What if shop no longer existed

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glasetj Senior Member Senior Geek

What if Shop "was no more"

Shop has taken heat for many reasons in the past, but how many of us are "Watch Geeks" and collector because of Shop and all the knowledgeable hosts that it employees. I wouldn't be here! I would have my one or two "no frills" watches that I change the oil in the car with.

I must say I'm the first one in the easy chair when watch time comes on fighting my wife for the remote, laughing at what Gill, Mike, Larry, Wing...has to put up with from Jim. I know it doesn't take much for me, but yet it's fun. So I have to say thanks Shop for bring us geeks fine watches and entertainment.

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bluloo

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What if Shop "was no more" There are countless WISs/collectors/hobbyists who've never used the Shop.

As much as many enjoy it, I'm sure we'd survive. bluloo View Public Profile Send a private message to bluloo Find all posts by bluloo Add bluloo to Your Contacts #3 Yesterday, 11:03 AM Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Tampa FLorida & Storrs Ct Posts: 1,218

tampa8 Senior Member Super Geek

I don't necessarily agree, but I understand your point. I had bought watches before I found Jim on Shop. But I would say without Jim I might not have been so immersed into it, not so much anything to do with Shop. There are other watch sites and outlets that I have used more for my hobby. __________________ You mean what time is it now? tampa8 View Public Profile Send a private message to tampa8 Find all posts by tampa8 Add tampa8 to Your Contacts #4 Yesterday, 11:09 AM Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: North East, Maryland Posts: 1,994 Real Name: Marlin

Silver13Watch Senior Member Super Geek

I'd still be wearing my Rolex everyday and I'd have a butt load of money to spend on something else!

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TimLovesWatches

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If Shop were no more..........I'd be able to afford to buy a new car!! __________________ No one can ever have too many watches.

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gman66 Senior Member Super Geek

It is because of shop that I found Android and this forum. I am grateful for that, and many other things. Thanks for your post! __________________ Bullwinkle: "Hey Rocky, watch me pull a rabbit out of my hat!" gman66 View Public Profile Send a private message to gman66 Find all posts by gman66 Add gman66 to Your Contacts #7 Yesterday, 11:13 AM

MamboKing Senior Member Veteran Geek

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ya, I'd have a boat load of $$$ for something.

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I think I would have more money, and less bling bling. glasgow32 View Public Profile Send a private message to glasgow32 Find all posts by glasgow32 Add glasgow32 to Your Contacts #9 Yesterday, 11:20 AM

wrist art Senior Member Senior Geek

Shop ,helped turn my appreciation of watches into full blown manic addiction! So, do you want my answer, or my wife's ?! lol. wrist art View Public Profile Send a private message to wrist art Find all posts by wrist art Add wrist art to Your Contacts #10 Yesterday, 11:30 AM

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bigwatchking1 Senior Member Master WatchGeek

man the money i would save,,but sundays would'nt be as enjoyable after 7pm...thanx shop __________________

Man Need to find a watch thats fireproof,, bigwatchking1 View Public Profile Send a private message to bigwatchking1 Send email to bigwatchking1 Find all posts by bigwatchking1 Add bigwatchking1 to Your Contacts #11 Yesterday, 11:34 AM Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Rhode Island Posts: 614 Real Name: Kevin

Avery

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I began watching Shop in the middle of the night to help me fall back asleep.Somehow I began buying watches and found my way here.

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Hotspur Senior Member Super Geek

Would weep bitter tears. __________________

They all wound - the last one kills (inscribed below a 15th century clock) Hotspur View Public Profile Send a private message to Hotspur Find all posts by Hotspur Add Hotspur to Your Contacts #13 Yesterday, 12:02 PM Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Moreno Valley, CA. Posts: 1,132 Real Name: Shawn

samsonswatch Senior Member Super Geek

Yep - Got stated by purchasing my first watch on ShopNBC by flipping the dial on the TV. Now I have over 100 watches in four watch towers and a wall unit. I have spent tons of money and have taken many beatdowns from the little woman for my new found adiction.

"THANKS A LOT SHOPNBC" - It is all your fault. __________________

Collecting Watches Until We Meet The True Time Keeper...

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Silver13Watch Senior Member Super Geek

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Originally Posted by Silver13Watch I'd still be wearing my Rolex everyday and I'd have a butt load of money to spend on something else!

Marlin One more important note: I would not be on here. Also I have met some of the best people in the world because of this forum. So if Shop "was no more" my life would not be as full as it is. That said thank you Shop for being around.

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timeman Senior Member True WatchGeek

I would hate to see ShopNBC end. Of all the products they sell, I believe watches are their

most profitable item. So why not move to another cable shopping network? I'm sure they would be very happy to take them on, with the watch hosts and vendors who presently sell at ShopNBC __________________

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BigBully

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i wudnt have anywhere near the # of watches without shop. but...i wud have alot more $ and other stuff around my house. __________________

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mkcon Senior Member Veteran Geek

Like the Shop but that is what the Web is for - makes finding the best deals easier. __________________ "The definition of insanity - doing the same thing over and over but expecting a different outcome." Freud. mkcon View Public Profile Send a private message to mkcon Send email to mkcon Find all posts by mkcon Add mkcon to Your Contacts #18 Yesterday, 02:10 PM

imawatchgeek Senior Member Veteran Geek

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U are right about that glasetJ. But I have to go to the family room to see the shop becuase my wife hates it!!! lol imawatchgeek View Public Profile Send a private message to imawatchgeek Send email to imawatchgeek Find all posts by imawatchgeek Add imawatchgeek to Your Contacts #19 Yesterday, 02:21 PM

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desert rex Senior Member Veteran Geek

I buy everything off shop now,I'm not comfortable buying on line else where,and I rarely shop for price deals so Shop works fine for me desert rex View Public Profile Send a private message to desert rex Find all posts by desert rex Add desert rex to Your Contacts #20 Yesterday, 02:23 PM Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Ohio Posts: 1,419

MATTNATTI Senior Member Super Geek

i would also have more money and would not be a watchgeek as well. so yes i am grateful that they inflicted this addiction upon me. __________________ Did you see that? Do they all got hedges like that? Do they?

