The Secret to $1 Million Watch Sales - Revealed! | Neelesh Alwani DSH #892
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00:00 - Intro
00:25 - How Neelesh Built Timepiece Trading
05:00 - Sponsored by BetterHelp
08:20 - Why Watches Are Great Investments
10:25 - Quality of Fake Watches
13:57 - Neelesh's Crazy Fake Watch Story
16:01 - Neelesh's Favorite Watch Brand
19:25 - Securing Your First Big Client
20:00 - Financial Losses on Watches
21:50 - Adapting to Market Changes
23:30 - Neelesh's Mom Joins the Podcast
25:39 - Future Plans for TPT
27:35 - Finding Eric
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And if I'm nice to you from day one, like I don't know, customers can't always tell you, no matter if they're buying, not buying, rich, not rich.
I love that, dude, because certain Rolex stores you walk in, it's almost disrespectful.
Yeah, they're very disrespectful.
Like, I've walked in without a watch before, and they won't even talk to me.
They're assholes.
And then I'll pull up with a watch and they'll flock to me.
I'm like, damn, that's how you really value your customers.
No, that's wrong.
Like, what if someone walks in there with sweatpants and they're a billionaire?
All right, guys.
We got Neil from Time Peace Trading here today.
The number one watch plug in the country right now, I'd say.
Oh, I'm getting there.
In terms of viewership, you're already there, I'd say.
Thank you, bro.
I appreciate that.
Yeah, what you're doing on YouTube is kind of revolutionary in the space, I feel.
Thank you.
You have a crazy community, too.
Yeah, that's what it's about, though, right?
That's how you build your business.
100%.
Like, for me, social media built everything.
Wow.
From the ground up.
Was that planned or did it kind of just happen?
No, bro, it just happened.
I started social media because I actually did it for my dad because he never did any social media.
He didn't have Facebook, Instagram, nothing.
When I told him the word Instagram, he didn't know what it was.
Like his, his employees were laughing at me because I worked for him a little short period after college, unexpectedly also, because Hurricane Irma happened in St.
Martin where I'm from.
So I, growing up there, I thought I was very connected and I was like, I can protect my family because there was looting.
There was a lot of crime going on after the hurricane.
So I went back and there was no crime.
I didn't really have to protect them, but I started going to work with my dad instead of just chilling at home.
And there was no clients, bro, because the hurricane destroyed the cruise ship terminal.
St.
Martin's an island that relies on tourism, so there was none of it, you know.
That's where your dad was.
That's where my dad owns boutiques there, like watch boutiques, oh, god, and a like a big jewelry store, you know.
And St.
Martin and Aruba.
So we used to own the Richard Meal store, we used to own the AP store.
Holy crap!
Yeah, and uh, we lost those brands right before Irma, bro.
So, firstly, no one's really calling in because those are the brands people would call in about.
He still has 30 other brands, such as Hublo, IWC, Panoraya, good brands, you know.
And
I started going online and wholesaling to other countries in big quantities, his product.
And then I got to a point that like I grew a following that people were trying to sell me stuff to.
And people were asking me about stuff that my dad didn't carry that I was being offered on Instagram.
And I just put two and two together.
I did a trade.
I was making my dad tons of money and he was paying me $3,000 a month.
So I was like, dad, I'm going to open my own company.
start trading.
I kept the Instagram account, changed the handle of the timepiece trading, and it's been time piece trading since.
And then when did you move to Miami?
I moved to Miami.
When I first moved here, bro, it was 2018.
And I was actually, so in St.
Martin while I was there working with my dad, my grandpa was very into real estate.
And he kept pushing me.
He's like, Neil, you got to go into real estate.
You got to go into real estate.
So one of his partners who they owned a property with was working the import-export business.
He had an office here in Miami and also had businesses all over the Caribbean.
Like he would sell.
He had retail stores where he would
export from Miami to the Caribbean and sell what he was exporting in the stores all over the Caribbean, making good margins.
