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When did you know you needed to thin the herd?
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Oku
·It is not my collection, but have a look, may be you find it:
http://forums.timezone.com/index.php?t=msg&goto=3763171&rid=31519#msg_3763171
http://forums.timezone.com/index.php?t=msg&goto=3763171&rid=31519#msg_3763171
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prontoprint
·This is dilemma I'm facing. Keep intending to thin the collection but it's hard to take that first step. I'd be no good as a farmer sending piglets to market !!
I guess I better start doing it though as funds do eventually run out, usually just as you find that "one" you were always looking for !!
I guess I better start doing it though as funds do eventually run out, usually just as you find that "one" you were always looking for !!
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Speedmasterfan88
·I intend to keep a mainstay of three watches in the collection, most of them with sentimental value. Those won't be sold. Everything else is always on the edge of being sold if I need the funds for something new or something not watch related.
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Canuck
·Several years ago, I sold my Rolex Oyster Daytona Cosmograph. I figured that, should I kick the bucket, and my wife calls someone to come and make a offer on my collection, the offer for the whole collection would be less that the price I got for the Daytona! And I sold the Daytona for far below what I see them being offered at, on eBay, and other on line sources. (Do people actually pay those prices?). So, one by one, I'll divest myself of a few, and then let my estate worry about what is left over. One down, 119 left to go.
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prontoprint
·This is also my excuse for slowly getting to 200 posts . So I can't officially sell anything on here . Makes a change from those that do speed posting in order to flip watches ;-)
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dscoogs
·It is not my collection, but have a look, may be you find it:
http://forums.timezone.com/index.php?t=msg&goto=3763171&rid=31519#msg_3763171
And he's got at least 1 Speedmaster! Incredible story, thanks for sharing.
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UncleBuck
··understands the decision making hierarchySo, one by one, I'll divest myself of a few, and then let my estate worry about what is left over
I plan on swelling to a dozen good ones (maybe have 4 that make me tingle out of 25 so far), enjoy the hell out of them.....and then slowly sell them off until I end up with only one left, one to sell to my son on my deathbed! (apologies Billy Crystal or Mel Brooks, I forget which).
You guys have all been to estate sales and auctions, don't let it happen to you!
I asked a forum leader to serve as a guide to my heirs in case the above plan doesn't work out.
Hopefully, he remembers!
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Wing Zero
·I usually get rid of stuff when it doesn't get much wrist time.... or when my wife makes me get rid of one to make room for another toy.
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watchknut
·When my PayPal Credit statement came in and said, "you owe $X by Y date to avoid interest charges..."
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Rman
·When you have to upgrade your safety deposit box to a bigger size... for the second time. 😗
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Emeister
·You guys have all been to estate sales and auctions, don't let it happen to you!
I asked a forum leader to serve as a guide to my heirs in case the above plan doesn't work out.
Hopefully, he remembers!
There's an app to be developed there by some enterprising OFer.
Snap a picture of each watch, record a market value (updated regularly) and list contact details of members with dibs or potential interest.
Maybe even a possible addition to our OF Profile? (user name and password recorded in Will) @dsio @Trev ???