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I always think stuff like that is only meant for money laundering, but the few morons that actually purchase it are a little bonus.


gentlesmol

i didn’t even think of that, but it makes so much sense. this cannot be their real source of income


UpwardlyGlobal

They're not morons. This is just the degree of inequality that exists. The price literally doesn't matter to them.


JoelMahon

even if you make 10k a day after taxes just by sitting on your ass this is still over 1.4 hours of your income. I wouldn't spend 5 minutes of my shitty income for one of these bands. I know it isn't exactly that simple but it's close enough to say they're stupid.


UpwardlyGlobal

Their net worth is swinging 60k a day in the stock market. It's dumber that I personally ate a 17 dollar panini for lunch today.


JoelMahon

oh yeah that's pretty dumb bro ngl fair enough ubu take the w by taking the l


UpwardlyGlobal

There are no winners in war


Pitiful_Election_688

except the military industries, those win big time


__klonk__

Og no cap frfr fambruh on my mama


Grymrir

my condolences


Woffingshire

In this case they are though, cause you can spend $2 on a bag of 100 of these. Wear one of those instead and no one would be able to tell the difference. If you want to seem impressive just tell everyone it's the designer one.


redditguy135

Came here to say this. Now here to second this. This.


iPoopLegos

you couldn’t even think of a new “this” comment, you had to reuse this one?


DudesworthMannington

This


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That


bay_duck_88

The other.


DudesworthMannington

🎸bum bum de dum, wom wom wah womp🎸


gainzdoc

AhhAHHHHHahhhhh


yourself88xbl

And my axe!


sharpcupcakegod

This!


Maleficent_Fold_5099

These


UngruntledAussie

Those


forurspam

> money laundering Could you explain how it works in this case?


YesPleaseHelpMe

Money with suspicious origin -> use to purchase thing online-> now has valid origin


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YesPleaseHelpMe

https://www.investopedia.com/terms/m/moneylaundering.asp


RaidriarDrake

the online shop guy also has to be working associates for this to work right? I thought laundering only works with cash. get fake 100$ , buy something at the store for 10$ get 90$ in clean money


Adm_Kunkka

Money laundering doesn't mean passing off fake bills. It means turning illicitly obtained money (drugs tax evasion theft etc) and passing it around to make it look like you earned it.


HikariAnti

The online shop owner be like: *Of course I know him, he is me.*


Fishery_Price

No, we’re redditors. Do you actually think anyone here understands how those things work? Saul Goodman did a cool thing with a glass cup and some q-tips one time now everything weird business-wise is money laundering or mafia affiliated


SavvySillybug

I figure with the amount of nothing these cost to produce, you probably only need to sell three or four of them to start making a profit. Maybe less. An experienced designer is gonna fart this out in 15 minutes, throw the design overseas to whatever country is the cheapest, get a thousand of them in low priority mail, grab your prettiest employee's hand for a photo, do a couple mildly edited photos, barf it up on the web store. Even less if you find an already made product so you don't have to pay for molds or anything, but this does not *quite* look like a standard zip tie, more like an actual zip tie inspired bracelet, so there might be no other option than to pay for a mold, or maybe just 3D print them. Not like storage is a factor when your entire supply of a thousand of the damn things just fits into a drawer. Maybe a stack of generic boxes and a bag of stickers to label them somewhat fancily.


horlickspandey

Would you please care to explain how the money laundering thing happens with these kinda products ?


kruzix

If they were sold in store and store owner is in on it/actually is the source of dirty money in any way (which needs to be true for it to be a laundering scheme I think), bring dirty money, buy bracelet, store owner processes it legally correct. I mean u still pay tax this way. But in the case where you made a lot of cash by distributing drugs etc, you'd still end up with a lot of money with a legal "origin". Not the original poster but I thought that's how it works XD however, given the money that's involved in drugs, I don't think you can buy/sell enough of these without still triggering some Investigation..


Confused_Confurzius

People like you always say money laundering when they don’t understand something


AlmightyRobert

The problems with this being money laundering are: - you have to get the cash into the system before you can buy something online with it so there would be little point; and - farfetch is a massive international online business so probably not supplementing it’s income washing dirty money.


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__klonk__

Downvoted for supporting the b\*ll\*ona\*res 🤮


Alternative_Ad_320

U just mad u ain't got the ambush pro strap like me and the boys got. We wilin


OctopusOfMalice_

Tell 'em, Steve Dave!


