Yet another profiteering (UK) eBay seller to avoid !!

[Seiko7A38]

Apart from three 7A38's he'd omitted to leave feedback for earlier, he also left identical positive feedbacks against a stainless 7A38-7130 and two-tone 7A48-6000, which he'd bought from the German seller a week or two later, both for undisclosed best offers. I'd already spotted them (from my eBay watching page), but not bothered to mention before.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/265503757308

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Presumably these will also reappear on eBay UK in due course, with extortionately marked-up Buy-it-Now prices.

So far, greedy would-be profiteering UK eBay re-seller hollizaak007 hasn't listed any more of the 7A38's he'd purchased from German eBay seller henzz1337, but late last night, he listed that 7A48-6000, with an extortionately marked-up Buy-it-Now price of £650 ! Note that he's also describing it as 'NOS', which isn't strictly true. Check out the bracelet's distorted first joining link on the 12 o'clock side; an indication it's actually been worn a fair bit (or clumsily handled).

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Rare-NOS-Vin ... 5290691459

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It may have taken him 3 months, but greedy profiteering UK eBay re-seller hollizaak007 eventually found a mug punter. That 7A48-6000, which he purchased from German eBay seller henzz1337 in January, for a best offer of less than €275, sold yesterday evening for an undisclosed best offer.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/185416130708

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[Seiko7A38]

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 become his standard Buy-it-Now price of £355 regardless.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-Seik ... 4985685340

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He may have since met with some limited success, but greedy would-be profiteering UK eBay re-seller hollizaak007 still doesn't appear to have grasped that basic wisdom. Not only is that gold-tone 7A38-7289 still unsold some 9 months later, because yesterday afternoon, he listed not one, but two similarly ridiculously over-priced gold-tone 7A38-7280's.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NOS-Vintage- ... 5433823995

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Here's where he bought it, from an Italian eBay seller, a fortnight or so ago, for a best offer of less than €250 Euros.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/125289517392

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The case-back serial number isn't visible in either set of photos, but besides the SAA124J hang tag, the Italian eBay seller has conveniently left him feedback, confirming it's the same watch.

[Seiko7A38]

The second one, although much lower priced (by his standards) @ £245 is an even bigger joke.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NOS-Vintage- ... 5433831572

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Not only is it suffering from a bad case of tarnishing, but to add insult to injury, it's a non-runner !!

[Seiko7A38]

One of greedy profiteering UK eBay re-seller hollizaak007's recent sales - the ex-eBay Germany henzz1337 7A48-6000, appears to have fallen through. Oh Dear, what a shame.

It may have taken him 3 months, but greedy profiteering UK eBay re-seller hollizaak007 eventually found a mug punter. That 7A48-6000, which he purchased from German eBay seller henzz1337 in January, for a best offer of less than €275, sold yesterday evening for an undisclosed best offer.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/185416130708

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He re-listed it earlier this morning, with the already ludicrously marked up Buy-it-Now price increased to £675 !!

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Rare-NOS-Vin ... 5449621040

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He's uploaded a fresh set of photos. The head on view doesn't show the bracelet's slightly twisted first joining link as clearly as the previous re-listing's primary image and he appears to have failed in his efforts to obscure the case-back number 7D2977, which was fully discernible in his previous re-listing.

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However 5 of the 6 digits are visible between these two photos - enough to be certain it's the same watch.

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[Seiko7A38]

Looks like greedy profiteering UK eBay re-seller hollizaak007 may have found himself another mug punter buyer. After yet another re-listing, that 7A48-6000 sold for a second time, for another undisclosed best offer, two days ago.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/185468106799

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[Seiko7A38]

Well there's a turn-up for the books !! At lunchtime today, more or less as predicted, profiteering UK eBay re-seller hollizaak007 listed that gold-tone 7A38-7260. But in an uncharacteristic move, he's set the Buy-it-Now price @ £255, only £50 more than he paid for it a week ago, instead of his usual level of mark-up (in hundreds).

