Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe NEW YORK, Nov. 28 (UPI) -- Even residents of high-priced New York say they are aghast at the $900 Christmas trees being peddled in the city's upscale SoHo neighborhood. Scott Lechner is offering trees direct from the Blue Mountains of North Carolina out of a store at Sixth Avenue and Spring Street for between $400 and $900, the New York Daily News said Sunday. Advertisement That contrasts with lots and hardware stores in other parts of New York that start at around $35. "That's insane," said Matt Mazzone, owner of a Brooklyn hardware store. "We gotta open up a tree store in Manhattan." Customer Wendy Woon added, "What are they, designer trees?" Lechner says that his trees actually could be considered designer category. He told the Daily News the quality of his evergreens is unsurpassed. "A regular tree is beautiful, but one of our jumbos is majestic," said Lechner, who had sold about 40 as of Saturday. "It's not just a tree, it's an experience."
