Interesting. Would be good for new sellers and the people that buy from them.

 

Wonder how many will take advantage of this new offering?

Also wonder about the specific details???

 

Confused...the third party offers their assessment of the condition? What about authenticity?

 

"a watchmaker of our choosing "

So they find an inexpensive "watchmaker" to verify its condition, then they mark up the price and charge the buyer?

Is that the deal?

 

So they find an inexpensive "watchmaker" to verify its condition, then they mark up the price and charge the buyer?

Is that the deal?

Good point. Nothing is cheap on that site......

 

This adds a layer of potential problems in my experience. Cheap watchmakers are much more likely to damage a watch. You also have at least one additional packaging, transit, and delivery process that could go sideways. Sorry, with their 7 day inspection by the buyer policy already in place why do this? If you do go the inspection route does that eliminate the 7 day inspection time allowed by Chrono24 now by the buyer? If not, what purpose does this additional step serve?

 

Seems like an answer to a problem no one has. Added delivery time plus someone else handling your watch who may or may not take care of it.

 

Eh, I'm not so sure. Ive bought several watches there and on the more expensive models (depending on price of course), I might have been willing to shell out for an independent reviewer.

I bought from private sellers. They never offer returns. If I could've had a third party validate one particular "very good quality" piece, they'd have undoubtedly said it was "fair" at best, based on the chrono24 quality definitions.

Of course, whether or not that's how it'd play out in reality is another matter entirely.

 

Actually, buying from a private seller gives you 7 days to decide if there is a material issue with the watch, before the funds are released to the private seller. The private seller isn’t obligated to do anything, though I guess if the buyer can substantiate an egregious breach of the terms of sale perhaps they could hold onto the seller’s funds until some agreement was reached.

With a commercial seller, there is an explicit “14 day money back” offer if the watch is not as described. I have bought & sold a number of watches on C24 and have never had an issue, but I first “buy the seller” and myself have been on the other side of that equation as a seller.

 

I can see an advantage for those buying from private sellers provided the watchmaker isn’t incompetent. But for professional dealers and the money-back if the watch isn’t ok there is no need for this.

 

The nuance that’s missing from my excerpt is that this was sent to private sellers; I don’t think it applies to dealer sales. I will go and FTFM.

 

I think this is beneficial if I was selling a watch. Give buyers more piece of mind. As a buyer, depending on the watch, I don’t think I could always get a watch authenticated in 7 days and I live in a major metropolitan area. For those of those that don’t, this adds even more value.

 

wonderful news for buyers.

 

Sooo... they're turning into ebay?

 

Awesome, there are few sweet offer from private sellers I don't date to consider yet, so looking forward purchase something with something like Carrera this way.

 

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