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PhaedrusR said:
I think the false comparison sites are to encourage impulse buying.
You're sat in front of the TV, you fancy an item, they show it more expensive elsewhere, you think, well it may not be the cheapest out there, but reasonable price and don't have to look around web, at other sites that may come up on a search and don't know if trustworthy and I can get quick/easy over phone or web from IW, a home tv brand.
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It takes so much more effort to put together these fictional non direct comparisons (even the direct ones), than screenshotting or copying and pasting the copy from the website. There is just no information as to where they pluck the info from (their arse). This is the scummy behaviour I wish they would refrain from.
 
PhaedrusR said:
He's flogging Nubeo Apollo 'Space' watches for £499.

The graphic says 'spice', as MM pointed out. Amateurs.

Complete with a thin shoddy plastic lunar lander case frame holder and a unidirectional bezel with no timer/markings on it that is as useful as the proverbial chocolate teapot.

The watches labelled Apollo 11-17 yet described as Moon, Mars, etc.

Someone please tell me how Nubeo automatic watches are worth £499?!
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Ahh, they have the names of the Apollo crew members printed on the bezel. No day/date/complications or anything, just the mission logo, 20ATM water resistant and a Miyota Japanese automatic movement, exhibition back with the Apollo Roman number print obscuring it, but well worth £500 of anybody's money.
Not.
 
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Hammy60 said:
Agree on Janice, but have to disagree with you on Mason, you know i'm never going to give him, not one iota, of compliments/praise. :ROFLMAO:

Maybe not continually but he does fairly often mentions that he prides himself on his honesty and integrity, and it's just not his style to mislead folks. Personally I find him one of the most conniving, deceitful presenters on IW, worse than Janice. His whole sales strategy is based around befriending the viewer with anecdotes / stories with his smooth talking jester character, just a guy like us, one of the lads with similar background and life stories, someone you can trust, but it's just a ploy to lull viewers into a false sense of security, it also has the added benefits of distracting viewers from concentrating to deeply/asking themselves questions on the products he's selling.
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Totally agree on Mason, the fake "I'm your mate" routine, but the patronising comments to women in his anecdotes like "calm down darling" leave me cold. He just reminds me of a 1970s type of comedian who you soon realised was deeply unpleasant.

Sally on the other hand doesn't go down the friendship route but the fashion expert route. She knows that these patterned, shapeless frocks that remind you of your gran's curtains are at the cutting edge of fashion. We should listen to her because she understands style blah blah. Although I manage to have a perfectly good holiday without filling my case up with 17 pairs of sunglasses.
 
Emiily J said:
Hello Everyone, First Post so be kind.

Im off to University in September, But I watch some Shopping TV as Im Curious.

My main point well my first Point is the Fashion, I wouldnt wear any of it, To Old Fashioned and Frumpy, I like Oversized clothes, but not something, that resembles a tent me and my friends stayed in at Glastonbury the other weekend.

I did purchase the neck fans last night, following on from having a glass of wine, they may do me if we get any summer, If not they will see the bin.

Like I say my first post, so be kind, If it rains later, I may stay in and have my say on Peter this evening.

Just noticed im a typical Uni Student, who cant spell her name
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Welcome to the forum! Let us know if you find the neck fans any good because I'm considering getting one.

And I'm 57 and agree with you on the fashion!
 
PhaedrusR said:
Ahh, they have the names of the Apollo crew members printed on the bezel. No day/date/complications or anything, just the mission logo, 20ATM water resistant and a Miyota Japanese automatic movement, exhibition back with the Apollo Roman number print obscuring it, but well worth £500 of anybody's money.
Not.
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Just to update your description, that would be a DISCONTINUED Miyota Japanese movement, making it so, so, so more collectable and increasing re-sale value, so another reason to must have, heck just buy the whole set. ;):ROFLMAO:
 
PhaedrusR said:
Geez. £60 for a microwave grill pan!

You can buy a whole microwave oven for that!

And a new eau de "toilet" called Humble.

They're taking the p!ss, after Gammon, etc.

Ok, the Humble EDT is only £10, it's the sort (Humble, by Laghmani London) of type you'd get for a £1 in Poundland.

And just seen £250 (yes, really) for a 6L 1700W airfryer, but, get this, it rotates on a sort of gimbal.

