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Originally Posted by tony20009
At the risk of sounding argumentative, I would have thought it'd take quite a lot more justification to pony up $8K+ for a watch, of all things than it would to fork over $30 to buy a fake version thereof. I suspect that it would take little more than opportunity knocking to do just that.
Whereas the fake watch purchase seems it could easily be an impulse buy doable by just about anyone, buying an authentic XYZ pricey watch is not remotely whimsical for the overwhelming majority of folks. I'd dare say that even those of us who have on several occasions spent large sums on watches don't just decide to spend that much for a watch because an odd thought crossed our minds over dinner or in a boring meeting.
It's one thing to walk down the street and happen across a vendor selling fake "whatevers" and haggle a few bucks off the price and buy it. There's likely a sense of "fun" that some folks get from the experience alone, notwithstanding what satisfaction they take in the watch itself. It's wholly another to walk down the street and see that Piaget in the shop window and acting on one's compulsion to buy it. Not to say nobody has that as their reality, but it's just not one most folks will have, and yet the thrill of the impulse buy will be the same for the buyers of either watch. That's something that's price independent.
All the best.
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When you knowingly buy a fake watch it is mostly for fun. It's cheap enough to be an impulse buy or something you'd like to try out. Sometimes you like the style enough to go and buy the real deal. Other times you have a laugh and throw it into the box of toy watches to give away or trash.
It's a piece of fashion, just as you'll find the same style and color shirts at Macys as you find at Saks, you can get the same style watches at different price brackets. The guy who can afford a $100 watch is not the guy who can afford a $8k watch. That guy is not a watch collector, know or care about a company's heritage or particular watch movement. They just want something that looks cool.