He was worth like 20 million.
And at the time, when I'm making 3,000 a month, 20 million sounded like fucking unachievable, right?
And I was like, dude, I got to get into this.
Like, fuck it.
Whatever it is, I'm going to love it.
I'm going to do it.
So my grandpa convinces me to work for this guy, but in his Miami office, so that I'm away from my family, you know, like independent.
And I was working again on a salary of like $3,000 a month.
And it was labor-intensive, bro.
I was working in a warehouse.
I thought I'm going to be on the computer buying and selling import-export for this guy.
Puts me in the warehouse.
I have a 22-year-old boss, a Spanish manager from Ed Doral, and
he's having me pick up boxes.
Like, he's at the top of the shelf, throwing me boxes at the bottom, bro.
Super labor-intensive.
I actually got a condition, lumberspondylosis, from this job.
Like, I hurt my back.
It's permanent.
And
yeah, discs, your discs go out of place.
Oh, my God.
I still lift every day.
I can't, can't get over it.
Like, I have to.
For me, the gym makes me like ready to go.
You know, I do it first thing in the morning.
And
anyway, so I'm doing this job, but while I'm doing this job, every night I'll go home and trade two or three watches.
So I'd add to my income.
And I was bringing in like five, six K a month total.
I'd do like two trades of watches throughout the month working at the warehouse.
Got to the point where I was closing
like four deals a week when I'm now making 8,000.
So I'm like, dude, I'm not doing this warehouse anymore.
Like they keep promising me that I'll reach where he is, 20 million, but I'm making 3,000 a month.
I'm working like a slave, like legit, like hard labor, you know?
And yeah, when I started making 8,000 a month, I was like, I'm done.
The whole six months I was working, I was living in my aunt's house and in her daughter's bedroom.
Her daughter had to go sleep with her son.
Like,
I didn't have money for my own place.
And I eventually ran it up.
I proved my dad my results.
And I think I saved up maybe $100,000.
And that's when he lent me half a million dollars.
And from there on, it's what it is today.
I just traded, traded, traded, traded.
Now it's lots of millions of dollars in stock.
So you spent the half million on watches?
Yeah, every dollar, bro.
Even today, like, I mean, I'll buy a car here and there.
I have beautiful clothing.
And everything.
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Everything in the world I want, but every dollar, I'm pretty responsible because if you come see our inventory from 500K to what it is now, it's phenomenal.
What is it now?
We're blessed.
I won't say a number, but it's lots of millions of dollars and it's definitely the best watch inventory in Miami.
Really?
Yeah.
No one has better watch inventory in Miami than I do.
Because a lot of people just middleman deals like you started, right?
So they don't actually have inventory.
Yeah.
I think that's why I'm a destination because you go to the Rolex store, you can't try on what you try on at TPT.
You to Richard Meal, they laugh at you, they kick you out.
Like, I will bring you in with open arms, even if you have no money.
Like,
I see the value in people, and I see that one day you may reach somewhere.
And if I'm nice to you from day one, like, I don't know, customers king always to me.
No matter if they're buying, not buying, rich, not rich.
I love that, dude.
Because certain Rolex stores, you walk in, it's almost disrespectful.
Yeah, they're very disrespectful.
Like, I've walked in without a watch before, and they won't even talk to me.
They're assholes.
And then I'll pull up with a watch and they'll flock to me.
I'm like, damn, that's how you really value your customers.
No, it's wrong.
Like, what if someone walks in there with sweatpants and they're a billionaire?
Yeah, like, I'm not a billionaire, but I only wear sweatpants, bro.
And I feel judged sometimes in these stores, but
that's why we exist.
That's why we do good.
Yeah.
No, for real.
You really solve the problem because a lot of people can't even get these watches retail, too.
That's the other problem.
And definitely, bro, going back to the earlier point, like being able to try it all all on under one roof, it doesn't exist really, you know?
I have 40 Richard Meals.
I have 100 APs.
I have 30 Paddocks.
