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		<title>Modern Design Ripoff</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[How much can you possibly spend on a spice rack? Apparently, quite a lot. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I saw a very neatly designed magnetic spice rack the other day, made by <a href="http://www.sohospices.com/index.html">Soho Spices</a> in NYC.  The steel spice jars have a glass lid so you can easily see the contents, and a sliding shaker area, so you can use some without opening it up.  Nifty and very pretty, but wholly uninteresting.</p>
<p>No, what&#8217;s interesting about it is the range of prices for this thing.</p>
<p>Chiasso <a href="http://www.chiasso.com/store/item.aspx?ItemId=53056">offers it</a>, for $118 plus shipping.</p>
<p>Tubular <a href="http://www.tubularspices.com/spiceracks/sohospiceboard.asp">carries it as well</a>, but for $89.00 shipped.</p>
<p>Amazon <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Lipper-International-6512-12-Piece-Stainless/dp/B000MM8ZEY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&#038;s=home-garden&#038;qid=1236874760&#038;sr=1-1">also sells it</a>, but for $75.00 shipped.</p>
<p>Raindogs <a href="http://www.raindogsonline.com/shop.php?pid=756">has it too</a>, for $65.00.</p>
<p>And finally, Chef Giant <a href="http://www.chefgiant.com/show_product/3969/?utm_source=froogle&#038;utm_medium=datafeed&#038;utm_term=3969">wins the price war</a> at $59.99 with free shipping.</p>
<p>The further you get away from kitchen supply stores and into stores that sell things based on design, the more expensive this item gets for seemingly no reason.  I feel like I&#8217;m playing a round of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mystery_Price">Mystery Price</a>.</p>
<p>Even at it&#8217;s cheapest, you&#8217;re still paying $60 just to hold 12 spices, or $5 per spice.</p>
<p>Incidentally, for that exact same amount of money, you could head on over to Ikea and <a href="http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/80102919">pick up a 3 pack</a> of their magnetic spice jars that look nearly identical.   12 jars cost you 1/3 of the price, so you could buy 36 of them for the same cost as the Soho @ Chef Giant.  Yes, they have a plastic lid instead of glass, yes you have to remove the lid instead of just shaking, but at what point do you draw a line for how much money you&#8217;re willing to waste on decorative spice racks?!</p>
<p>For what it&#8217;s worth, I contacted Chiasso and told them that their product was 200% more expensive than other online retailers.  The woman I spoke to didn&#8217;t particularly appreciate that.</p>
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