My experience at a Breitling boutique

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Originally Posted by Dave O

To me, if you loved a watch you would buy it just as I did as stated in my post knowing full well it would drop in value the moment I walked out the door. But that just may be me, and I can understand your point. But my level of enthusiast I believe is on a different level than yours as I never plan on selling any of my watches.

Yes I would buy it, but not from the boutique if am going to lose a shit ton of money just by walking out when I can easily buy it from elsewhere. This doesn't make me any less enthusiastic about watches. If I can minimize my loss I will if I can't (like with buying clothes) then I'd be happy to take the hit.
Selling or never selling it doesn't make a difference. Someone offers you something for 5 and someone else for 10 and you go for the one that offers it to you for 10. Everything else being equal you must be in a real minority to not care about getting a good deal.