Was the flash sale a success ?

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Re: Was the flash sale a success ?

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From the company‘s point of view, if they sold the majority of the stock advertised, then it probably was/has been/will be a success. If not, then it probably wasn’t.

For you the customer, did you buy something you wanted? If so it was probably a success. Did you fail to buy something you wanted because you missed it, or were you simply not attracted by any of the items on offer? Then it probably wasn’t.

Like Keith, I never even looked at it. Very busy and none of the current models really appeals to me.
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Re: Was the flash sale a success ?

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I guess we'll never know the sales figures and whether it was a success. It seems they must have had decent levels of NN stock to put in the sale given the number of watches still left.

I missed the 12pm (or is it 12:01pm) deadline as was in a meeting all day so didn't get a chance to look until early evening. The only watch that might have tempted me was a C3 Malvern Chrono which is a lovely looking watch for a decent £275 or so iirc (those are no longer showing as available). Of course with the C3 FLE hopefully being delivered in the next couple of weeks, then I wasn't going to buy essentially the same watch. The FLE is costing £470 which shows what a good bargain the NN ones were (albeit we are paying a premium for the uniqueness etc of the FLE).
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Re: Was the flash sale a success ?

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^^^ It bodes well for the FLE's arrival, if you're still drawn to the C3 then. :thumbup:
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Re: Was the flash sale a success ?

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Thermexman wrote:^^^ It bodes well for the FLE's arrival, if you're still drawn to the C3 then. :thumbup:
Steve, yes definitely :D
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Re: Was the flash sale a success ?

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reggie747 wrote:
AdDaMan wrote:Why do you care if it was a success or not then?! Seems like you hope it wasnt...
I don't care. This is a discussion forum. It was a series of small questions.

As for your response, I hope there are other less antagonistic ones that may follow...
You put an antagonistic post on a CW ENTHUSIASTS chat forum and then don't like it if someone doesn't share your boring, tiring, repetitive, negativity toward the brand?

You ask a question and then say you don't care what the answer is?
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Re: Was the flash sale a success ?

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I have cleaned up this thread. Let's try to keep it on topic... :roll:
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Re: Was the flash sale a success ?

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Renton wrote:

You put an antagonistic post on a CW ENTHUSIASTS chat forum and then don't like it if someone doesn't share your boring, tiring, repetitive, negativity toward the brand?

You ask a question and then say you don't care what the answer is?
Firstly, my post wasn't antagonistic, it was merely questioning, in the eyes of those who observed the sale, whether or not it was any good.

I find your description of what you perceive to be my attitude not only to be wide of the mark but also a personal attack.
You've never met me and you know nothing about me at all.

For your information, I've owned six and still own one CW watch. I did in fact cut my teeth with this brand. I feel I've outgrown their offerings not that it's any business of yours, whatsoever.

I do wonder, given that you find my comments boring, tiring, repetitive and negative why you bothered to respond at all let alone with a comment that is way way off topic.

If you wanted to have a dig at me (ha) you could have simply sent me a PM or where you hoping to achieve something more by bringing it to the thread ??

Now, if you have something constructive to say along the lines of my original post, well then, go ahead and say it, I really am all ears.
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Re: Was the flash sale a success ?

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I'd think that in case there are many more returns it will be on the back of higher order volumes. Why would you buy something that you are likely to return? In any case, leave it to CW. I am more focused on them turning out more great watches/specs/variations based on our input!
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Re: Was the flash sale a success ?

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downer wrote:I have cleaned up this thread. Let's try to keep it on topic... :roll:
I find it a little bewildering that the oft torrent of general negativity toward CW goes almost entirely unchecked, but when an actual CW fan opposes some of the negativity they're immediately censored!
reggie747 wrote:
Renton wrote: You put an antagonistic post on a CW ENTHUSIASTS chat forum and then don't like it if someone doesn't share your boring, tiring, repetitive, negativity toward the brand?