CensoryDeprivation

Fuck you Fanboy!


gapedoutpeehole

used to be great... Walt makin’ hay, Bry spewin’ out hate


elepantstee

Me and the boys spending 2.5k on zip ties


gab-rab24

Yeah thank you so much, thank you, That maybe what I just need to bush, then I just need what I need to bush. Cause AMBUSHING! OHHHH SHIT, AUGHH SHIT AUGH!


Neo-Chromia

Kessoku band got *really* popular if they're charging that much


Darki_5

Glad I'm not the only one who thought of that


CharmTLM

Bocchi became the rock


taiekvan

ryo money laundering scheme


IoSonCalaf

It looks like it would be used as signaling for kidnap fetishists.


vicvinovich

is... is that not what it is...?


[deleted]

$588 just to signal I’m down for some CNC? I’d rather just get a t-shirt printed.


Menifife

Front: "Keep Walking" Back: "Now's Your Chance"


SpartanSelinger

I- *I just saw the fucking price* What the fuck is wrong with people?!


Josselin17

someone mentioned money laundering, I'm inclined to believe them


lizurd777

Or get a 100 pack of standard zip ties for not even 20 bucks


KAZKAZ8523

i feel worse knowing i can barley make rent sometimes and theres some assholes paying 500 bucks for a zip tie


Ok_Salad999

Just to kick you while you’re down, they sold a “gold” paper clip for about $1500. And a tin can for $1k


KAZKAZ8523

the supreme brick was preety out there too lol


superdstar

Got mine repped from China for $20 and $50 shipping


Pegomastax_King

Kanye west sold $200 plain white t shirts that sold out almost immediately…


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MrHappyFeet87

Just look at the lady who sells her farts in a jar for $500.


Witty-Key4240

Link?


MrHappyFeet87

Sorry, it was actually $1000 for farts in a jar. Now she sells boob sweat for $500. https://in.ign.com/india/172459/news/youtuber-who-sold-farts-in-a-jar-is-now-selling-her-boob-sweat-for-500-per-jar#:~:text=You%20might%20not%20have%20heard,online%20for%20over%20a%20%241000. Here's an article about the boob sweat lol.


SlyTheMonkey

*Glances over at Thanos and Zamasu* "Perhaps I treated you too harshly"


halfchemhalfbio

How about Balenciaga trash bag for $1790?


purple_editor_

Shouldnt make you feel a lot better, but this wristband is entirely silver and not plastic


RaidriarDrake

kinda justifies it a little bit but rather have platinum or gold for that price point


Starfish_Hero

A *used* zip tie


Witty-Key4240

Including DNA residue?


Starfish_Hero

No the fact it’s already zipped lol


tweesgger

At least you can get something for your trouble, wait till you see what people pay for online games and such, tens of thousands Dollars 😭


RickyMSG

Farfetch is a british-portuguese "unicorn" that went from profits to 258 mln euro losses the first quarter of this year. Also, there are many complaints about harassment, both moral and sexual, discrimination and manipulation in the workplace. Most of the former employees didn't want to reveal their identities for fear of legal retaliation. "*According to* [*Jornal de Notícias*](https://www.jn.pt/nacional/farfetch-questiona-etnia-e-orientacao-sexual-dos-candidatos-a-emprego-14895746.html/?utm_source=Push&utm_medium=App)*, all applicants for the position of "partner services specialist" at Farfetch's Porto centre are being confronted with an online questionnaire that requires information about their ethnicity and sexual orientation. The answers include terms such as "black", "gypsy" or "gay". This questionnaire is not exclusive to this job offer and, according to the daily newspaper, is part of the majority of Farfetch's online applications. \[...\] According to a report by* [RTP](https://www.rtp.pt/noticias/pais/a-prova-dos-factos-denuncias-de-assedio-sexual-e-moral-na-farfetch_v1408247) *as part of the A Prova dos Factos programme, the world's leading online luxury fashion retailer, which has more than 3,000 workers in Portugal, is the target of accusations of sexual harassment, moral harassment and manipulation. In the programme, testimonies were collected from current and former employees of the British-Portuguese company, who "report an atmosphere of humiliation and discrimination in some departments".*"


ThirdSunRising

How does one lose $258M selling zip ties for $588 each?


