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| Author: | kingsfall [ Sat Sep 20, 2008 3:05 pm ] |
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Specifically in NYC. Ideally, I'm looking for an honest jeweler who isn't going to lowball me. I've once traded in a watch at Tourneau, and although they honestly did give me a pretty good price, they would only agree to do a trade-in, and when you do trade-ins they do not discount, you pay full retail. So in the end, it wasn't much of a deal. Basically I want to avoid eBay or craigslist unless I have absolutely no other options. I'm pretty paranoid about the possibility of losing my Breitling to a scam. Thanks in advance for any suggestions. |
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| Author: | bnewbie [ Sat Sep 20, 2008 3:12 pm ] |
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You can't get scammed if you ship the watch after any form of payment is cleared. |
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| Author: | kingsfall [ Sat Sep 20, 2008 3:15 pm ] |
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For a check or a money order sure. Definitely not with paypal. If it comes down to it, that's what I'll end up doing over eBay, but it's a lot harder to sell that way. |
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| Author: | bnewbie [ Sat Sep 20, 2008 3:33 pm ] |
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You can pull funds from PayPal to your bank account and then ship the watch. |
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| Author: | Roffensian [ Sat Sep 20, 2008 3:34 pm ] |
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Well depending on the piece Antiquorum may accept it. Not sure what their policy is on 'normal' watches, but not everything they sell is a solid gold LE PP. Mind you, they aren't cheap...... |
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| Author: | kingsfall [ Sat Sep 20, 2008 3:53 pm ] |
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bnewbie wrote: You can pull funds from PayPal to your bank account and then ship the watch. it doesnt work that way :p when the buyer frauds you in that case, if youve already pulled the money you just end up owing paypal the difference. can you fight it? sometimes. sometimes not. ive lost money this way more than once. Roffensian wrote: Well depending on the piece Antiquorum may accept it. Not sure what their policy is on 'normal' watches, but not everything they sell is a solid gold LE PP.
Mind you, they aren't cheap...... thanks for that suggestion, although i dont think my watch would qualify. montbrillant legende so, nothing special. |
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| Author: | bnewbie [ Sat Sep 20, 2008 4:03 pm ] |
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kingsfall wrote: when the buyer frauds you in that case, if youve already pulled the money you just end up owing paypal the difference. can you fight it? sometimes. sometimes not. ive lost money this way more than once.
Don't get it. How can the buyer scam you when you take away the cash he send you for the watch? Can you please tell me your case if it's not inappropriate. |
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| Author: | Roffensian [ Sat Sep 20, 2008 4:04 pm ] |
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kingsfall wrote: Roffensian wrote: Well depending on the piece Antiquorum may accept it. Not sure what their policy is on 'normal' watches, but not everything they sell is a solid gold LE PP. Mind you, they aren't cheap...... thanks for that suggestion, although i dont think my watch would qualify. montbrillant legende so, nothing special. They have previous and upcoming sales on their website - take a look, you may be surprised. I almost bought a Navitimer Airborne from them earlier this year and that only sold for just over $2,500. |
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| Author: | kingsfall [ Sat Sep 20, 2008 4:20 pm ] |
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bnewbie wrote: Don't get it. How can the buyer scam you when you take away the cash he send you for the watch? Can you please tell me your case if it's not inappropriate. well without getting into specifics, when the buyer files a complaint with paypal and paypal rules in the buyers favor, you and the buyer no longer have anything to do with each other. you are now dealing with paypal only, and you better believe they intend on keeping their money. the problem is, most buyers back their paypal funds with their credit card, which brings in a 4th party. if you ever disputed a charge on your credit card, you know they give you the benefit of the doubt. what ends up happening is, paypal is not strong enough to fight the credit card company. even when paypal rules in your favor, the buyer can simply insist to their credit card company that they did not make the charge, and they will always get their money back, forcing paypal to take yours. Roffensian wrote: They have previous and upcoming sales on their website - take a look, you may be surprised. I almost bought a Navitimer Airborne from them earlier this year and that only sold for just over $2,500.
no kidding? ill take a closer look, thanks. |
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| Author: | bnewbie [ Sat Sep 20, 2008 5:43 pm ] |
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kingsfall wrote: well without getting into specifics, when the buyer files a complaint with paypal and paypal rules in the buyers favor, you and the buyer no longer have anything to do with each other. you are now dealing with paypal only, and you better believe they intend on keeping their money.
the problem is, most buyers back their paypal funds with their credit card, which brings in a 4th party. if you ever disputed a charge on your credit card, you know they give you the benefit of the doubt. what ends up happening is, paypal is not strong enough to fight the credit card company. even when paypal rules in your favor, the buyer can simply insist to their credit card company that they did not make the charge, and they will always get their money back, forcing paypal to take yours. So practically any buyer can scam you for the watch? That's horrible. |
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| Author: | kingsfall [ Sat Sep 20, 2008 6:40 pm ] |
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bnewbie wrote: So practically any buyer can scam you for the watch?
That's horrible. thats why you see the bigger watch dealers on ebay only accept cashier checks/money orders. paypal means credit card companies enter the equation and paypal cant beat them even when theyre on your side. its unfortunate, but thats life :p upon further consideration i probably wont be selling afterall anyway. but if anyone does know an nyc jeweler who buys at decent prices id still be interested. |
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