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I had set up email alerts for when Speedy's are listed on eBay last year, and that added fuel to the fire.
So I get a notification, view the listing (with terrible photos), send a few offers, and within 20 minutes nearly spend my entire watch collection at once.
Stupid? Yes.
The package arrives at the border and I head over, already planning to send it back.
I open it up, and... it's not great, but it's not bad?
I look under a loupe: some lume loss, polished case, small mark on the minute subdial, hands are worse than I thought. I definitely overpaid (just under 5K after duties). If this was 6 months ago, I would have been boxing it back up.
I shrug it off, "it's good enough", and take it home.
Perfection is the enemy of the good, and after a 4 year hiatus, I am part of the club again 😀
I had set up email alerts for when Speedy's are listed on eBay last year, and that added fuel to the fire.
So I get a notification, view the listing (with terrible photos), send a few offers, and within 20 minutes nearly spend my entire watch collection at once.
Stupid? Yes.
The package arrives at the border and I head over, already planning to send it back.
I open it up, and... it's not great, but it's not bad?
I look under a loupe: some lume loss, polished case, small mark on the minute subdial, hands are worse than I thought. I definitely overpaid (just under 5K after duties). If this was 6 months ago, I would have been boxing it back up.
I shrug it off, "it's good enough", and take it home.
Perfection is the enemy of the good, and after a 4 year hiatus, I am part of the club again 😀