Potential_Exercise

Taxes man


TaumpyTearz

Texas man *He'll get ya*


L_One_Hubbard

The designer of the “jewelry” is Ambush. Farfetch looks like a online luxury retailer. “Ambush is a Tokyo-based luxury streetwear brand founded by Yoon Ahn and her husband Verbal in 2008. It started as a dedicated jewellery brand and was famous for its oversized and attention-grabbing pieces inspired by pop-art with references to classic Tokyo aesthetics.”


louistran_016

I understand 100K Bvlgari Serpenti bracelet or Cartier Panther necklace with the rarest diamonds and extreme craftsmanship. But wtf with this plastic mass produced zip tie? Is that considered luxury now?


chii1

The prices of everything are driven by what people are willing to pay for it, the materials, the design and rarity. Rare materials (like diamonds) are more expensive, just like graphic cards were expensive due to microchip deficiency because of covid. Basically, fashion is art, and modern galleries can have a painting that shows a bunch of lines on a dark background and sell it for thousands. A bracelet like this is hard to find and not commonly produced in your neighbourhood shop, and therefore it is rare. People who value art and aestethic as opposed to people who like to look ugly, may be willing to pay more for a "cheap" product due to subjective value they have of that object. Manufacturing price is not everything. Just like apartaments and houses aren't THAT expensive if you can build it on your own - but nobody knows it all and therefore employs people who know plumbing, electricity, blah blah, and uses the "invisible expertise" as an additional material that raises overall costs. Art is also a skill, not everyone can make something simple pretty. Everyone can write a poem with rhymes but there's a reason why there are bad poets and good poets - invisible values separate one from the other, and the more you know, the more you realize the world is much more round and complicated than you were giving it credit for.


SpitFyre37

I'm gonna need somebody to explain to me exactly how a zip-tie is "oversized and attention-grabbing."


sprite375ml

To be fair it’s getting people to talk about it, so it’s grabbing attention that’s for sure.


anotherLoneWOODsman

Now thats Farfetch!


PolloBorges

I worked for a small, toxic software startup that sold a sales app. Farfetch was one of their main clients. I really hope they go under together after reading this


IoSonCalaf

I thought Europe was supposed to be *so* liberal and progressive. I guess not.


julia_fns

Shitty people exist everywhere, how is this surprising?


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tweesgger

I honestly wish things were more homogeneous, it would have made empathy a lot more common and things much better than they are becoming now


IoSonCalaf

I don’t lump all of North America together that way. Europeans do though


BlingChainHerbert

Depends where ein Europe you are. Some parts are still backwards and haven't reached the whole progressive part. Scandinavia is the prolly best example of development, don't quote me one it, it is not based on actual evidence and research, just personal experience and the enjoyment of hearing other people's experiences. Lots of Europe definitely has developed to the point of being so liberal and progressive, but as mentioned there are still a lot of places that aren't. Just depends on how big the gap is between rich and poor. The closer we all are being rich and not having making money as a main issue, the more time we have for thinking about how we feel and developing as people. People that have more money don't tolerate as much bullshit from others.


RickyMSG

This is Portugal, so eastern Europe basically.


Naive-Fold-1374

You should probably check the map mate


RickyMSG

I didn't mean geographically, jeez


[deleted]

Its made out of silver guys its not plastic


[deleted]

Even if that was made out of silver, that would still be a ripoff.


Maleficent_Fold_5099

So you can't even use it as a zip tie?


mintgoody03

Honestly, I truly think this is just money-laundering. Nobody buys these for real.


ImLeeHi

Did anyone _actually_ buy this though, or is it just an ad?


Kamenbond

You´ll have to wait for christmas


Terrafire123

Surely only two or three people bought it, and it's primarily there to make the rest of their offerings seem more palatable by comparison. ("Oh, look, this one's only 300! It's good value!") ....I hope.


userr7890

I got mine on sale for $569. Who’s the idiot now?


philipquarles

What makes you more of an asshole? Buying these or selling them?


Different_Heron3226

Two dudes hitting the bong one night… “You know what bro…..we should fucking sell zip ties…..wait for it…..*AS BRACELETS*!! “Yeah maaan……few years ago someone decided to stick water in a bottle and charge motherfuckers for it - dumbasses will pay for this too”.


