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It's true that there are way too many over-designed things out there, whose design is only there to give the price tag a hike, and things that have been around forever, whose design has never been changed and which can withstand years of use and wear are actually the better designed ones. We ignore them simply because they've been around for too long to be exciting.

But.

After reading today's newsletter, I was clicking on the link with high hopes, and when I saw those very ordinary items, things that can only be found in very traditional stores, I was kind of happy, thinking that, ha, someone has found the beauty of old-world simplicity too.

But after seeing the prices....

I don't know whether I should call this highway robbery or what. Let's just say the store owners value their personal taste very, very highly and think that for others to partake in it, they should pay accordingly.

Or maybe they just think of themselves as very good copy writers and should be paid at least two dollars per word.