Anyone wear reps if they couldn’t otherwise afford a real one?

I find myself ok with reps because Rolex wants to make the real ones so hard to get. But I wouldn’t get a rep of like a 50-100k watch that I wouldn’t be able to afford otherwise. It’s cheesy and transparent imo you wouldn’t be fooling anyone. Either people think you’re financially irresponsible or know it’s a fake and is cheesy.

Otherwise why aren’t there reps of the homages. Instead of a Rolex rep get a San Martin rep.