TZ sales rules

[aztecknight]

Changed. 12 sales a year for private sellers.

http://forums.timezone.com/index.php?t= ... &rid=29302

[JP Chestnut]

Gotta get that cash. I've forgotten two TZ log ins (the first over 12 years old) and haven't even bothered to figure them out. That place sucks in every possible way. It used to be populated with stick in the muds who knew a lot about watches - now it seems that all the knowledge has gone elsewhere. Leaving just a shitty looking empty shell of a forum.

[4pfrench]

Buddy of mine was a Panerai moderator...when he left, so did I...

[demer03]

Nah, not going to do that. All the more reason to get off the merry-go-round

[matt.wu]

I'd got to guess that 85% of their traffic is driven there by sales, and 90% of their REPUTABLE sellers fall into the category of > 12 sales a year, most of which would not pay that amount of $$.

Terrible move, IMO, and maybe the start of the actual death of TZ.

[dmckean44]

Why on earth are they bending over backwards for their dealers rather than their members, whom create all the content?

[YOHOHO]

Adds more of a headache to the non bumping posts.

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[deepcdvr]

I'd got to guess that 85% of their traffic is driven there by sales, and 90% of their REPUTABLE sellers fall into the category of > 12 sales a year, most of which would not pay that amount of $$.

Terrible move, IMO, and maybe the start of the actual death of TZ.

This!

12 sales a year? Pffft - that's a good month for me

[Steve O.]

Have been a TZ member for sixteen years. Used to post watches for sale on the Sales Corner there almost exclusively. Now rarely since I was threatened with banishment for "...displaying a pattern of promoting my watches" in the Vintage Forum, then listing them for sale before the designated thirty day time span expired. Thirty f'ing days? I thought it was one week like most other forums. "Promoting" my watches? Hell, I don't think thirty people even read the Vintage Forum.

Still have a good friend there that I've been buying, selling, and trading with nearly all of those years. He typically lists three watches a day, every day. Guess he'll have to become a Sponsor, or bug out.

An already lame sales forum is going to become even worse. Bad move TZ.

[logan2z]

It does seem like a silly policy, although I doubt that the average watch enthusiast lists a watch for sale every month anyway.

[hoppyjr]

Who uses Timezone anyway?

[BBK357]

Did I miss the price?

[BBK357]

Did I miss the price?

[R_Ongjoco]

$1500 / year as posted here http://forums.timezone.com/index.php?t= ... sg_7305591. Pretty steep IMO...

[mechnut]

They killed my last sales post because I didn't have a post count of 100 or more. I haven't been back since.

[CGSshorty]

I haven't logged in to TZ in years. It's as useless as Timelords and 3T.

[JP Chestnut]

$1500 / year as posted here http://forums.timezone.com/index.php?t= ... sg_7305591. Pretty steep IMO...

That's a lot of money.

[logan2z]

$1500 / year as posted here http://forums.timezone.com/index.php?t= ... sg_7305591. Pretty steep IMO...

That's a lot of money.

$125/month for a professional watch seller doesn't sound like very much - especially when compared to the alternatives, like eBay and it's fees.

[JP Chestnut]

$1500 / year as posted here http://forums.timezone.com/index.php?t= ... sg_7305591. Pretty steep IMO...

That's a lot of money.

$125/month for a professional watch seller doesn't sound like very much - especially when compared to the alternatives like eBay fees.

That's true, but we aren't necessarily talking about pros. Some of the usual flippers do 12/year easily. Ultimately, with watch recon what exactly is TZ offering a seller that every other indexed forum doesn't? Nothing that I can see.

[BBK357]

Damn

Getting greedy

Could have done a smaller fee and by risk people leaving.

[hoppyjr]

I recently logged in to send a PM about a watch for sale, but can't recall the last time I visited before that. TZ doesn't provide the value it once did.

[logan2z]

$1500 / year as posted here http://forums.timezone.com/index.php?t= ... sg_7305591. Pretty steep IMO...

That's a lot of money.

$125/month for a professional watch seller doesn't sound like very much - especially when compared to the alternatives like eBay fees.

That's true, but we aren't necessarily talking about pros. Some of the usual flippers do 12/year easily. Ultimately, with watch recon what exactly is TZ offering a seller that every other indexed forum doesn't? Nothing that I can see.

I'm sure there are a handful of serial flippers who move this many watches, but I don't think it's completely unreasonable to assume that someone selling more than one watch a month is a pro.

And I do agree that someone running a watch business using a site like TZ, WUS, or DWC should help share the costs of running the site, which are not insignificant. Why should someone else pay to keep the lights on while the watch seller gets a free ride?

As for the value proposition, I agree, not sure I see one.

[BBK357]

I like WU's model.
At first it was just a worn pair of boxers a month.
Then after the first year it was the boxers plus a personalized wiener pic, you know like writing his name on it or dipping my balls in glitter.
But anyway it works.

[dmckean44]

I'm sure there are a handful of serial flippers who move this many watches, but I don't think it's completely unreasonable to assume that someone selling more than one watch a month is a pro.

And I do agree that someone running a watch business using a site like TZ, WUS, or DWC should help share the costs of running the site, which are not insignificant. Why should someone else pay to keep the lights on while the watch seller gets a free ride?

As for the value proposition, I agree, not sure I see one.

At any given time, there's easily a couple hundred serial flippers that sell a half dozen watches a month.

[logan2z]

I'm sure there are a handful of serial flippers who move this many watches, but I don't think it's completely unreasonable to assume that someone selling more than one watch a month is a pro.

And I do agree that someone running a watch business using a site like TZ, WUS, or DWC should help share the costs of running the site, which are not insignificant. Why should someone else pay to keep the lights on while the watch seller gets a free ride?

As for the value proposition, I agree, not sure I see one.

At any given time, there's easily a couple hundred serial flippers that sell a half dozen watches a month.

Well then I guess they'll be doing it somewhere else

I wouldn't be surprised if WUS follows suit.