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Old 11 April 2018, 11:40 PM   #1
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London stock help

London based PP fans do any of you know a grey with both the 5990a and 5164a in stock, really want them both in one location to get a decent side by side comparison!

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Old 11 April 2018, 11:57 PM   #2
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my house

watch club has a 5990 but its reserved, but they may let you try it on. H&Y has a 5164
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Old 12 April 2018, 12:01 AM   #3
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my house

watch club has a 5990 but its reserved, but they may let you try it on. H&Y has a 5164
Yeah imagine you have a better PP stock then the majority of the city

Not sure my 15407st would be safe though...
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Old 12 April 2018, 12:04 AM   #4
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Yeah imagine you have a better PP stock then the majority of the city

Not sure my 15407st would be safe though...
it wouldn't
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Old 12 April 2018, 01:04 AM   #5
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watch club has a 5990 but its reserved, but they may let you try it on. H&Y has a 5164
You should reach out to PP. Utilize your house as the official London Gallery (for a small sum of course). I'm sure you can showcase more sport models than what PP is currently offering in the city
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Old 12 April 2018, 01:39 AM   #6
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You should reach out to PP. Utilize your house as the official London Gallery (for a small sum of course). I'm sure you can showcase more sport models than what PP is currently offering in the city
Indeed Tylers Salon lol
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Old 12 April 2018, 01:38 AM   #7
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Watch center had a 5524 on their site also for 36k
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Price has moved up £2K on a used 5164 at WF I see from last year.
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Old 12 April 2018, 02:59 AM   #9
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Price has moved up £2K on a used 5164 at WF I see from last year.
and they are now offering less im sure
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Old 12 April 2018, 03:16 AM   #10
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and they are now offering less im sure
It's a risky ploy, hoping people on mass don't start selling privately instead. Our job at least on a public forum is to show up their practices.
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It's a risky ploy, hoping people on mass don't start selling privately instead. Our job at least on a public forum is to show up their practices.
Agree WF used to be a good outlet, pretty much paid what you’d get selling private without the aggro and just put their cut on top.

Now looking to be greedy! Last time I tried to deal with them they wanted to pay me less then retail on a NIB 5167a which they were selling a used one at a 5k profit over what they offered me!
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Agree WF used to be a good outlet, pretty much paid what you’d get selling private without the aggro and just put their cut on top.

Now looking to be greedy! Last time I tried to deal with them they wanted to pay me less then retail on a NIB 5167a which they were selling a used one at a 5k profit over what they offered me!
IMO they are biting the hand that feeds them. They get the vast majority of their watches from private sellers like us. With an OK price i would be fine with selling to them for a bit less than i could get selling myself and avoid the hassle, and let them make their margin too. Now i probably wouldn't. So basically they are risking killing their inventory.
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Agree WF used to be a good outlet, pretty much paid what you’d get selling private without the aggro and just put their cut on top.

Now looking to be greedy! Last time I tried to deal with them they wanted to pay me less then retail on a NIB 5167a which they were selling a used one at a 5k profit over what they offered me!
Agreed that Watchfinder’s are now very greedy but so are all the others. I visited Burlington Arcade last weekend and noticed that the dealers there have now removed price tags from the watches in the windows. Watch Club which used to offer market prices is also now extortionate. I’m not singling out these though, all U.K. watch dealers seem to be capitalising on demand and have massively over inflated prices on stock and will offer you massively under market for your watch. (In my opinion)
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Price has moved up £2K on a used 5164 at WF I see from last year.
Now gone, thought price was too low compared to 5167 and the vibe now. £30K next.
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Old 12 April 2018, 03:39 AM   #15
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Agree WF used to be a good outlet, pretty much paid what you’d get selling private without the aggro and just put their cut on top.

