Hell, you can always lie and you spent $10k on it if you need status that much.

There's a radio commercial here for some supposedly very competively priced product that suggests this ("If you don't think the price is right, you can always tell your friends you payed more")

Dragi "Bonzi" Raos
Zagreb, Croatia
Q#5196, MkII#80000376, 18GB green
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Dragi "Bonzi" Raos Q#5196 MkII #080000376, 18GB green MkIIa #040103247, 60GB blue