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Poor disclosure in sales threads!

shandroid

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The quality of the photos and descriptions in sales threads of late is piss-poor!

Near mint, is NEAR MINT!!!! Not, dinged up, not scratched, not a movement with a seconds hand that doesn't reset to 12, a stripped crown tube... That's a bloody parts watch / daily beater!!!! Right?!

Near mint is basically a new watch aesthetically that is like new, but has been gently worn with no discernible difference to a Mint watch, other than the fact that it's seen some light wrist time!

**** me - is it really that ******* hard?!

If you're going to sell, open your ******* eyes and have a look at what you're selling. If its marked, say it - you don't have to make it out to be worse than it is, just tell the ******* truth.

I've sold plenty of daily wearers, plenty of near mint, plenty of gens, plenty of reps and all have been advertised clearly, and priced accordingly.

Needless to say, in the last couple of months I've received 'near mint' watches with scratched dials (!!!!) dinged cases (and all of the above) bracelets without endlinks (rendering the bracelet a ******* useless paper weight!), and not all are from noobs!

Am I the only one who reckons this is bullshit?! You should be bloody well banned from sales for 3 months if you try this shit!

It's an age old topic I know, but for crying out loud, enough is enough!

End rant!


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iggypop

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It's a topic that needs to be refreshed new memebers are coming in everyday and not reading old threads
 

ceoCorona

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I think people are afraid of leaving negative feedback for fear of unwarranted retaliation from the other party. IMO
 

SSTEEL

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I hear you mate, and I too have seen for sale threads not mentioning things that I have clearly spotted, and when I post to mention it, sometimes it gets addressed reasonably, but other times, I get the table turned on me, and get told to sod off. Its the latter that I would like to see sort their shit out.
 

shandroid

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I hear you mate, and I too have seen for sale threads not mentioning things that I have clearly spotted, and when I post to mention it, sometimes it gets addressed reasonably, but other times, I get the table turned on me, and get told to sod off. Its the latter that I would like to see sort their shit out.

Yeh, exactly mate.

It's just really poor form and ruins a big part of our hobby - buying and selling.

I've sold beaters in better condition than the watch I received today!


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davylloyd

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There will always be a (hopefully small) percentage of people who think it's fair game to behave like this.

Name and shame, sales ban, outright ban - who knows what might help?

My faith in human nature gets restored occasionally, for instance I recently bought a PO that was described as a daily beater with all the usual dings and scratches. It was actually far better than described - so good on you, mate.
 

sharpestknifeinthedrawer

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Yeah i know where you are coming from.

Recently on the poor end of a sale.

Described as mint but far from it when i recieved it !

Did not leave neg feedback just put it down to bad luck.

But everytime i look at it, i wish i had.

Will
 

carlton

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+1 on name the seller and give negative feedback. By not stating honest condition of the watch it is amounting to cheating imo.
 

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lmvfernandes

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I buyed and sold some watches here, and i try to disclosure all defects, and when the watch isn't as described i try to get some agreement with buyer/seller. I think that's the way to do deals on RWI. Just my 2 cents.
 

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shandroid

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Truck driver to the rescue after learning this dancer was not what they seemed to be (from a distance)...

You were eyeing off the same watch mate... I took a bullet for you, TB!


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ShiroTenshi

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One of the reason I tend to buy new most of the time ...


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