I have 50 Rolex, you know, always.
Are those the big four brands right there?
That's all I stock.
I mean, I got a couple Jacob and Cole.
I got a couple MBNF,
like nice independent brands, but mostly just those four because I like to sell.
I don't want to sell you anything that you will lose your ass on, right?
Like when you come to sell it back to me, I want you to be like, it's got to be reasonable.
You know, you enjoyed it.
You lose a little or you make a little.
I mean, in the last four years, bro, people were making 100% on their watches.
Now they're pissed.
They're like, yo, why do I got to lose 10%?
And I'm like, bro, imagine you bought a car.
You'd lose 40%, 30, you know?
And like, I think watches is a great place to put your money, bro.
When you have a lot of money and, like, you're not using it, it's very nice.
You can, there's a lot of utility that a watch.
Oh, yeah.
You know.
Yeah, it's steady.
It opens a lot of doors.
You wear a watch to a conference or some event or nice restaurant.
It opens up conversations.
Yeah.
It's the same.
Like, people say it with the car, like that they'll get a supercar for their image and their branding, but, like, you can't bring the supercar into the room.
Yeah.
Right?
The watch, it's everywhere.
Facts.
You need both.
You need a nice car and a nice watch, especially in Miami.
That's why I sell both.
Dude, it's hard to stand out here because everyone's got both.
Yeah.
I like that, though, because it keeps us motivated, bro.
Otherwise, we're like, oh, we're the best already.
You know?
And, like, over here, I never feel that way.
And in Dubai, I'm the same.
And, like, there's a few cities that I...
I feel like I have to stick in, bro, to like keep this mindset.
When I go to certain cities, like, when I go back home, St.
Martin, like I drive an Audi, has five there, and like over there, that's a Ferrari.
Like, people don't got cars like that.
I don't feel as motivated, bro.
Like, I wake up and I'm like, all right, I'm at the top.
No, that's true, though.
That screams out to me coming from a small town, you know.
Where are you from?
Bridgewater, Jersey.
Bridgewater.
It's easy to get to the top there, though.
I don't even know
what that is.
Exactly.
But Jersey, I know there's a lot of small towns.
Because I went to school in Philly.
Oh, nice.
Yeah.
How was that?
Very nice, bro.
I like Drexel a lot.
I mean, the area, University City is beautiful.
I know, like, when you go further down, either way, it gets a little ghetto.
But I loved Philly, bro.
I went out a lot.
I never was flashy in college.
I had a good life.
My dad would give me $3,000 a month allowance.
The same he paid me when I was working, when I wasn't working.
But yeah, I never really had money growing up.
So, like,
when I finally came here, started making money, like, oh, this shit was like mind-blowing.
Crazy.
Honestly, did it change you at first?
Definitely, bro.
There was a period where I was just, it got to my head.
Oh, yeah.
Yeah.
It's cool to see you admit that, at least, you Yeah, yeah.
Like, recently, like, it goes and comes sometimes, bro.
Right.
Sometimes it comes and goes.
And, like, right now, I feel super grounded.
Okay.
I feel great.
Like.
Yeah, I feel that, though.
There's definitely periods where you feel like you're the man.
You know, you may close a big deal or some shit, make a million in a month, and then you're like.
Yeah.
No, I went to Dubai.
And I hung around crazy people.
You got humbled.
Yeah.
I was like, I am poor.
I need to work my ass off.
Dubai will do that to you.
Yeah.
It's good to travel.
It's good to get out there.
But like I said, like, depends where you go.
You know, because sometimes I'll travel, I'll come back all fucked up and up.
No, I feel that though.
I need to get out there.
I haven't been there yet.
Dubai is insane, bro.
Yeah.
Yeah, insane.
To me, it's Miami of that side of the world.
Damn.
What's the money out there?
Is it old money?
Is it new money?
Both.
Both.
There's a lot of kids like us.
I call us kids because we're under 30.
There's a lot of people like us, bro, that...
