Beyoncé is facing online backlash over a new collector's item that fans say tests the limits of luxury merch: a $948.01 wooden crate that comes with nowhere to put anything but empty space. The "Bey Keeper Collector's Box," released to mark her birthday and the 20th anniversary of her album "B'Day," is an 18-by-14-inch solid pine crate with a beeswax-oil finish, green velvet lining, a faux alligator-skin strap and gold hardware, limited to 500 numbered units. The price, fans quickly noted, is a nod to her birthdate of September 4, 1981 — but the listing is explicit that it's built only to store a vinyl collection, not to include one.

The reaction was swift. "That box better come with a hard drive that has the Formation Tour footage," one commenter joked, while others pointed to her billionaire status, accusing the release of "greed" for charging four figures, once shipping and tax are added, for an empty container.