de la Joya Cardenal 1 year ago

Eat the rich

2points

ADHORTATOR 1 year ago

I love your username :-) ... Al Bundy is my all time favorite

0points

Tyranamar Seuss 1 year ago

We need a post: Pandas what would you do if you had A LOT of money?

1point

Spooky Scary Skeletons 1 year ago

While Bored Panda seems to have a fetish for frequently attacking us every week or so with this Oligarch Porn to make us feel inferior, remember one fact: rich334-64...e71b06.jpg

1point

Colin 1 year ago

I want to win the lottery so I can replicate my farm from Stardew Valley. No neighbours, grow my food or be able to make my own products from what I've grown.

1point

Ghx 1 year ago

Life is pay to win

1point

Niall Mac Iomera 1 year ago

Eat the rich

0points

Mary Peace 1 year ago

There were 31 images and now there's only 30. So one thing didn't make the cut. So sad.

0points

Mimi M 1 year ago

'Golden Handcuffs'. Trapped in a lifestyle (or a very well-paid but hated job) you can't afford to leave.

0points

Kat Min 1 year ago

I am missing the firelog piles that someone in London builds for rich people.

0points

Channo Sagara 1 year ago

I'd be honest now i can b***h about all these, but if I'm filthy stinkin rich I'll do each and every one of these stupid shits.

0points

Dizzie D 1 year ago

The one thing I would enjoy about being rich is finding someone to do all my ironing. I hate ironing.

0points

Paul Richards 1 year ago

There needs to be a wealth cap

0points

Miki 1 year ago (edited)

"That Poor People Don’t Even Know Exist" and ok, I wasn't aware about cloning.

0points

Anička 1 year ago

Well, as time goes on it's gonna be harder and harder to find things to add to the list. And some people probably didn't know all this prior to reading 😋

0points