7A38-6070 SAA073J re-listed on eBay today

[Seiko7A38]

No great surprise, it was back on eBay again late yesterday evening. This time deluded Italian eBay seller desmoxbike has re-listed it as a 3-day auction with the opening bid price reduced slightly to 500 Euros.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ULTRA-RARE-S ... 5396925531

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Another month on, I guess it's about time I added a couple of updates to this sorry saga. That 3-day re-listing actually ran the full duration. The next re-listing which followed was ended in the now customary manner on 24th February.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/255402094656

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[Seiko7A38]

By coincidence, another well-worn 7A38-6070, fitted with a rubber dive strap, was listed by another Italian eBay seller at the end of February, as a 10-day auction with an opening bid price of $1.99 and no reserve.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Seiko-chrono ... 5357533654

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At first, I thought it might have been one I'd seen listed on eBay or Subito previously, so checked my photo folders and the old archived forum's 7A38-6070 SAA073J thread, but transpired it wasn't. The bidding was remarkably slack, remaining at less than $20 until usual snipe fest in the final seconds. But even then it only made $86 after 9 bids.

[Seiko7A38]

Presuming he saw it, that auction result may have given the deluded Italian eBay seller desmoxbike food for thought, if not a sharp reality check. Af the weekend, he finally re-listed his 7A38-6070 as another 7-day auction, with an oddball opening bid price of 327.25 Euros.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ULTRA-RARE-S ... 5444720040

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The photos he's uploaded to this re-listing are a combination of images he'd used in previous re-listings in December last year and a few newer ones which show the watch in a poorer light, without its 'restored' bezel insert.

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Translating this sentence of his description, it sounds like his bezel insert is nothing more than a poorly printed sticker:

Collector's watch ring with scratches but in addition plasticized adhesive film identical to the original for bezel.

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[Seiko7A38]

The above previous re-listing ended yesterday evening, in the usual manner:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/255456632231

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For his latest re-listing, which followed a couple of minutes later, he's reverted to using Buy-it-Now format, asking 350 Euros (with the option to make an offer). He also appears to have made a cock-up by offering not 1, but quantity 4.
We can only hope there's still just the one.

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