Selling Snobbery

• I try to be rational while seeking out irrational counterparties
• So I’m always in the hunt for arbitrariness and arbitrary prices
• One particular fascination of mine is snobbery

Snobbery is funny. It always looks ridiculous to me. I barely can understand it. On the long list of my vices, I somehow missed the gene for enjoying being seen spending a lot of money. Spending money is mostly embarrassing. I feel far cleverer and tougher tolerating cheap stuff. I also feel a bit guilty knowing that any money I don’t blow eventually will go to Watsi so any champagne I drink means fewer African kids get needed surgery.

So I prefer to be a seller than a buyer of snob goods. And one of the greatest snob good proprietors is Laurent-Perrier. This is a wonderful little write up worth reading on the name. As far as the product, I stopped drinking as part of a comprehensive health and fitness push I’ve been writing about here. I’m glad I did. Going from some to none has been transformative; alcohol is a drug and the optimal dose is zero.

But I do love a bargain. Care about the “champagne” designation? The best deal I’ve found is three bottles of Maurice Grumier “Blanc de Venteuil” Blanc de Blancs Champagne. It would normally cost $195, but is on sale for $150. For a first time order, you can get $50 off using this sign up bonus for a net $100 or almost half off.

Want a better bargain? Forget about “champagne” and get ten bottles of NV Masia Salat Organic Cava. With the same $50 off with the sign up bonus you’re paying $100 for ten excellent bottles. It tastes roughly the same and you can pretend it is champagne.