Poor people and credit

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For me the thrill of ownership of my watch collection and my relatively humble fleet of cars is that I own them.

Not the bank, not Bright House, me.

Why do people not simply purchase what they can afford and stop cheapening prestigious brands with the sickening credit culture Britain is tied up in?

It upsets me to see a tracksuit-wearing yobbo sporting a Panerai, it makes me positively incandescent with rage when they bemoan the cost of buckles and purchase a fake.

Thankfully the 0% interest HP deals aren't available on premium cars or they would all be tearing around their council estates in Bentleys.

I guess I just don't like poor people.

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Hoofy said:

Possibly. Thing is, as much as I hate credit (not poor people), it helps to move the economy. Your clients probably put you in your mansion and give you the fleet of supercars because they buy on credit... or their customers/clients buy on credit.

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

If everyone was like me and only bought within their means, the economy would be back in the 1970s.

It's a fair and valid point that the spending habits of poor people do keep the financial world ticking. However, I'd prefer they blitzed their credit cards in Sports Direct on their uniform rather than buying goods which would align more with my means.

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Good input "jogger1976", you may yet be quoted on the BBC with such deep insight.

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A10 said:

He's been excelling himself here too.

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

Bravo for the post-trawling. Petty little things like that won't ingratiate you with the regulars, my fellow newbie.

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Just for clarity, I own neither a Panerai nor a Bentley, they were for illustrative purposes only.

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Sorry fellow Pistonheads, I didn't mean to cause such aggravation, just express a view.

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xRIEx said:

I know it's days ago now, but I still can't get over the sheer fknuggetry of this statement - a thrill from owning watches? Is that in conjunction with the thrill of checking that the trains arrive at the right time as they're recorded in the little spotter notebook? It sounds like a hobby that requires a flask of weak lemon drink.

Tell me, what are your hobbies and why are they more worthy than mine?

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Foliage said:

Your a poor person, you just think your not, you must be or you'd have a better understanding of the world around you and wouldn't think in such black & white 2 dimensional terms.

Elaborate please, what's the sociological theory you're working off?

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GroundEffect said:

I'm living in Essex. Essex is home of the showoff.

Serendipity.

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OpulentBob said:

This reminds me why I avoid all but the £50 watch sub-forum.

At least the people in that thread are honest with themselves, buying what they can afford. The rest of that board is in denial, apparently Sinn is now an elevated brand. Please!