They're in the social media game.
They're young entrepreneurs, young hustlers.
I mean, we got Iman Gatzi, we got Mike Thurston, Mo Blog.
There's a lot of people there, and and bro, they're all super friendly.
It's the same vibe as Miami to me, bro.
Same.
Amon's impressive.
His watch collection is really impressive.
Insane, bro.
Have you sold to him yet?
I have sold him one watch.
I don't even remember what it was, but only one.
He has like 50.
Damn.
Yeah.
Yeah, that was a good investment on his end.
Yeah.
I don't know where he bought all his watches, bro.
Honestly,
we're tight.
He's got some retail plugs.
I've seen a couple of his videos.
Yeah, he'll get some APs and Rolexes.
But it's hard to get retail these days, especially AP and Richard.
Yeah, it's very hard, bro.
And even Rolex.
If you do get through, though, I'll tell you happily.
I'll be like, bro, I can't compete with that.
Please go buy it there, you know?
Like, if anything, I'll say, sell it to me if you don't want to go buy it, though.
Then they'll ban you if they find out you sell it.
If you get caught, yes.
So, what we do a lot of the time is
for an Autumn R SPK, for example, the warranty card, you can scan it.
There's a barcode and you can re-register the warranty.
So, for people who buy from the boutique and have a relationship with the boutique, what we do is we buy the watch at a little bit lower than I would normally pay.
In order for me to do this, I'll keep the warranty card in my safe.
I'll show it to the client when they come buy the watch from me.
But I'll be like, bro, my client who sold me the watch, it's very sensitive.
The card is here with me.
You'll get it in one year.
And it stays in my safe.
You can, you, as the person selling it to me, can FaceTime me whenever and I'll show it to you.
And the client can FaceTime me whenever and I'll show it to them.
Like they know the card is there, but it's being held.
So no one can take their phone to the code.
Because the only time the boutique gets flagged is when the barcode is scanned.
Interesting.
Immediately they'll get flagged.
Yeah.
Or with the Rolex, holding a card doesn't really make a difference because there's no barcode.
But
I just tell the client who's buying it.
I say, bro, please, you know, as a brother and friend, don't go to the boutique with this watch.
Don't go ask if it's authentic.
You have an invoice from me.
You can sue me if it's not, but please don't do that.
It'll fuck up my, it'll fuck up Sean's relationship with the Rolex.
How good are the fakes getting?
Have you been sold a fake watch?
Impossible to sell me a fake watch.
Really?
People have tried many times.
But I heard they're getting good.
Yeah, they can get good.
I have a good team.
Now it's so good.
I heard you have to physically hold it to see if it's fake.
Like if you can't tell from it.
Anyways, I have a way around this.
So I don't pay for any watch till it's in my facility.
So yeah, maybe I get tricked by a picture, which has happened.
And it gets shipped to me.
And I have 12 hours to pay for it.
That's my process.
And within those 12 hours, I catch it.
I have three people who it goes through before it goes to my accounting to get paid for.
Oh, that's smart.
Well, StockX announced they stopped doing the verifications because the fakes are so good for like sneakers and I bought fake off Stock X ones.
Exactly.
Because they're so
fucked up.
Crazy.
I only use GOAT.
GOAT to me is way better.
I don't know.
Damn.
Yeah, that's scary though.
Imagine buying a fake wash.
That's that's a lot of money.
Well, with me, I tell the client, look, if ever it's fake, you have an invoice from me, okay?
Like, if it does happen by mistake, it's never happened.
But you have an invoice from me.
I will refund you, or if I don't, you fucking sue me.
Like, I mean, I'm a business, bro.
Like, I'm public, right?
So, yeah.
You ever have any weird customer stories or anyone pissed or anything like like that?
This is a weird story about fakes, right?
So, I was in Marion, this club downtown, you know, in Brickell, the Marion, it's like a restaurant club.
It's kind of like a bagatelle vibe, okay?
And I went there, and I see this dude wearing an RM11 chandelier, the baguette.
