Wasting money on expensive items

[halfmist]

Talking about watches my Dad who died when I was very young and he had an Omega one from the 1940's.
It had no strap on it didn't work and the watch screen was badly scratched.
My mum gave it to me when I was about 15 but I just left it in her draw as I didn't want to lose it at the time.
Long story short it stayed in the draw for about 25 years and then my mum decided to let my sister have it to give to her son.
I was a bit pissed off my sister had not cleared it with me first being the only son and basically we fell out over it.
There was no way she would have paid for it to be restored so to get it back I offered to buy her son any watch in the Omega range to give it back to me.
Of course to save face she declined and sent it back to me.
I took it to an Omega specialist and then it had to be sent over to Switzerland for a quote.
With a new strap the renovation bill was over £3500 for a watch at most, is worth about £300 but sentimentally as its the only thing I have of my fathers it was a price that just had to be paid

 

[Mr Kobayashi]

Talking about watches my Dad who died when I was very young and he had an Omega one from the 1940's.
It had no strap on it didn't work and the watch screen was badly scratched.
My mum gave it to me when I was about 15 but I just left it in her draw as I didn't want to lose it at the time.
Long story short it stayed in the draw for about 25 years and then my mum decided to let my sister have it to give to her son.
I was a bit pissed off my sister had not cleared it with me first being the only son and basically we fell out over it.
There was no way she would have paid for it to be restored so to get it back I offered to buy her son any watch in the Omega range to give it back to me.
Of course to save face she declined and sent it back to me.
I took it to an Omega specialist and then it had to be sent over to Switzerland for a quote.
With a new strap the renovation bill was over £3500 for a watch at most, is worth about £300 but sentimentally as its the only thing I have of my fathers it was a price that just had to be paid

Always keep precious or sentimental watches in your ass mate. Less chance of loss or damage.

 

[DrBlueBob]

Absolutely, but cars and houses have other uses. Watches became “obsolete” when everyone got a phone with the time on the home screen.

How else am I going to let everyone know that I'm a rich flash ****?

Edit: I'm really not that flash. :-)

 

[blueish swede]

Had to google Golden Tomahawk. To be honest, had to google Baklava too. At the end of the day it was under £400 a head for the food, half of which is due to the gold leaf steak.

Yeah, but 11 quid for a Red Bull is taking the piss.

 

[melrose40yarder]

Martial,FredMaguire,Falcao,Sanchez,Wan bissaka,Jaded,Bailly,Matic,Schnederlin.Utd wasting money on expensive things.Thats without Wesley Schneider.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

How else am I going to let everyone know that I'm a rich flash ****?

Edit: I'm really not that flash. :-)

Buy some of those Gucci x Adidas shoes for days where you need to be in the office until 5 and have football at ten past?

£785 and they’re yours.

 

[RACHACE]

A £50k watch can stop working and then it becomes a very expensive watch to mend! A £1.99 quartz watch that stops working can get chucked in the 'small electricals' at the local tip and a new one purchased for £1.99! What did I say about remembering quality and low price in a post t'other day?!!

Another thread will start with the title
'What kind if cheapskate wears a £1.99 watch'

 

[Bigg Bigg Blue]

You should have bought a watch.

They both tell you what time you get home after a good night out

 

[Bigg Bigg Blue]

i am cheaper and still waiting for you !

BMR wants to watch ( see what I did there )

 

[Bigg Bigg Blue]

I never quite got the obsession with watches, clothes and all that. Holidays and cars yes. But you know what's worse than people with money who buy luxurious shit? People with money who don't buy shit! I don't mean the down to earth humble sort, I mean the type of rich twats that won't get a round in!

Misty and BMR spring to mind