to some new purdey is not an expensive gun. it's sorta like me buying brand new cz-huglu.
basically it's a gun for hombre who was born with platinum spoon in their mouth (think bush family, kennedy family,....)or has someone else making money for them. lets face it most folks that work themselves for living will not be able to own new purdey, holland,....of course if you're us senator, bank executive, steal people's life savings (think enron), ,.....anything is possible.