He paid a few hundred dollars each for most of the toys at antiques fairs, stores and auctions, but occasionally spent five-figure amounts for something that "completed the collection," he said.
Yoshi Uchiyama, Group Vice President Digital A/V Group: While price is one of the consideration elements for the early adopter, it is a deal-breaker for the mainstream consumer. But will mainstream users pay even reduced amounts for something without full studio coverage?
One of my central points was that if the National Football League gained carriage on digital cable for its overpriced network, all cable subscribers would be stuck paying an exorbitant amount for something only a tiny fraction actually want.
Paying a decently high monthly amount for something in between is newer territory.
Well, I suppose for twenty-five bucks, a wine probably should do just that -- except these days you'd have to shell out twice that amount for something French or Italian that approached this gem.
Along with Indiegogo and PledgeMusic, KickStarter is a crowdfunding website, which hosts projects people need money to fund, and allows backers to donate in fixed amounts in return for something in relation to the project (ie. the finished product, tickets, memorabilia etc).
Imagine paying that amount of money for something of which there are three others and yours is a pastel.
For someone to offer that amount of money for something that I had written because it is the sort of thing I like reading was incredible,' she said.
"Why in the heck are we spending that amount of money for something the American people don't want?" asked Mr. Taylor, who said the Democratic situation reminded him of the climate before the Republican takeover of the House in 1994.
It seems unlikely that the true Scrooge would part with a substantial amount of money for something as superficial as fashion, but of course Scrooge spends most of the play in his nightgown, so wardrobe isn't a major distraction.
"Our role is to look at the structure of remuneration going forward - whether there is the danger of somebody being paid a large amount of money for something that looks clever at the time but two years later turns out to be toxic," he said Even so, the FSA doesn't believe that tackling pay is the most important area for reform.
