Selling my watch on Ebay

JDookie · 06-11-06, 09:14

Just in case anyone is interested, I'm selling my Rolex on Ebay. Please inform anyone that may be interested. Thank you!!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tem=8947127379

gmblack3a · 06-11-06, 10:29

Check with UPS to see if they will insure for that amount. I sold mine last year and ended up going with USPS via registered mail. They lock the item up every night on the way and the cost is very low. I think you can only send it first class mail when it goes registered.

Registered Mail First class mail with a numbered receipt, including a valuation of the registered item. This guarantees customers will get their money back if an item is lost in the mail.

tegboy · 06-12-06, 03:52

That a beautiful watch.

Good luck with the sale of it.

JDookie · 06-12-06, 07:35

Quote:

Originally Posted by gmblack3a

Check with UPS to see if they will insure for that amount. I sold mine last year and ended up going with USPS via registered mail. They lock the item up every night on the way and the cost is very low. I think you can only send it first class mail when it goes registered.

Registered Mail First class mail with a numbered receipt, including a valuation of the registered item. This guarantees customers will get their money back if an item is lost in the mail.

Very interesting. I was under the impression that UPS would insure items for any amount. I will definitely check into this. Thank you very much for the heads up. I won't ship this watch without being fully insured, that's for sure.

Bill D · 06-12-06, 07:47

Jason,

between you, Spilchy, and Accumulator, it seems like the Rolex Sub is an official "Autopian watch". What are you planning to upgrade to?

jsatek · 06-12-06, 07:54

I wear an Explorer II with a white face daily and I have a Stainless Daytona. Good "standard" watches, I may grab a IWC or a Panarai this summer.

What are you buying next?

Diesel1 · 06-12-06, 10:15

The sub has been the hottest Rolex in the past few years! Everyone wants it! You should be able to do well on it!

JDookie · 06-12-06, 01:04

Believe it or not guys, I'm not making that much of an upgrade. It's probably the absolute smallest upgrade you *can* make coming from a sub.

I'm going to a Sea Dweller, which looks *exactly* the same as the sub. but is a little bit thicker, and goes deeper than the sub.

Ever since I bought my Sub. in 98', I've kicked myself in the butt for not waiting for the SeaDweller. They were out of stock at the time (around christmas), and I wanted one that day, so I settled for the Submariner.

This is really more of a "taking a loss to get what I should have bought" type of situation. The only thing that sucks is that the watches are now $2,000 more than what they were when I bought mine, so I'm going to take a little hit, but hey, this will be my treat to myself.

Eventually, my *real* upgrade will be to a white gold president, but I'm still a couple years away from that. I have a house to rebuild before I can't buy anything as substantial as that.

JDookie · 06-12-06, 01:05

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Originally Posted by jsatek

I wear an Explorer II with a white face daily and I have a Stainless Daytona. Good "standard" watches, I may grab a IWC or a Panarai this summer.

What are you buying next?

I love the SS Daytonas. They are very hard to get.

Bill D · 06-12-06, 01:33

My pal has a Sea-Dweller. He wears it constantly and loves it. A President is my goal some time too but it looks like the closest thing to that for me at this time is a very modified "frankenwatch". Yep, the SS Daytonas are a real collector's Holy Grail. I heard they are even used as currency in foreign undergrounds

JDookie · 06-12-06, 03:16

Well, after some serious "after thought", I decided to keep my Sub. I know, I know, why didn't I think about this before, but I went to see the SD in person, to my surprise, I actually didn't like it as much as what I already have. Crazy how after all these years of thinking I made a mistake, I actually made the right choice originally. Well, it only cost me $12 for the ebay auction, so not a big loss.

I'm just so glad I went to see one in person *before* the auction ended! Almost screwed up big time!

Bill D · 06-12-06, 06:51

Good move IMO. I see my pal's Sea-Dweller all the time and unless you desperately need that helium valve, I don't see the point of having one. I also love the look of the cyclops magnifier. It's what makes a Rolex a Rolex and one without it just seems unfinished.