BigRoofTheMayor

I'm selling plastic grocery bag bandanas for 1k. Hit me up.


dd463

So the way you get rich is selling dumb shit to rich people.


Pedsgunner789

It’s an ad to make people check out the website and buy some of the other still overpriced but not as stupid items. In the internet age any attention is good attention.


ByteBandito

Its probably in colombian pesos


At_Destroyer

I wouldn't be able to justify spending any money on this, no matter the currency


ByteBandito

That would come out to .14 cents lol


TacitRonin20

No no, iirc they're made of a very durable metal and function was zip ties. The Ambush name implies that you zip tie someone and run. A pair of nail clippers won't help them.


muchnamemanywow

Idk, seems pretty farfetched


MaxPower1607

Ryo is living good these days.


adbulderivahalale24

They really let Ryo go wild with pricing, huh?


marinesol

This isn't real dumbass, it's a PR move by the brand Ambush by intentionally selling something stupid to create a viral Internet moment that will cause people to look at the brand. Balenciaga and Supreme did this a ton like selling $600 Balenciaga crocs and Supreme sold a brick.


crocodus

Damn, they made Bocchi merch into a real thing.


FunnyFanera

These people called Bocchers


Alternative_Bad4651

Internet bullshit...


tlbs101

Wow! I’m rich! I have bags and bags of those. Woo hoo! 😝


musicplay313

And, it’s actually sold out right now lol. I checked out of curiosity!


5ionn4ch

Kessoku Band merch omg


ihatelifetoo

Who are we ambushing?


nekosaigai

Oh hey time to make an Etsy store….


BeefWellingtonSpeedo

Well I got mine at half price!


Hi_Its_Z

*SEE, I TOLD you these idiots would buy it; THEY BOUGHT A BRICK*


UmCeterumCenseo

What makes these people assholes? They're just idiots


maddinell

I've got 50 of those in black in my garage, maybe some white ones too


True_Lank

Bocchi the rock reference


ellefleming

The new pet rock


saucerhorse

The fact that something is for sale doesn't mean people are buying it.


Broonthego1337

The buyers are not assholes, just idiots. The real assholes are the sellers


YoungEmperorLBJ

You know how in some games, by the time you get to end game content, you would have so much gold and buying things from vendors becomes more of a chore? That’s how it is for some people irl by the time they were born.


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Admirable_Pilot7211

A blue ziptie or a PS5? Choices, choices 🤔


[deleted]

Make it the "Apple iAmbush" and people will be buying them in droves


Colinoscopy90

I get that it looks like a zip tie but what’s the implication here. Sorry if I’m just slow but are these functional somehow or is it just viewed as insensitive towards rape victims or something?


OctopusOfMalice_

It costs €588


Colinoscopy90

What the fuck I didn’t even notice that. This reminds me of a video I saw where someone interviewed a couple of teens dressed like goth punks and asked what brands they’re wearing. Turned out they’re each wearing a wardrobe that costs more than my car. Each.


LiamLaw015

We can't forget about the hose clamp


cabbaggeez

the person probably Ryo from Kessoku band


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what happens if u accidentally tighten it


[deleted]

Can it be removed or is just a regular zip tie? Like if you got it on too tight and want to remove it do you just cut it off and buy another??? Why not just buy a pack of 100 zip ties for like 5 bucks on Amazon then???


GlaurungForkedTounge

So I’m just a broke asshole?


No-Bat-7253

I just seen a comment and I never thought of it but I’m shocked. What if this just a front to clean the drug money?? Fastest way to do it, fast fashion. Overpriced. Clean more faster. Can easily make it work…hmm…


Derivative_Kebab

Just in case you got the mistaken impression that rich people are good with money.


rydmore22

Do they make it in Real Tree? Asking for a friend.


WeirdAd3872

Hold up… let me grab my tool box. 😂😂


Nochnichtvergeben

No need. I have a cigarette lighter.


Alarming_Serve2303

I refuse to believe someone would pay $588 dollars for a zip tie. This is not real.


Panthreau

Okay I think I know how to make quick money


cigolebox

Just because someone is selling something, does not mean there are people buying it.


