[ConservativeStatement]

Cheap Rolex: “It was a cheap [one], probably $3,000,” said Laura.

[Gene Eric]

Graft.

[coloradan]

I don’t understand what wearing a chronometer does for a person, other than show extreme ostentation. Cell phones have time accurate to less than a second, also days of the week and month (in case you can’t remember them), phases of the moon, and anything else one could think of at one’s fingertips.

[hinckley buzzard]

Corruption as a way of life. Ancient Rome had nothing on these patricians.

[dfwgator]

“I was hoping for a Longines.”

[struggle]

Sheeesh, never going to happen to me.

[PUGACHEV]

A Hermnes scarf is an very impressive thing. They are wicked expensive, but they are the best in the world, IMHO.

[Leaning Right]

No teacher should accept any gifts from any parent or any student, period. And if the school does not have rules against such things, shame on the school.

[PlateOfShrimp]

I remember giving an elaborate fruit basket for my teacher in hopes of getting a better grade on my essay, but Miss Shields wasn’t buying it.

[DesertRhino]

Its a government employee, taking valuable gifts. Laws??

[Cementjungle]

In Ukraine you can’t get and A or B unless you get something for your teacher. They let you know what they need... could be a fridge if theirs is broken.... cost is $100 which is one month’s salary for a teacher there.

[Mears]

My kids attended school in the 70s and gifts to teachers were not allowed,and they shouldn’t be.

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[MrChips]

Ah! Noblesse oblige is alive and well!

[cherry]

teachers are NOT underpaid....many of them are overpaid......

many of them could not make it in any other degree or employment and since teaching gives them most of the year off, why not?

teachers underpaid....ridiculous...

[Mark]

One percenters don’t send kids to PUBLIC schools,-— private is private. No problem here.

[Secret Agent Man]

Getting expensive things to wear makes you stick out and a target.

[Lopeover]

Buying better report cards for their kids.

[wardaddy]

Most Hermes and Tiffany watches today are Quartz or cheap automatic movements

You're paying for gold and baubles and name

Rolex is way overpriced but they are great movements and solid block housings

I bought my SS submariner oyster new in 84 at Rolex company store on Banhofstrauss in Zurich for 750.00

Black dial day date diamond 12/3/6/9 dial

Today new same watch 8500-9500 at Rolex store or Tourneau or Bailey Banks Biddle

Ex wife glommed it for her next hubby....3 hubbys ago

I'd like a nice Dubey or Jorge Schauer

I also had a 18 carat gold jubilee band Rolex gmt date master root beer dial and bezel

Gorgeous watch..around 5000 in late 80s....she got it too

Replacement today used is around 18-30,000

I promise I get my global debt down below 0ne third loan to value I'll treat myself to a used one....but it'll be gold and stainless root beer or Pepsi gmt

Wifey number two..i ought her plenty watches....the wyfe gets spoiled

I get a pacemaker

LoL

[sharkhawk]

Didn’t anybody else notice this is for her 2 year old daughters pre-school teacher? What difference do grades etc, have for pre-schoolers. Just a way for people to flaunt their money

[BipolarBob]

Hermes??? That owl in Harry Potter? I thought that was j K Rowlings fiction.

[dfwgator]

Announcer: Someday, everyone will own a watch like this. Now, it is available only for the privileged few. The Mogasaki Corproration of Tokyo is honored to announce... Kromega III. [ lightning strikes ] A watch so complex, it takes two people to make it work. One hand wears the watch. The other hand presses the buttons that activate the 100% solid state multi-function digital quartz crystal micro-computer unit. And now, you're ready for the third hand to trigger the light-luminating dial to give you an alphanumeric readout accurate to within 9 a year. It's that simple.

KROMEGA III. Command-crafted in impact-resistant crushed chrome. It's no wonder that professional skiiers prefer Kromega III over any ordinary timepiece.

Woman's Voice: And I love Lady Kromega III. The sleek, space-age styling compliments any outfit. [ Woman's other hand presses one of the buttons ] And the clearly displayed perpetual calendar helps me to remember my many appointments. Would you mind? [ other person brings in a spare hand to operate the Lady Kromega III ] Thank you.

Announcer: Kromega III. It's like asking a stranger for the time.