MadJam250 wrote:downer wrote:The Steinhart business model is entirely different to the CW model, and the constant comparisons don't mean a lot IMO.
CW is in a different market and has grown at a dramatically different pace to Steinhart, and clearly has different long-term business objectives.
Given that we are not privy to the inner workings of either business, I personally find all this "care about the future of CW" a touch patronising. Who are we to question the strategy/tactics/objectives - of either business?
In the end, if we feel so strongly that CW (or Steinhart) are "wrong", we are all free to set up our own companies and give it a try.
Patronising? In what way?
I do agree with Richard above.
I will be the first to criticise CW if they make an error, have quality issues, etc etc. Their website/exchange rates certainly need work and I am confident that it will be done.
I have also commented on the sales above in that only CW know the bottom line.
I personally am not a great fan of all the sales for a purely selfish reason - I hate it if I buy something at 25%off and it is then in a 50% sale later.
But there was nothing stopping me waiting for a bigger bargain, other than my own impatience.
I do feel that many on here are just a touch annoyed and rather put out that whilst there are certainly bargains, you may actually have to work for them, or they may get a bargain and then find that they could have saved a few more quid if they had waited. That is not CWs issue, but a personal one.
At the end of the day you have three options.
Buy what you want when you want at full price.
Wait to get what you want for a few months until a voucher is available.
Wait even longer as there may be a larger saving on a voucher, or a NN sale, but your model may not be in it.
Actually there is a fourth option, don't buy anything and go elsewhere.
It ain't rocket science.
The speed that CW has grown is a sign that these sales are not doing the bottom line any harm at present. Whether that stays the case only they will know.
I feel that some on the forum feel that they are part of the CW family and deserve some sort of entitlement, inside data etc etc, and the fact that they have to face the same purchase risks as Joe public is rather grating to them.
CW provides the forum with a huge insight and many perks. FLEs, chats, Kip, the ability to ask them to knock a few quid more off if we purchase a watch just before a sales event etc.etc.
That is far more than many other forums get and we should actually be grateful.
At the end of the day, CW is a company with links to a fan forum and whilst we do indeed go some way to keeping them in check, we actually provide a rather small proportion if the sales that CW make.
The general public are the ones who decide the future of CW and they still continue to buy the watches in large numbers and seem to lap up the sales.
Feel free to criticise if they do something wrong, but the sales and their impact is something that is way above our pay grade!
And yes I am still bitter when I buy something and it is then reduced further!!!!!
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