Well, SOMEONE out there still has money....

On Ebay, for a mere $2,500, you can pick up a pair of diamond-encrusted iPod earbuds.

You may be wondering: "How do they sound?" Well, that's the gag. You receive no actual earbuds. These are the earbud covers.

...this product will make you stand out with its exclusiveness.

Yeah. If you go walking down the street listening to your tunes while wearing those things, the folks in my 'hood will definitely think that you, uh, stand out. And if you go to the kinds of parties where diamonds are safely displayed, you will be the hit of the season when you pull out your iPod and start rocking out while the bluebloods are trying to talk to you.

Now, if you are concerned about the actual sound, seek out the legendary Sony MDR-R10, world's greatest headphones, guaranteed to restore youth to your aged grandmother the moment she puts them on. They cost $4000 when they were on sale, which they no longer are. Riffraff can make do with the Audio-Technica ATH-L3000, which costs a mere $2,800.

Added note: What gets me are not the guys who shell out $4k for headphones. What gets me are the guys who are unhappy with their stock $4K headphones and thus feel compelled to mod them.

The rich are different from you and me. They have more headphones.