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I lucked up discovering the Robb Report about three years ago. A great read on an airlines- I have had other passenger 'remove' it while I was out of my seat. Each issue since then has been a jewel and a treasure. The writers, photographers and editors create onoverwhelming sensory-overload for aspiring blue-bloods like myself. The vehicles, not limited to cars, vacation sites, and informative articles will keep you coming back month after month. Not to mention the Year-End Christmas Guide- a mammoth issue with gift and gadgets that will bring you to your knees. This issue alone is WORTH the subscription price. Dont miss out on another issue- grab one at the newstand or subscribe and you too will be hooked for life, hoping- praying for money to afford some of those great toys!

There are a lot of magazines out there proclaiming themselves about the good life - well, at least the material and fun toys that can go with the good life but only the Robb Report is the real thing. A lot of the luxe lifestyle mags seem to be started by people hoping they'll get to drive Ferraris for free or so they get to hire models in bikinis to sit on a $150k pool table.

The Robb Report seems to be written by people with a geniune understanding, knowledge and interest in their subjects of coverage whether it's Ferrari's, Italian luxury yachts, the best rideshare jet or an interesting $4M vacation home - they know the history and understanding the lightweights from the authentic. They actually know their stuff and don't just write regurgitated press releases.

With a lot of fakes and poseurs out there, The Robb Report is the real thing. Solid writing, excellent photographs and even the ads are fun to look at. Whether you live this life or aspire to it, the Robb Report is the real beluga ...

Bah---they're just shopping at the wrong stores.

More to the point, they probably never leafed through a copy of the Robb Report.

Back in my lowly days as a cold-calling, dialing-for-dollars stockbroker, the ratty looking guy occupying the desk to my right would always sneer when I would pick up the Robb Report on my mid-afternoon walk---"you're a dreamer, Garrett", he would rasp, cackling as I idled, morning coffee-a-steaming, over the glossy, gorgeous, impossibly perfect sleekness of a Bugatti million dollar supercar, or a Lamborghini Murcielago, or a cask of rare Amontillado, or some crafty, indolent, impossibly sexy and lethal day-spa tucked away in the mountain fastness of Colorado.

Yeah, I was a dreamer. Still am.

And? So? What's wrong with that? Self-help gurus jet around this green and pleasant land of hours and make gazillions touting visualization---seeing your goals so as to better attain them---so what's wrong with drooling over a glossy spread of the latest Rolls Royce Phantom and saying "yeah, granted, I'm slaving for 100 hours a week, but next February I'm gonna be riding around in that roadster, with a built-in-humidor"?

See my point?

The Robb Report, then, is my conduit to dreams: to those things within my immediate grasp, and to those creature comforts promised at the far end of an arduous campaign. Things I new of before, perhaps: things the dear old RR introduced unto me---like the whiskey maker Balvenie, and its sharp-as-Toledo-steel 10-year single malt whiskey, with its rich peaty flavor and whiff of Irish Sea insanity.

Dreams, indeed.

Let's burrow down the marrow, dear friends: let's get down into the viscera, the bone, the sinew of the matter. Capitalism is about, frankly, each being rewarded unto his own raw ambition, his crazy energy, his feisty talent. The Robb Report, then, serves as a kind of psychological lodestone: do this, Gentle Knight, and the world---of fine Sevruga caviar, of Crystal, of Rolex, of Bugatti and Maserati and Lamborghini and Rolls Royce and townhouses the size of small nation-states and, more to the point, full financial independence with Savile-Row tailoring and hella-great cigars---shall be yours.

Dare I say that Robb Report is gorgeously shot, lustrously framed, and succinctly written? A sort of porno for uber-capitalists?

I shall. Drink up, me hearties! Yaaaaaar!

JSG

I have been an avid reader of Robb Report for well over 15 years, and I will continue to do so "til Death do us part". The affluent lifestyle is well represented in this publication, the proverbial "American Dream". From the reviews of the finest automobiles to the showcasing of the most exquisite pieces of jewelry the world has to offer, Robb Report has everything for the most discriminating shopper.
If you can truly appreciate the finer things in life that money CAN buy, Robb Report is THE magazine for you, bar none.

The Robb Report should probably call itself 'The
Magazine for People with Way Too Much Money'. It
is a critical examination of the goods, services
and experiences available to those for whom
money is no object. There is no advice on getting
the most out of a tight budget, just advice on
getting the most.
So, if you don't happen to be in that bracket, what's
the point? Why read about what you can't attain?
If you can keep envy in check, there are three
reasons to read the Robb Report regularly.

