Forums Latest Members

CousinsUK Price Fluctuations?

  1. DocHolliday Jan 21, 2015

    Posts
    201
    Likes
    182
    Has anyone noticed a price fluctuation with Cousinsuk.com? I was ready to order all the parts for my NOS Seamaster 300M parts today, and just from last night at $1256 GBP it jumped up to 1538 GBP. I refreshed my checkout, and it went back down to 1138 GBP. This is all before shipping? By the way, I'm not happy that shipping through TNT International would cost $238.80 just to get those little parts to my house in Texas! Has anyone else seen price gouging fluctuations I'm speaking of?

    I wonder if it's set up like airlines where when one person buys a part it will raise the price of that item for a certain time before it jumps down. Just crazy!
     
  2. TNTwatch Jan 21, 2015

    Posts
    2,876
    Likes
    1,949
    Fluctuation? Isn't that better than just one way of going up (that's all I've seen from them regarding Omega parts)?
     
  3. Waynepjr Jan 21, 2015

    Posts
    389
    Likes
    266
    It is only going to get worse.....

    Wayne
     
  4. pascs Jan 21, 2015

    Posts
    1,634
    Likes
    5,657
    The prices are really bad now. In November I was looking at buying a SM300 case from Cousins, it was £635, its now £1050 - thats some huge price increase :(
     
  5. Waynepjr Jan 21, 2015

    Posts
    389
    Likes
    266
    They are definitely price gouging at this point... Getting what they can while they can. ::rant:
     
  6. Stewart H Honorary NJ Resident Jan 22, 2015

    Posts
    3,070
    Likes
    3,510
    Even though I am a customer of Cousins and this does affect me, I don't blame them at all. I think it might even have something to do with not wanting people to stock-pile parts. Realistically, the people to blame are Swatch

    With supplies of Omega and ETA parts ceasing at the end of this year, a fair chunk of Cousins' turnover is going to hit the wall overnight.
     
    Waynepjr likes this.
  7. Northernman Lemaniac Jan 22, 2015

    Posts
    4,422
    Likes
    18,121
    And the currencies are also unstable at the moment.
    Shipment to the US seems unreasonably high though? Could it be they prefer European clients? I am also a customer with them, and shipment across the North Sea to Norway is more than reasonable:) 5-20GBP depending on weight and value using Royal Mail.

    Clipboard03.jpg
     
  8. base615 Jan 22, 2015

    Posts
    1,024
    Likes
    3,926
    When I buy from them the Royal Mail shipping to Australia is about 10 quid but I think if the order is over 1000 quid they only give you the TNT option which is 158 quid.
     
  9. Northernman Lemaniac Jan 22, 2015

    Posts
    4,422
    Likes
    18,121
    Never ordered anything there in a single shipment exceeding GBP200. Good to know;)!
    For parts like crystals and minor tools I try to keep the order below GBP25. Then they ship unregistered at about GBP2.
    :)
     
  10. ketiljo Jan 23, 2015

    Posts
    292
    Likes
    427
    Not much you can get for £25 anymore, at least not Omega parts. A Speedmaster crystal is £40 or so, it was £20 last year. Crazy.
     
  11. Northernman Lemaniac Jan 23, 2015

    Posts
    4,422
    Likes
    18,121
    How true, however generic parts and minor tools are still well within. Just had a GBP120 shipment over. GBP15 shipment cost.
    :)
     
  12. ChrisN Jan 24, 2015

    Posts
    2,218
    Likes
    4,756
    They do have to make money when they can as Stewart says. That complete case keeps going up: November 2014 it was £634; December 2014 rose to £824; I just looked now and it is £1024. All of these need 20% VAT on top. Can't see it coming down from that level with the banking news from Switzerland so building one of these is going to be very expensive from now as there's a few hundred more for dial and hands.:( Luckily, I did mine a year ago.:)

    I've never seen any of their prices vary up and down by hour or day though.

    Cheers, Chris