Best advice you have heard

[watchpalooza]

Often there is wisdom imparted in the quips, snipes and quick replies online. What advice have you found especially wise? For me, two come to mind:

Related to this hobby: “Buy the watch, not the deal”

And for dating (metaphorically unless you live in one small part of Arkansas): “Why buy the cow when you can rent the farm”

[Dub Rubb]

Often there is wisdom imparted in the quips, snipes and quick replies online. What advice have you found especially wise? For me, two come to mind:

Related to this hobby: “Buy the watch, not the deal”

And for dating (metaphorically unless you libe in Arkansas): “Why buy the cow when you can rent the farm”

I will second your "buy the watch, not the deal" that was a game changer to me. But there is nothing better than buying the watch AND the deal. Stars align sometimes (just ask the lucky Kontiki deal buyers of yesteryear).

I am gonna marinate on this a while and check back in. I know I have something forum acceptable somewhere in my brain.

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[squincher]

The best advice I've heard is not to own more than one watch.

[Boourns]

The best advice I've heard is not to own more than one watch.

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[CVP33]

I live my life by one motto.......mottos are for losers.

[BostonCharlie]

Maybe I'm just impressionable. I remember being impressed with "buy the watch, not the deal," but then I remember being impressed by RyanD's case for "buy the deal!" I wish I could find his post on Watchuseek. Together they make a sort of yin/yang riddle. The first requires you know the watch you're looking for, i.e., what you want. The second requires you know what is truly a deal, i.e., what you can sell later and not lose money.

[MoT]

My old man tried his best to ingrain "Speak little yet say much." in to his sons.

It worked.

[cel4145]

Often there is wisdom imparted in the quips, snipes and quick replies online. What advice have you found especially wise? For me, two come to mind:

Related to this hobby: “Buy the watch, not the deal”

And for dating (metaphorically unless you libe in Arkansas): “Why buy the cow when you can rent the farm”

I will second your "buy the watch, not the deal" that was a game changer to me. But there is nothing better than buying the watch AND the deal. Stars align sometimes (just ask the lucky Kontiki deal buyers of yesteryear).

I am gonna marinate on this a while and check back in. I know I have something forum acceptable somewhere in my brain.

I was there for the KonTiki deal, and there were a lot of people who I am fairly certain did not have the KonTiki on the top of their watch to buy list before that deal rolled out. I know I became tempted as those KonTiki deals sprung up on the list. There's a certain group "feeding frenzy" regarding an exclusive and very, very good deal that I think can greatly encourage the desire to buy.

That, and the problem with buying the deal is that we are so very greatly influenced by price in more ways that we might be conscious of. There has been double-blind testing of both wine and audio speakers where it was found that people often picked much less expensive items when they didn't know the wine/speaker they were tasting/listening to. Those tests really helped me to understand how much feeling something is a great deal vs. its normal price could also have a bias effect beyond a reasoned value consideration. Conversely, I am sure that many of us make impulse buys because of a price bias toward purchasing a watch when we feel that it is a great bargain of the moment, a watch we might never buy the watch when it was closer to its regular lowest available price. I try to avoid that now. I ask myself if I am strongly drawn to buy it as its regular lowest available price. If not, why would I buy it just because it's a deal (I'm not looking to flip for profit)? Before I began to try to follow that strategy, as well as a strategy of being cautious of impulse buying a watch that I had not been researching previously, I had many more regrets.

Then again, could be such a bias would be permanent. In other words, that bias towards impulse buying a watch because of the great deal could, for some people, permanently make them happy with their purchase. I just know it doesn't work for me, and I think we each have to seek to understand ourselves in this regard.

So for now, for me it is "First, desire the watch, then buy it as a deal."

[The Sultan of SoWhat]

Then again, could be such a bias would be permanent. In other words, that bias towards impulse buying a watch because of the great deal could, for some people, permanently make them happy with their purchase. I just know it doesn't work for me, and I think we each have to seek to understand ourselves in this regard.

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It would seem that the best advice, then, is that of the Delphic Oracle: "Know Thyself."

[Bbrou33]

Always wipe front to back. Not back to front

[watchpalooza]

The first step to correcting a mistake is patience.

[watchpalooza]

Always wipe front to back. Not back to front

Uh, that is good advice...for women.

[Bbrou33]

Always wipe front to back. Not back to front

Uh, that is good advice...for women.

When you #2, which way do you wipe? Back to front is dangerous regardless of gender. I don't want to make a mess on the marbles

[The Sultan of SoWhat]

Then again, could be such a bias would be permanent. In other words, that bias towards impulse buying a watch because of the great deal could, for some people, permanently make them happy with their purchase. I just know it doesn't work for me, and I think we each have to seek to understand ourselves in this regard.

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It would seem that the best advice, then, is that of the Delphic Oracle: "Know Thyself."

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Then again, the best advice for Watch Abstinence Club members is "No Thyself."

[cel4145]

Always wipe front to back. Not back to front

Uh, that is good advice...for women.

When you #2, which way do you wipe? Back to front is dangerous regardless of gender. I don't want to make a mess on the marbles

There are more directions than back to front or front to back. Must be a sideswiper...err...sideways wiper