: Jan's point is a little less narrow than you interpreted. When you
: read posts about new purchases considered, about long-time
: desires for grail watches and what I just bought, it pushes some
: of your buttons. Maybe not very hard, but it does push them.
: Not too long ago, you had a "Jones" for a new watch. A
: relatively ill-fated "Jones", in that the watch
: purchased required several additional purchases to satisfy you
: and then didn't stay around even 6 months. Economically, I am
: sure you did OK on the watch -- the point is it wasn't a keeper.
: So, the question I would ask you to consider -- where did the
: "Jones" come from? Whether you admit it or not, I
: suspect you had been on the forums reading about new purchases
: and as a consequence . . . . . or do you want us to believe you
: had been in a cave with no contact with other WIS and all of the
: sudden said "I need a new watch"? Some of that
: "Jones" came from the forums or your friends (and
: siblings) buying watches . . . . .
: But I could be wrong. . . . but I don't think so.
: Sam
Well, there may be a very small amount of truth to that, very small. No way am I going to say I
don't "Jones" for a watch, or watches in general. After a day of thought, I've come up with the
answer. Opportunity. Let's examine the purchase you mention: It was a 3536 Aquatimer in Ti. Now
I've admired that watch for quite a while, however, No way I'm spending 4 grand on a watch with
an unadorned 2892 powering it.However if you offer me the watch for 2 thousand dollars, it becomes
a "jones"
Let's look at my latest purchase: I would not look twice at a platinum wristwatch, simply because
of the cost. There it was, resting comfortably in the pre-owned case at the Big T. It did not call my
name as I pasted the counter. Nothing, not a peep. I'd seen it several times while browsing in the
store, with you, as I recall. Never looked at it twice.
Enter the "phone call"........"Hey Dave, The Big T is having a Red Tag sale"......."What's that, Sam?"
..."Everything pre-owned is half price".......I feel some "Jonesing" going on..Then they offer to give me
big bucks for my beat up Dweller, Now I really got the "Jones". I now have the opportunity to purchase a
patinum wristwatch. That coupled with the fact that I purchased that 3536 at a steal and will have no trouble
dumping it for twice what I paid for it, and did.
But I'm a little short on the money. I left a watch out. It's an IWC Mark XVI. I'd been looking at them for a
couple of years and really liked them. But I didn't like them 3800 bucks worth. I was offered one for 1600 bucks
Will ya look at that, another opportunity. I purchased it. Yeah, it was worn for less than a month. Why, you ask?
Because I had the opportunity to sell it, to fund another opportunity, in platinum.
Looking at others watches may get me stirred up a bit, but it doesn't get me "jonesing" for a new watch. But an
opportunity sure does.Ever noticed that more opportunities arise as the economy falls?.........David
