You know its odd, I am buying a watch that has sat unsold for months on this forum with no comments, and people that know the watch think its a good deal... Its just a very under the radar watch that takes a long time to hunt and gather information on... So while lots of people love how they look and they are attractively priced, people don't take the time to learn and hunt.
Just saying...
You know its odd, I am buying a watch that has sat unsold for months on this forum with no comments, and people that know the watch think its a good deal... Its just a very under the radar watch that takes a long time to hunt and gather information on... So while lots of people love how they look and they are attractively priced, people don't take the time to learn and hunt.
Just saying...
I don’t understand the people on OF who are convinced that every watch should be sold within hours, regardless of price-point, what kind of watch it is, how broad the appeal, etc.
I get it, for the Ebay hunters that manage to snag decent vintage watches for bottom dollar and the sel them for a few hundred $/€ with no work or service into them. For that type of “flip”, and at that price point, if it sits for many months, it’s probably priced too high.
However, for higher priced special watches, there’s a good chance it’ll take some time to find the right buyer who’s looking for that particular watch at that time. It’s absurd to think that person should drop the price by 10% per week until someone is enticed into buying it simply because it’s under-priced enough to be a good opportunity.
Because people have differing views on purchases, sales and maximum transaction timeline, it wouldn’t be appropriate for individuals to make price comments in FS ads.
Should Trash Gorden have declared that redial on his 2577? Discuss.
He seems to sell a lot of watches, I would have thought he would have noticed.
EDIT: It has been ascertained I should have used the term service dial rather than redial, assuming we agree it looks like a factory replacement rather than a D Bill etc repaint.
This is true. In fact, on multiple occasions I have stopped bumping a listing on OF after a while and listed it elsewhere, including eBay. Often they sold for more than I asked on OF. OF is a relatively small community, and not every watch will find the right buyer here (even good watches that are priced correctly).
This is true. In fact, on multiple occasions I have stopped bumping a listing on OF after a while and listed it elsewhere, including eBay. Often they sold for more than I asked on OF. OF is a relatively small community, and not every watch will find the right buyer here (even good watches that are priced correctly).
This is the only watch forum that I regularly contribute to, though I am a member of half a dozen others. The reason I use this site a lot is because of the "feel" of the place. That feel is created by its membership in the same way many of the old fora that used to exist across different platforms (back in the day when going online meant switching the phone sockets around and a decent gust of wind in the wrong place meant you lost connection).
That "family feel", at least to me, gives members the right to point out errors or things that may have been overlooked. More than that, it demands that any misleading statements be corrected.
Now, when it comes to commenting on someone else's thread (and particularly sales) what you describe comes down to manners. It is polite to point these things out in a PM rather than in a public thread purely to remove the chance of embarrassing the original poster. It's their thread, they should make any amendments. If that doesn't work, then a comment to the thread is perfectly proper. FS threads aren't the place for arguments over a piece but we have great mods who are able to manage the potential for any argument. (Note that when I use the word "argument", I include the constructive discussion of flaws or differences in a piece as well as genuine disagreements. The former should be welcomed by all and it should be understood that there is no malice is such discussions while the latter has the potential to devolve into a malicious disagreement and should not be entertained).
Are you being overly sensitive? Well, it all depends on context.
Hello all,
I appreciate the fact that members are allowed to make comments on watches offered for sale on the private sales board. I, myself, like to give a thumbs up or point out irregularities that haven't been disclosed by the seller. I think it's fair to sellers and buyers.
With regards to irregularities, I will comment, as will most members only if said irregularity wasn't disclosed by the seller. I do however take some level of exception when a member comments on an irregularity disclosed by the seller. Any potential buyer might certainly be turned off by such comments "piled on" top of the seller's honest disclosure. For example, if a seller discloses a blemish on the dial and somebody chimes in with a "..too bad there's a blemish on the dial or else this would be a good buy...".
Thoughts? Am I being over sensitive?
Cheers,
