News that generates Mixed Feelings...

[BoldonLad]

Struggling to believe a watch could be worth £130k, I looked at their website. One of the watches key marketing points is that it can withstand 5000G. Which makes me wonder what the person wearing the watch would end up like if the watch was ever subjected to such forces.

It may have cost £130k, it’s worth is another consideration entirely, I would have thought.

 

[Beebo]

Apropos of probably quite a few things, isn't it interesting that if the same person in the same place had been robbed of a £20 watch, the BBC wouldn't be talking about it.

Funny, that.

News does have to be somewhat out of the ordinary.
1000s of crimes happen every day. This one is quite clearly newsworthy.

On the question raised by the OP. I can’t find any comfort in the watch owner getting attacked.

Was he silly for wearing such a watch? Was he asking to get robbed. Did he put temptation in the path of the thieves?

 

[BoldonLad]

Seems like the forum has its 2nd saint - well done.
(Can I have an autograph*? Might be worth something one day...

*or is all NFT's these day? )

2nd Saint?, who is No 1?

 

[Xipe Totec]

News does have to be somewhat out of the ordinary.
1000s of crimes happen every day. This one is quite clearly newsworthy.

And that's interesting too, in its own way. I wonder who's more likely to be adversely impacted by the loss of their watch - the guy with the Very Important 130 grand one, or the poor (theoretical) sod with the irrelevant £20 one, who may be unable to afford a replacement?

And which near-identical crime would the police likely not bother to investigate?

 

[BoldonLad]

And that's interesting too, in its own way. I wonder who's more likely to be adversely impacted by the loss of their watch - the guy with the Very Important 130 grand one, or the poor (theoretical) sod with the irrelevant £20 one, who may be unable to afford a replacement?

And which near-identical crime would the police likely not bother to investigate?

I think I am right in saying that the poor are more likely to be victims of crime, than the better off.

 

[Deleted member 49]

I don't think it matters who gets robbed,it's the trauma of it happening.Amir Kahn had something similar happen recently.I wouldn't wish it on anyone.The value aspect is irrelevant.

 

[Deleted member 49]

I think I am right in saying that the poor are more likely to be victims of crime, than the better off.

That's the Tory way.....

 

[AuroraSaab]

Mugging people for their possessions is wrong, regardless of the value of the item. A scary experience isn't any less scary just because the thing stolen cost a lot. I wouldn't spend that on a watch but it's the thieves who are the bad guys here. The only 'mixed feelings' the story generates in me is that there will be people mugged today for £20 in cash or for a £40 phone who won't be able to replace it as easily as this guy.

Edit: XT and Adam just beat me to it. The monetary cost is nothing compared to the trauma.

 

[BoldonLad]

That's the Tory way.....

Nice sound bite… but…. I think it is/was true, regardless of the Party in Government.

 

[Deleted member 49]

Nice sound bite… but…. I think it is/was true, regardless of the Party in Government.

There all the same.....is that your best ?

 

[BoldonLad]

There all the same.....is that your best ?

That is not what I said.

Plus, for what it is worth, I am not a Tory voter.

 

[Rusty Nails]

2nd Saint?, who is No 1?

No need to be modest.

 

[theclaud]

Have a read of this.

Looks like utter bollocks, TBH.

 

[theclaud]

2nd Saint?, who is No 1?

I daresay he means me.

 

[qigong chimp]

My watch is the heavyweight champion of the world.