Some things for sale in Classified.
 

Am I the only one who wonders occasionally....

Are these hot?

Like the "Rolex"?

Without cheating with Google do you know how to tell a Fugazy Rolex from the real deal? :oops: Without picking it up? :oops: Eyes on the product only.

Someone is giving away a stove and a microwave. So I guess so. [too silly?]

No but you have the most interesting vocabulary.

No, but I would like to know. I realize the difference in second hand movement distinguishes the Rolex springwound mechanical movement from electronic watches.

When a friend of mine bought a new Rolex in Hong Kong in the late 1980s they opened it up to show him the mechanism and serial number as I would guess the Chinese were manufacturing high quality fakes at that time. If I recall correctly they had to give up doing that to get the 2008 Olympics.

OK, I went back and searched for Fugazy and found this. Sub - real or fugazi? - Rolex Forums - Rolex Watch Forum

and this. A Guide for the First-Time Rolex Buyer: A Show of Hands

It is the second-hand movement in the Rolex's that I was shown. A friend of mine who collect's watches taught me about this and also popped the back off a real and a fake and showed me how close the fakes movement looks and is marked.
He regularly bought items from Classified adds such as our and always asked for a paperwork trail on the item and made his decision at that point.

He did get burned when he was young and bought a Patek Phillipe watch for a bundle that was a fake. I looked at the watch and it was stunning. I guess its buyer beware.

I cannot imagine spending that kind of money on something so frivolous. I would rather have a nice trip somewhere, but that is just my opinion. I understand there are people who value such items just not me.

I couldn't agree more. He started out doing the collecting and reselling for money and then it turned into a hobby, then a passion then a sickness. He was never happy with what he had it was always about the next deal. I lost track of him several years back. Hope he is OK. :pray:

Shame you don’t know l2rdhd. It was a legit ad. He’s one of really good guys in this world. Don’t malign without knowing the facts.

I think he meant hot as in "hot to touch" not "hot from the back of a truck", just a little play on words.

This reply makes me think of the really really rich who just want to make money for money's sake. I often think of how much good that money would do for people who are absolutely desperate ............. it takes all types I guess.

He is a good guy. I alwys enjoy what he has to say. He is giving away appliances. Who is nicer then that? I named 2 appliances that get hot, a microwave and an oven. And then I asked if my joke was too silly.

I guess it was way too silly since I always admire your opinions and insight and you thought I was being serious. I'll fix it.

Sometimes, no matter how hard we try, we can't meet people's expectations or they sometimes don't understand what we were going for. Sometimes I don't get things, don't catch things on this Forum, but I know that you Tomwed are a nice person and we Gantner's would like to live next to you. And to Chris too.( l2vrhd. )

My sincere apologies. I took it as a slam on Chris’s veracity, not the joke that flew right over my head.

Remind you of anyone in TV?

I agree. The person who buys the genuine Rolex is the one who gets ripped off. There is a tv commercial for an expensive watch (not Rolex) where the slogan is "see what this watch can say about you". To me, it says "that person is an egotistical idiot to buy such an expensive watch".

I don't wonder if things are hot, but I do wonder why people sell things that should really be given away or donated to charity. Also, I wonder why people expect to sell used furniture and electronics items for what I consider to be double what they are worth. If you buy a piece of furniture that you don't like, you cannot expect someone to bail you out and haul it away. You need to take a substantial loss on it and move on. And, electronics items that are more than a few years old are not worth much at all.

High end vehicles, 'name' clothing, expensive wines and liquors and so on all have huge profit margins. Few are marketed in volume as scarcity, real or artificial, adds to their perceived value. Some people do buy expensive items they really can't afford to impress others as many if not most of these things are marketed to whoever will pay the price. Others who can afford them simply enjoy the finer things in life and what these things cost means little to them.