I need to buy something

[BillN]

I need to buy something - I keep trying then I see something else, (another watch), that I move onto

Is this a TZ-UK symptom

it gets stronger every time I log on

Is there a cure?

[Guz]

You will buy something, no doubt about it.

You will like it, no doubt about that.

You will then want something else, no doubt about that.

There is no cure, no doubt about it :wink:

[Andyg]

My best advise for this "problem" is to identify something which is twice your budget and then spend months saving and looking at the internet to find it at the best possible "good price" - i.e. something you can afford. Very satisfying when it all comes together.

However my favourite method is to identify something which is really rare - does not have to be expensive - and then focus on trying to find the best example possible for the least amount of cash.

Currently I have set myself the task of finding a 1940's 38mm 18ct up/down Chronometer with a Angelus Cal 215 movement. This has taken 6 months so far and the chase is well and truely on. During that time I have not purchased another watch. :D

Andy

[Pablo]

Bill, buying a watch isn't going to stop you wanting others. So take your time finding something you really like.

regards,
Nick

[carlyrox]

Bill, buying a watch isn't going to stop you wanting others. So take your time finding something you really like.

regards,
Nick

And once you have it take some photos of it, post them on here with the words "My Grail has arrived".......Then sit back browse watch talk and SC and start the process again. :lol:

Keith.

[Xantiagib]

There is no cure

you have the watch-pox

Cutting your internet connection and stabbing needles into your eyes when you go near the watch shops usually keeps the spending at bay

[MartC]

And once you have it take some photos of it, post them on here with the words "My Grail has arrived".......Then sit back browse watch talk and SC and start the process again. :lol:

Keith.

How very true, although it could be worth combining a grail arrived post with the for sale one

[wajhart]

I need to buy something

See viewtopic.php?f=17&t=197726

[afcneal]

I've got (temporarily) past compulsive buying, having joined a year ago with one watch and now with 11. I've gone off one so am about to post a FSOT over the weekend.......which isn't really any different than buying.

Then I found out - despite having bought 10, I can no longer buy and sell as the post count has moved to 250 (wtf?). So, posting here with a boring saga to close the gap!!

[Ammeh]

There is no cure

you have the watch-pox

Cutting your internet connection and stabbing needles into your eyes when you go near the watch shops usually keeps the spending at bay

Yes buying is the easy part. Resisting is the hard part :)

[BillN]

succumbed

black faced wavy dial co-axial SMP bought - 2 years old - it's nice - it really is - a full set - all the boxes and papers

did the deal "down the pub"

[pmdf]

Sounds like you're doing fine so far.

You're looking but you haven't bought yet.

It's when you hit the Submit button and commit to a purchase, yet still find you're itching.... that's when you need to worry. :evil:

[BillN]

Sounds like you're doing fine so far.

You're looking but you haven't bought yet.

It's when you hit the Submit button and commit to a purchase, yet still find you're itching.... that's when you need to worry. :evil:

I bought it and I'm wearing it - my AT has gone "back in it's box" for a day or two

what's next!!!!

[pmdf]

Sounds like you're doing fine so far.

You're looking but you haven't bought yet.

It's when you hit the Submit button and commit to a purchase, yet still find you're itching.... that's when you need to worry. :evil:

I bought it and I'm wearing it - my AT has gone "back in it's box" for a day or two

what's next!!!!

You're beyond hope... Welcome to the club! :evil:

[Dan83bz]

Aaaa....typical symptoms of the "itch". M'afraid it's incurable, this one :bounce:

[Palleurup]

That feeling wont go away...believe me.
Palleurup

[tixntox]

Don't do what I did and sell the one you've been looking for forever because another one that looks nicer comes along. Keep the first one until you decide on the second. Then again, I've done that since and now have a watch for every day of the month. DOH! :lol:
Mike

[halfscrew]

In short:

Yes,
Yes,,
No.

[beem]

I seem to be suffering similar symptoms. Luckily for my savings the watch i'm looking for doesn't seem to appear often and when it does i'm beaten to the punch. So my advice is look for a sinn 103, U1 or ezm3. Your cash should be safe for quite a while that way in my experience.

[-=Mike=-]

Bill, buying a watch isn't going to stop you wanting others. So take your time finding something you really like.

regards,
Nick

And once you have it take some photos of it, post them on here with the words "My Grail has arrived".......Then sit back browse watch talk and SC and start the process again. :lol:

Keith.

So very true, never learn!

[Omegamanic]

succumbed

black faced wavy dial co-axial SMP bought - 2 years old - it's nice - it really is - a full set - all the boxes and papers

did the deal "down the pub"

Fantastic choice 8)

[daxr]

It's never enough, is it? I find it so hard to make a decision it gets in the way of actually buying anything.