Random musings and general banter.

[Francy19]

God, fish lips is doing my head in

 

[Francy19]

Oh god Paul Beserk now. If he starts doing the siren sounds I am switching over

 

[Francy19]

What does clearance mean? Tw*t, no idea Paul please explain.

Damp bags now. Just said it’s freezing in his loft and any clothes being stored up there may be damp. If your loft is damp Paul that’s a problem. My loft is freezing too but it has plenty of ventilation too.

Paul, freezing doesn’t always mean damp

 

[Francy19]

How the f*ck do they know people are on the web looking???

 

[Battiola73]

What I dislike about him and all the others hawking these watches on Ideal World is the strongly implied ‘you are purchasing an investment’ tripe they peddle. Reinforced by the garbage coming out of his gob two nights running about the low price there, compared to the RRP being possible because of the hundreds of thousands of pounds the watch company saves on mainstream (i.e. people are actually watching) advertising. This is essentially conning those who accept what they are being told without question. Older people, say. People not very internet capable - maybe looking to buy a special gift for a grandson, and thinking they are giving him something that will appreciate for him in value at the same time. The truth is these are grossly inflated RRPs compared to manufacturing costs, set in place to give merchants the opportunity to offer the watches at fractions of that RRP. Creating, in turn, that false sense of great value to buy. What Morgan failed to mention is the voucher codes you can input on the Chumpywumpy website, and then get the same watch reduced to similar levels to what Ideal World is selling them for. What’s the YouTube average viewer count for the live feed? 10 people? Add in a pro-rata number for the various other media platforms and being generous…maybe a few thousand watching at any one time. Who in their right minds is going to say they are saving on a massive advertising campaign to get that as their reward? Equally, it isn’t exactly great for your brand exclusivity and kudos to endorse your near £2000 watches being offered for sale for a fifth of the price, is it? Like them saying Rolex is happy for them to advertise their watches to a couple of hundred people for 25% of the RRP.

Are watches in general even a good investment to make? Out of curiosity, rather than any need, I went to one of the main Internet watch buying companies (Subdial) and asked for a price to buy on my £3000 plus, two years old Tudor Black Bay watch. I got back an offer of £1600. What a fantastic return, not. That doesn’t sound like you’d do much better offering your Duchumpiato ‘investment piece’ either.

I used to occasionally watch a full hour on the old IW. This current reincarnation not so much, well in fact not more than one minute. And then after about 30 seconds, I turn the sound off. It really makes me angry that they are targeting the older, more vulnerable audience especially with the garbage toted about the watch brands. To my mind they are in the same bracket as the scammers who cold call you to try and steal your money.

I usually tell the phone scammers to eff off. With IW I just turn off. Mind you I do shout a load of unladylike words at the IW shysters.

I often imagine some poor old soul who has fallen foul of these crooks and purchased a grandson an “heirloom” watch at great expense for a birthday/Christmas gift. Hopefully recipient has been able to show gratitude to the giver before shoving it in a drawer.

Sunday morning rant over.

 

[Francy19]

Who in the right mind would buy that green crystal and because it comes with gloves does this imply it’s soooo expensive

 

[Francy19]

Just got IW on in the background. Playing with my cat Lucy, she’s too nesh to go outside and is in a playful/mischievous mood

 

[Francy19]

Cat has wedged herself in the TV cabinet

 

[Duke of Cheese]

I used to occasionally watch a full hour on the old IW. This current reincarnation not so much, well in fact not more than one minute. And then after about 30 seconds, I turn the sound off. It really makes me angry that they are targeting the older, more vulnerable audience especially with the garbage toted about the watch brands. To my mind they are in the same bracket as the scammers who cold call you to try and steal your money.

I usually tell the phone scammers to eff off. With IW I just turn off. Mind you I do shout a load of unladylike words at the IW shysters.

I often imagine some poor old soul who has fallen foul of these crooks and purchased a grandson an “heirloom” watch at great expense for a birthday/Christmas gift. Hopefully recipient has been able to show gratitude to the giver before shoving it in a drawer.

Sunday morning rant over.

Top post.

 

[Jazzydrury]

Never thought I’d see Paul as being one of the more bearable

 

[Duke of Cheese]

Using Hammy’s name for Caine to read out this morning…

 

[Worldie04]

That miniature sewing machine is absolutely fabulous.

The little info box said it was Multi-Fuctional!

Wahhey. I'm surprised it's not being sold by Lovehoney.

