I think Amazon is a great company, yes they have been trumped by Apple with the Ipad (Amazon's Kindle just doesn't cut the mustard against the Ipad), still they are a powerhouse distributor that has a solid business structure and service.
But as the global ecomomy is now looking at another financial crisis (and it aint looking good) some things just catch your eye and you go "What the Fuck?" Amazon have an outsourced watch distribution, where companies/ shops use the Amazon carrier to sell their products. Great concept and works well, but this watch caught my eye (sold through Amazon).
Zenith are high end watches (loverly watches too I might add), that sit in the price range of $5,000.00 to $10,000.00 which essentially are correct prices for a high end watch with a splash of price deflation (i.e recession). Except the above baby will set you back a cool $87,709.99 (however reduced from $145,000.00)!
The absurdity is not so much the watch it's self, it's the expectation that someone would order this online at that price. Alas the reviews of non buyers which is testament to that absurdity.
Click here to follow some of customer reviews, very funny with nice amounts of sardonic humour, good stuff! : Amazon 'Zenith' review/s
sardonic example...funny:
"The Zenith Men's Defy Xtreme Tourbillon Titanium Chronograph Watch or Z.M.D.X.T.B.T.C.M. as I like to call it, is by far the most awesome watch. Chuck Norris riding into the Super Bowl on the back of Godzilla and round house kicking the crowd is no where near as awesome as this priceless poon magnet. When I was just moments from sending my $100k to some needy neo-hippie help group, I stumbled onto this gem. It was like the heavens opened and Jesus himself appeared with this same watch on. I mean how can you not follow Jesus when he's rocking a watch of this caliber. So I asked "What would Jesus do?" Jesus pimp smacked me and said "Forget those hippies, buy the watch!" I was like "HECK YEAH." I busted out my Discover card and bought this rocking piece of art. I mean its art but its also practical too. Like when I take my summer trips to the Marianas Trench, I have no more worries that I am going to miss Tea Time back on the yacht, because water ruined my watch again. It can withstand the immense pressures of the deep due to the wicked awesome titanium. Deep seas, cant beat this. Bullets cant beat this. Heck, I can deflect cruise missiles and the apocalypse. With a watch like this you don't need to tell time, you tell people what time it is"
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