And I go up to him, and I'm like, yo, that's a crazy watch.
Then I look closer, and no, his wife's wearing the baguette, and he's wearing a nadal.
And I'm wearing a nadal.
And I go up to him and I'm like, damn, that's a crazy watch, blah, blah, blah.
And I look closer and it's fake, right?
And the guy's wearing all full upline, all white.
His wife is wearing a crazy dress, crazy diamond necklace.
And I'm like, bro, y'all look like really well off.
Why are you wearing a fake watch?
Like, I call him out.
Oh, shit.
And he's like, what do you mean fucking fake, bro?
I just bought this watch like three days ago, whatever.
Like, he's telling me a story.
And I was like, bro, how much you pay?
And he's like, I paid 25K for each of them.
And I'm like, well.
How do you think you're getting a Nadolph?
And the guy was like,
he had heard the name Richard Meal from his friends.
And he knows Rolexes are 10K, 15k yeah he wasn't into watches so he thought it's a real Richard Meal he thought he he bought it for 25k he thought that's the price he never looked on google old school guy you know yeah I tell him he's like Neil that's amazing that you're telling me and are you sure are you sure he asked me like we're in Marion we're partying we're drunk and he's like are you sure bro because I actually bought this on my Amex I'm pretty sure I have like whatever two more days to cancel the charge I'm like bro go home and cancel the charge so he calls me the next day in the morning he's like bro it was a pleasure to meet you I actually got all my money back from Amex you're right I checked with my other friend.
The watch is fake.
You're a savior.
I'm going to come to you tomorrow and buy a real one.
And they both came and they spent $400,000 the next day on a real Richard Mill and a real AP chandelier.
Holy crap.
Yeah, crazy, bro.
That's nuts.
Yeah, there's probably people that have no idea, honestly.
Yeah, he had no idea.
He had all the money in the world, but not all the money.
He was well off.
And yeah, he got scammed.
And he came and he was very happy.
And it was the craziest shit.
Because usually I call out a fake watch and they're like, they turn around, you know, they avoid me.
Yeah.
This guy was like, no way, it's fake.
Like, he really thought it was real.
Yeah.
Crazy.
Do you have a favorite watch brand?
For me, it's Richard Meal and AP.
Yeah.
He's mine.
Because of attire.
Like, I just feel like it suits us.
Paddock on us will look too classy.
I'm too short.
Too formal, I think.
Yeah, my wrists are mad skinny.
Like, I don't know if I could pull off a Richard, actually.
You can.
There's the ultra-thins, bro.
Like, Luke Belmar loves the ultra-thins.
He only buys the, they're, like, coin thin, bro.
Damn.
Yeah.
I got to look into those.
Yeah, I have.
I have three in stock or four in stock.
Okay.
Come on.
The thing with Richards is I'm not a fan of the strap.
But what's
they make rubber?
Oh,
the rubber ones.
They make velcro.
They make elastic.
Yeah, I just feel like because it's such a nice watch, shouldn't it be a metal strap in your?
Well, it's a nice watch for a young athlete entrepreneur.
That's what Richard Mule goes after.
The young guy who doesn't believe in dressing in a shirt and pants every day and working a typical nine to five, who's an entrepreneur who has money.
And really, like, if you look at young entrepreneurs now, it's mostly shirt, shorts, joggers, you know, whatever, sweats.
And Richard Mule really fits the vibe to me.
To me, it's perfect, like on the strap, but you got to try one on, bro.
Yeah, I've never tried one.
Maybe my opinion would change.
Yeah, you got to feel the way it sits on your wrist, bro.
Like, I've worn all of them, AP, Rolex, Paddock.
And the way a Richard Mule sits on your wrist, like I fall asleep with them on.
You don't feel the watch on your wrist.
Damn.
Yeah.
This is super.
I like light watches, right?
And this is also a very light watch.
It's ceramic, so obviously.
Oh, this is nice, dude.
