How not to Conduct a Sale

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dsio

·Jan 8, 2015·Ash @ ΩF

I've done a deal in a hospital waiting room while the dude's wife was giving birth, banks, restaurants etc. If you're a well known regular and good tipper at a well staffed and surveilled restaurant you're in a pretty good place so that tends to be my go-to.

 

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bilemshious

·Jan 8, 2015

dsio

I've done a deal in a hospital waiting room while the dude's wife was giving birth

Were you buying or selling at this point?

 

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dsio

·Jan 8, 2015·Ash @ ΩF

bilemshious

Were you buying or selling at this point?

Buying, it was my Gemini IV Speedmaster, his wife was baby guilting him into selling the last of his toys, was a very sad, dejected, defeated man, actually felt quite bad buying it from him.

 

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cicindela

·Jan 8, 2015·Steve @ ΩF

dsio

Buying, it was my Gemini IV Speedmaster, his wife was baby guilting him into selling the last of his toys, was a very sad, dejected, defeated man, actually felt quite bad buying it from him.

So how long did it last 😗

 

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puddlep1rate

·Jan 8, 2015

I think the only place I would do a face to face transaction would be at a bank where the buyer withdraws money from a teller. I don't know how I would feel about taking out thousands of dollars from an envelope in a public place and counting it, not to mention the possibility of bad bills.

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Archer

·Jan 9, 2015·Omega Qualified Watchmaker

cicindela

Too bad, you might have got a free doughnut 😁

I can't eat those anymore! Not that I ate them often mind you...

 

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ulackfocus

·Jan 9, 2015

Mmmmmmm, donuts......

 

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Northernman

·Jan 9, 2015·Lemaniac

Since most "real people" are leaving digital traces I must admit that potential buyers for F2F deals are going through a Google search++
If their e-mail / phone / adress / story does not match up, I would stay clear.
However I must admit that all I have done direct business with so far has been a real good experience. Always nice to chat with someone with the same hobby!

 

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Norms

·Jan 9, 2015

Scary. I always bring a friend to these private deals

 

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Northernman

·Jan 9, 2015·Lemaniac

Norms

Scary. I always bring a friend to these private deals

 

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rick ch

·Jan 9, 2015

Archer

I did the exchange on a watch I was selling at a Tim Horton's once (largest fast food/coffee/doughnut chain in Canada), and both myself and the buyer remarked it felt like we were doing a drug deal. I think for WIS, in many ways the JLC I sold was like crack. And no, the buyer was not Rob Ford! 😉

It certainly did feel odd exchanging a heavy box for an envelope full of cash...

If I ever do a deal with Archer, I'm going to insist on a Timmy's meet! lol

 

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Baco Noir

·Jan 9, 2015

I've sold a Tudor Date Day Jumbo in the parking lot of a convenience store in downtown Denver - not the best site selection. But, as others have said, I have have a CCW permit and was carrying, not for the buyer, but for the other prying eyes.

 

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MSNWatch

·Jan 9, 2015·Vintage Omega Aficionado

JLC (sold now) at a bank lobby
18k gold connie at a private house
18k seamaster at an outdoor table in a cafe
18k omega at a 7-11 store
Ploprof at a parking lot outside a McD
321 speedmaster at a hospital lobby
Multiple vintage omegas at a diner over breakfast and coffee

 

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ulackfocus

·Jan 9, 2015

cicindela

Who are you going to call?

Almost missed that one!

 

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Privateday7

·Jan 10, 2015

Bought a vintage seamaster in parking lot of a gas station in exchange for a wad of cash. I knew the pump boys and several drivers in queue were looking at us with wonder, if not suspicious.
Most of other transaction I will insist doing in mall. If you visit malls (and other high rise building such as hotel and offices) in Jakarta you know every entrance and exit door will have security staffs and screening metal detector or even x-Ray scanner. A significant deterrent for hit run robbery (pickpocket is another story). Payment will be done through transfer via ATM in that mall.

 

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STANDY

·Jan 10, 2015·schizophrenic pizza orderer and watch collector

Bought a boat and payed the guy in 12k cash on the boat during a test ride in Croc infested waters.With the first post now i think he was onto something. 😎

 

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Geo!

·Jan 10, 2015

My strangest venue for a transaction happened last year, not for a wrist watch but a seven foot longcase clock. I saw the clock in an antique emporium when I was on holiday in York and just had to have it. The only problem was the guy that was selling it wasn't in the place. I managed to contact him on his mobile and arranged to do the deal in the private car park at York Minster Cathedral. It turned out that he has to wind up the clocks in the cathedral twice a week. Once I handed over the wad of cash, he invited me into the cathedral and allowed me to wind up one of the two turret clocks.

 

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Darlinboy

·Jan 10, 2015·Pratts! Will I B******S!!!

Foolproof rules I follow to avoid this scenario...

1. No face to face transactions.
2. See rule #1.

 

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sumerian

·Jan 10, 2015

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Now imagine doing that in the parking lot of a mall - think it would raise eyebrows? 😜

Very Suspicious 😉 I should have ran with that C Connie 😁