Best watch deal you ever made?
Best watch deal you ever made?
I'm talking about financially.
I just traded away a really nice piece and it got me thinking..
I've made nearly a hundred trades/purchases over the years. Usually pretty even on the value front, but honestly I've lost quite a bit as well since I'm not in it for the money and I have NO patience.
Best trade I ever made as a percentage of the trade value was when a guy offered me a Muhle Sar in LNIB condition for a relatively well used O7 LM3. Probably 150% profit... (not to mention 1000% upgrade in quality...lol)
What about the rest of you? I assume the ballers around here don't 'make' much on their sales/trades, but us WIS wanna-be's probably do pretty well. Am I right?
I just traded away a really nice piece and it got me thinking..
I've made nearly a hundred trades/purchases over the years. Usually pretty even on the value front, but honestly I've lost quite a bit as well since I'm not in it for the money and I have NO patience.
Best trade I ever made as a percentage of the trade value was when a guy offered me a Muhle Sar in LNIB condition for a relatively well used O7 LM3. Probably 150% profit... (not to mention 1000% upgrade in quality...lol)
What about the rest of you? I assume the ballers around here don't 'make' much on their sales/trades, but us WIS wanna-be's probably do pretty well. Am I right?
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Re: Best watch deal you ever made?
One of he best watch deals I made was also one I now regret the most too. I remember purchasing a Dee & Ricky G-Shock. There was a hot little craze on the forums so I went to Macy's and $130 boom...I had one. Then after they blew out the price kept going up. Of course I'd never wear that butt ugly watch (JMHO!! ) so when they started going for $400...SOLD!! But NOW those babies on ebay are going for OVER $1000 Bucks!! So now cashing in on that $400 makes me sick to think I could possibly get over a grand for it now!
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Re: Best watch deal you ever made?
Many times on the loosing end when selling and I do expect a bit of a loss as I tend not to haggle when I want something when buying, but had one nice payback a few years back.
Not a watch deal, but bought a small wicker basket ( no shit on wicker ) with a bunch of old watches not working from a small second hand store in Vancouver BC some years back. I let him nickle and dime me on some other crap I brought up as fodder then bought the whole lot for $30 bones. Got home and plucked out that old gold Vacheron in the basket and traded it the next day un-working for a nice Rollie sub someone had for sale.
Not a watch deal, but bought a small wicker basket ( no shit on wicker ) with a bunch of old watches not working from a small second hand store in Vancouver BC some years back. I let him nickle and dime me on some other crap I brought up as fodder then bought the whole lot for $30 bones. Got home and plucked out that old gold Vacheron in the basket and traded it the next day un-working for a nice Rollie sub someone had for sale.
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That's nuts....who the hell would seriously want to wear that?....
1watchaholic wrote:One of he best watch deals I made was also one I now regret the most too. I remember purchasing a Dee & Ricky G-Shock. There was a hot little craze on the forums so I went to Macy's and $130 boom...I had one. Then after they blew out the price kept going up. Of course I'd never wear that butt ugly watch (JMHO!! ) so when they started going for $400...SOLD!! But NOW those babies on ebay are going for OVER $1000 Bucks!! So now cashing in on that $400 makes me sick to think I could possibly get over a grand for it now!
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I seem to loose on mine...
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wordericf4 wrote:That's nuts....who the hell would seriously want to wear that?....
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Great story! My best deals were picking up hideous pos Orsa Monstrums which people were
looking to unload and getting $75 extra on each of them when I turned the, around. Huge profit percentage wise given the near valueless nature of the product.
looking to unload and getting $75 extra on each of them when I turned the, around. Huge profit percentage wise given the near valueless nature of the product.
Lush wrote:Many times on the loosing end when selling and I do expect a bit of a loss as I tend not to haggle when I want something when buying, but had one nice payback a few years back.
Not a watch deal, but bought a small wicker basket ( no shit on wicker ) with a bunch of old watches not working from a small second hand store in Vancouver BC some years back. I let him nickle and dime me on some other crap I brought up as fodder then bought the whole lot for $30 bones. Got home and plucked out that old gold Vacheron in the basket and traded it the next day un-working for a nice Rollie sub someone had for sale.
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OH SNAPSafetystop wrote:I seem to loose on mine...
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Who the hell is dee an Ricky anyway? Looks like shit that Erkel would wear......
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Traded a Korsbek for a Kobold Seal once. Then I traded the Seal to Paul for something or other. I was happy both times. Were they deals? I dunno.
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haha... I don't remember what I traded that for either. I do remember stuffing either 400 or 600 bucks in the box with whatever I sent you.Henryj wrote:Traded a Korsbek for a Kobold Seal once. Then I traded the Seal to Paul for something or other. I was happy both times. Were they deals? I dunno.
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Flipped a snowflake and made $1200 on it.
Flipped a bremont and made $800 on it, the dlc super marine descent.
Flipped a bremont and made $800 on it, the dlc super marine descent.
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Your pictures sold that descent. Really cool pieceFlyPenFly wrote:Flipped a snowflake and made $1200 on it.
Flipped a bremont and made $800 on it, the dlc super marine descent.
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bought a zodiac oceanaire for 200 something and sold it on ebay for 700. also bought a Doxa for 500 on craigslist and sold it for 1500....
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That's the thing about selling here though, I try not to do it because I don't feel right profiteering from other DWC people.
I pretty much only list a piece here if a fellow DWC member got me a great deal, then I'll list it at buying price.
I pretty much only list a piece here if a fellow DWC member got me a great deal, then I'll list it at buying price.
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My son:deepcdvr wrote:wordericf4 wrote:That's nuts....who the hell would seriously want to wear that?....
Oh, and me:
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Sweet god......congrats.....
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I remember that Zodiac deal!! P.S. Josh, don't tell 'em how much you made off me with another Oceanaire!!YOHOHO wrote:bought a zodiac oceanaire for 200 something and sold it on ebay for 700. also bought a Doxa for 500 on craigslist and sold it for 1500....
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SELL EM ZACK!!JizJizJiz wrote:I wear the white one lol:craniotes wrote:My son:deepcdvr wrote:wordericf4 wrote:That's nuts....who the hell would seriously want to wear that?....
Oh, and me:
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Best watch deal you ever made?
Bought a Lum-Tec M16 off WUS for $400 and sold it for $1k. Couldn't believe how bad the guy wanted it.
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+1deepcdvr wrote:OH SNAPSafetystop wrote:I seem to loose on mine...
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Traded a TUSA for a Soarway blue destro.....yep
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Not the most popular watch here, but I picked this up for $650 minutes after it was posed to the WUS sales forum.
A very comfortable daily wearer.
A very comfortable daily wearer.
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And that's how much you're going to sell that to me for right Mike? Right??