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-Seik ... 5315380455

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I'd lost count of the number of times UK eBay re-seller hollizaak007 had re-listed that gold-tone 7A38-7260 over the last four months. At some point he'd increased the Buy-it-Now price to £285. Checking my eBay watching page, I see that it finally sold early this morning, for an undisclosed best offer.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/185468096979

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[Seiko7A38]

The second one, although much lower priced (by his standards) @ £245 is an even bigger joke.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NOS-Vintage- ... 5433831572

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Not only is it suffering from a bad case of tarnishing, but to add insult to injury, it's a non-runner !!

Checking my eBay watching page, I see that hollizaak007's non-running gold-tone 7A38-7280 with a bad case of tarnished plating, sold earlier this afternoon for the reduced Buy-it-Now price of £225. The mind boggles.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/185468108910

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[Seiko7A38]

FWIW, earlier this morning, would-be profiteering UK eBay re-seller hollizaak007 ended (allegedly because of errors) and almost immediately re-listed his remaining 7 unsold 7A38's. Just scanning through them I can't see any significant price changes, apart from his already risibly over-priced NOS gold-tone 7A38-7280 SAA124J which has surreptitiously crept up from £495 to £540* since he first listed it in May.

*Belated Edit: He's already broadcasting discount offers (6% off) to anybody who might be watching.

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That's still more than double the <€250 Euros he paid for it in May: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/125289517392

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[Seiko7A38]

The other one, a two-tone 7A38-727A, for which he's asking a typically greedy marked-up Buy-it-now price of £400, is a more recent acquisition from the same source: German eBay seller henzz1337.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm//Vintage-Sei ... 5400196388

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He purchased it in mid-March for a best offer, presumably less than €165 Euros.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/265593674833

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As confirmed by his standard feedback left against this item number.

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I missed spotting this yesterday, but profiteering UK eBay re-seller hollizaak007 has eventually found another mug punter buyer for another of his ex-henzz1337 7A38's. The two-tone 7A38-727A sold in the early hours of the morning, not for his greedily marked-up Buy-it-Now price of £400, but for an undisclosed best offer.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/185573923381

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[Seiko7A38]

FWIW, earlier this morning, would-be profiteering UK eBay re-seller hollizaak007 ended (allegedly because of errors) and almost immediately re-listed his remaining 7 unsold 7A38's. Just scanning through them I can't see any significant price changes, apart from his already risibly over-priced NOS gold-tone 7A38-7280 SAA124J which has surreptitiously crept up from £495 to £540* since he first listed it in May.

That's still more than double the <€250 Euros he paid for it in May: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/125289517392

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I'm having difficulty believing, but profiteering UK eBay re-seller hollizaak007's ludicrously over-priced NOS gold-tone 7A38-7280 appears to have sold yesterday for the £540 Buy-it-Now price.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/185573951080

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[Seiko7A38]

Yesterday evening, greedy would-be profiteering UK eBay re-seller hollizaak007 listed a stainless 7A38-7000 in average worn condition with a typically ludicrously marked up Buy-it-Now price of £650 - nearly double what he paid for it.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Stunning-Sei ... 5647513237

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He's touting it as a complete set (without a hang tag) and 'Totally 100% original':

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However, if you read the previous eBay seller's description, that seems unlikely to be true:

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This one has been a long time coming - a year in fact since I first predicted it - see pertinent quote from page 1, below.

The 3-day auction ended a few moments ago, with the 7A38-7000 selling for £330 after 25 bids, netting the unethical re-seller tibbsco an undeserved quick profit of £230 (less eBay fees) for minimal effort. Frankly I'm disgusted and it's probably best that I don't write any more tonight, because I've had a couple of Martinis and might speak my mind.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/133921550160

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However, this sordid tale of greed and speculation may not be finished yet. The encrypted winning bidder ID 3***0, has a feedback rating of 1919, which just happens to be the same as another profiteering UK eBay re-seller hollizaak007. Assuming I've correctly identified him and he proceeds with the transaction, this probably won't be the last we've seen of this particular stainless 7A38-7000.

