SortStack #374 — 2027-06-18
By price · Order from cheapest to most expensive.
- A PlayStation 5 console $500
The PS5 sold out so fast at launch during the pandemic that scalper bots became a news story — resale prices briefly doubled the sticker.
- An Apple Vision Pro headset $3.5K
Each Vision Pro contains more pixels in its two tiny displays than a 4K television — packed into screens roughly the size of postage stamps.
- A new Porsche 911 Carrera $120K
The 911's silhouette has barely changed since 1963 — Porsche claims over 70% of all 911s ever built are still on the road.
- A Lamborghini Urus SUV $240K
Ferruccio Lamborghini built tractors first and started making supercars after Enzo Ferrari allegedly insulted him. The Urus is now the brand's best-seller.
- The annual permit for the hot dog cart spot outside the Met museum in New York $289K
Prime NYC park vending spots are auctioned by the city — the pitch outside the Metropolitan Museum has commanded more per year than most American homes cost.
- One year of renting a giant panda from China $1M
China owns nearly every panda on Earth and leases them to foreign zoos — cubs born abroad are also Chinese property and must eventually be flown 'home.'