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Today's bargain watch that I'm not buying
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Bradt Pitt wrote: »Post pics when you get it, eh?
Will do!
Just checked tracking..,,,,
20 Jan 2015 14:34LimerickWe were unable to deliver your parcel as there was no one present to sign for the delivery. The latest status of your parcel will be shown here.
Really? It is my work address and I am here all day.....bastards
20 Jan 2015 14:38LimerickReturned to Depot
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Yea, very nice find, it still happens and regularly enough too(though 35 grand watches not so much). There was a chap hereabouts who found a solid gold Patek while out walking his dog in Dublin(IIRC). Nobody came forward to claim it and it's now his. Free Patek Phillipe, not too shabby.
Over the years and obviously in a much smaller way I've "found" stuff on ebay that was worth waaaaay more than I paid. My recently bagged Longines UltraQuartz one example(under a tenth of what they usually fetch). Not just watches. I bagged an art print for twelve quid that usually sell for over two grand.
Maybe I'm a sucker, but I would feel guilty as hell making 5 figures out of something I got for under a tenner at a charity shop. I really would. I'd split the proceeds with them 50/50 and even then...
PS to the dude in the article, if the only hair you can grow on your facial region is on your neck, shave dude, shave for pity's sake...
Rejoice in the awareness of feeling stupid, for that’s how you end up learning new things. If you’re not aware you’re stupid, you probably are.
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One for wibbs. Haven't a clue if this is a bargain, but it has 2 of your favourite things. Longines and tuning fork
http://forum.tz-uk.com/showthread.php?319864-FSOT-Longines-Ultronic-Final-reduction-to-%A32900 -
Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 60,125 Mod ✭✭✭✭ Join Date:Posts: 59054
Yea it's nice alright NM, though very overpriced in my humble. While you see those kinda BIN prices(and higher) on eBay, when the plainer run of the mill Ultronics go up in no reserve auctions between 100-150 euros is their usual price point/actual value. So that's double the going rate at over 300 euros(allowing for exchange rates) Check out these recent completed sales on the bay.
The ones that run higher and are sought after are the diver versions, some of the rarer TV shaped massive cases and the chronographs. They go for 600/300+/1000+ euros respectively alright. Generally speaking if you want a standard Ultronic budget for 100-150 quid and a month of Bay trawling. The Omega f300's go for more, because of the "Omegamania" effect, budget 2-300 for the plainer common ones and double that and more for the oddballs(even though Omega tuning forks are far more common and were made in much greater numbers than the Longines ones).
I find TZUK to be a fantastic source of info and a great forum, but the sales forum when it runs to the vintage stuff tends to be overpriced. Not always though as This though hardly small potatoes it's a "bargain" for such a rare item, with a full recent service and warranty to boot. WUS is worse for this though IME. It's the nature of WIS type forums, we tend to think our stuff is worth more than it is and since you'll get someone of a similar mind they often sell at those higher prices continuing that internal belief. They seem to have many more bargains in the new and more recent secondhand stuff though.Rejoice in the awareness of feeling stupid, for that’s how you end up learning new things. If you’re not aware you’re stupid, you probably are.
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