Reply With QuoteGreat selection, Terry - I'm in!
Current Status - 28 people have signed up, so we are full!. £1260 in contributions so far less about £640 for the watches plus P&P means approximately £620 going to Macmillan._______
For the last 2 years, I have organised a mega passaround with the objective of raising money for Macmillan Cancer Support. The 2013 passaround is coming to an end and has once again proven to be very successful. So, due to popular demand, I have been persuaded to organise a third passaround which should get underway in January 2014 and once again, all money raised will be donated to Macmillan Cancer Support.
I appreciate that no one is going to commit to a passaround unless they know what watches will be on offer, so as I did last year, I have once again stuck my neck out and purchased four interesting and varied watches for the 2014 passaround. The four watches (with pictures) are:
Seiko Goglo 13 Limited Edition with EPD display on leather deployment strap – used but mint with box & papers
Seagull 1963 reissue chrono with display back - brand new with box & papers
Bulova Precisonist (on leather for the passaround but supplied on a bracelet for the eventual winner) - brand new with box & papers
Void V03b – brand new with box & papers
Here’s how it will work:
If you wish to participate, reply to this post (no PMs please) and I will add you to the list of participants. Your place in the list will be your number in the draw at the end of the passaround. Cost of participation is set at £45 and can either be paid by BT or personal cheque. I will PM payment details as and when people indicate their wish to join.
Participants will be organised into 4 groups and each group will be allocated one of the 4 watches. Watches will be sent to the first person in each group (minus box etc. to keep charges down). They will keep the watch for 2 weeks and then post it to the next person on the list. When all members of a group have had their turn with a watch, it is passed on to the next group and so on until we get to the end.
Anyone participating agrees to adhere to this timetable, to take good care of the watches whilst in their possession, to pack the watches well and to use registered mail (RMSD) when posting them on to other participants.
The draw for each watch will take place when they have been returned to me and I have had my 2 weeks of pleasure. Winners of a watch in a particular draw will not participate in subsequent draws. I will post the watches to the winners complete with all boxes and papers as originally supplied to me.
I will set an upper limit of 28 participants. We have managed to sign up 22 participants for each of the previous passarounds. It would be really good if we could surpass that total this time, remembering that every additional participant is an additional £45 for Macmillan once we have broken even.
Participant list
1 - Tim Barlow (paid)
2 - Paulpsz008 (paid)
3 - Andrew Emerson (paid)
4 - Simonoakey (paid)
5 - Bloater (Paid)
6 - hsukirk (paid)
7 - Optimum (paid)
8 - PRGH (paid)
9 - Jestermedia (paid)
10 - Steve2564 (paid)
11 - Pete Gower (paid)
12 - Darren Humphrey (paid)
13 - Dave+63 (paid)
14 - Badger Plus (paid)
15 - teadazed (paid)
16 - Velorum (paid)
17 - luckyal (paid)
18 - hhh (paid)
19 - Gunner (paid)
20 - Wisemoth (paid)
21 - docd (paid)
22 - Hatco1800es (paid)
23 - not taken
24 -SeanST150 (Paid)
25 -itsgotournameonit (paid)
26 -BRGS (paid)
27 - wilfmannion (paid)
28 - de30m (paid)
Terry
Last edited by kfman; 6th January 2014 at 18:53.
Great selection, Terry - I'm in!
Thank you and great to have you on board againOriginally Posted by Optimum
12 registered so far. 2 more and we break break even and everyone who joins after that means another £45 for Macmillan Cancer Support. Come on guys - it's a good deal for charity regardless of how you feel about the watches.
Great idea, I'll join in for this one please.
Dave
Terry
May I join as well please?
It's a great idea and a brilliant cause.
I'll join in too if possible.
Can you add me to the list please?
Thanks
Ian
Hi Dave and welcome to the 2014 passaround. I will add you to the list and email payment details to you tomorrow.
Regards
Terry
Hi and welcome to the 2014 passaround. I will add your name to the list and email payment details tomorrow.
Regards
Terry
Hi and welcome to the 2014 passaround. I will add your name to the list and send you payment details tomorrow.
