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PostPosted: Mon Sep 08, 2008 6:26 am 
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After spending a great deal of time over the last few months watching e-Bay for good deals, and then finally deciding to buy new from an AD, I have an observation about some e-Bay sellers. There are lots who claim to be original owners, but who also claim to have only worn their Ling a few times. Assuming they are telling the truth, I thought what a shame :cry: . In fact, it seems almost criminal :evil: . After all, are not the people who purchase these fine specimens, passionate and fanatical about the brand? What good is it if you don't wear it? Well, I think they are either f.o.s. or mentally deficient :!: That's all I have to say about that...


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Well I could be accused of being f.o.s or mentally deficient (or maybe both! :lol: ) but I personally don't wear my Bentley as much as it probably deserves, and the reason for that is because I get a little paranoid about damaging it! Yes I know it's daft because things can always be repaired, and I certainly DO wear it at least once a week (so I'm not as bad as some people!), but to be honest it still looks brand new. Sportback (who used to post on here a while back) said something similiar about his 1950 Panerai Flyback Regatta, and how he almost feared wearing it in case of damaging it!

Additionally some people who have huge collections may very well buy a watch and then literally never wear it. I had a mate who had an offensively large video collection a few years ago, and when he came to upgrade to DVD he found about 20 movies that he'd never even unwrapped.

That said, I'm pretty sure some sellers will be f.o.s in an attempt to get a better price for a watch. :roll:

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Not with watches but I do that with Blue Rays. I pick them up on Tuesdays, usually on Thursdays we do movie nights with friends and sometimes some get passed over week after week for movies that have already been watched... so they are literally still in the shrink wrap.

Watches... they never make it out of the AD without taking a ride on my wrist ;)

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