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11 May 2012, 09:59 PM | #1 |
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When is it time to lower the price?
When a for sale ad has run 7 months with 59 bumps and almost 10,000 views would you lower the price or just stubbornly think that it must be a clueless buyer out there?
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11 May 2012, 10:06 PM | #2 |
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One born every minute. Just wait for him to see the ad
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Fully agree ... there are a few "optimistic" sellers out there.
Although it looks like sometimes perseverence pays ( based on the validity of posts anyway). There is one here - Listed for 1 full year , over 100 bumps , over 13k views.. and its shown as sold recently. |
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`when you need the money,if you don`t need the money you can ask any amount that comes to mind.
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Fully agree! and at some point it would be rather intimidating for the serious buyers
I think you are referring to the infamous Nos Sub LV G serial thread
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This one is the best, 81 bumps and 11,750 views, I've thought for months about making an offer on this watch......
https://www.rolexforums.com/showthread.php?t=177862 It would be the perfect mate to this: TBside.JPG |
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Just makes me laugh and move on to a realistic seller.
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it just all depends on the "need" to sell the watch or not
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12 May 2012, 07:22 AM | #14 |
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There's one seller on here & a few other forums - I think one watch went from Oct - Mar without a price drop
Nearly every watch is well overpriced must not need the money |
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If they're pledge members, I'm cool about it.
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My favorite is the 11k 16610LV. That is firm.
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I like Pawn Stars!
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As someone who is new here I am thrilled to see this thread, as I thought the same thing...
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I agree. I always reckon that if I put a watch in the FS section and it hasn't gone in two weeks then I'm out of line with the price. I've noticed watches bumped for a year here at the same price. Surely, that's Gods way of telling you to lower the price. Further to that if someone just joins this excellent forum in order to hawk watches and contribute nothing else then it seems a little mean spirited to me.
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I agree, maybe they dont need the money. And it seems they got all the time in the world. Me for one,i can also wait. iam wating for the big love to come around with the mr right price. And maybe while iam wating the mr right yachtmaster will grow from a ladies size to a midsize. And become mr right price. Its been there a long time, bumping and bumping. I girl can only hope.
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I wonder why,Pare?
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I think they have every right to wait for some sucker to come along. What I find annoying isn't the bumps, rather it is the seller reposting the same item over an over in order to mislead people in terms of how long it has been for sale and bumped. There should be some rule against reposting the same item for sale if it has been less than a year since the last bump on the original/previous for sale thread of the same item. They should only be permitted to bump the the original thread rather than reposting the same item over and over again on new threads.
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Content. The forum receives viewers for it's content.
The offer to sell is bona-fide, and it is content. I've gotten unsolicited requests for advice from potential buyers. No idea how I was chosen, but by giving examples like pawn guy, and established "private" individuals, the grey guys, the buyer can make up their own mind. If I wanted that particular TOG, and went to, say, that mall Rolex place that sold used Rolex watches in the non-Rolex area, it would be priced at $5500. I know a guy who bought a PP Y-serial TOG in excellent shape for under three grand, with a Rolex service warranty. So obviously, the pawn price reflects bricks'n'mortar. And for another grand or so over private party, you get the watch. I wouldn't pay pawnshop retail, but there are some people who do. I do laugh, though, when David or Oscar sells a white gold sub for more than the pawnguy, and to a casual observer, both look identical. |
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Good luck I'm afriad to contact him as I would end up buying it
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