Safe to buy from Amazon?

mondeo

I saw some really nice Seikos on amazon UK, seriously cheaper then buying from an irish retail store. Has anyone bought a watch from amazon before? Did it work out ok?

Thanks

_Kaiser_

mondeo wrote: »

I saw some really nice Seikos on amazon UK, seriously cheaper then buying from an irish retail store. Has anyone bought a watch from amazon before? Did it work out ok?

Thanks

Haven't bought a watch (saw this thread on the homepage) but have bought pretty much everything else - toys, gadgets, expensive computer gear etc - all through Amazon without any issues.

As with eBay check out the user reviews/feedback and try to go for sales that are fulfilled by Amazon directly if possible would be my advice.

Have seen a few nice Citizens on there myself but I don't think I could justify it to myself

unkel

I'd consider buying from Amazon considerably safer than buying from most Irish retail stores

Customer service is second to none. Returns procedure is easy, no quibbles, they even pre-pay for your postage to send it back. And you save yourself the petrol / bus fare to get to the shop and you can shop 365 / 24 / 7 too...

Eoin

I can't think of a bad experience I've had with Amazon, and I've bought at least 3 watches from there. The main advantage with the retail store is that you can try the watch on first; apart from that I'd definitely look online.

A small caveat is that the returns in the event of a fault may not always go back to Amazon. I bought a Torgoen watch 2 years ago which developed a fault, and I had to return it to the UK distributor, not to Amazon. It wasn't a big deal, but a bit of a pain. I can't remember if I bought directly from Amazon, or just from a different company selling there.

Kaiser2000 wrote:

Have seen a few nice Citizens on there myself but I don't think I could justify it to myself

Ah, go on!

mondeo

Im looking at this Seiko watch.. Anywhere in ireland is looking for €350 upwards for it....

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B00BK4V98M/ref=redir_mdp_mobile?ref_=dra_a_cs_lb_hn_it_P1400_1000&tag=dradisplay0bb-21

Eoin

Looks nice. I think the Amazon price is more realistic.

mondeo

Eoin wrote: »

Looks nice. I think the Amazon price is more realistic.

I looked at Citizen watches too but I have always been attracted to Seiko's.

Is the Citizen movements any better then Seikos?

breathn

Every time I bought an analogue watch from amazon, it was delayed by several days and when I had to go to An Post to collect it, it was always opened, examined and rewrapped in an-post security tape.

Though that's more to do with An Post than Amazon

Eoin

mondeo wrote: »

I looked at Citizen watches too but I have always been attracted to Seiko's.

Is the Citizen movements any better then Seikos?

Seiko have a bunch of different movements, and I'm sure Citizen do as well, so it's probably hard to say.

I'm a big Seiko fan, and would not hesitate getting another one. The only issue I had was with a solar powered one - any quartz or automatic Seikos I've had have been rock solid.

Mredsnapper

mondeo wrote: »

I saw some really nice Seikos on amazon UK, seriously cheaper then buying from an irish retail store. Has anyone bought a watch from amazon before? Did it work out ok?

Thanks

Amazon.de have some JDM Seiko's. I bought a Sarb035 from them last september and everything went swimmingly. Warranty card was not stamped but I have the receipts from Amazon if anything goes wrong so no biggee.