Do The People From SitUp Read these Posts? And Stuhrling watches, revisited.

Just wondered, because in a roundabout sort of way I noticed that the price of some Stuhrling watches has dropped considerably. People who read my other post may remember I said that you can get Stuhrling at a much lower price direct from the States than is offered on Bid, even allowing for shipping and import duty.

Well, I've found a site that does them even cheaper, and calculates ALL the costs on your behalf, so there are no unexpected surprises when they turn up on the doorstep.

http://www.overstock.com/Jewelry-Wa...keleton-Mechanical-Watch/4668398/product.html

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That's probably where they get them...and sell them on with a huge profit :grin:

Lisa Brash reads this as does Peter Sherlock (look through old threads).

Maybe. I think it's more likely they're sourced directly from China. Again, as I said before, Made In China is no guarantee of Shiteness, My recently purchased Stuhrling and Thomas Earnshaws are proof positive of this: perfectly good, nice, solid watches that look interesting and (so far) seem to be doing a good job. It's about finding the best price and I would say that if you can land these at the £40-£60 mark, then you've got yourselves a decent deal.

At the risk of sounding controversial: I don't doubt these things are knocked together for pence (ok, maybe a bit more). So what. So too are Apple's products and a) nobody moans about them being built in China and b) nobody seems to mind that Apple's margins are enormous.

I think sometimes it's ok to cut these shows a bit of slack every now and again. As a cleverer man than me once said of something else, what the hell do you expect? Caveat Emptor, indeed.

(That last paragraph wasn't directed at anyone in particular. It was a rhetorical question).

I don't have a problem with them selling this stuff. But I do get tired of the ridiculous superlatives and hard sell employed by James Russell and Peter Simon etc etc to describe what are mediocre products.

Is it me or is saying "Stuhrling" in the style of Sean Connery make you sound like a posh sod?