Has IG really helped spread information?
'84 or '85 I'm guessing? Here's mine, an '80:
If this sounds like a way to trick my wife into falling in love with the car and later buying it off him because, well, we might as well, then that is the furthest thing from my mind.
"Buying it later on" tsssk tsssk. This sounds like a way to buy a car convincing the wife you haven't bought a car!
I've read 2 contradicting opinions about Covid's effect on the market in this thread. Some claim that the hardship has softened prices by taking some buyers out of the market, while others are saying the stimulus checks and boredom of being stuck at home have strengthened it.
My impression was it's the latter. Even though some people have lost their jobs and stopped buying, those who were doing well before the pandemic are still doing well, but have a glut of extra money from vacations not taken and a glut of extra time to browse the Internet all day causing prices to reach all time highs. In that case, prices may stagnate or even drop a bit as folks get vaccinated and return to normal life.
Speedmasters do seem to be a special case. The fatigue is real.
Were countries all around the world doing stimulus checks, or just some (like the US)?
I've read 2 contradicting opinions about Covid's effect on the market in this thread. Some claim that the hardship has softened prices by taking some buyers out of the market, while others are saying the stimulus checks and boredom of being stuck at home have strengthened it.
My impression was it's the latter. Even though some people have lost their jobs and stopped buying, those who were doing well before the pandemic are still doing well, but have a glut of extra money from vacations not taken and a glut of extra time to browse the Internet all day causing prices to reach all time highs.
"Buying it later on" tsssk tsssk. This sounds like a way to buy a car convincing the wife you haven't bought a car!
A good friend of mine who works for LVMH has his connections with Tag Heuer's senior Swiss RBU management... It seems that they've had a wonderful year financially speaking. Local folks with good levels of disposable income were not able to spend it on vacations and have blown it on (questionable 😁) watches instead...
I'm just a hobbyist but have tried to thin a few pieces the last year or so, and have noticed an odd trend lately - since I'm a collector, I often accept trades or partial trades...and for the first time, as of this year, people are getting very unpleasantly offended if I turn them down. Not sure what that signals for the market, but I think a lot of people got drawn in by things like IG, bought anything that said 'Swiss' or, more especially, the 'R' name, and now are flummoxed that they aren't making a mint on it.
It wasn't here on OF, but turning down 4 different 'NIB' quartz TAG and Longines for a recent piece was an easy choice for me, but man were they upset! 😕
*To note, everyone here on OF has conducted themselves with perfect politeness...now WUS and Reddit have lately been another matter... :/