For £250 I'd expect it to fly, make dinner itself and lay the table.

"There's one born every minute".
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I don't bother with cheap perfume I've never smelled before. I like Calvin Klein's unisex CK1 and CKB, flowery or strong perfume gives me a headache. It's always on offer somewhere, you can easily get 100ml for £25.

And when I saw the name I thought of the perfume I thought it was the name of the doll on Playschool (Hamble)😂.
 
Hammy60 said:
Just to update your description, that would be a DISCONTINUED Miyota Japanese movement, making it so, so, so more collectable and increasing re-sale value, so another reason to must have, heck just buy the whole set. ;):ROFLMAO:
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Hell yeah, 10% discount on buying all 6 for £2700, well worth it.
'Barry' did. Or so said MM. 🥴
 
Hammy60 said:
Mike favourite apollo, sells for over a grand elsewhere, just £499.99 on IW


ebay - £460

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How much would you say they were really worth though?
20ATM WR, screw down crown, old automatic Miyota movement. Uni bezel. An element of unique design/Apollo gimmick. Some element of Limited Edition, maybe.

£100? More, or less?
 
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Emiily J said:
Thank you I will do,
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I remember the days when fragrant ladies of a certain age would hold a small battery-operated fan to their face.
Maybe these neck fans are the modern equivalent, but they just look like a gimmick to me, but happy to be proven wrong.
Guess it depends on whether the fans are effective and batteries last long enough to be useful.
 
PhaedrusR said:
I remember the days when fragrant ladies of a certain age would hold a small battery-operated fan to their face.
Maybe these neck fans are the modern equivalent, but they just look like a gimmick to me, but happy to be proven wrong.
Guess it depends on whether the fans are effective and batteries last long enough to be useful.
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I was thinking more for when out and about or for a run.

I did buy the 2 as it was 25% off I think,
 
PhaedrusR said:
I remember the days when fragrant ladies of a certain age would hold a small battery-operated fan to their face.
Maybe these neck fans are the modern equivalent, but they just look like a gimmick to me, but happy to be proven wrong.
Guess it depends on whether the fans are effective and batteries last long enough to be useful.
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I've mentioned before on here, relating to these but my parents (both in their 70s) go ballroom dancing and my dad asked me to buy one off Amazon as all the dancers had one. It is handy as when they are sitting out of dancing or resting they can cool off. I don't know what other activities could use them but in that instance they have been using it for over a year now and swear by it. I think they are similar to those hand fans but by hanging round your neck, there's zero effort (no wrist strain)
 
PhaedrusR said:
How much would you say they were really worth though?
20ATM WR, screw down crown, old automatic Miyota movement. Uni bezel. An element of unique design/Apollo gimmick. Some element of Limited Edition, maybe.

£100? More, or less?
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Wouldn't read too much into the limited edition, brands like Swan & Edgar, nubeo, Rgmt, Shield etc all are mostly limited edition, and it's not because they want to create some rare time pieces, it because they aren't watchmakers themselves and need to buy in their watches from suppliers in China, and it's - the purchasing system, how much they can physically stock/buy (afford) and how many they can sell, which is the big factors in having limited editions. Limited/Special editions is really just marketing. The watches themselves ain't nothing special quality wise, they're just big and chunky with a storyline attached to them (not like any of the astronauts actually wears a Nubeo watch or the watches were even in space), so let's make them limited/special editions instead.

I know Mason and Bordell, were flogging a Nubeo that claimed to be up in space, but it was in a weather balloon, high altitude yes, but many miles from where Space actually begins.

If you're ranking watches on IW, IMO from worst to best, although wouldn't buy any of them even from another retailer.

Genoa
Majestic (or whatever they're called), Laura Ashley.
Ben Sherman
Aviator/Gant/Versus
Henry London (not expensive but like their style)/Maserati
William Hunt/Swan & Edgar/Gamages/Mann Egerton
Jowissa
Resultco brands (Shield, Heritor etc),
Solar Time Brands (Nubeo, RGMT etc)
Duchump (I know :ROFLMAO: , shockingly the chumps are the best quality, but shame they're also a bunch of shysters which makes them an absolute no, no when it comes to considering buying, go for the original instead at better prices, ******, look i didn't mention them. :ROFLMAO:)
 

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