I hate GSP for the simple reason that it blocks me from buying watches from the USA. There is no restriction on UK on the advertised listing and yet, if it’s GSP I can never bid, missed a few bargains recently and was very disappointed!
Yeah, this is extremely infuriating. I inquired about this from eBay, and they told me that this is due to import restrictions to certain countries. They were unable to tell me what this import restriction in this case is, and pointed me to contact customs office in my country (Finland). I told them I had imported quite a number of watches over the years, and there are no restrictions to importing 2nd hand watches. This did not convince them, and I sort of understand that, as I am not a customs officer, even though I think the number of countries banning the import of old watches must be rather close to zero.. Then I pointed out that they should at least be able to tell me on what basis they blocked the bid, as it was their system that actually did so, based on the information in the listing. They told me that they can't tell me this because it is up to customs, told me once again to contact the customs office in Finland. After insisting on a proper answer, they claimed that they had answered my question in full detail already and that was it! I just quit at this point and have not bought anything from eBay since.
Oh, and this was not anything to do with alligator skin straps etc., or possibly fake Rolexes, these were vintage Seikos on metal bracelets (or without bracelet), and not very expensive ones at that.
While there is a very small chance of lost parts being recovered, it seems they are willing to resolve matters financially without too much trouble now.
WOW. Just received my second watch through the eBay "authenticity guarantee" program and it is now the second watch in a row I purchased that had missing parts!
My last issue was documented here:
https://omegaforums.net/threads/eba...to-come-up-missing-parts.123968/#post-1670602
This time I had purchased a vintage Speedmaster. I just got the watch and opened it up - only to find that there is no dust cover. The dust cover is clearly shown in the seller's pictures and seller confirmed dust cover was placed back on. Removal of the dust cover is required for eBay to record the serial number.
A vintage dust cover is probably a $250 part. At least from what I've seen on eBay. Won't be able to speak to anyone until Monday, although probably won't do much good.
This is an interesting one b/c had I not opened it, would have never known... at least not for a little while.
Have seen and heard nothing but utter carelessness by the authenticators.
This is truly outrageous. I'm not sure if I just have bad luck, but 2 in a row is not a good track record. Has anyone else had experiences like this?
what was the authenticator's address??
I have sold several expensive watches since November 2020 which went to the authenticators first.
I have not experienced any problems. Are some just overwhelmed with watches, careless or actually stealing??
