There has been a surfeit of 7A38-702H's on eBay in the States in December. I've seen at least 5 examples listed. So even though he still has two examples unsold, it was to be expected that flobaca would grab some of the action, to maintain his stock in trade. He won this US eBay 7-day auction last night, sniping it in the closing seconds, as usual, for $152.50.
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.
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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.
At the risk of repeating my penultimate post, at the top of this page (he still has the same two 7A38-702H's unsold), I suspect flobaca has just bought yet another one for his stock in trade. This partially working example sold in the early hours of this morning for a Buy-it-Now / Best Offer price of $107.50.
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I can't be 100% certain that it was him, from the encrypted user ID, but it looks like his typical lowballing style.
For future reference, the case-back serial number is 411977.
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Seiko7A38 wrote: ↑Mon Dec 29, 2025 9:33 am
I really don't know why he bothers to try it on. Once again, devious US eBay re-seller flobaca has seen fit to replace that gold-tone crown on his stainless 7A38-7020 with the correct one. He re-listed it in the early hours of this morning, with a fresh set of photos and a slightly reduced opening bid price of $625.
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.
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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: ↑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.
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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.)
Earlier this afternoon, profiteering US eBay re-seller flobaca listed yet another stainless 7A38-7020 as a 7-day auction with an opening bid price of $650 and the option to make an offer.
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Once again, I've so far been unable to uncover where he bought this example. One should bear in mind his predilection for paying less than $225 for his stock in trade. This one looks a decent example and given the seemingly insatiable demand, I'm sure will sell quickly, to some mug punter, assuring him of another fat profit for very little effort.
More or less as expected, flobaca's most recent stainless 7A38-7020 sold relatively quickly (compared to most of his other offerings). It went for a reduced opening bid price of $600, yesterday afternoon, after only one re-listing.
Having re-listed them countless times (since September and October last year), flobaca's two 7A38-702H's eventually sold this afternoon for best offers; considerably less than the laughable $525 and $550 he was originally asking for them.
Of course flobaca already had another one ready and prepared - 'waiting in the wings', so to speak. Yesterday evening he listed yet another 7A38-702H in average worn condition. As usual it's a 7-day auction listing, but this time with an unmolested bezel and a lower more tempting (notice I didn't say 'realistic') opening bid price of $325.
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This is another one I had predicted earlier, which he won in a US eBay auction at the end of December last year for $152.50. See my post at the top of this page. Naturally the case-back serial number matches.
Seiko7A38 wrote: ↑Tue Dec 30, 2025 9:44 amFor future reference, the case-back serial number is 3N8622.
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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.
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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 !
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.
Yesterday afternoon, profiteering US eBay re-seller flobaca listed yet another 7A38-7069 in no better than average worn condition. As usual, it's a 7-day auction, this time with an opening bid price of $275 and the option to make an offer.
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I was half expecting his next 7A38-7069 to be a bitza comprised of the two he bought in October and November last year (case-back serial numbers 441781 and 452471 - see my predictions on the previous page). But it's neither of them - but another watch, serial number 450847, that he's picked up, which I haven't managed to track down yet.
