Advice about selling a watch on Chrono24

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Here are my 2 eurocents to the topic. I bought several watches from C24 and I always took into consideration VAT and shipping cost, as I believe most buyers, who consider buying watches from non EU countries vs EU. Additionally I prefer buying from shops rather from private sellers, as it gives me some assurance that there is some quality control and I will have some clients' support in case of any unforseen events (although not 100% sure if it's really so). Therefore the price difference should be significant enough in order that I consider moving up your offer withing my "shopping list".
 
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I’m not a big seller. I’ve given up on offering items for sale anywhere but the US … the tarif situation is impossible. My last international was an unsolicited private sale to Singapore and the buyer was keen to have the watch, absorb shipping and the bulk of the tarif hit. I was happy with the deal ( eg .., I was still ahead). Another set of negotiations with several EU buyers had them really wanting the watch but demanding that I eat shipping and the import fees on a well priced and rare watch. I sold it to a guy in California and came out ahead. I’d try to sell locally your watch locally or keep it.
 
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A former coworker is from Taiwan, and my first thought was, do you have any friends or family in the USA? If so, you could send it to them (as a gift or whatever means needed to avoid customs/tarriff fees) and they could then in turn send it to the lucky buyer. I write that assuming that the US is the strongest market for the FOIS.

I sold mine last year to a USA buyer, and I can't remember for how much, but I believe that it was around $7K, perhaps a bit less. Like Larry S wrote above, once I've decided to part with a watch (or a car or whatever) I don't worry about what I paid for it, but rather what I might be able to get for it. The former is irrelevant at this point.