Ferrari Mailing List: Re: SFC: Watches...

[Ken Rentiers (rentiers]

We need to fight back. America must begin to manufacture cheap  
chopstix and faux fortune cookies with fake lottery numbers inside!


On Jun 15, 2009, at 3:28 AM, red5hilser [at] aol.com wrote:

> Hey Mike: What are the watches going for over in China? I paid $109  
> usd each?for both my Panerai Scuderia Ferrari and the Rolex Daytona.  
> The Breitling Navitimer is real, and a tad more expensive. You can  
> pick one up for about $1.5K on eBay.
>
> Forza, yer pal Bubba
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike
> Subject: Re: [Ferrari] SFC: Watches...
>
>
>
> OK
>
> I'll have to keep an eye out for the shirts next time I can go
> shopping...  If I see some I'll pick them up.  Probably won't find  
> time
> until next Saturday in Shanghai...
>
> To answer some questions:
>
> They all drive on the right, just like Mericans...  Though honestly  
> they
> are helter-skelter everywhere with a very passive aggressive lane
> changing style.  Lots of horn usage to let folks know you are there,
> signaling of lane changes is only after you are mid-way through the
> change.  I would not hesitate to try driving here, its pretty
> straightforward and there is a courtesy here in the driving also  
> though
> its really a mutual "I will not hit you".    This place is nothing  
> like
> India, much more modern and even seems a bit less crowded, though it
> probably is not, I have yet to see a single moped with a family of  
> four
> or more on it.  Imagine an entire country of bad drivers, kinda like
> Texas, but with more consistency and discipline.  There was a  
> Bentley at
> the hotel last night that was RHD and I have seen several RHD cars,  
> all
> from Hong Kong I would guess, which I can see from the Window of my
> hotel room.  Half the cabs here are Volkswagen Santana's (No US
> equivalent I think, maybe Passat?) or a Chinese clone of the Audi 100.
> And I mean clone... Wow.  Lots of Kia's and Hyundais also.
>
> As for customs?  Would they really care?  I would think they'd be  
> upset
> if I were selling them or something stateside.   Will have to keep an
> eye out for that I guess.  I think they get upset if you bring in more
> than $1000 of stuff...
>
> I got my son a little airsoft gun, that looks way too realistic...   
> With
> that one, I may have some difficulties going through the airport and
> shipping it FedEx might make more sense :)  No need to get body  
> tackled
> by 20 Chinese security guys.
>
> Oh and one last thing!
>
> No one has made me take off my shoes for an airplane flight here.
>
> BR,
> Mike
>
>
> red5hilser [at] aol.com wrote:
> > Hey cLyDe: Say it ain't so, cLyDe. An owner of a Ferrari 512 TR  
> > actually
> trying to hustle a cheap Chinese kn
> ock-off Ferrari Team shirt (size large)? <g>
> > I thought that only the Ferrari wanna-be's like me?who drive GT4s  
> > would stoop
> so low. Wait til FOC hears about this.
> > Have you no shame, sir?
> >
> > Next time that you're flying into NYC, you should hit Times Square.  
> > I've got a
> business associate there named Guido, who has a suitcase full of  
> genuine?Rolex
> Daytona watches that you might want to re-sell to some of your more  
> gulliable
> passengers. just tell him, "Bubba sent me," and be sure to wear your  
> uniform.
> He'll know who you are.
> > Just tell?the 'marks' in coach?that you bought them from Bernie  
> > Madoff when he
> was trying to post bond. And cLyDe. you can forget the First Class.  
> They'll
> never believe you.
> > Always trying to help a fellow Tifosi, yer pal Shitbox Bubba
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: cLyDe:
> > Subject: Re: [Ferrari] SFC: Watches...
> >
> >
> >
> > Get me one as well
> > Size large
> >
> > Clyde
> > Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: "Dave Craig" <dave.craig [at] sbcglobal.net>
> >
> > Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2009 15:15:29
> > To: clyde<clyderomero [at] worldnet.att.net>
> > Cc: 'The FerrariList'<ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
> > Subject: Re: [Ferrari] SFC:  Watches...
> >
> >
> > Mike,
> >
> > One thing that I got in a market in Taiwan (should be virtually the  
> > same in
> > China) was a Ferrari Team shirt knock off.  Correct in almost every  
> > detail
> > except for very cheaply made.  It is an awesome shirt to wear to F1  
> > races or
> > even to club events and I only gave $8 for it.  I highly recommend  
> > getting
> > one.
> >
> > Dave
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Mike Fleischer [mailto:themightytoe [at] gmail.com]
> > Sent: Sunday, June 14, 2009 1:55 AM
> > To: Dave Craig
> > Cc: The FerrariList
> > Subject: [Ferrari] SFC: Watches...
> >
> > OK
> >
> >
> > I hate to do this to the Ferrari list again...  I never read the
> > threads, but on watches?  I sorted out what I alreeady bought...
> >
> > What is a good watch?  I am in China right now and it is  
> > astonishing how
> > many knock-off watches they have.  So I picked some up as fun gifts  
> > for
>
> > friends etc...  So far I have a Tag, a couple or Rolex's, a  
> > Breitling,
> > and a Gucci watch for my wife...   But there are a ton of other  
> > brands
> > that look really nice but I have no idea if they are decent brands or
> > not :).    Not certain if I will go back out and get more or not but
> > wow.  They even have the sapphire scratch proof covers on them.   
> > Clearly
> > not Gold materials, nor the quality movements inside either, though  
> > the
> > Rorex's are perpetual movements.  China is kinda fun and makes a real
> > mockery of branding.
> >
> > Lots of Ferrari junk here too, some watches, (also Porsche design
> > watches galore), some lighters...  (man it is entertaining though to
> > talk them down to as low a price as they will go and then walk  
> > away, do
> > the same at 4 other vendors and then pick the best price, we need to
> > have haggling in the US for everything).  Also got an excellent tea  
> > set,
> > Tea in the US just sucks the hiney compared to the stuff over here.
> >
> > Wow.  Recorded the proper procedure for making tea in China as the  
> > tea
> > shop owner made us sit and have a tea drinking ceremony with him  
> > after I
> > bought the tea sets.  Good stuff.
> >
> > The same Lamborghini's and 599GTB have been in front of the hotel for
> > the past week or so, owners are friends with the hotel owner.  And  
> > the
> > 599GTB looks like your ugly date at the prom next to the LP640 and
> > Gallardo, I can't fathom how Ferrari can sell these to anyone if they
> > were viewed side by side, performance between them is probably  
> > ludicrous
> > in both cases.
> >
> > Construction here is everywhere, tons of people, nice cars,  
> > everything
> > is about 1/3rd the price of US version (cars are about 2.5X).  We may
> > have a major recession in the US, but you can't tell it over here.   
> > Also
> > most popular American car manufacturer here?  Buick!...  WTF
> >
> > If you travel to Shenzhen, The Intercontinental is the Hotel...  At  
> > $140
> > a night, I have not stayed in a nicer place (actually for about 5x  
> > that
> > ammount I have not stayed at a nicer place), huge r
> oom, fantastic
> > service, infinity edge 6 foot by 5 foot bath tub with a view...
> > Restaurants, a hotel with man made beach.  Working conditions here  
> > are
> > not wonderful, US engineering facilities are a quantum leap better,  
> > but
> > the US facilities here are nice also, just the Chinese firms do it
> > differently.
> >
> > And no more massage girls following me home :)
> >
> > BR,
> > Mike
> >
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