Community | August 11, 2008 | 10 comments

Bunch of grapes sells for $900

source: http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/08/11/japan.grapes.ap/index.html

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A new kind of "premium" grape has gone on sale for the first time in Japan, with single bunches fetching up to ¥100,000, or $910!

This is the equivalent of $26 per grape, which are reportedly "sweet but fresh at the same time".

Can you imagine how expensive the wine would be?!
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10 comments // Bunch of grapes sells for $900

  • yayi1
  • Bood
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      Bood  

    • My dad was telling me about these a while ago. A business associate of his used to buy $1000 grapes and give them as gifts to government officals. Apparenently the juice is thick when you bite into them. They are diff't from the ones shown above but just as pricey

    • 3 years ago
  • Robroy1
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      Robroy1  

    • The Japs are a little nuts when t comes to exotic prices for common items. I think they have a complex of somekind, but I am not sure what kind. Not all the Japs, don't get me wrong, just some of the totally nut cases. One person is dumb enough to pay a high price for something and they blow it way out of proportion and try to include the entire population when one sicko got screwed and paid through the nose for a common item. Why report such garbage?

    • 3 years ago
  • JanaPokana
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      JanaPokana  

    • And I thought M&S fruit were expensive ... of course it is ridiculous to spend this amount of money on a bunch of grapes, but people spend much more on certain alcohols and other exclusive food items, so the general willingness to invest in food and drink is not new.

    • 3 years ago
  • fattyownedu
  • kacarlson
  • cley
  • good_stuff
  • rwylie
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      rwylie  

    • It's Japan, the normal rules don't apply it seems. No grape could possibly be worth $26 unless it gave you some long lasting effect!

    • 3 years ago
  • schimmerman
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