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Car Prices Rolls Royce Phantom Bentley Continental GT Mercedes S350 BMW 7 Series Porsche Cayman Range Rover Mercedes E Class Lexus LX470 Ford Mondeo Mercedes SL500
*(INR) 35,000,000 16,500,000 7,784,849 7,360,000 5,000,000 3,922,500 3,793,399 1,955,000 1,492,000 1,300,000
Total Utility
20 10 0 -10 1 2 3 4 5 6
Marginal Utility
Total wants of a Consumers are unlimited but each single want can be satisfied
o Likewise big b , Vijay Mallya is also about cars and has more then 50 cars o Neil Nitin Mukesh (Film Actor) love for branded watches
o Mahendra Singh Dhoni is fascinated about bikes. He has more then 22 bikes and want to purchase more and more.
o All these purchase are differ in brands , characteristics , looks and are not made in one go which intends buyer to purchase more and more.
ADDICTION
SMOKING:o How much cigarette does Shahrukh khan smoke daily?
o What happens to the marginal utility of an active smoker?
o Whether a person loses or wins , his marginal utility will always increase.
PERSONAL HOBBY
In case of hobby like Stamp collection , Coin collection etc. also this law cannot operate. For example the person who has a hobby of collecting coins gets more satisfaction if one more coin is added to his/her collection.
Desire of Knowledge
Some experts say that man wants to get more and more knowledge so the law cannot be applied in this case
Exceptions involving sportsmen and the fan following in sports and sporting events.
SACHIN TENDULKAR
o Although most number of matches played and most number of run scored by him in the game. Still his hunger and thirst for playing cricket has not diminished but is on the rise
MICHAEL SCHUMACHER
o Famous for his eleven-year spell with Ferrari and being Seven time world champion , regarded as one of the greatest F 1 Drivers of all times. He retired from the sport in 2007, but made a return in 2010 just for the passion he has for racing.
ROGER FEDERER
o Federer has won a men's record 16 Grand Slam singles titles In the days when he used to win in and out, his fans never got tired of seeing him victorious
Computer software
o We started with DOS with almost no features, still our utility was high o Then followed the era of windows operating systems o The marginal utility is always increasing
MISERS:
The law does not hold true in case of persons like misers. The miser gets increasing marginal utilities from additional units of money, as the more money he has, the greater is the desire to acquire more of it. Even here, it is difficult to believe that the marginal utility of the thousandth rupee is more than that of the first rupee.
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