I guess they are practicing what they preach and not reading the forum. If they did they'd have noticed that I pointed this out a little while ago, and done something about it?

 

[cheeky chappie]

Are watches in general even a good investment to make? Out of curiosity, rather than any need, I went to one of the main Internet watch buying companies (Subdial) and asked for a price to buy on my £3000 plus, two years old Tudor Black Bay watch. I got back an offer of £1600. What a fantastic return, not. That doesn’t sound like you’d do much better offering your Duchumpiato ‘investment piece’ either.

No product, as in no product whatsoever, that IW sell can be considered an actual or possible good investment in the financial sense.

Some watches will indeed be a good investment, however not the stuff these folk sell.

So it comes back to what we keep on saying. Are they (in suggesting so) bending the truth or lying? I know what I think ...

 

[cheeky chappie]

What does clearance mean? Tw*t, no idea Paul please explain.

Damp bags now. Just said it’s freezing in his loft and any clothes being stored up there may be damp. If your loft is damp Paul that’s a problem. My loft is freezing too but it has plenty of ventilation too.

Paul, freezing doesn’t always mean damp

To IW, 'clearance' means selling the 7 that are piled up being the desk. It doesn't refer to selling the other 495 they still have in the stockroom

 

[cheeky chappie]

I used to occasionally watch a full hour on the old IW. This current reincarnation not so much, well in fact not more than one minute. And then after about 30 seconds, I turn the sound off. It really makes me angry that they are targeting the older, more vulnerable audience especially with the garbage toted about the watch brands. To my mind they are in the same bracket as the scammers who cold call you to try and steal your money.

I usually tell the phone scammers to eff off. With IW I just turn off. Mind you I do shout a load of unladylike words at the IW shysters.

I often imagine some poor old soul who has fallen foul of these crooks and purchased a grandson an “heirloom” watch at great expense for a birthday/Christmas gift. Hopefully recipient has been able to show gratitude to the giver before shoving it in a drawer.

Sunday morning rant over.

We all remember when we were young. We had things we and our mates were into. Let's take watches as an example. Now, the chances are, the watches we were into weren't necessarily great watches quality wise and may indeed have been relatively cheap to buy, however they benefitted from a great advertising campaign that made youngsters want them. e.g. a big brand that slapped its name on mass produced pieces. Come Christmas, these products might even have been hard to come by, such was their popularity e.g. sold out at Argos

There were scenarios, again some of us will have experienced this in our youth, when our parents, aunties, uncles, gran or grandad gave us a gift. We opened it, and staring us in the face was (let's say) a watch. We then heard our relative say something like ...

'The girl in the shop said it's just like the one all the kids are wearing. I hope you like it?'

Assuming you were a decent kid, you didn't throw a tantrum, you forced a smile and said 'of course, it's great, thanks!' Of course, what you'd actually been given was anything but!

My point?

Using the above story, IW are the girl in the shop, time and time again.

 

[Muttley]

And do younger people even wear traditional watches these days? Even the ladies I was away with last weekend (same age as me) don't wear them. I do partly out of habit and to avoid getting my phone out of my bag just to tell the time.

I guess if they do wear one its a Fitbit.

 

[Battiola73]

Top post.

Thank you

 

[Battiola73]

And do younger people even wear traditional watches these days? Even the ladies I was away with last weekend (same age as me) don't wear them. I do partly out of habit and to avoid getting my phone out of my bag just to tell the time.

I guess if they do wear one its a Fitbit.

I’m of an age when you had one watch. This was in the age when watches were wind up. I got a solid gold watch with a leather strap for passing my 11+ exam. Mum and Dad had saved up all year for it. Only needed the strap replacing occasionally. I still have and it still works. The only thing wrong with it is the dial has become discoloured. It’s 62 years old!

unfortunately I can no longer wear a watch after my wrist got blistered and burnt by my, now binned, Fitbit.

 

[cheeky chappie]

And do younger people even wear traditional watches these days? Even the ladies I was away with last weekend (same age as me) don't wear them. I do partly out of habit and to avoid getting my phone out of my bag just to tell the time.

I guess if they do wear one its a Fitbit.

I'm far from being a youngster these days, stopped wearing a watch years back. I think the watch I last wore needed a new battery and I kept putting off getting it replaced. Just started using my phone for the time when out and about, or the clock in the car. And no need for one in the house. Plus I don't necessarily miss the feeling of wearing a watch, it used to slightly annoy me sometimes.

 

[Jazzydrury]

Trevor from Cotswolds must wear a different one daily