After umpteen re-listings, flobaca's two-tone 7A38-7270 eventually sold yesterday evening for the reduced opening bid price of $200. So less than $50 bucks profit on the $152.50 he paid for it.Seiko7A38 wrote: ↑Sun Oct 05, 2025 9:51 am 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
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After 3 more re-listings and a further reduction to $550, flobaca's stainless 7A38-7020 eventually sold yesterday evening for a best offer of $525.Seiko7A38 wrote: ↑Mon Dec 29, 2025 9:33 am I really don't know why he bothers to try it on.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/227150930722
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After 7 months and umpteen re-listings, flobaca's 7A38-7000, fitted with a non-original generic replacement bracelet, finally sold in the early hours of this morning for a best offer - presumably less than the $330 asking price.Seiko7A38 wrote: ↑Mon Jun 23, 2025 9:25 am Yesterday afternoon, profiteering US eBay re-seller flobaca listed a stainless 7A38-7000, fitted with a non-original generic replacement bracelet, as a 7-day auction, with an opening bid price of $350.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/357158938807
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After nearly 4 months and umpteen re-listings, flobaca's 7A38-6109, fitted with a non-original generic 'President' style replacement bracelet, eventually sold yesterday for a best offer, presumably less than the reduced $200 asking price. (He had previously re-listed it with a slightly lower opening bid price of $180 and even then it didn't sell.)Seiko7A38 wrote: ↑Sun Oct 05, 2025 9:55 amHe 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
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After countless re-listings, flobaca's 7A38-7069, fitted with the wrong case-back off a two-tone 7A38-7060, eventually sold yesterday to some unwitting mug punter, for the slightly reduced opening bid price of $230.Seiko7A38 wrote: ↑Mon Dec 29, 2025 10:12 am If you're following flobaca's eBay activities, you'll no doubt have noticed that he never includes the full model number in either titles or descriptions of his listings. Just '7A38'. There's a reason for this. He's obviously (re)using a template, which he tweaks slightly for each listing. It also allows him a certain 'flexibility' as you'll see in this instance.
I'd been waiting impatiently all month for him to list his next two-tone 7A38-7069. He'd sold the previous example at the end of November, but had bought two more cheap well-worn examples in the interim. See my posts higher up the page. I was half expecting he might build 'a good one' (I use that term advisedly) out of the two. One was missing a bracelet end piece and the other had a battery acid damaged movement. It finally appeared on Sunday evening, as the usual 7-day auction with a $250 opening bid price.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/358061862080
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However there's a twist to this one, because it doesn't have the case-back from either of those two 7A38-7069's. For reasons known only to him, it's fitted with the wrong case-back from the similar appearing two-tone 7A38-7060 !
But he surprised me by listing another different basket-case 7A38-7069 overnight. It's a well-worn non-working head only, which appears to have suffered a fairly widespread battery fluid leak. It looks like flobaca may have fitted a non-original crown (of a style seen in previous listings). It's possible that it came with a bracelet and that he has retained it for later use. He's listed it as a 7-day auction with an opening bid price of $25. Low enough to tempt someone, for sure.
