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pecosbob

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6. Not even really comparable to say, the diamond monopoly

Reply to Dawson Leery (Original post)

Mon Jul 22, 2019, 08:36 AM

Jul 2019

Cartier has no monopoly...only the perceived value of their name. A profligate waste of skilled man-hours and resources, but one assumes of course that the majority of the material was recycled.

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Cartier (parent Richmont) is buying back their unsold watches to keep their prices up. [View all] Dawson Leery Jul 2019 OP

More like 'isn't capitalism great' ... when you have 50000000000 Jigawatts mr_lebowski Jul 2019 #1

I'm very happy with my $11 Casio watch! klook Jul 2019 #2

Cartier is hardly a monopoly fescuerescue Jul 2019 #3

Rich screwing rich. I've never even seen a Cartier watch and get along just fine. Midnight Writer Jul 2019 #4

Rather like the diamond market. They have huge reserves of stones Ford_Prefect Jul 2019 #5

Just $100? Dawson Leery Jul 2019 #9

A bit of hyperbole from me there fescuerescue Jul 2019 #10

Not even really comparable to say, the diamond monopoly pecosbob Jul 2019 #6

There's no monopoly. djg21 Jul 2019 #7

That's their right and they don't want their brand diluted Blue_Tires Jul 2019 #8