We all have a choice of where we buy and where we sell...but there is a certain etiquette as both a buyer and a seller to which we should all abide by and tyrantlizardrex has outlined perfectly well. In a previous work-life, 'my word is my bond' was instilled from the start and is something that has never left me.
Occasionally we've had dudes do that and have it implode in a big way, I remember one flipper turned dealer was in over his head financially and had arranged for himself to be the middleman on a fairly expensive at the time Speedmaster. He fronted the money to the guy with the watch on credit or with his rent money or something, received the watch, then the buyer he had lined up for it backed out and he got stuck with it, then turned around and tried to return it claiming condition issues that didn't exist. That guy got banned long ago but a few have tried to make a business of that since then and also gotten caught / had their privileges revoked.
Side story on this topic...
My father negotiated for a living, was quite good at it, but he is generally easy to deal with. About 15 years ago, when Craigslist was becoming a thing in North America, I helped him list some quite nice patio furniture online for sale. My mother and he were moving, the furniture was barely used, and he wanted to get rid of it, so we listed it at a throwaway price.
Multiple people reached out, but one individual said they would take it. I marked it sold and arranged to meet at my parents' residence on a Saturday afternoon. At the agreed time, an SUV with a trailer pulls up, clearly there to pick up the furniture. The gentleman then proceeds to offer half of the asking price...
My father looked him dead in the eye and said he would gladly burn the furniture on the lawn right there and then rather than taking any amount less than the asking price, given the value of our collective time.
The gentlemen looked shocked, but the full asking price was then paid, and we assisted in loading the items on the trailer. I've never forgotten that interaction; people can be scummy, but life is tough, and all we can do is act within our principles.
Don’t waste time asking about a watch you clearly aren’t going to buy and can’t afford.
A sale is not a free question session.
Having a chat with a seller lately where 50% of contact about his watch for sale want to know more about the watch than actually buy it… one actually asked where he would find a similar Watch cheaper in his price range 🤦
Well for what i'm concerned, i wish i could reach the 200 post limit so i can sell on OF
i've been on the forum for a while but i guess i'm not very talkative
Well for what i'm concerned, i wish i could reach the 200 post limit so i can sell on OF
i've been on the forum for a while but i guess i'm not very talkative
Well for what i'm concerned, i wish i could reach the 200 post limit so i can sell on OF
i've been on the forum for a while but i guess i'm not very talkative
Well for what i'm concerned, i wish i could reach the 200 post limit so i can sell on OF
i've been on the forum for a while but i guess i'm not very talkative
I’m in the same boat. Been a member over a year and a half. But getting closer…
