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[Suerwatch]

how can i trust the process of e-bay trading, i never try it on.

[OI812]

Not often....rule of thumb, SELL on EBay and BUY somewhere else.....at least when it comes to the actual watch. I've bought genuines on TZ, worn them for a year or so, then sold on EBay for a very nice profit. I've seldom seen a truly good buy on a fine watch on Ebay, but, every once in a while you can get a gem on the WIS sites.

[Eton]

I`ve been lucky on Ebay a few times...it just takes patience!!!

[usmctowgnr]

I got lucky on Rolex Forums! I just bought a gen crystal for 35.00. It is a 16710 and I am going to have it installed on a WM9 V2. I know it is for a GMT II but I think the AR on cyclops would be cool on a Sub.

[Stefanp67]

Since RG is down and i am currently dealing heavily on Ebay i must say that the parts and movements i have bought on different forums has so far been in perfect order and reasonably priced while the "as new", "keeps perfect time" and "in good working order" parts i have bought off Ebay has required extensive and expensive servicing and repairing. The only luck i found on Ebay is that my watchmaking skills has increased - i can now clean, repair, oil and time movements and watches.

[tabularasa415]

I did get lucky... and I mean lucky. I JUST bought a TAG Carrera Automatic Calibre 5 used from a gentleman in West Virginia. Some desk dive swirls on the bracelet (took it to the local TAG dealer and had it sent off to the watchmaker for a bracelet refinish at $50), but everything else looked great. The guy I bought it from received a Grand Carrera so he decided to sell. He spelled Carrera "carerra." I honestly think that, combined with his awful pictures worked in my favor. I talked to him beforehand and he was personable and seemed to know his stuff. Great feedback on 47 items and none of it was in watches. So, I won the auction at $654. I asked the dealer to ask the watchmaker to make sure it was authentic before doing the work. I'm actually going to the local AD tomorrow to pick it up. I'll be sure to take pictures and post in the TAG section because I want everyone's professional reassurance that I did by a gen (there's always a little doubt in the back of your mind when you find these things on ebay).

[DrRockso]

tabularasa415, on 19 January 2011 - 05:58 AM, said:

I did get lucky... and I mean lucky. I JUST bought a TAG Carrera Automatic Calibre 5 used from a gentleman in West Virginia. Some desk dive swirls on the bracelet (took it to the local TAG dealer and had it sent off to the watchmaker for a bracelet refinish at $50), but everything else looked great. The guy I bought it from received a Grand Carrera so he decided to sell. He spelled Carrera "carerra." I honestly think that, combined with his awful pictures worked in my favor. I talked to him beforehand and he was personable and seemed to know his stuff. Great feedback on 47 items and none of it was in watches. So, I won the auction at $654. I asked the dealer to ask the watchmaker to make sure it was authentic before doing the work. I'm actually going to the local AD tomorrow to pick it up. I'll be sure to take pictures and post in the TAG section because I want everyone's professional reassurance that I did by a gen (there's always a little doubt in the back of your mind when you find these things on ebay).

Nice pickup, and a good lesson to the seller about the value of proofreading.

[hambone]

Well, once on Ebay I got a date with Monica Belucci for $25.00. I thought that was fairly lucky. She is now my cleaning lady!

[redhouse246]

i have managed to snap up some beauties from ebay, recently got two patek phillipes, sky moon tourbillon rep, and another fine patek, four panerai reps one of them in particular is amazing, a vacheron constantin overseas, a bell&ross, a lovely jaeger, two chopards, i didnt pay any more than £60 for any of them. people dont know what they own and just want rid of them, ebay remove them for being reps and then you swoop in with a low offer and blam new watch!

[armandlefou]

If you want to to get really lucky on eBay, you should look for "typing errors" (I dont know the word in english)

Fujitsu = Fujistu for a lot of users, and you can grab some very nice stuff at incredible prices sinc ethe visibility of the item is very low with this kind of mistake..

Breitling = bretling

[jdoe]

$800 for a gold JLC count as lucky?

[ExtraExtra]

i picked up a beautiful antique baume and mercier ladies gold bangle watch for $200. i wish i kept it.

[omegaunit]

Best deal I ever got was not from Ebay. I picked up a gen Breitling chrono cockpit for $25 in working condition from a thrift store.

[photon]

I got a nice Cortebert movement for quite cheap because it was not running but, it was quite easy fix.

[teoulennon]

Can't say I've had any luck but I've found ebay to be pretty safe in terms of buying

[J M]

i cant even get lucky in normal auctions.

i bought a bag on there 2 weeks ago and the guy told me it must have been lost in the post and because i didnt get insured post i lose out

wtf?

[Virgil Hilts]

Got this on the 'bay. No papers, so it'll always raise an eyebrow, but the dial is a genuine Mark I matte gen dial. The only debate is whether the T&Co was added later. Sure looks gen to me. And frankly, I don't care - as I basically paid the same price one would pay for a regular '67 1675 in great condition. It's a 1.7 mil serial which matches the III/67 date inside the case back, which also synchs up with the Mark I matte dial. If I had the papers for this, it'd be worth about double what I paid for it. Not that I'd ever sell it.

Also, I used to collect and trade a lot of vintage flight jackets (WWII vintage thru Viet Nam era). I once picked up a navy flight jacket for $250 and flipped it for $1350. I'm going to be selling off my collection later this year.

[tyrantblade]

Nope, I've never had any good luck with ebay.

[Seadweller4000]

Eton, on 14 November 2010 - 05:52 PM, said:

I`ve been lucky on Ebay a few times...it just takes patience!!!

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[tomhorn]

Seems the only way to get a good deal on the Bay these days is extreme patience. Especially with watch parts. Fewer 'people' actually running auctions, and many 'businesses' just posting items as BIN with inflated prices.

Looking for a gen DateJust clasp now, and all you can find are fakes, completely beat up, or priced so high it makes my head spin. Same with DateJust dials. BIN @ $500 for a regular stick dial. Are you kidding me?

Most of my great deals have not been in the watch area, but I thought I got a great deal on my TAG Classic 2000. Looked like it had never been worn, complete with box, papers and receipt for less than half what they were going for new at the time.