Universal Geneve Watches On Ebay

martinc

It has often happened to me that after winning an auction, the seller cancelled everything, obviously accepting a (higher) private offer. I have always been angry with such sellers and felt that acting like that as a buyer is “unfair”…
Well… I would like to apologize here publicly to the person who won this auction. I couldn’t bid as I don’t have a US address and don’t trust the “forwarding” companies. Just for “fun” I attempted to make a private offer to the seller after the auction’s end… and to my surprise he accepted and sent the watch to Europe.

So here is this 22497 Compur saying hello from Prague:

martinc

I understand your view @bgrisso and that’s why I made my apologies, although I don’t think that making an offer or asking if there is still a possibility to discuss sale is against any rules and per se “unethical” (a rather strong word, isn’t it?)…
Just to fully clarify - I obviously tried to contact the seller well before the end of the auction to which I got no answer and repeated my offer after auction has ended, without expecting any response… because losing at auctions (and even not being able to participate in them) is simply part of the game and I am used to it.
But one would be an idiot not to ask about a watch if he is interested.





Sorry @Larry S , if this comment refers to my post, I unfortunately don’t understand what is meant.