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Old Jan 18, 2019, 8:13 am
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RogerD408
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Originally Posted by sdsearch
Who says it's based on the price of metals? The next level above Titanium is Ambassador, and that's not a metal at all (cheap or pricey).

It's based on people's associations of the terms, and nothing more, since the names are chosen by marketing people.

And people think that Titanium is fantastic because of its durability/whatever. The average person does't know the relative value of metals anyway.
Ambassador is not a tier but a category of Platinum Premier. I find it funny how we get so hooked on trinkets (metals, colors, stones, etc.). I keep thinking it's a slight of hand trying to distract us with the names and not delivering the benefits.
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