r/Music • u/Brucekentbatsuper • Sep 05 '26

article Beyonce Accused by Fans of a 'Disgusting Display of Greed' Over $948 'Empty' Pine Wood Box

https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/beyonce-backlash-948-bey-keeper-box-bday-anniversary-1818055
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u/Morganvegas Sep 05 '26

Even funnier that it’s $948 or £948.

Like they’re the same thing 💀💀💀

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u/shitty_owl_lamp Sep 05 '26

I can actually explain that… her birthday is 9/4/81, so they priced it at $948.01

But yeah that’s $1,101.01 after converting…

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u/rustyzorro Sep 05 '26

Should be £498 then as her birth date is 4/9/81 in the UK

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u/Doraborealiss Sep 05 '26

Well at that price I can’t afford not to buy it

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u/KNNLTF Sep 05 '26

Make it 1968 (£, $, whatever) for computer scientists and engineers writing it as 1981-09-04.

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u/LightningWarpAway Sep 05 '26

Wait how's 1981-09-04 become 1968?

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u/Comprehensive-Mix686 Sep 05 '26

Subtraction 

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u/LightningWarpAway Sep 06 '26

... Fuck, I'm dumb

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u/platoprime Sep 05 '26

Your birthday doesn't change just because you move countries genius!

/s

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u/dude_thats_sweeeet Sep 06 '26

Never worry about misinterpreting mine at 2/2/02

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u/buddrball Sep 05 '26

They could have sold the box for $94.81

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u/sweetntenderhooligan Sep 05 '26

Would have made more sense to make it $94.81 then… no random zero in there. She still would have made a big profit!

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u/BedditTedditReddit Sep 05 '26

She’s always been obsessed with her birthday and her star sign. She should consider no one gives a shit

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u/shitty_owl_lamp Sep 06 '26

Omg I’m 40 years old and I just learned today that a euro is different from a pound… Thank you for educating my dumb American butt

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u/anitasdoodles Sep 05 '26

She could have just priced it at $45

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u/SecretAgentVampire Sep 06 '26

What an idiot.

She should have sold it for $09048.01 and made 10x the profit.

https://giphy.com/gifs/NcrhM3USM6TABpus85

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u/backupbitches Sep 05 '26

Well that answers my question....I love the one argument in the article that says "it's memorabilia, it will be worth so much more when she's gone!"

Ma'am this woman is 45 years old

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u/cmnrsvwxz Sep 05 '26

Which is wrong, because it should have been either $94.81, or $948.10.

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u/CBrinson Sep 05 '26

It is how you know the item cost next to nothing to produce. They are purely putting the price where conversion drops off because people don't like paying prices with 4 numbers vs 3.

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u/I_dont_bone_goats Sep 05 '26

Well it’s also like, clearly this is not worth the price if you get like a $200 discount for just paying in euros lol

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u/feminas_id_amant Sep 05 '26

I'll give them $948 MXN for it