Originally Posted by
Dent99
Don't be swayed by the "spirit of the forum" nonsense, there is nothing more thinly veiled and self-serving.
Your average eBay punter is willing to pay from £5.5k to nearly £6K, dealers are willing to offer similar, but the TZ-UK crowd kindly offer retail on a model they can't find, or part-ex deals you have not expressed any desire for?
And this is after you mentioned the Service industry, and motivations for selling given everything going on in the world right now. You'd be a fool to leave money on the table, but you know that anyway. What 'good spirit' the vultures on here have shown you, hoping you'll bite.
A couple years back I had an IMMACUALTE Aqua Terra Skyfall (not the awful Limited Edition) I decided to move on. Never the easiest model to get and quite popular, I did advertise on here for about £2.4k and had more than one person, some with WTB posts for this exact model, tell me they "would only pay" £1.8k-£1.9k. You couldn't find any example for that money, not even a poor example.
"Well go find one for that money" was my response!
Don't get me wrong, I like a bargain as much as anyone, but wasn't prepared to sell to people who wanted champagne at lemonade prices. One of whom said, "it should be offered on here, in the spirit of the forum, so others could have a chance to wear it. I'd pay £1,800 to give ity a try."
Erm, no. I'm not going to lose my shirt to indulge flippers or dreamers.
A couple months later I sold it privately elsewhere for £2.7k. Some days I miss that watch, but I tell you I'd miss it a whole lot more if I had been fool enough to let myself be low-balled on here.
As others have said, wait five minutes to see if the price rise materialises and sell at some point after that. If the watch really is in as good conditon as you say, hold out for the right buyer, you won't be short of interest and can entice more discerning buyers if you sell the details the right way and have the photos to back it up.
If I was in the market I'd rather give you the money than the Watchfinders of this world who will have polished something like this to within an inch of its life.
Good luck with the sale.