TAG Watch Repair Cost - SCAM

hollydays

No doubt there are fashion aspects to it.
When I was a kid, some poor kids had to wear those horrendous nhs specs.
Yes they were functional , but given a choice , I doubt they would have chosen that moneysaving item.

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marleyboy wrote: »

Naah, My money is they are just not stupid enough to spend that much on a wrist watch.

Reminds me of this..........

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpmQxJodfSg



WR

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takman wrote: »

I can't understand why anyone would pay £2000 for a watch like that!. It's not the amount I'm questioning, it's just simply bad value for money.
I have a watch that cost £90, it is waterproof, shock proof, has a solar panel face with rechargeable battery (so never needs a new one). It lights up, it calibrates its time automatically each night so is extremely accurate. It also never needs to be serviced!

Yet a watch that costs over 20 times more is less accurate, less waterproof, more easily damaged and needs regular servicing to keep it going.
So even both watches were the same price I still wouldn't buy the inferior Tag watch... yet people are paying over 20 times more for it!.

How can that even be justified!!!

I know what you mean. I have had a Casio Wave Ceptor for years anday never had a moment's trouble with it. 2K for a watch? Fine if folk want to, but if you do that you take on the responsibility for the maintenance that goes with it, don't you? If you want to look at an expensive watch every day but not have to worry about maintaining it, buy a photo of it instead!

WR

Keep_pedalling

takman wrote: »

I can't understand why anyone would pay £2000 for a watch like that!. It's not the amount I'm questioning, it's just simply bad value for money.
I have a watch that cost £90, it is waterproof, shock proof, has a solar panel face with rechargeable battery (so never needs a new one). It lights up, it calibrates its time automatically each night so is extremely accurate. It also never needs to be serviced!

Yet a watch that costs over 20 times more is less accurate, less waterproof, more easily damaged and needs regular servicing to keep it going.
So even both watches were the same price I still wouldn't buy the inferior Tag watch... yet people are paying over 20 times more for it!.

How can that even be justified!!!

Why does it need to be justified?

But if you you need to, just look at the prices of vintage watches. These sort of comments could just as easily been thrown at people forking out on a Rolex Daytona in the 60's

http://www.vintagewatchcompany.com/Chronograph-and-Daytona/watches

As for waterproofing, no watch maintains that ability without the seals being replaced every so often.

takman

Keep_pedalling wrote: »

Why does it need to be justified?

But if you you need to, just look at the prices of vintage watches. These sort of comments could just as easily been thrown at people forking out on a Rolex Daytona in the 60's

http://www.vintagewatchcompany.com/Chronograph-and-Daytona/watches

As for waterproofing, no watch maintains that ability without the seals being replaced every so often.

This is a Money Saving Site! So any purchase that can't be justified is wasting money!.

Buying a watch because it may be worth more money in the future could be one way to justify it. But it's a risky strategy and the people who do this are likely to get it serviced every year so the costs will soon add up after 50 years of servicing!. Even without taking into account of inflation a £2000 watch plus 50 years of servicing is a total of £17,000 already!!!.

My watch is over 5 years old and still waterproof enough for me (I occasionally wash it off under a tap when it's dirty). But even if the seals do go and it breaks I can still buy 20 replacements and it will be cheaper than the Tag watch.

agrinnall

I have a TAG watch myself (although it was only £535 when bought new 17 years ago). In that time it's had 3 batteries I think, at a cost of between £55 and £80 each time, and 1 service in 2005, primarily to clean the innards as the date wasn't changing, at a cost of £105. The price quoted to the OP sounds quite steep, I'd ask at one or two other retailers to see if they can offer a more competitive charge.

theonlywayisup

takman wrote: »

This is a Money Saving Site! So any purchase that can't be justified is wasting money!.

It is a money saving site, that doesn't mean you have to justify what you spend your money on.

edinburgher

agrinnall wrote: »

I have a TAG watch myself (although it was only £535 when bought new 17 years ago). In that time it's had 3 batteries I think, at a cost of between £55 and £80 each time, and 1 service in 2005, primarily to clean the innards as the date wasn't changing, at a cost of £105. The price quoted to the OP sounds quite steep, I'd ask at one or two other retailers to see if they can offer a more competitive charge.

I prefer the guy at the local shopping precinct who charges £4.50 for a battery, top man!

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Seems that the original issue with the thread is an affordability one.

It reminds me of the story about the bloke who went to test drive Rolls Royce. At the end of the test drive, he asked the salesman "what's the miles per gallon like?"

The salesman took the keys and walked off. The bloke said "hey, aren't you going to answer my question?"

The rep turned round and said "Sir, if you have to ask about miles per gallon, you can't afford the car."

Maybe owning an expensive watch is the same kind of thing?

WR

Keep_pedalling

takman wrote: »

This is a Money Saving Site! So any purchase that can't be justified is wasting money!.

In that case we should never eat out unless its some cheap cafe, never splash out on nice hotel when there is a youth hostel is available (I'm not knocking the YHA I am still a member and still use them), never buy a nice car when a banger will do just as well.

Money saving is not not the be all and end all in life, and most of us will happily "waste" some of ours on things we would like to own or things we would like to do. Once we are dead what ever is left others will spend, so try not to leave too much and enjoy your one brief spell on this planet.