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supersport396 Member Member Geek

I think if it was'nt for jim and the watch show's Shop nbc would be no more

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sandman20 Senior Member Super Geek

If shop shut down Eyal would start up his own SHOPINVICTA network and sell watches 24/7.

Of course he would give some time to his pals like Wing etc. sandman20 View Public Profile Send a private message to sandman20 Find all posts by sandman20 Add sandman20 to Your Contacts #23 Yesterday, 03:41 PM Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: On the coast of Maine Posts: 328 Real Name: Chuck

mba1996 Senior Member Senior Geek

I suppose this is going to come across as sounding like "treason", but I have to confess that, not only have I never watched "Shop" on TV, I have never ordered from them on-line or even went on-line looking for them unless somebody in here posted an addy that brought me to a particular watch that they wanted us to see... __________________

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AWOZ

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I would have more money and less watches and i would be ok with that. The hosts are a different story because I have learned so munch from them. __________________

FUN IS GOOD!!!

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rjones1994 Senior Member Veteran Geek

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Oh well !! There are other fine sites available, not to mention more $$$ in my pocket. The Geekdom would continue just fine.

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timeman Senior Member True WatchGeek

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Originally Posted by sandman20 If shop shut down Eyal would start up his own SHOPINVICTA network and sell watches 24/7. Of course he would give some time to his pals like Wing etc.

If that's the case Michael would really take a beating. He works 12 hours a day now. __________________

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tempusfugit Senior Member Senior Geek

If there were no SHOP, where would I go to find out that automatics need no batteries or that Invicta bonds its gold plating on a molecular level? SHOP provides a great introduction for watch newbies and in MHO is interesting to collectors because of Jim's showmanship/knowledge and Wing's watches...I could live without SHOP, but I would prefer it stick around...

__________________ Is it May 11th yet??? I want my watch! tempusfugit View Public Profile Send a private message to tempusfugit Find all posts by tempusfugit Add tempusfugit to Your Contacts #28 Yesterday, 05:01 PM

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If ShopNBC went belly-up I would walk to Mn. naked in protest! (Summer of course) __________________

I've been to the top of the mountain, and it's wet!!!

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spunky798 Senior Member Master WatchGeek

I would be bummed but life goes on and I probably would have more money. I would still buy watches but not as many. spunky798 View Public Profile Send a private message to spunky798 Find all posts by spunky798 Add spunky798 to Your Contacts #30 Yesterday, 05:23 PM Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Las Vegas Nv. Posts: 3,245 Real Name: Ralph Williams

reserveman Senior Member Master WatchGeek

Without VPs i'd be done collecting watches. The good news is i'd probably be abile to buy a boat with the money I would save. I would take my 53 watches and move on. reserveman View Public Profile Send a private message to reserveman Send email to reserveman Find all posts by reserveman Add reserveman to Your Contacts #31 Today, 02:54 AM

gen09131 Senior Member Veteran Geek

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Like many of us, I discovered shop just flipping thru the channels one day -about 5 years ago. I had a minor appreication for watches, but it grew gradually watching shop.

So there are 2 issues here - the knowledge from the shop hosts and vendors and then the business side of shop -ie CS. The knowledgable side is great - I think we have all learned a lot - obviously the business side needs improvement john g gen09131 View Public Profile Send a private message to gen09131 Find all posts by gen09131 Add gen09131 to Your Contacts #32 Today, 03:24 AM Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Morgantown WV Posts: 13,013 Real Name: Tommy

tkromer Senior Member True WatchGeek

I found this forum independent of ShopNBC (although coincidentally I've been watching it for years and just never paid attention to Jim's mentions of this). I guess I'd buy a couple less watches here and there, but I've only bought a few from them anyway. tkromer View Public Profile Send a private message to tkromer Send email to tkromer Find all posts by tkromer Add tkromer to Your Contacts #33 Today, 07:14 AM

Reddsunn

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I bought my first watch from SNBC in 2000. Tim Temple got me hooked. There is no way I would have bought as many watches as I have now without them.

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Life would go on. Watches would be purchased elsewhere. Just as they are now. chuckf1 View Public Profile Send a private message to chuckf1 Find all posts by chuckf1 Add chuckf1 to Your Contacts #35 Today, 02:46 PM

MattC

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Thanks

Thanks to Shop and particularly Jim, my son (15) and I are able to spend a little more time together. My son used to ask how I could sit thru those shows but one night Jim pulled out one of his big knives to scratch test a watch while talking about shaved monkeys or something, and my son thought that was great. He only watches Jim's shows but he's getting into watches too, so I don't have to hear "what do you need all those watches for".

So thank you ShopNBC and Jim! MattC View Public Profile Send a private message to MattC Find all posts by MattC Add MattC to Your Contacts #36 Today, 05:01 PM

Mrjefim

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i HAVE ALWAS LOVED WATCHES SINCE MY FIRST MICKY MOUSE AT 3 OR 4YEARS OLD. BUT VWITH OUT SHOP I WOULD HAVE LESS, NOT KNOW OF THIS SITE AND OF THE MANNY MORE SITES I HAVE LEARNED OF. GO GO SHOP!!! __________________ May time be with you!!!!