[eo3x0]

Tangential to the topic: articles like this one often talk about “waiting lists” for luxury items like Hermes bags and Rolex watches. To be clear, there is no waiting list, or at least not the type that is counted down with wall clock time.

Your ability to buy the item is solely a function of spend on buying the less popular items. If you’re a big spender, sometimes the “rare” item magically appears the same day for purchase.

[paulcole]

> To be clear, there is no waiting list, or at least not the type that is counted down with wall clock time.

What waiting list counts down time?

I’ve been on waiting lists for non-luxury goods (soccer season tickets) and it’s a function of limited supply, the number of people “ahead” of you, and how many holders of the good decide to keep it.

You can’t look at a clock and say, “My tickets will be ready in 11 minutes.” You can get an estimate based on previous year turnover (which is why the Cubs list is estimated to be like 35 years long) however.