I looked on an online auction catalogue and I saw this...

[ewand]

Both of these popped up on my various auction alerts the other day... how bizarre... and I was only searching for "Seiko"


SHI*TE METAL - Edit - now corrected to say "White metal" - boooo

TTF watch

Edited by ewand on Monday 23 October 18:38

[x5tuu]

ewand said:

Both of these popped up on my various auction alerts the other day... how bizarre... and I was only searching for "Seiko"


SHI*TE METAL

TTF watch

TTF on Auction Lot 69 too ... oh the irony/coincidence - take your pick

[anonymous-user]

Just looked generally
Expensive watches,
Typically 29% buyers fees

Would have to be seriously cheap, or may as well buy via Ebay (with their first rate protection)

[ewand]

James6112 said:

Just looked generally
Expensive watches,
Typically 29% buyers fees

Would have to be seriously cheap, or may as well buy via Ebay (with their first rate protection)

Ah, yes, well if you're buying high end then don't put any confidence in their "authentication service" as its cursory at best or might even cause damage to the watch that's being "inspected".

Ebay is so chock full of dodgy watches that you'd only want to buy anything remotely valuable if you can be sure to buy the seller completely (ie there are plenty out there who you just know are straight and good, but there are many more who are not), or if you really know your st so that you can spot stuff where the seller doesn't realise what they've got.

Buying at proper auctions is a bit of a sport though - you still see stuff slip through other collectors gazes; yes, the auctioneers take a high fee for adding little value other than by making things visible that would otherwise not be. Yes, there's a big risk that if you do buy at auction, then it won't be what you're expecting (eg £250 watch that looks good but needs a £400 service right away), and you are largely protection-free.

However, I've bought the odd watch and other stuff at auctions, where I would have been prepared to pay 2-3x what the hammer price was, so the fees etc don't matter so much, and in some cases, what I received was miles better than what I expected. It's all the fun of the chase

Edited by ewand on Monday 23 October 18:40