Some people have too much disposable income

There is a beautiful beach on Grace Bay on the island of Providenciales in Turks and Caicos, British West Indies.

If you want to visit Grace Bay next Christmas and stay in the oceanfront penthouse of the newest resort, you can do so for a mere $120,000. (That's $10,000 per night room charge plus $2000 per night for tax and service charges, all for the minimum required stay of ten nights.)

But lest you think it's not worth the price, your $120,000 does include continental breakfasts.

By way of comparison, in lieu of staying in the penthouse, you could buy any of the following:

• One three-bedroom house in Schenectady, or
  
• Six new 2005 Ford Mustang deluxe coupes, or
  
• 1212 new 512-MB iPod shuffles, or
• 167 new Dell Inspiron 6000 notebook computers, or
  
• 2.6 median incomes in 2003 for a New Mexico family of four.