Reply With QuoteWhat is it (nosey)
When the girl behind the counter asks the usual "what's in the (3kg) box?" and I reply "a watch"........Think I might save myself the quizzical looks and just tell her it's a clock for ease!!.
Dirty coffee cup is deliberately in the picture to give an idea of the size, it was the closest thing to hand.
What is it (nosey)
That's gonna cost a few quid to mail out then isn't it hoohoo !!
Just don't tell her its ticking.
Not a Longines legend diver by any chance, is it?
That was my guessOriginally Posted by MadeOfCheese
Is there a battery in it ? If so then expect more fun ;)
3Kg ? That must be the Breguet, the box looked fairly weighty!
Someone is going to be a very happy bunny opening that - fair play to them.
I've had that question - I told her it was "a wind up." ;)
Tomorrow's package will be a "guitar part" so the question doesn't even arise.
Bingo, yup it's the Breguet (so no battery thankfully Cirrus
You have no idea how much lusting and soul searching I did over that gorgeous watch.
No, I'm not the lucky boy who gets to open the boxes.
I assure you, you wern't alone! She was a stunner and at a great price, I think this and the Zenith doublematic that Tim sold were my two most (realistic..) lusted after watches in SC this year!
Lets hope they stay within the forum, and next time they come up on SC the watch kitty is slightly healthier!
Cell connected to a device, should be good to go - http://www.royalmail.com/help-and-su...stricted-goods
I get this question a lot when sending watches, and I just say no its doesn't have a battery - makes it pointless them asking when you can simply, whats the best word, LIE! muhahaha post office fools!
Not necessarily. ;-)
Ok if lithium battery (if package correctly labelled). But not ok if akali battery (which includes silver oxide as far as I know).
The rules are confusing, contradictory (in terms of different rules for different battery types), and complex.
A large box sent standard RMSD tends to go in the van and therefore get delivered with the "guaranteed before 9" parcels for no extra charge, at least in my neck of the woods...
Best say it's something else then, tell them it's a knife, no problems
I had to do quite a bit of soul searching to sell it to be honest but I'd committed to another purchase and needed to fund the watch pot. I'm not really 100% sure I've sold the right watch but that's the fun of this hobby, there's always something new to chase. I'm not a wealthy man by any stretch of the imagination but have managed to own quite a few nice watches I've particularly wanted by trading or selling some I really like to fund them.....this was one of those cases
<grin>Best say it's something else then, tell them it's a knife, no problems
What Breguet……………………What have I missed?Bingo, yup it's the Breguet (so no battery thankfully Cirrus
This is probably the first time I'd liked to have seen the opposite of an 'unboxing'.
If it sold to somebody on the Forum we're about to be treated to a very tedious "incoming" thread!
They now (routinely) screen parcels and there is a possibility it could be held or returned to the sender for improper declaration or shipping of prohibited goods.
When you look long into an abyss, the abyss looks long into you.........
The buyer will be whipped into a frenzy by the time he gets to the goodies.Bingo, yup it's the Breguet (so no battery thankfully Cirrus
I'm just a very naughty boy.
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I may have forgot one or two, apppologies.
Well, i said it was a mechanical clock at the post office to avoid the usual questions about the size and weight of the box for a watch only to be told it was too heavy to send RMSD as it was 3.16kg!! So, a minor disagreement ensued anyway with me finally resolving it by showing her the Royal Mail website on my phone stating you can send a parcel up to 20Kg RMSD and she managed to find the right button to process it!!Just hope the new owner likes it after all this!! :-)
I know many will disagree, but seriously, I find that the boxing of watches has gone far over the top these days as far as size and weight goes. The same can be said of fountain pens. A couple of years ago, I bought a Conway-Steward "Churchill" pen. It came in an enormous wooden box packed in two outer cardboard boxes. The box was lined with a silk like fabric. In the box was a bottle of ink, a book about Winston Churchill, a big cigar in an aluminium tube - and oh, I almost forgot, the pen, which happened to be a not so great writer without some tweaking. That pen purchase reminded me why I like my Pelikan M800 pens so much. They come in small and light cardboard boxes, they are well engeneered, they always write well without tweaking, they look good and they last a lifetime.
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