I have an affection for watches, growing up in a jewelry store. Changing batteries, replacing, and sizing bands was one of the first jobs I had as a young jeweler's monkey. Over the years I have collected quite a few watches, including Timex Marlins, Invicta, Seiko, Citizens, etc... My father had given me a Timex, just like this before I headed off to college. He had even matched it with a band just like this. But, my Freshman year of college, someone had broken into my dorm room and stolen it. It was the only thing in the room worth taking.
So, I am shopping online for more Marlins on Ebay (there's something ritualistic about a mechanical wind up watch that appeals to me) and I run across a watch just like the one that was stolen 34 years ago, same band, same face, etc... So, I purchased it. The Ebay vendor had even said that the watch and band were an unusual combination. It was due to arrive on November the 29th. It didn't arrive. I wasn't freaked, because, well, mail... But, after three days, I started trying to contact the vendor, but ebay kept sending me to a page asking if I wanted a refund. I kept checking, "NO." I just wanted to know if the vendor could tell me something about why it might be late. But, the vendor responded to my request to ebay (not me). Maybe some new Ebay thing, because usually I could contact the vendor directly, or maybe the vendor had set something on his account, so that I could not contact him. So, I finally received it a week late, yesterday. I marked the vendor 100% on the stars, but not on the delivery time, nor communications. I added a quick sentence about the delivery may be out of the control of the vendor.
Well, with true Ebay vendor fashion, he sent me a jibber-English response about how I had to change my review because he was a professional. I am happy to have, what I think is my old watch back. It is way beyond me thinking that this guy 1000's of miles away had anything to do with my watch getting stolen, and even if, so much time has passed. Anyways, the guy is just going to have to deal with it. He still has 100% positive feedback, so F' him.
Wearing a watch is just so much freedom. I can leave my cellphone at my desk, and I can set my eyes upon it, without getting distracted by emails, Facebook, Instagram, etc... And, I feel more in control of my time.
How do you guys feel about watches?
So, I am shopping online for more Marlins on Ebay (there's something ritualistic about a mechanical wind up watch that appeals to me) and I run across a watch just like the one that was stolen 34 years ago, same band, same face, etc... So, I purchased it. The Ebay vendor had even said that the watch and band were an unusual combination. It was due to arrive on November the 29th. It didn't arrive. I wasn't freaked, because, well, mail... But, after three days, I started trying to contact the vendor, but ebay kept sending me to a page asking if I wanted a refund. I kept checking, "NO." I just wanted to know if the vendor could tell me something about why it might be late. But, the vendor responded to my request to ebay (not me). Maybe some new Ebay thing, because usually I could contact the vendor directly, or maybe the vendor had set something on his account, so that I could not contact him. So, I finally received it a week late, yesterday. I marked the vendor 100% on the stars, but not on the delivery time, nor communications. I added a quick sentence about the delivery may be out of the control of the vendor.
Well, with true Ebay vendor fashion, he sent me a jibber-English response about how I had to change my review because he was a professional. I am happy to have, what I think is my old watch back. It is way beyond me thinking that this guy 1000's of miles away had anything to do with my watch getting stolen, and even if, so much time has passed. Anyways, the guy is just going to have to deal with it. He still has 100% positive feedback, so F' him.
Wearing a watch is just so much freedom. I can leave my cellphone at my desk, and I can set my eyes upon it, without getting distracted by emails, Facebook, Instagram, etc... And, I feel more in control of my time.
How do you guys feel about watches?