You would think it's heavier, too.
Wow.
And a very sleek, subtle, sexy black ceramic.
That's my style.
Yeah, this is super light.
I've never felt a watch that light.
So light.
Holy crap.
You come see the Richard.
It's light.
I'll check it out.
Is that your favorite watch in your collection?
This, no, this is
the AP skeleton in particular.
So that dial is my favorite watch.
Top two.
Right.
But then I have this watch and steel, black ceramic, and white gold with the rainbow bezel.
Factory.
So yeah, not particularly the black ceramic.
Actually, my favorite skeleton is the steel one because it's the most wearable.
Steel.
Interesting.
Stainless steel.
That's cool.
What's the the most expensive watch you've seen
seen
like just seen or seen with your own eyes yeah like in person
probably like fucking
gotta be like eight ten million white
watches get up to eight million oh yeah yeah yeah dude the most expensive one i've heard of is like a million no i sold recently like a two million dollar watch this month i sold over a one million dollars holy crap the arm rock star how many other sold it for like 1.45 there is 50 in the world we sold one to canelo previously for 2 million.
They went down.
That's crazy.
I didn't know they got up that high.
That's more than a supercar.
Yeah.
You get to 10 mil for a while.
Oh, you can go to 20.
What?
Yeah.
We'll watch this 20 mil.
Paddock Grand Count.
There must be only like five of them.
I think three of the one I'm talking about.
Jeez.
Damn.
There's levels to this game, man.
There's levels, yeah.
Just keeps going.
You can keep going, man.
I'm sure we can find crazier.
Damn.
Bro, there's billionaires, right?
And we're only millionaires and we buy what we buy.
Imagine when you're a billionaire yeah kevin o'leeary's got quite a big collection i've heard you see that guy anantambani no i didn't see that one the huge indian dude who had the crazy 500 million dollar wedding or whatever in india oh i saw that wedding rihanna performed there jp performed there
he's got a nice collection for 40 50 no he was wearing one watch that was 20 million i think holy paddock dude that's nuts no he must have at least 50 million watches or more crazy who was your first big client and how did that happen food god food god yeah food was my first
celebrity client.
Yeah.
That's a big one to start.
I came in with
one of our friends, mutual friend, Ambrose.
I don't know if you know.
No.
Nice guy.
He brought me Food God as a client.
But I had to give him
a home road.
Yeah, bro.
And like just to get a photo and shit back there.
Now people come in.
They want to do the vlog because they get views.
It's beneficial for both of us.
It looks good because they're buying an expensive watch.
But yeah, to start was rough, bro.
I think I lost money on that watch.
Like, I think I lost 5k on that watch.
Holy shit.
You had this decision.
This week, why does this keep going off?
That's crazy.
This week I sold a watch I lost $135,000 on.
What?
Yeah, so that's why people like time piece trading because my cost is irrelevant.
Okay.
I could pay for this.
There was a time this was 525.
Jeez.
My cost could be 525.
It's not.
I paid 220 for this one.
But today, if I was to sell this watch, I would sell it for 220.
That's market.
So my cost is irrelevant.
I just sell according to market.
You know, like stocks.
Like,
I always buy good at the time I buy, but sometimes I may have a watch for two years.
If the market drops, I'm fucked.
Right.
But I need the money out because I reuse the money.
Yeah, because you're buying, what, almost every day at this point, right?
Yeah, I spend $300,000 a day.
Holy shit.
On watches, yeah.
Are you serious?
Yeah, every day.
Oh, my God.
I sell $300,000 a day.
I buy $300,000 a day.
Wow.
Yes.
Yes.
When the market, because there was a crazy spike and then a...
a big dip like last year.
Crazy spike, big dip.
You said it perfect.
So how did you adjust to that?
I just tried to sell as quick as possible.
You know, I sold a little bit undermarket at the time to get rid of it quick.
Tried to just break even instead of lose.
But there were pieces.
There was a watch, titanium green dial terbion unlimited 50.
