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Good for picking dew worms though 👍
 
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UncleBuck UncleBuck
Sorry all, it was the first time I've ever heard "sod" used in conversation.

You don't know many Brits?

Oh, we have turf farms where I live too. Another word with many meanings, turf. Shame to see our sod being shipped out, nearly down to the clay now.
 
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MtV MtV
Which I don’t really get since the prices here don’t seem to be the most lucrative for the seller, most offers appear pretty reasonable. So what’s the big deal with being able to sell here?
Shady people will want to sell here to scam someone out of money and disappear. With how great this community is, the chance of that happening is pretty slim. What really is likely to be the case is fee avoidance. Peruse the sales and look at the prices of some of the watches. Now put that onto chrono or eBay and imagine the fees the seller will be faced with afterwards. The 200 post is to prevent someone from coming here to sell and leave all for the sake of avoiding fees. As others have said, this forum isn’t a platform for sales. It’s a platform for learning with an added benefit of being able to sell to likeminded people. You say the prices aren’t the most lucrative... again, this isn’t chrono, eBay, or Etsy where people either are dealers flipping for the highest profit, individuals seeing those dealer prices and think they too can make that (uneducated-ly - I know not a real word), or people thinking what they have is worth the price of pure gold (when likely it’s not). What you see on this forum is accurate pricing (for the most part) with a sprinkling of a deal here and there. You aren’t likely to pull one over (price wise) on the members here as you’d be called out and embarrassed in front of all to see. Largely the pricing is honest and when it’s not, it will sit and sit and sit unlikely to be sold. To conclude, this is a platform of a great wealth of knowledge with a small side benefit of being able to privately sell in a safe manner.
 
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DaveK DaveK
There was a sod farm near where I grew up in Ontario. No one was ever sure what happened there...
The etymology of the word sod is interesting. The form used in the sense ‘poor old sod” derives from a the word sodomite, in a similar sense to “silly bugger’.

Just what did they get up to on that farm? 😲
 
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YY77 YY77
@vale is on another run again.
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Think @cicindela knocked 50+ posts off him only last night.
 
Walrus
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We have sod farms around here, and they are about as exciting as watching grass grow.
 
YY77
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Passover Passover
Still runnning, maybe he is the 'Marathon Man'?

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yeah bit more substance today but clearly needing to offload a watch.
 
Passover
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YY77 YY77
yeah bit more substance today but clearly needing to offload a watch.

You mean

"what a catch! Conditions is nice.
love the 39mm on the Ed White.

<enjoy it"

? 😉
 
YY77
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Passover Passover
You mean

"what a catch! Conditions is nice.
love the 39mm on the Ed White.

<enjoy it"

? 😉
2 others I was thinking of:
"Take some pics of the UV light
Look at the lugs closely
wich ref is the bracelet
hands are serviced and that's seems a bit pity when looking for a vintage.

Patina index doesn't match the hands so it is your decision at the end but keep that in mind."

"I bet for a Snoopy pricing around 10k or more unfortunately. That will depend of course of the use of white gold or other metals...

Omega is changing is category and trying to be closer to Rolex's prices but with much more fun and research/developpment.

Will be a bit disapointed if the next snoopy comes at 10k or more when you know that the last one was around 7k that seems to be a big gap...

Waiting for the 5th to get some answers..."

At least not one line posts so big improvement considering the past.
 
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BlackTalon BlackTalon
Suggest you do a search, as this has been covered in depth a couple dozen times in just the 3 or so years I've been a member of OF. But it distills down to this (I'll be succinct): It is an OF forum rule, and if you don't like it that's too bad. Ask for your membership fees back.
I think you may be reading this particular fella the wrong way round. I completely agree with your views, but I've a feeling he does too! Perhaps he meant "hustle" not hassle...
 
BlackTalon
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TimeODanaos TimeODanaos
I think you may be reading this particular fella the wrong way round. I completely agree with your views, but I've a feeling he does too! Perhaps he meant "hustle" not hassle...
Agreed -- he indicated so after my post.
 
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The etymology of the word sod is interesting. The form used in the sense ‘poor old sod” derives from a the word sodomite, in a similar sense to “silly bugger’.

Just what did they get up to on that farm? 😲

Did not know this!

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