ATB
Terry
Hi Ian. Happy to welcome you to the passaround and hope you enjoy the selection of watches. I will PM you tomorrow with payment details
ATB
Terry
Terry,
I'd like to join this please.
thanks
Alex
Great to have you on board Alex. I will add you to the list and send you a PM with payment instructions tomorrow.
ATB
Terry
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Money transferred
Looking forward to this - many thanks for going to the trouble of arranging it Terry!
No problem Ian. I think I would suffer withdrawal symptoms if I didn't :-)
Money transferred.
At least I hope so. If not, someone similar has just got a surprise small christmas bonus.
LOL
I'm in.
Welcome. PM sent with payment details etc.
Up to 20. Would like to at least reach 22 which would allow us to give £300 to Macmillan.
Go on thenI'm in if space is available.
[Edit] Payment on the way
Hmmm Seagull, I hope it arrives first
Last edited by docd; 6th December 2013 at 12:04.
Hi Chris. Welcome on board. I will PM you with payment details.
23 participants, £395 for Macmillan. 5 places left. That would take the total to over £600. Come on guys. Help me to make it happen
Bumpety bump
I was gutted that I wasn't part of the 2013 passaround - I joined the forum after it started. So yes please include me in this one. Cheers, Sean.
Have only just found this thread or I would have said yes days ago.Yes please I would love to be included.
regards
Tony
Yes please add me
Hi Sean. Happy to have you join. I will PM you with details of the payment procedure. Many thanks for your support
Terry
Hi Tony. Happy to have you join. I will PM you with details of the payment procedure. Many thanks for your support
Terry
Hi Jim. Happy to have you join. I will PM you with details of the payment procedure. Many thanks for your support
Terry
Only 2 places left. If you have been dithering, there's no time to lose.
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if there is still room, please count me in.
Great - that's the last place taken. I will send you a PM with payment details some time this morning.
ATB
Terry
Do we have a feedback/review thread? I'm finding the Seiko challenging...
I'm looking forward to getting that one - something a bit different. My turn soon!
I would let Optimum sort out the issues before he releases it
Issues?!. Missed that one - I thought he was just challenged ..
Challenges/Issues,I have no concept of that watch hence the pass around but that looks one complicated piece. Might be wrong.Guess I will find out
Void arrived this morning and is on as I type. not my usual type of thing but I guess that's the point.
Hi Kirk,
I think you follow me in the pass round - I've not had the seagull yet, so guess you are a few weeks away yet....
Si
just to wet your appetite.......
Thought to myself just about half an hour a go that when that one arrives I am going to struggle to wear it but having seen that picture I am not too sure anymore.The Void is a great little watch for the money.The only watch I have managed to wear on a nato and actually enjoyed.
took me half a day to get used to it....usually metal not nato, but I like it and wear it often.
I just passed on the Seiko Golgo 13 after an interesting 2 weeks of trying to work out the functions without the aid of a manual. It was a fascinating experience, not having worn a digital since I was a wee boy (the short lived Nike I bought from Watch Hut as a holiday frippery excepted). A lot of fun to be had playing with the functions and the graphics on the e-ink display were diverting. I even found the build quality to be more solid than I was expecting - it's actually black coated steel and benefits from a reasonable strap and deployant clasp. Being e-ink like a Kindle, the display does exhibit an obvious spasm when it refreshes, but I can forgive this for the clarity it offers. I didn't like the front-light much as it illuminates from one side only and felt like an afterthought. Having said all that the novelty was starting to wear thin by the time my loan period was through, and I was glad to strap on an anachronistic old ticker. I'm an analogue guy in a digital world, god help me when smart watches take over.
Think there should have been more feedback TBH from the people on the passaround.Its all been a bit quiet.
Not a criticism at all and defiantly not intended but would just like to have seen some more pictures and comments from the group with feedback on the watches they have received over the 2 weeks of "Owner ship"
And that Seiko sounds like bags of fun.
Wearing it today. I wasn't convinced at first but it is growing on me.
How's this going guys? Any feedback on what you've got at the moment? I Cant remember when my next watch is on it's way, but seeing it on others' wrists should help me get a little excited of what's next.
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