Seiko 7A38 - by the numbers

On Tuesday evening, he replaced it with another 7-day listing for a 7A38-7069, which he's also asking cheekily $300 for ! This one's best politely described as being in well worn condition. The bezel looks like it's been polished to remove the last remaining traces of gold plating and it's been fitt...

Just as I predicted in my previous post, profiteering US eBay re-seller flobaca listed that same 7A38-7069 yesterday evening as a 7-day auction with an opening bid price of $325. He's pitched it higher than usual, but then this one's in much nicer condition than some of his previous examples. Wheth...

This unusual '7A38', which is supposed to be a 'Mint New' / 'Eastern Market Only Product', was listed yesterday evening by a dishonest Italian eBay seller, with a Buy-it-Now price of €400 Euros. In reality it's nothing of the sort. It's a complete Franken. The case (including Roman numeral dial ring...

That rare two-tone 7A38-706A sold late last night for a reduced Buy-it-Now price of $175 Au. (equivalent approx. $114 USD / £90 GBP). The would-be profiteering re-seller ended up making a loss. https://www.ebay.co.uk/bin/purchaseHistory/355453833225 7A38-706A-Stainless+Gold-BlackFace-eBay-Feb2024-(R...

Daisuke Shimizu's 'limited offer' was supposed to end today (12th February). Indeed, his Yahoo Japan listing did briefly end about half an hour ago, not surprisingly without any bids placed. But I see he's now re-listed it for another 6 days, retaining the same YJ item number, with the price reduced...

As predicted, that listing for the two-tone 7A38-7020 didn't last very long. Simone ended it, as item no longer available, yesterday morning. He replaced it in the afternoon with this Buy-it-Now listing for a stainless 7A38-7020. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Seiko-7A38-7020-Royal-Oak/116064913774 7A38...

This is rapidly turning into a comedy of errors. :lol: At lunchtime today, the Australian eBay re-seller ended the previous (one day old) re-listing, because of another error. :roll: He replaced it with this latest Buy-it-Now listing for $220 Au. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Seiko-7A38-706A-SAA034J-Ch...

His recent auctions evidently haven't been achieving the desired prices, despite the blatant shill bidding. So profiteering Italian eBay re-seller simone00simone has reverted to his old strategy of using Buy-it-Now listings. Yesterday afternoon he listed this average condition two-tone 7A38-7020 wit...

That auction failed to attract a bid, despite having 20+ watchers. The Australian eBay re-seller re-listed it immediately as another 7-day auction, with the option for mug punters to Buy-it-Now for $300 Au. Fat chance of that happening. :roll: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Seiko-7A38-706A-SAA034J-Chron...

Checking my eBay watching page this morning, it looks like greedy profiteering US re-seller rtm127 has finally managed to find a mug punter buyer for his latest ex-Yahoo Japan 7A38-6040 (the grubby-looking one, subject of my penultimate post). It sold yesterday evening for the $799.95 Buy-it-Now pri...

Those SPAMbot generated new ('Inactive') user ID's kept on coming - all with spurious email addresses and Russian IP's. Probably one every 5 or 10 minutes. By mid-afternoon, I must have deleted at least another 30 more. Frankly, I got fed up with playing the game. I evidently need to reset the anti-...

It's been a busy morning, behind the scenes. No new SPAM posts, but overnight and earlier this morning, we supposedly gained 34 new members ! 33 of them were 'Inactive', but potential spammers. All had spurious email addresses and the few that I did check had Russian IP addresses, regardless of the ...

Early this morning, while I was still fast asleep in bed, the forum came under attack from another spammer - a newly created ID InkCep , who openly stated their location as Russia. He made 22 posts, all in Cyrillic, containing various links. ForumSpam-Russian-Postx22-InkCep.png The fact that he post...

We had our first SPAM attack in over 18 months this lunchtime. A newly created member Italetfidk, allegedly located in Mali, posted this jibberish as a new thread in General Discussion:


Post and User ID have been deleted and banned.

I hadn't previously added any updates to this thread, because I'm not sure whether the watch has sold. Daisuke Shimizu continued to re-list it on Yahoo Japan until mid-December 2023, with the price having reverted back to the original ¥298,000 Yen. The last re-listing (same YJ item # u1106346786) sh...

Would-be profiteering Australian eBay re-seller tosiess seems to have decided on a different strategy. Late last night he ended his previous Buy-it-Now listing because of an error (presumably in the pricing) and re-listed it as a 7-day auction with an opening bid price of $149 Au. The other signific...

The Buy-it-Now price has dropped again to $279 on martinachertok 's latest re-listing yesterday evening. :roll: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/RARE-VINTAGE-1975-SEIKO-7A38,-15(!)-JEWELS-QUARTZ-CHRONOMETER-DAY-&-DATE!/256397522772 7A38-7000-Gold-WrongBracelet-eBay-Feb2024-martinachertok-Re-Listing.jp...

So without further ado, here's the Puma Y19904-50 that was listed yesterday afternoon by an Italian eBay seller. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/315128418485 (Ended on Thu, 1 Feb at 10:31 AM as item allegedly no longer available.) This deluded Italian eBay seller le24ore is evidently another of these ch...

I can't say that I'm entirely surprised. That same well-worn two-tone 7A38-706A SAA034J, s/n 460144 rocked up on eBay again two days later, just 40 Kms away, listed by another Australian seller, tosiess , who apparently saw the opportunity to turn a quick profit. He's asking $399 Au. as a Buy-it-Now...

So to the gotcher. Apart from the fact that he doesn't ship to UK, the Italian eBay seller is asking a typically greedy €380 Euros, with no option to make an offer. :o Time was, a few years ago, when I was in full on Pokemon mode (gotta catch 'em all), I might have got upset about it. Nowadays, stup...