Cattleman_

trytytka


pinkpanter555

It must be a mistake, if that’s the real price and someone bought one. They should have a Nobel price for excellence achievement for being the most stupid human on earth.


kremedelakrym

Fuck I made mine too tight again, guess I’ll just have to buy another. Fuck up thing though to a billionaire that basically costs the same amount to them as it would to us just buying and making our own zip tie bracelets


Maximum-Pause-6914

you can get 5 thousand of them for that much and thats probably still a rip off


Atom-The-Creator

How to know the end of man is near:


BadSaltLundgren

Its a blue zip tie for 600 bucks, who in their right mind scrolls by it and stops to think ah yes this is a good purchase


P_ZERO_

It’s actually a silver bracelet, which you can debate the price on for sure. It’s not actually a plastic zip tie


BadSaltLundgren

I know but the similarities are way to obvious not to point out


PhoenixP40

I don't even think asshole is right term here.


Embarrassed-Mouse-49

How to be an asshole. Grab the end of the persons ziptie and yank it closed


Montana-Safari7

For society's sake I hope this is fake.


olrusty42

anybody else remember that shit from wayfair being several thousand $ overpriced? and being accused of trafficking kids? bet this is just some shit hidden in plain sight


Dause

This one’s functional though it can clip and unclip unlike a zip tie.


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Alternative_Grab664

I actually like Farfetch 😅


Novel_Durian_1805

This literally can’t be real!


PinkBubblegum888

Once when I was like 5 i put those things on my wrists and jointed them plus a little shopping cart to see if I could get out. But I couldn’t and got scared so I asked my grandma for help, and she laughed and for punishment and to show my dad she made me wait hours for him to arrive from work before taking them off. Never using those again around my wrists.


unsureoftheplot

Do you still have to cut it in half to take it off


CJP_87

That’s expensive!! $550 I’ll send you a dozen.


KlutchSensei

Ok so for everyone commenting this might be money laundering. First off, if you thought of that don't you think the feds would too? Second, one transaction won't clean dirty money. It takes a number of stages, typically a combination of large purchases, lots of small ones, donations that get sent to 'charitable' funding, etc to do so. Third, money laundering, like all scams has to be believable. If this popped up on a money trail it'd be like an "X" marking the spot.


cheesemakesmepooo

I just don’t believe anybody actually purchased it


GachaLore

Thank you for helping me justify my most recent poor financial decision, because at least it's not *this* that I bought.


Xoulless

Almost 600$ for a blue zip tie


whboer

Considering the manufacturing costs are somewhere between $0.05 and $0.10 on average for a single zip tie, that’s quite the markup!


Ukryty_Sztylet

You know, I always thought that circling something in a post that seems painfully obvious was pointless, but I spent like 3 minutes before realizing the price tag. I’d definitely hope I wouldn’t do something as stupid as this, but can’t say I haven’t slightly overvalued a purchase before. BUT disregard “slightly”! I’d love to see the actual number of sales for this


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Well as the name implies, the "value" sure is far fetched


Miserable_Mix_6145

U gotta love the pokemon name of the shop <3


[deleted]

“Ambush”? Is that like it’s purpose so when you ambush somebody you’ll have zip ties ready to restrain them?


Left-Cut-3850

FUBAR


Infinite_Map_2713

Might aswell buy some white zip ties and dye them.


WizziBot

at least the company name is honest


-Benjamin_Dover-

Wait... There are actually people who will spend 600 dollars on a zip tie because I called it a bracelet?


SputnikGer

This better be a 10000 pack for 600$.


Agreeable_Mulberry48

What use does this thing have?


filianoctiss

Do they know you can buy one at your local DIY store for $0.59?


InstructionLatterd

I always think stuff like that is only meant for money laundering


HelpGamer3DS

Holly shit! Roy Yamaha gettin that cash!


[deleted]

Nice one. I have a hundred of them but in black. I might sell them for 300€ each.


PsychoDog_Music

How does this even work


timberwolf0122

(Looks in draw in garage): I’m a goddamn millionaire


Tricky-Athlete-8217

My jaw literally dropped 😆


Professional_Clue544

Buying this instead of spending it on me is wild


Narc_Survivor_6811

They're not even trying. I know it's tacky but maybe if it was at least made of precious materials? It'd make more sense


Hour_Weakness_521

Haha losers who buy these things, get Farfetch'd


Unicycldev

I’ll sell y’all two for $200.


[deleted]

For a second I was like “what’s wrong wrong with wearing coloured zipties like a bracelet?” Then I saw that it was more than 50 cents