I&#x27;m not sure it&#x27;s exaggeration. Who do you <i>sell</i> your jug of mercury to at $1850&#x2F;flask...? Would any scientific or industrial consumer want to buy random flasks of unknown quality from laymen at fair prices? Just quoting bulk commodity prices for mercury is like noting that a particular diamond costs you $2k at the department store and assuming that you must then have an asset worth $2k.