1. it makes for very good fantasizing. Think of it
as a harmless form of consumer-porn.
2. the rich really do live well and there are ideas
you can adapt from them to your own more modest
circumstances.
3. some of the writing is superb. Read Jack Smith on
hiking through the Alps (Jan2007)for instance.

If you can't afford the experiences descibed in the
Robb Report, you can at least have the comfort of
their acquaintance. Of course, you could, alternatively
save the cover price, read it in the library and invest
the money you saved in a no-load mutual fund. Allowing
for growth and compounding and all, you'll probably be
able to afford that yacht about nine thousand years
from now.


--Lynn Hoffman, author of THE NEW SHORT COURSE IN WINE and
the forthcoming novel bang BANG from Kunati Books.ISBN
9781601640005

It's very easy to hate this magazine. This periodical is geared towards a very select audience who don't see paying $125,000 for a watch or $5,500,000 for a summer house as a "out of reach" and find the price of this subscription pitifully cheap. It can very easily inspire class envy, because after reading for while, it becomes quite clear, page after glossy page: there are many people out there who are much more wealthy that you will ever be in your life. No hard feelings; just a small fact of life that some can't live with.

And that's alright. You can always fantasize, but don't hate this magazine or the people who read it, nor those who are in it. You might try and learn a little from them, and you just might see a bit of your fortune change. If a friend of yours has a copy of this magazine, he or she is either very ambitious or already successful. Keep your eye on him or her. Probably going somewhere soon. :)

The Robb Report is an amusing yet very professional magazine aimed at those with too much money and too few things to buy. This publication features outrageously priced merchandise and let's you, the reader, gaze in awe at some of the ways in which the fabulously wealthy spend their excess cash.

I have been enjoying the Robb Report for about a year now and as I read each issue, I find myself alternating between various emotions. On one hand, the magazine offers a fascinating glimpse inside the buying world of the filthy rich. On the other hand, one has to wonder what would convince someone to spend huge sums of money on merchandise that, while certainly high in prestige, could still be obtained for much less money without sacrificing much quality. I realize the incredibly rich like their toys and need something on which to spend their cash, but some of these items go way over the top, to put it mildly. Items such as eight hundred dollar sunglasses or five thousand dollar watches are often highlighted in the pages of the Robb Report and while they certainly capture one's imagination, you have to question what would convince a person to spend so lavishly.

Even though the Robb Report is a fantasy read for most people, it still has much to offer and one thing I like about this magazine is the writing. Not only is it top- notch, but these individuals really know what they are talking about and they are able to keep the writing on a level that makes living the good life seem ordinary. In other words, this magazine doesn't read like a shock piece- it assumes that the reader is already well- acquainted with living a life of luxury and may not even be that impressed by a one- thousand dollar writing utensil or a fifteen thousand dollar set of golf clubs. Another great quality of the Robb Report is the photography. It is absolutely superb, with illustrations that are vivid, clear, and inspiring in a fantasy type of way.

Rich people like their toys, just like everyone else and the Robb Report fulfills their needs by presenting a quality magazine that is flawlessly written and exquisitely illustrated. It is a fantasy read for most people, but it performs its main mission quite nicely: Spotlighting extremely expensive merchandise for the highly affluent and offering a glimpse inside the lifestyle that many of the world's super rich enjoy every day.

I purchased a 12 month subscription/12 issues from this seller back in may of 2010. I only ever got 1 issue. Actually I completely forgot about the magazines until I got the electronic renewal notice

I contacted amazon via chant and asked for a refund. I was a bit surprised that they said no problem/that I was able to get a refund from Amazon even though it was 10 months later.

So this isnt a complain about amazon, its a complaint about the seller. I should have checked further, they had a bad rep on the web as a ripoff artist.

My advice - dont buy magazine subscriptions from this seller but Amazon is still a good company to do business with.

Well this magazine is awesome, is so fancy it even feels good in your hands the paper is thick and the images very beautiful and vivid and that is most of the magazine beautiful pictures and straight to the point no time wasted. It allows you to dream big, and if you can't buy the products it shows at least you can know all the details and maybe buy if you can afford the luxury products. It shows the best in the world thats it, and that's why I think it is the best magazine ever.

I have read this since I was a teenager and it showed me a world that I knew I wanted to be part of. It's offers a tremendous resource for inspiration and to be introduced to some of the best material items in this world.

I advertised a Rolls and fine piano in here and got zero qualified response but the magazine is a great read.

I suggest clipping pictures out for the vision board.