In fact the story of this watch started a week earlier - on October 25th 2021, when it was 'back doored' for only £100, by another underhanded UK dealer, tibbsco. There's no doubt it's the same watch; the serial number 3N0379 matches.

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[Seiko7A38]

Checking my eBay watching page, profiteering UK eBay re-seller hollizaak007 appears to have eventually found a buyer for another of his over-priced 7A38s at the weekend - specifically this one, which he first listed at the end of February:

That was followed 10 minutes later by this 7A38-728A SAA128J German market variant, without the gold sub-dial rings. He's asking a typical greedily marked-up Buy-it-Now price of £350.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Beautiful-Vi ... 5318808180

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He made the German eBay seller henzz1337 a best offer (presumably one less than 200 Euros) for it in early January.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/265483989536

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It sold for an undisclosed best offer on Sunday morning:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/185645875774

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[Seiko7A38]

Yesterday evening, greedy would-be profiteering UK eBay re-seller hollizaak007 listed a stainless 7A38-7000 in average worn condition with a typically ludicrously marked up Buy-it-Now price of £650 - nearly double what he paid for it.

It continues to amaze me how greedy profiteering UK eBay re-seller hollizaaak007 manages to keep finding gullible mug punters willing to pay his extortionately marked up asking prices. He found another yesterday evening - someone paid £605 for his stainless 7A38-7000 (reduced from £650). Admittedly he (over)paid £330 for it, just over a year ago, but the same watch sold had sold for £100 the week previous. The mind boggles.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/185662623452

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[Seiko7A38]

At lunchtime today, greedy profiteering UK eBay re-seller hollizaak007 listed a two-tone 7A38-7020 in only average worn condition with a typical extortionately marked-up Buy-it-Now price of £575. As is his usual modus operandi, he's added a Seiko presentation box and generic manuals, in an effort of giving an impression of it being an original 'full set'.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Seiko-7a38-7 ... 5681776210

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As they're all pretty similar, I'll only bother uploading two of his nine photos:

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Here's where he bought the exact same watch a week ago, winning a UK eBay auction for £167 - much less than a third of his current greedily marked-up asking price:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/175493700872

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The eBay Bidding History shows an encrypted winning bidder ID, ending in '7' with a matching feedback of 2114

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Not that there was any doubt in my mind, but needless to say, the case-back serial number 548379 matches:

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[Seiko7A38]

Words fail me. I don't know how profiteering UK eBay re-seller hollizaak007 manages to keep finding these mug punters with more money than sense. Last night, another one bought his two-tone 7A38-7020 for the full £575 Buy-it-Now price, netting him £400 Quid's profit just in time for Christmas. The mind boggles.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/185700916244

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[Seiko7A38]

This is another chapter in the long-running saga of profiteering UK eBay re-seller hollizaak007. Please bear with me, because it will take a little longer to write up than usual. I think I've just witnessed some crass stupidity on the part of one of his customers, which will play right into his greedy hands again. Yesterday evening, a UK eBay seller entered a Buy-it-Now listing for what supposedly was a two-tone 7A38-7280, which they were selling comparatively cheaply because they believed it was in need of a service.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/seiko-vintag ... 4924690569

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Except it was pretty obvious from the seller's photos that it was actually a two-tone 7A38-727A:

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The seller's description is best described as a testament to his ignorance:

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He wrongly assumed that fitting a replacement battery meant the watch needed a movement service.

From the price he paid last year (of almost £400) and the Seiko presentation box, it's not difficult to figure out who he bought it from - none other than profiteering re-seller hollizaak007.

I missed spotting this yesterday, but profiteering UK eBay re-seller hollizaak007 has eventually found another mug punter buyer for another of his ex-henzz1337 7A38's. The two-tone 7A38-727A sold in the early hours of the morning, not for his greedily marked-up Buy-it-Now price of £400, but for an undisclosed best offer.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/185573923381

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Which of course is this one (full details in my post at the bottom of the previous page):

The other one, a two-tone 7A38-727A, for which he's asking a typically greedy marked-up Buy-it-now price of £400, is a more recent acquisition from the same source: German eBay seller henzz1337.