You ask a question and then say you don't care what the answer is?
Firstly, my post wasn't antagonistic, it was merely questioning, in the eyes of those who observed the sale, whether or not it was any good.
You think you were "merely asking a question" I think you were being antagonistic. We'll have to agree to disagree. :thumbup:
reggie747 wrote:I find your description of what you perceive to be my attitude not only to be wide of the mark but also a personal attack.
You've never met me and you know nothing about me at all.
No personal attack intended, just a genuine CW enthusiast pushing back against what I read as another CW bash.
reggie747 wrote: For your information, I've owned six and still own one CW watch.
Go Reggie :thumbup: :clap:
reggie747 wrote: I did in fact cut my teeth with this brand.
Go Reggie some more :respect: :2thumbs:
reggie747 wrote: I feel I've outgrown their offerings
Congratulations. So you've lost your love for the brand, you're no longer an enthusiast, that's absolutely fine. But it begs the question: why are you still here bashing CW? (rhetorical).
reggie747 wrote: not that it's any business of yours, whatsoever.
Okay, chief.
reggie747 wrote: I do wonder, given that you find my comments boring, tiring, repetitive and negative why you bothered to respond at all let alone with a comment that is way way off topic.
:yawn:
It's not just you, I think there are a handful of former CW fans on here essentially trolling the site and discouraging/repelling both newer sign-ups and longer term members. I appreciate I'm going off-topic again, so to bring it back in line: CW has been doing NN sales for as long as I can remember. I think they'd have stopped doing them by now if they weren't successful.
If you'd like some slightly more specific numbers, I ordered a watch soon after the sale went live. The order number was, rounded to the nearest 100, 100138600. If someone who has placed a more recent order wants to share their order number, it will give us a very loose indication of how many units they've shifted online since the start of the sale.
So although you don't actually care whether the current sale has been a success, it might help you establish a rough answer.
reggie747 wrote: If you wanted to have a dig at me (ha) you could have simply sent me a PM or where you hoping to achieve something more by bringing it to the thread ??
I did indeed want to have a dig at you. And being a public chat forum, I chose the medium of public chat to have that dig. I was hoping to make the point that some of us can be as vocally pro CW as some are vocally anti CW. Apologies that my more general opinions have ended up being focussed your way.
reggie747 wrote: Now, if you have something constructive to say along the lines of my original post, well then, go ahead and say it, I really am all ears.
You think "I've already stated that the likelihood of me buying another CW is slim to zero..." is a constructive comment and I think it's a negative comment. So it looks like we'll have to agree to disagree again.
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Re: Was the flash sale a success ?

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Blimey Renton old chap, I’d say you’re trying way too hard , hehe
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Re: Was the flash sale a success ?

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Renton wrote:
downer wrote:I have cleaned up this thread. Let's try to keep it on topic... :roll:
I find it a little bewildering that the oft torrent of general negativity toward CW goes almost entirely unchecked, but when an actual CW fan opposes some of the negativity they're immediately censored!
The only part of your post that was "censored" was the off-topic personal insult.
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Re: Was the flash sale a success ?

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Renton, wind your neck in and put a mat over yourself.
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Re: Was the flash sale a success ?

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And I just cleaned it up some more. Cut it out please gentlemen or thread will be locked.
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Re: Was the flash sale a success ?

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Renton wrote:If you'd like some slightly more specific numbers, I ordered a watch soon after the sale went live. The order number was, rounded to the nearest 100, 100138600. If someone who has placed a more recent order wants to share their order number, it will give us a very loose indication of how many units they've shifted online since the start of the sale.
I placed an order just after 2pm and the order number rounded to the nearest 100 is 100138800. Given the difference between our order numbers and timing of orders, it looks like they were shifting at least a few hundred watches per hour. Whether or not it was a success, it depends on whatever metrics CW would use to deem it a success. Perhaps selling a few hundred watches an hour during a sale means they hit their expected targets. Or perhaps not, who knows? Given the website didn't get caned this time like in the last few 50% off sales, I'd say the response wasn't as huge as those events.

As an aside, I kinda agree with the gist of your post. I thought this was a CW enthusiasts forum too but it seems that there's a lot more negativity about the brand posted and it seems strange for people to join a brand forum only to then constantly bash it.

Hope everyone got whatever they wanted and for those who didn't find anything they liked or were irate at this latest sales pitch, or think CW are peddling false promises with dubious intentions, there's always another event to look forward to, where perhaps the offerings will be more attractive for whatever you're seeking :thumbup:

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Re: Was the flash sale a success ?

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Superficially on the face of things, once could believe that this sale hasn't been a success. That might be because of the multitude of recent sales and the still ongoing money off vouchers or a range of other deep seated issues long discussed and argued about.

In previous times, it would be hard to imagine that there would still be C60's for sale minutes or hours after the sale started, let alone days. Likewise some of the C8 versions should possibly also have gone, just leaving the odd expensive C1 or C9 to hang around . Not this time though, and that alone should have them scratching their heads as to why.

Is it a bad case of sales indigestion, the clipping of the scalpers wings or a more deep seated resistance to the brand changes? Who knows...... Certainly not us, we don't have that kind of data and nor are we likely to have what would be commercially sensitive information so we are left to muse and bicker amongst ourselves.

My only other comment to those who bemoan the 'attacks' on CW is to realise that a lot of us have fallen out of love not with the watches, but with the brand. Given the chance, some of us would be keen to start purchasing again and invest quite significant sums of money in buying what are undoubtedly well priced, well designed and desirable watches should the brand be able to rekindle that certain je ne sais quoi. The reason we are still here is that we want to love them again, otherwise most of us would have long since departed.
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