My brush with the good life: Wearing a $77,000 watch
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My brush with the good life: Wearing a $77,000 watch
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Re: My brush with the good life: Wearing a $77,000 watch
#2The good life means being healthy, having no debt, a roof over your head that you own and enough money not to have to worry about the (near) future.
Spending it on watches like this is not 'the good life' it is ridiculous. If you need a watch to chat up people you have other problems besides.
Re: My brush with the good life: Wearing a $77,000 watch
#3The good life means being healthy, having no debt, a roof over your head that you own and enough money not to have to worry about the (near) future. Spending it on watches like this is not 'the good life' it is ridiculous. If you need a watch to chat up people you have other problems besides.
I agree, Having a watch like that is not the good life, it's a fast track to being really broke and being deeply in debt. Granted, there are some people who can afford to buy a watch like this, Warren buffet being one... But he lives in an old modest home in the middle of no where, drives something like a 1994 Volkswagen and doesn't blow money on crap like this. Hell even the founder of Walmart drove a 1970 something pick up truck and rarely spent any of his money. I'm passing this article on to Dave Ramsey! He won't sugar coat his commentary like you did, He will probably just call this guy an idiot.
Re: My brush with the good life: Wearing a $77,000 watch
#4It's funny - the writer thinks that something that costs $2500 and is sold for $5000 has a 50% mark up.
Actually, not so funny...
Re: My brush with the good life: Wearing a $77,000 watch
#5The good life means being healthy, having no debt, a roof over your head that you own and enough money not to have to worry about the (near) future. Spending it on watches like this is not 'the good life' it is ridiculous. If you need a watch to chat up people you have other problems besides.
I agree, Having a watch like that is not the good life, it's a fast track to being really broke and being deeply in debt. Granted, there are some people who can afford to buy a watch like this, Warren buffet being one... But he lives in an old modest home in the middle of no where, drives something like a 1994 Volkswagen and doesn't blow money on crap like this. Hell even the founder of Walmart drove a 1970 something…
Buffet may not live in a Hollywood mansion, but his home isn't actually "modest". He lives in a nice part of Omaha, not the middle of nowhere, and he lives there because that's where Berkshire is based.
It also might be just a tad disingenuous to talk about the cheap car of a man who owns and makes use of a fleet of private jets.
Re: My brush with the good life: Wearing a $77,000 watch
#6Earlier quoted context omitted.
I agree, Having a watch like that is not the good life, it's a fast track to being really broke and being deeply in debt. Granted, there are some people who can afford to buy a watch like this, Warren buffet being one... But he lives in an old modest home in the middle of no where, drives something like a 1994 Volkswagen and doesn't blow money on crap like this. Hell even the founder of Walmart drove a 1970 something…
Buffet may not live in a Hollywood mansion, but his home isn't actually "modest". He lives in a nice part of Omaha, not the middle of nowhere, and he lives there because that's where Berkshire is based. It also might be just a tad disingenuous to talk about the cheap car of a man who owns and makes use of a fleet of private jets.
I think that should be read as 'modest' in relation to the kind of mansion the rest of the super wealthy live in.
That said, Buffet is not exactly the most person on the planet but in comparison with the rest he comes off pretty good, and I highly doubt he'd be wearing a token of insecurity like this.
I've met some pretty rich people and the funny thing is that those that are truely wealthy and capable don't need such frippery.
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#7What a incredibly ugly watch. Even the typography is ugly. Not only that, it also looks cheap. Who had the brilliant idea of writing “Gold” on that thing? Shouldn’t materials speak for themselves? Does Apple etch “Glass” and “Steel” on their iPhone? No, they write that in their marketing materials and that’s were it belongs.
Re: My brush with the good life: Wearing a $77,000 watch
#8The good life means being healthy, having no debt, a roof over your head that you own and enough money not to have to worry about the (near) future. Spending it on watches like this is not 'the good life' it is ridiculous. If you need a watch to chat up people you have other problems besides.
I agree, Having a watch like that is not the good life, it's a fast track to being really broke and being deeply in debt. Granted, there are some people who can afford to buy a watch like this, Warren buffet being one... But he lives in an old modest home in the middle of no where, drives something like a 1994 Volkswagen and doesn't blow money on crap like this. Hell even the founder of Walmart drove a 1970 something…
That guy is no more an idiot than anyone who's ever looked longingly at a Ferrari, or a super highend stereo system, or a supercomputer, i.e. most men.
Note that he did not, in fact, buy the $77,000 watch (which is, btw, not the most expensive watch you can buy by far).
Yeah, it's mainly a status symbol, with added collector and engineering angles to appeal to the inner geek. And it keeps time less accurately than a $10 watch from WalMart.
So what? $77k is a joke compared to what rich people blow on cars, art, yachts, and jewelry for their wives or mistresses, and it doesn't even take 1000th of Warren Buffet's wealth to be able to do that without going broke.
Re: My brush with the good life: Wearing a $77,000 watch
#9Oh my god. That monster looks like that coin-operated binoculars around the beach and mountain viewing areas.
http://midmodmapretroroadmap.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/lob...
Re: My brush with the good life: Wearing a $77,000 watch
#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
I agree, Having a watch like that is not the good life, it's a fast track to being really broke and being deeply in debt. Granted, there are some people who can afford to buy a watch like this, Warren buffet being one... But he lives in an old modest home in the middle of no where, drives something like a 1994 Volkswagen and doesn't blow money on crap like this. Hell even the founder of Walmart drove a 1970 something…
That guy is no more an idiot than anyone who's ever looked longingly at a Ferrari, or a super highend stereo system, or a supercomputer, i.e. most men. Note that he did not, in fact, buy the $77,000 watch (which is, btw, not the most expensive watch you can buy by far). Yeah, it's mainly a status symbol, with added collector and engineering angles to appeal to the inner geek. And it keeps time less accurately than a…
Here's a system I'm sure most of us would like to have: http://i.imgur.com/AEt79.png
I didn't just go for the most expensive parts either, it would have easily been > $20k if I had. I'm sure we all can imagine a certain bank balance at which we wouldn't think much before buying such a system.