My cost was 505.
This is the watch I sold this week.
I sold it for 365, so I lost 140.
But it's okay.
It's okay.
I had
four years where every watch I had in stock, if it wouldn't sell, Bro, by the time I sold it, I was fucking 100% returned because the market would go up so much on it.
And now I'm going through the downside.
And this is where it shows who's strong and who's living on loans and who can continue to be a dealer.
Because a lot of dealers got wiped with the drop, right?
They had loans, they couldn't pay their interest, they're losing money.
Me, I, yeah, I was making so what was happening, I'd lose money on my old stock, but I was still closing new deals of watches I didn't have in stock, and I was making money on those.
So, I really like last year was like a flat line.
I didn't really profit, I had crazy revenue.
I think it was 89 million or something,
but um, I didn't profit much, and um, that's why, because the downfall.
But I'm happy because I know so many people who got smoked, bro.
Plus, you have the Rolodex now.
Yeah.
So you kept building your Rolodex.
Yeah, kept getting smoked.
This year, next year, you'll crush it, bro.
Kept doing the social media.
But yeah, it did hurt.
It did hurt not knowing that.
Before, bro, I was like, I don't care if I sell.
I'll close the office today because the watches are just going to go up.
Like, I was so confident.
Yeah.
It was easy to get comfortable during that period.
That's when all the crypto nerds were buying.
Yeah.
I'm sure you sold a ton for crypto back then.
Yeah.
Crypto is amazing, bro.
It's amazing.
And like, you want to buy a watch today?
Crypto is the God's savior, bro, because you don't have to wait till Monday.
Like, you can have a flight tomorrow.
We do the deal together.
Yeah, sometimes the wire takes days.
Yeah, like Aiden's going to buy the watch for Trump right now.
And you guys are going to see his stream if you guys watch it.
And he's going to pay me crypto.
Otherwise, how would we do it?
Aiden's got a fat Ethereum bag.
I'm sure.
I'm sure.
I never looked up the deck screen or anything.
Someone posted it.
It was 10 million ETH.
Wow.
Yeah.
Shout out to you.
No, I'm sure he got way more.
Yeah, that was just one wallet.
He's probably making that a month with his streaming deals, man streamers changed the game streamers changed the game yeah for real like content has really shifted yeah i miss i miss the youtube days where i used to be a big youtube addict i would watch like two hours a night same yeah
years ago now it's all streams yeah now it's all i don't watch streams bro i watch them like after like highlights the clips yeah yeah the streams i don't watch it's a little too slow for me but what's three hours four hours we don't got time for that but tally's killing it right now he is oh my gosh this shit's hilarious he's awesome he i didn't even talk to him he just follows me the other day i guess because i'm so close to steve and Steve picked him up.
He's a very nice guy.
He came to TPT after.
He's like, I want to come meet you.
Didn't Steve buy him a watch or something?
Steve bought him a watch.
Oh, yeah.
So he came to size the watch.
He came to size the watch.
Nice.
Yeah, I'm sure Steve brings you a ton of clients.
You and him have built a really solid foundation together.
Yeah, that's my brother.
Yeah, my brother.
Shout out to Steve.
I have his Ferrari at my house right now.
Oh, yeah.
He's gone for a month.
He's like, yeah, Neil, take it.
He lets you drive it?
We're super tight, bro.
No, there was a point all his cars were in Vegas.
He came here.
I have 15 cars personally.
He would drive my Ferrari, my Lambo, my Rose.
It's the same.
Me and him were family.
I bought his old penthouse.
We're neighbors now.
We have penthouses across each other.
Damn.
He bought, like, so I bought a dog just now, a puppy.
He's three months old.
Nice.
He bought the dog's brother.
Like, where's she?
No, you're mad side.
We're very tight.
His mom's breaking her podcast virtuing.
She's coming on my show next week.
Oh, she told me about it.
Marabeth.
She's also doing another one, which I won't drop.
But yeah, she told me about you.