Now looking to be greedy! Last time I tried to deal with them they wanted to pay me less then retail on a NIB 5167a which they were selling a used one at a 5k profit over what they offered me!
That TV advertising doesn’t pay for itself, you know!
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That TV advertising doesn’t pay for itself, you know!
they have gotten a bit out of hand though. Watches are going for several thousand more than last year and at the same time they are offering less to buy them since last year. They are getting pretty close to a monopoly and they are exploiting it.
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For fun I'm going to submit pictures of my 5164 for a bid from WF just to see how ridiculous their spread is.

Anyone think it will be under 20K GBP? Mine's a August 2017 in excellent shape. They're selling one around the same age for 27,450 GBP.
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Old 14 April 2018, 07:05 AM   #18
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For fun I'm going to submit pictures of my 5164 for a bid from WF just to see how ridiculous their spread is.

Anyone think it will be under 20K GBP? Mine's a August 2017 in excellent shape. They're selling one around the same age for 27,450 GBP.
£18-£19k?
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£18-£19k?
I’d say that’s about right! They offered 21-22k on a brand new unworn one back in Jan.
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For fun I'm going to submit pictures of my 5164 for a bid from WF just to see how ridiculous their spread is.

Anyone think it will be under 20K GBP? Mine's a August 2017 in excellent shape. They're selling one around the same age for 27,450 GBP.
20K sounds crazy low. Surely they'll pay more? Let us know.
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Old 14 April 2018, 05:08 PM   #21
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im more curious on the 5711 spread. They still haven't put up the prices for the two they have. Now they have another one so someone recently flipped them one.

IMO that is the spread that is more indicative of a downward trend in buy prices because that is not a hard one to move.
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im more curious on the 5711 spread. They still haven't put up the prices for the two they have. Now they have another one so someone recently flipped them one.

IMO that is the spread that is more indicative of a downward trend in buy prices because that is not a hard one to move.
I sold my 2016 5711 Blue dial to WF in December and they paid me £29,750 and advertised it for £32,750. At the time they were by far the highest bid.
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I sold my 2016 5711 Blue dial to WF in December and they paid me £29,750 and advertised it for £32,750. At the time they were by far the highest bid.
That spread is actually very low, as many greys have pointed out to me, but now they have gone the other way and are probably offering around £30K and selling for 40K.
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I sold my 2016 5711 Blue dial to WF in December and they paid me £29,750 and advertised it for £32,750. At the time they were by far the highest bid.
Do you miss it and did you replace it with another watch?

I also agree with Neil and imagine they are paying out the same but selling for late 30s
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20K sounds crazy low. Surely they'll pay more? Let us know.
Got my quote in - 21,000 to 22,000 GBP. Higher than I expected from the Spreadfinder, but no way would I entertain the idea of selling.
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For fun I'm going to submit pictures of my 5164 for a bid from WF just to see how ridiculous their spread is.

Anyone think it will be under 20K GBP? Mine's a August 2017 in excellent shape. They're selling one around the same age for 27,450 GBP.
There are 4 or 5 in the UK around £25k, I think for sure WF will offer under £20k.
They will loose 16.67% of the uplift between buy and sell in VAT at the margin payments and they need to make a profit. Let us know how it goes.
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There are 4 or 5 in the UK around £25k, I think for sure WF will offer under £20k.
They will loose 16.67% of the uplift between buy and sell in VAT at the margin payments and they need to make a profit. Let us know how it goes.
Very good point on the VAT, which I think is easily forgotten. I believe VAT lost would be on the full amount (not the margin), assuming the seller is not VAT registered.
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Call around different AD's you might get lucky I bought 5167-1A today no waiting list no premium.
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Call around different AD's you might get lucky I bought 5167-1A today no waiting list no premium.


I hope you bought a lottery ticket today as well?!
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I hope you bought a lottery ticket today as well?!
yeah I couldn't believe it when they told me its in stock and ready for me to buy I heard they are hard to most ads in London wouldn't even put me on waiting list It's just Nautilus & Aquanaut range is not available.
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