Speedmaster reduced has problems

Rodmar

Man you're in New York! You can't tell me you can't find a competent watch maker within an hour or to to give you a detailed estimate to get this repaired!

Do not spent the money to overnight your watch somewhere and then expect the seller to reimburse you. I would contact eBay again and tell them what they're own policy is. Hell you have 30 days in general just to report it, so 6 days doesn't even make sense!

Are you making this entire thing up???

I could of also sworn that you were specifically told to expect to have to serice any speedy you decided to go with when it comes to the reduced.....if you paid full price for this in general, I think this whole thing is on you.

Vintage Lemania

I am absolutely not making this up. Fortunately, up until this point I've never had an issue with any watch I've bought on Ebay being not as described..so all of this is very new to me when it comes to opening disputes on Ebay.

efauser

I have had two disputes opened against me (one I referred to earlier), the other was a watch that worked perfectly when I mailed it to Australia, well enough that the buyer gave me positive feedback. A couple of weeks later, a dispute was filed because the watch wasn't working. Supposedly the buyer took it to his watchmaker who told him it had a broken balance staff. He said he'd keep the watch if I paid the service fee; a mere 300.00 AUD. He bought the watch for $350 USD.

I complained to eBay that the watch worked perfectly when shipped and the seller gave me positive feedback when he received it. Didn't matter, eBay ruled against me. I got the watch back, had the balance staff replaced for $30.00 and sold it for $100.00 more.

The bottom line: Unless something is very fishy, eBay isn't going to rule against you.

Rodmar

At that price why didn't you just purchase from a fellow member on the forums? I just looked @WatchVaultNYC 's stock and he has freshly serviced pieces even cheaper then you paid for that one!

Vintage Lemania

Exactly. The nay reason why Im taking it this far is simply because the watch isn't as described..plain and simple. It was described by the seller as "looks and works amazingly." The chronograph doesn't fully reset to zero, the minute hand jumps when its started, and the subdial counting seconds freezes for a second when the chrono is engaged..clearly not working "amazingly" I get that these have issues from time to time and all mechanical watches need a service(heck, I just paid almost $900 last year to have my 80s Air King worked on). Im not disputing any of that. I would have never bought it if I had been told how messed up the watch truly is.

Im going to continue with obtaining the estimate and hopefully it will work out. Im not pulling any shady shit..so I don't see why it wouldn't as you further reiterated.

Rodmar

At that price why didn't you just purchase from a fellow member on the forums? I just looked @WatchVaultNYC 's stock and he has freshly serviced pieces even cheaper then you paid for that one!

efauser

Hindsight is 20/20.

Rodmar

Not if he was told to in a different thread

Archer

I don't know if it was eBay or PayPal, but I wrote a letter for a customer about a watch in dispute and I recall the time frame he was given to provide it was very tight.

Vintage Lemania

I took a risk and got burned unfortunately..I admit that.

Vintage Lemania

It seems that they just have a very tight time frame..unfortunately. Im glad they were willing to give me an extension..but I sure wish it was longer that 3 days past the 26th.

efauser

Are you seriously asking that question? I think getting an answer by the 26th is unreasonable but something tells me there's more to this than we've been told.

ac106

What I don't understand is what does the service have to do with anything really. The watch was described as working and in good condition and its neither of those things. why would eBay want you to get a quote for a service to repair it? if it needs repair, it's SNAP to begin with

Rodmar

Not if he was told to in a different thread