Seiko 7A38 - by the numbers

Although he still hasn't managed to sell the previous example (due to his laughable $525 asking price), profiteering US eBay re-seller flobaca is always on the lookout for his next fast buck. Here's my prediction for his next 7A38-702H - a rather grubby example whose 5-day auction ended yesterday, ...

Actually I could have made this prediction five days ago. When I first saw this US eBay listing for a 7A38-7069, I immediately thought to myself - flobaca fodder. 8-) But I decided to wait for the outcome of the 5-day auction. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/306548555212 7A38-7069-Stainless+Gold-SilverFa...

Oh dear, what a shame. Looks like that 'sale' has fallen through. Profiteering UK eBay re-seller hollizaak007 's overpriced (and frankly far from stunning) gold-tone 7A38-7289 is back on eBay this evening, re-listed for the umpteenth time. :lol: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/187656962575 7A38-7289-Gold...

Although he still hasn't managed to sell the previous example (due to his laughable $525 asking price), profiteering US eBay re-seller flobaca is always on the lookout for his next fast buck. Here's my prediction for his next 7A38-702H - a rather grubby example whose 5-day auction ended yesterday, s...

He may have got lucky with that stainless 7A38-727A, but profiteering UK eBay re-seller hollizaak007 clearly has much to learn about the comparative values of less popular Seiko 7A38's. Earlier this evening he listed this only average worn condition gold-tone 7A38-7289, with what appears to have be...

In the early hours of this morning, profiteering US eBay re-seller rtm127 , a.k.a. Ryan Marucheau of Watch and Jewelry Exchange, listed yet another ex-Yahoo Japan JDM 7A38, with an extortionately marked-up asking price of $1400 bucks ! This time it's a relatively common 7A38-7110 SJS048 in frankly n...

The bots continue to swarm around the forum in ever increasing numbers, but so far are having little or no effect on response times. I missed their latest high count yesterday evening, when it reached a new record of 1725 !

He listed another 7A38 a few minutes later - a 7A38-6109 'Diver', fitted with a non-original replacement 'President' style bracelet. Again, a 7-day auction listing, with a risibly over-optimistic opening bid price of $325. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/357703931117 7A38-6109-(Divers)-Gold-WhiteFace-Wro...

As I predicted in my previous post, profiteering US eBay re-seller flobaca listed that average worn two-tone 7A38-7270 overnight as a 7-day auction with a typically unrealistic opening bid price of $275. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/357703914291 7A38-7270-Stainless+Gold-CreamFace-eBay-Oct2025-(Re-sell...

I've just spotted this crudely assembled 7A38 Franken, listed earlier this morning by a deceitful German eBay seller. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/326795875088 7A38-726A-Stainless+Gold-Franken-(723Odial)-eBay(Germany)-Sept2025-Listing.jpg rsz_7a38-726a-stainless-gold-franken-723odial-ebaygermany-sept2...

Here's my next prediction for another of flobaca 's forthcoming over-priced offerings. It was a 7-day auction for an average worn condition two-tone 7A38-7270, which he sniped in the closing seconds, yesterday, to win for $152.50. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/197714429823 7A38-7270-Stainless+Gold-Crea...

Looks like that sale has fallen through. :| Flobaca 's 'triple crown' 7A38-7029 was back on eBay again yesterday evening, re-listed for the third time. Note he's also greedily increased the opening bid price to $800. :roll: (It was originally $750). https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/226985899334 7A38-7029-...

On Tuesday 16th September flobaca made a number of revisions to his latest re-listing. 7A38-7029-Stainless+Grey-eBay-Sept2025-(Re-seller)-re-listing-Revisions.png These included replacing the entire set of photos again. Seems he eventually decided to fit the correct Seiko crown. :roll: rsz_7a38-7029...

rsz_7a38-7029-stainless-grey-ebay-august2025-re-seller-5.jpg His fitment of the undersized replacement crown, which looks like it might be brass and as if it has been filed down, is typical of his penny-pinching and botching. The correct original Seiko crown, p/n 45M76NS1 is still freely available,...

Remiss of me, I'd omitted to post an update on flobaca 's previous 7A38-7069 (first listed on 19th August). It sold on 1st September for the $250 opening bid price. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/226940879770 7A38-7069-Stainless+Gold-SilverFace-eBay-August2025-(Re-seller)-Ended-Sold-$250.png He didn't h...

As I predicted in my previous post, profiteering US eBay re-seller flobaca 's latest warmed-over over-priced 7A38 offering appeared on eBay overnight. It's a 7A38-702H in average worn condition (he hasn't even bothered to replace the chipped crystal), listed as a 7-day auction, with a laughably opti...

This afternoon, the forum suffered it's first SPAM attack in over 18 months. A newly registered member Bryanmark11 posted 16 posts in the space of two minutes - one in almost every forum section !! :x He stated his location as 'Sweden' but an IP location check showed London UK. Presumably he was usi...

Here's my prediction for flobaca 's next two-tone offering - it's a 7A38-702H which was listed on 31st August as a 5-day auction listing. It sold yesterday evening for $202.50 after 14 bids. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/397009324675 7A38-702H-Stainless+Gold-eBay-August2025-Ended-Sold-$202.50.png The e...

So here we go again .... https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/317232385452 (Ended on Wed, 1 Oct at 8:16 AM because the item is no longer available.) Blimey ! That re-listing lasted almost a whole month ! :o https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/317356297920 (Ended on Wed, 1 Oct at 4:39 PM because the item is no longer a...

After a mysterious absence of 7 weeks , that much re-listed Puma Y19904-50 is back on eBay again this afternoon. :lol: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/317231659493 Puma-Y19904-50-Gold-WhiteFace-TanLeatherStrap-eBay-Sept2025-Listing.jpg There are a couple of slight differences: the price has been reduced ...