Seiko7A38 wrote: ↑Sat Jan 15, 2022 10:02 am
Seiko7A38 wrote: ↑Fri Dec 17, 2021 9:52 amOne can only assume they are attempting to corner the market by establishing a monopoly on eBay, thereby driving up the prices for this relatively common 7A48 variant. They may need to buy a few more yet !!
That now makes
a total of 15 7A48-7000's / -7009's that he's currently listing and best I can tell, unless I've missed any, he hasn't sold a single one to date.
To coin the old adage:
Speculate to accumulate or accumulate to speculate ?
He may have sold a couple of 7Axx's earlier this year, but (apart from the non-sale in March) MM still hasn't met with any success shifting his unsold hoard of
sixteen 7A48-7000 / -7009's. I've been keeping tabs on his shenanigans and some of them have now been-re-listed at least half a dozen times since last December. One noticeable difference is that their current (50% discounted) prices now range from $250, for a non-running head only, to $500 for complete examples on the correct original Z1093C bracelet, compared to the absolutely ludicrous $400 to $1500 he was asking in January.
One might have thought he would have learned his lesson by now - that these watches are far too common to be able to create any kind of monopoly. I believe he's purchased at least 3 more 7A48-7000/9 this year: one in February and two in April (all as best offer accepted), although if my assumptions are correct, he still hasn't listed any of them on eBay yet. Indeed, I thought he might have finally given up, but his evident obsession with this 7A48 continues. He bought another cheap 7A48-700X with issues, winning a US eBay auction in the early hours of this morning.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/325213147961
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The
eBay Bidding History shows a winning bidder with a feedback of 12175 - it couldn't be anybody else, but him.
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It remains to be seen what he plans to do with it. The real 'gotcher' with this example is that it's missing its case-back (the US eBay seller had used the 7A48-7010 dial part number in his listing title, which is common to both the normal worldwide export 7A48-7000 and US market 7A48-7009). Here's his description:
GOOD DAY FOLKS, UP FOR AUCTION IS A 1980's SEIKO CHRONOGRAPH MOONPHASE WRIST WATCH. IT'S A 7A48-7010T SPORTS 100 MODEL. I INSTALLED A NEW BATTERY AND THE WATCH RUNS AND IS KEEPING TIME ACCURATELY BUT I CAN'T GET ANY OF THE OTHER BUTTONS TO WORK. THE SECONDS HAND MOVES AROUND AS DOES THE HOUR AND MINUTES HANDS BUT I CAN'T SEEM TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET THE CHRONOGRAPH FUNCTIONS TO WORK, IT WILL NEED TO BE SERVICED., THE ONE GLARING PROBLEM IS THE BACK COVER IS MISSING, YOU'LL HAVE TO ORDER ONE FROM SEIKO. THE MOVEMENT LOOKS OK, BUT IT HAS A COUPLE OF SPOTS OF TARNISH. YOU CAN SEE IT'S CONDITION BY MOVING YOUR MOUSE CURSOR OVER THE PICS. IF YOU COLLECT OR REPAIR OLD SEIKO WATCHES, THIS IS A GOOD CANDIDATE FOR RESTORATION.
Logically, MM could use it to improve or rectify one of his lesser condition non-working / head only examples. But as he appears to be totally incapable of the most basic tasks, including replacing batteries, I somehow doubt it.
He's replaced it with this small grainy image of what appears to be a Swiss chateau.
Needless to say that includes the majority of his ludicrously over-priced Seikos (in general) and 7Axx's.
Compare this tarted-up bauble with the rather more subtle white dialed 
