You've got to be kidding, it can't be that expensive?! Photo / Tim McCready
You've got to be kidding, it can't be that expensive?! Photo / Tim McCready
If someone told us there was a bottle of wine at Pak'nSave for $888 we'd tell them to go home because they're drunk ... well, maybe not.
Boasting a whopping price tag of $888, supposedly at an extra-low rate, the 750ml bottle of Penfolds Grange shiraz is available at Pak'nSaveRoyal Oak.
It's so expensive that shoppers who were willing enough - and had a big enough wallet - to buy the product couldn't even collect it from the shelf themselves.
"To purchase the Penfolds Grange shiraz 750ml, bring an empty case to the checkout and the bottle will be brought to you by the duty manager," the store says.
And now the question has been raised on social media - is the bottle of wine the most expensive product on the shelves at Pak'nSave?
Head of corporate affairs at Foodstuffs, Antoinette Laird, said wine-lovers would know it was a great price given the quality of the wine and it also had a second meaning.
The Penfolds Grange wine at Pak'nSave. Photo / via Twitter
"Wine connoisseurs in our Royal Oak catchment area will know that at $888, the Penfold Grange 2014 Shiraz is a great price for this very fine wine", she said.
"And of course 888 is a lucky number for customers who are wanting to celebrate Chinese New Year with a very special tipple."
In Chinese numerology, 888 has a meaning of triple fortune, a strengthening of the meaning of the digit eight.
