Buyers must come prepared: anti-money-laundering rules mean that anyone spending more than £5,000 in one visit will need to provide photo ID and proof of address.
Japan, though miles more prepared for digital money than Venezuela, is actually a more cash-intensive economy than the Bolivarian Republic.
The signs are that Oddbins customers are responding and are once more prepared to spend money on interesting wines.
True, central banks like the Fed have shown themselves prepared to print money, even though doing more of that would run the risk of further undermining confidence.
As Olela, born and raised in Katine, says, the price was not prohibitive: people are just not prepared to spend money on the sanplats.
"This year, they were clearly better prepared for raising money," said Herman Fialkov, the much-admired dean of Long Island venture capitalists, who was among those trolling the event.
For those prepared to throw money – quite a lot of it – at the ideal Christmas present this year, the gift of choice is no longer white diamonds, but coloured gemstones.
Napthine said he was in the early stages of discussions with Toyota about its "ambitions to build a new model Camry" and had said Victoria was prepared to offer money for the plan.
Other utilities are planning to build nuclear plants in the regulated markets of the South, in the hope that the regulators will allow them to pass any cost over-runs on to their customers.Even so, says David Crane, NRG's boss, banks are simply not prepared to lend money to build nuclear plants in America without some extra surety.
"Be prepared to lose money".
