Can You Believe This?

• dragg

  31 Aug 06, 21:50

  a man bought a penthouse at 360k 31 yrs ago. he was offered 8.8 mil. but he wants another 20k more.
  
  
  
  
• SexyChin

  31 Aug 06, 21:51

  Yes of course.
  It's in the news.
• Classyfied

  31 Aug 06, 21:52

  STUPID LA...LAST TIME 31 K IS LIKE NOT 8 MILLION LOR...
  STILL THE SAME RITE?
  LAST TIME PPL EARN LESS PAY LESS LA
  NOW PPL EANR MORE PAY MORE LA
  SAME SAME
  DUMB SAY SORRY!
• dragg

  31 Aug 06, 21:53

  Originally posted by Classyfied:

  STUPID LA...LAST TIME 31 K IS LIKE NOT 8 MILLION LOR...
  STILL THE SAME RITE?
  LAST TIME PPL EARN LESS PAY LESS LA
  NOW PPL EANR MORE PAY MORE LA
  SAME SAME
  DUMB SAY SORRY!

  what are you trying to say in simple english?
  
  
• Classyfied

  31 Aug 06, 21:54

  lol i trying to imitate the laotixii guy..very fuunny 1
• newcomer

  31 Aug 06, 21:54

  Originally posted by Classyfied:

  STUPID LA...LAST TIME 31 K IS LIKE NOT 8 MILLION LOR...
  STILL THE SAME RITE?
  LAST TIME PPL EARN LESS PAY LESS LA
  NOW PPL EANR MORE PAY MORE LA
  SAME SAME
  DUMB SAY SORRY!

  sorry
• <Precious>

  31 Aug 06, 21:54

  Not shocking wad..... $360K 31 years ago probably is as much as mebbe say $4-5 million presently. Definitely believable.
• ^tamago^

  31 Aug 06, 21:54

  Originally posted by dragg:

  a man bought a penthouse at 360k 31 yrs ago. he was offered 8.8 mil. but he wants another 20k more.
  
  
  
  

  360k in year 1975 is quite a handsome sum.
• rathcycle

  31 Aug 06, 21:55

  Originally posted by dragg:

  a man bought a penthouse at 360k 31 yrs ago. he was offered 8.8 mil. but he wants another 20k more.
  
  
  
  

  20k more on something selling at 8.8m....
  
  it's like buying something at 100 bucks and asking for 10cents discount...
• ditzy

  31 Aug 06, 21:55

  Originally posted by dragg:

  what are you trying to say in simple english?
  
  

  He's saying you're stoopid.
• dragg

  31 Aug 06, 21:57

  he is asking another 20k to compensate for his breach of rental contract or something to that effect.
  
  
• DriftingGuy

  31 Aug 06, 21:58

  Hes trying to make you say sorry to him
• ditzy

  31 Aug 06, 21:58

  Originally posted by dragg:

  he is asking another 20k to compensate for his breach of rental contract or something to that effect.
  
  

  Its already 8 over million, 20k is like molecules.
• dragg

  31 Aug 06, 21:59

  Originally posted by ditzy:

  Its already 8 over million, 20k is like molecules.

  i find it difficult to comprehend.
  
  
• ditzy

  31 Aug 06, 22:01

  Originally posted by dragg:

  i find it difficult to comprehend.
  
  

  You haven't been a singaporean long enough.
• 0lala

  31 Aug 06, 22:06

  price inflatuation
  
  juz like supposely,in the near future when land is fkin scares and u have a land of cemetary that the govt needs it for potential constrution,u'll probaly b offered high unless they wanna "eat" u
  
• DriftingGuy

  31 Aug 06, 22:07

  20k? He should ask for 40k.. in Singapore every single $ counts
• dragg

  31 Aug 06, 22:10

  see what it means by the rich gets richer?
  
  from 360000 to 8800000!!!
  
  
• Parka

  31 Aug 06, 22:13

  Originally posted by DriftingGuy:

  20k? He should ask for 40k.. in Singapore every single $ counts

  Yah. Even if one owns $0.20, someone will send letter asking for payment.
  
  
• zheshi

  31 Aug 06, 22:13

  Originally posted by ditzy:

  Its already 8 over million, 20k is like molecules.

  So? But it still 20k. Consider a big amount too
• browniebaobao

  31 Aug 06, 22:14

  so greedy..
  
  later ple dun wana buy from him then he will know wat is sim tia.
• dragg

  31 Aug 06, 22:22

  if i remember correctly he is the CEO of a big company.
  
  
• digicharat

  31 Aug 06, 23:04

  maybe i should start collecting penthouse too.
• newcomer

  31 Aug 06, 23:06

  that is called making the best out of it.
• DriftingGuy

  31 Aug 06, 23:09

  Originally posted by Parka:

  Yah. Even if one owns $0.20, someone will send letter asking for payment.
  
  

  x2