Yeah, I'm pretty bumped.
What's she like?
I've never met her.
She's very awesome, bro.
She's got Steve's energy, but she's more responsible.
Interesting.
yeah yeah steve's a bit of a wild card he's irresponsible but all for the good of the of the world you know but irresponsible yeah he means so well right that's it but but he doesn't have control like he he'll make a million dollars and just give it away the same day you know his twitter is interesting yeah
yeah he'd be going at people he went at mark cuban the other day he gives no yeah he's no uh what do you call it no filter no i like people like that though because then you're like immune to cancel culture yeah he is he's definitely immune bro he's cancelled on YouTube.
He's done.
Like now, why would he care?
Yeah, that was rough to see that.
Yeah, I'm not a fan of that.
I got two strikes on YouTube.
Damn.
It's bad.
You got to be careful.
I know.
Medical misinformation, man.
Damn.
You ever got a strike?
No, medical misinformation.
What's that?
Like, you told people medical information.
Like, I had a guest on, and they talked about, I guess, topics a big farmer doesn't like.
And you got two strikes for the same offense?
Yeah.
You only get three, dude.
I know.
I know.
Scary.
I don't have any strikes.
I'm surprised you haven't gotten any.
No.
I just curse.
That's the only bad thing.
I can smoke marijuana.
Oh, they let you smoke?
I smoke on camera.
I mean, how can they tell if it's nicotine or cigarette?
Fucks.
Or weed, you know?
Yeah, that makes sense.
What do you got coming up next, man?
What do I got coming up next?
I'm opening a new location.
I won't disclose the location.
Yeah, I'm going to open up a new timepiece trading.
Okay.
I started selling charter jets.
Damn, moving on to jets now?
Yeah, I saw a jet flight.
Not the plane.
Oh, okay.
The flight.
You want to book a jet from here to LA?
I'll get you.
How How much would that cost from Miami to LA?
Miami to Vegas, I know, is like
$35,000 on average if you're using a mid- For how many seats?
$40,000, maybe.
That's an eight-seater.
Oh, if you split it, it's not terrible.
Yeah.
I have to reconfirm this because I have a partner who runs this, bro.
Don't hold me to these numbers.
It's around there for sure.
That's not too bad.
I just booked myself a jet there.
Yeah, if you split it with three, four guys, I mean, $10K each.
You did your birthday trip to Vegas?
I live in Vegas.
But you didn't do like a PJ-something trip?
Where did I go for my birthday?
I don't remember.
You booked a PJ, right?
Oh, no.
No, I didn't.
That was someone else.
The next time you're going to book, please give me a shot.
If I beat the price, you know, book it with me.
If I take crypto.
If not, book it with whoever you book with.
Yeah, I'm down, dude.
Same thing with watches.
I always tell people, don't even just check with me.
Check with your sources.
If I beat the price, buy it from me.
Next watch I want, I'll hit you on my.
Yeah, come by.
We'll make a vlog.
It'll be nice, bro.
You meet the family.
You see the office.
It's nice.
Oh, yeah.
Where can people find you and buy a watch?
We're in in the dupont building in miami but you could be anywhere in the world really we'll figure it out um timepeace trading on instagram that's the best place to reach out or if you go on our website you could talk to us straight on whatsapp timepeacetradingllc.com couldn't get the domain bro this is
selling g shocks and victor's got timepeacetrading.com he's had it for like 10 years and i offered him like 20 000 and the guy probably makes that in like six months and he was like no damn yeah well he probably sees how big you are and he wants more yeah i think he asked for a hundred and i'm like that's a lot.
Yeah, for a domain, I can just make any domain.
Yeah.
You click my link, anyways.
Well, we'll link it below.
Thanks for coming on, bro.
100%.
Thanks for watching.
I appreciate you.
I appreciate your time and appreciate you always making me part of the community and your group chats and trusting me with your people.
Absolutely, brother.
We'll be doing some business in the future.
For sure.
All right.
Peace, guys.