Grubby 7A38-6000 SAA039J - a 'Steal' @ 250 Euros ?

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Grubby 7A38-6000 SAA039J - a 'Steal' @ 250 Euros ?

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Remembering the frequently ridiculous prices asked (and sometimes achieved by shill bidding) by a few no better than average condition examples last year (as I documented in the old archived forum's model thread), it made a refreshing change to see a 7A38-6000 listed this afternoon by an Italian eBay seller with a reasonably sensible Buy-it-Now price of 'only' 250 Euros. As you can see from my screen print, it certainly attracted a fair bit of attention during the first hour.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Seiko-sports ... 5188018162

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Apart from being in dire need of a good clean, the major detraction was the crystal had a nasty long deep scratch and ideally needs replacing. The bezel is quite badly graunched, but in the absence of replacements, is tolerable and in keeping with the rest of the watch. The numerous small dings on the LH side of the watch case point to a previous owner having worn a bracelet on the same wrist. That all said, I've seen a lot worse selling for much higher prices.

It was simply a matter of time before someone hit the Buy-it-Now button. WatchCount.com's Look-Up tool shows the listing was live for just over an hour and a half - up until about 10 minutes ago.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/255188018162

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The eBay Purchase History reveals the seller had earlier declined one offer and another was retracted:

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Re: Grubby 7A38-6000 SAA039J - a 'Steal' @ 250 Euros ?

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Given the watch's overall condition, I wouldn't personally have classed that grubby 7A38-6000 as any kind of bargain. Even @ 250 Euros, I never considered buying it myself. The price was just 'reasonable', for a change. Transpires even that was too good to be true. :roll: It was listed on eBay Italy after all ! :lol:

The Italian eBay seller presumably had second thoughts about letting it go 'cheaply', reneged on the sale and re-listed it about half an hour ago, with the Buy-it-Now price increased from 250 to 399 Euros. :o

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Seiko-sports ... 5188473169

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It sold for a second time in the early hours of this morning, for that increased Buy-it-Now price of 399 Euros.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/255188473169

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Checking the eBay Purchase History reveals the Italian eBay seller had earlier declined 3 offers:

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The first offer, yesterday evening, was made by an encrypted ID i***i - possibly the same person as the previous buyer.

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Incidentally, that same grubby 7A38-6000 rocked up on Instagram yesterday, posted by watch.n_sun. I'm not sure of the actual significance of his post. The photo he uploaded is exactly the same as the Italian eBay seller's primary image. :? My infallible intuition is beginning to smell a rat. If you check out the two previous Instagram posts by watch.n_sun, you'll see both those watches are mounted on a similar gold plastic stand, with the photos taken from a similar angle. Checking the other items listed by Italian eBay seller nappdomiz shows that they also deal in watches and sunglasses. Ergo, by deduction the same person. So does their recent Instagram post of the 7A38-6000 mean that it's still unsold ?

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Out of curiosity, I'd added a comment (in Italian) to their post, enquiring whether it was for sale or already been sold.

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I didn't see their reply until this morning, because they'd replied by DM (and I wasn't following them):

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They confirmed it had already been sold, but then asked: 'Out of curiosity, what value does it have?' :lol:

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