CousinsUK Price Fluctuations?

DocHolliday · Jan 21, 2015

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!

TNTwatch · Jan 21, 2015

Fluctuation? Isn't that better than just one way of going up (that's all I've seen from them regarding Omega parts)?

Waynepjr · Jan 21, 2015

It is only going to get worse.....

Wayne

pascs · Jan 21, 2015

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 🙁

Waynepjr · Jan 21, 2015

They are definitely price gouging at this point... Getting what they can while they can. 🫨

Stewart H · Jan 22, 2015

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.

Northernman · Jan 22, 2015

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.

base615 · Jan 22, 2015

Northernman
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.

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.

Northernman · Jan 22, 2015

base615
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.

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.
😀

ketiljo · Jan 23, 2015

Northernman
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.
😀

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.

Northernman · Jan 23, 2015

ketiljo
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.

How true, however generic parts and minor tools are still well within. Just had a GBP120 shipment over. GBP15 shipment cost.
😀

ChrisN · Jan 24, 2015

Stewart H
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.

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

CousinsUK Price Fluctuations?

DocHolliday

TNTwatch

Waynepjr

pascs

Waynepjr

Stewart H

Northernman

base615

Northernman

ketiljo

Northernman

ChrisN

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