He purchased it in mid-March for a best offer, presumably less than €165 Euros.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/265593674833

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I didn't see the listing while it was live, but according to WatchCount.com's look-up tool, it lasted 5 minutes short of 2 hours before someone grabbed it up.

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And this is where the travesty comes in. According to the eBay Purchase History it was bought by someone with an encrypted ID of z***0 - very likely hollizaak007.

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[Seiko7A38]

Looks like he's decided to brazen it out. Here's the first of the two-tone 7A38-728A's, the common-or-garden, almost ubiquitous SAA122J version, which he listed this afternoon at his usual standard (minimum) Buy-it-Now price of £365.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-Seik ... 5260116437

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Had to chuckle at the ignorance shown by his writing in the description: 'Dial is very rare with gold chapter rings.' when of course it's the German market variant without the gold sub-dial rings (SAA128J) which is actually the scarcer of the two variants. There's a mildly humorous model specific thread on the old forum discussing this.

Specifically this one, purchased on 4th January:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/265483992094

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Presumably more will follow in due course (sooner than later). Here's a link to hollizaak007's current 7A38 eBay listings, which will also come in handy when he pulls his regular stunt of ending and re-listing.

Checking my eBay watching page, after over a year and umpteen re-listings, profiteering UK eBay re-seller hollizaak007 has eventually managed to find a mug punter buyer for the second ex-henzz1337 two-tone 7A38-728A. It sold yesterday lunchtime for an undisclosed best offer, rather than the slightly reduced Buy-it-Now price.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/185752909771

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[Seiko7A38]

Indeed hollizaak007 seems to have had a very profitable Sunday lunchtime, selling two more Seiko 7Axx's (which I hadn't been watching), within the space of 10 minutes - a gold-tone 7A34-7000 (sold for an undisclosed best offer) ....

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/185752970717

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.... and a two-tone 7A48-5000 for £295: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/185753101834

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Checking the eBay Purchase History, all three appear to have bought by the same person, with an encrypted ID c***s. Mug punter buyer indeed.

[Seiko7A38]

And this is where the travesty comes in. According to the eBay Purchase History it was bought by someone with an encrypted ID of z***0 - very likely hollizaak007.

Brazen profiteering UK eBay re-seller hollizaak007 proved my prediction correct, when earlier this afternoon, he listed the ex-henzz1337 / goosefeather1 two-tone 7A38-727A on eBay again, with a typical greedy Buy-it-Now price of £395. There's no mention in the description of his having fitted a new battery, which is presumably all it needed. His action in having purchased it back from his previous buyer for 40% of what they paid him shows he is truly unscrupulous.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Stunning-Sei ... 5775388725

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His 10 photos are very similar to those he used in his previous listing in April last year ...

Since I took my screen print, he's revised the listing, shuffling the order of his photos, making another of the head-on views the primary image. Once again, there's no clear shot of the case-back; in the one above the serial number is conveniently obscured by the bracelet. No matter; I'd 'bookmarked' it in anticipation. It's serial number 7N8874.

The difference being that this time the case-back serial number 7N8874 is clearly visible:

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[Seiko7A38]

Yesterday evening, profiteering UK eBay re-seller hollizaak007 listed a two-tone 7A38-7069 in better than average used condition. Typically, his Buy-it-Now asking price is a laughably optimistic £425, which is more than double what you should realistically expect to pay for such an example of this relatively common US market model.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-Seik ... 5813020365

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I haven't managed to find where he acquired it (or what he paid for it). His description includes the sentence:

This is from my personal collection which I'm selling.

It may possibly well be true, but this line is frequently used by other known re-sellers, for example simone00simone.
Whereas I don't like to admit defeat, I don't waste too much time searching my photo archives either. Often as not, when I can prove a case, it'll turn out to be academic when another mug punter pays well over the odds.