You send them a private message. Click on their username on the website and on the next page use the "Start conversation" option.

 

is this still available? I tried and could not find a start conversation option

 

Do I have to wait 3 months and post 100 times to be able to buy a watch here?

It only took me a couple days of normal posting activity to be able to send a PM (called "conversation" here). Just hang around the forum a bit and participate in a few discussions that interest you and you will have it enabled in no time. Be careful, however, not to "speed post" (just posting randomly for the sake of upping your post count) as this is against the forum rules.

 

Thank you. I found this helpful as well.

 

WUS is a watch discussion forum first and foremost, with a sales forum bolted on the side.

Participate for a while and then you might be able to gain access to the sales section, if not there are a myriad of watch sales sites.

 

Send them a private message. I have limited activity and have bought several here with good results.

 

You can send private message. The 100 post 90 days you are referencing is to post in the sales corner subforum

 

Hi is this still true if I want to buy a watch there is not a limit of 90 days of being a member and minumum 100 posts?

 

There is an unidentified number of posts in the fora that, when achieved will allow you to pm other members. I don't know what it is, it may be different for each new member but it is not a large number. Find a few threads that interest you, ask questions, comment and you will be able to pm members.

 

This is helpful - thank you! I had the exact same question.

 

These are all good responses to your question.

You can also read the forum guidelines to better know what to expect here.

 

I found this confusing at first as well, but respect WUS for having this as a clear unique selling point compared to other sites simply focused on sales alone. First comes the trust, then comes the potential for a sale to grow or thin your collection (which, let’s be honest, is to also fund future collection growth). I also find, in my limited exposure to the site so far, that there’s less price gouging compared to other watch and P2P sites, which likely stems from that member to member respect. It’s community first, which is refreshing.

 

I found this confusing at first as well, but respect WUS for having this as a clear unique selling point compared to other sites simply focused on sales alone. First comes the trust, then comes the potential for a sale to grow or thin your collection (which, let's be honest, is to also fund future collection growth). I also find, in my limited exposure to the site so far, that there's less price gouging compared to other watch and P2P sites, which likely stems from that member to member respect. It's community first, which is refreshing.

This dude gets it.

 

Thank you to everyone who responded so quickly. I got it now and I do appreciate that the original purpose of this site is sharing and discussing watches. If it weren’t for the private sellers’ component of WuS, I would have probably never stumbled upon it. There are so many cool watches out there.

 

Don't feel bad. When they switched over to new software/formatting I could not figure out how to send a message as the previous format said I think "Send a Message" which to me was much more straight forward than "Start a Conversation"

Start a conversation sounds a lot like starting a discussion thrread than sending a private message. Is it me or is the plain meaning of a word as people understood it prior to 2013 or so no longer what things mean now?

Also the previous format had a button that said "Edit" e.g. to edit one's post; It took me several months to click on the STUPID 3 vertical dots which showed "EDIT"

The millenial/Gen Z mind likes these heiroglyphic communication menthods, but I actually prefer actual words and the English language on websites. Silly me!

Thank you to everyone who responded so quickly. I got it now and I do appreciate that the original purpose of this site is sharing and discussing watches. If it weren't for the private sellers' component of WuS, I would have probably never stumbled upon it. There are so many cool watches out there.

 

I just started babbling. Never though to buy a watch or even "where is the sellers page?"

 

Not so user friendly for contacting sellers.

 

Also having the same issue, trying to contact a seller to buy a watch, but do not see the start conversation option, unless I cannot see it, because I just joined the forum?

 

Thanks for the response.
Seems that WUS doesnt want me to buy this watch

nonetheless, I suppose it has forced me to join the forum and contribute and participate, which isnt a bad thing as I have read reviews here for years.
Granted I am a Seiko, Casio and Citizen fan looking to mature my watch style.

 

Same here that I can't find "start conversation" to PM seller.

 

Try logging off and on again. That worked for me and after about a 24 hour cooling off period I was able to PM the seller but sadly he retracted the same and decided to keep the watch.

 

Thanks, this helped me a lot.

 

Same problem on my end -- hoping to message a seller but it seems there is an arbitrary post minimum to gain PMing privileges? I suppose it's to stimulate discussion, which it has certainly achieved here.

 

Okay glad I stumbled upon this thread. The same issue

 

+1 I'll go see if there are any discussion I can contribute to, being new in this hobby.

Cheers

 

I am in the same boat. I am not sure what requirements are needed so that I can DM or PM someone?

 

I, like you, joined to purchase a watch after being a long time lurker.

I found that a few posts asking people the same question and 24 hours was what it took.

 

Same situation here - I am trying to buy a watch but can't PM since I'm a new member. I am starting to post and reply to pages and hopefully the watch is not gone by the time I am able to send the seller a message.

 

Maybe you can post what you want in “want to buy” section and see if that watch comes to you

 

In the same boat, just found a beautiful Orient that a gentleman is selling but I am completely new to the site and have zero way to contact him about it. Cannot seem to find the PM button past the profile either.

 

I can't find the "start conversation" button either...

 

Takes time to contribute to the conversation before you can participate in the buying and selling of watches. While I wish I could jump on the opportunity to purchase a few watches that I have seen, I understand and respect the idea that it’s about community first.


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I know where the start a conversation button is supposed to be, but it's missing.

 

I’m going through the same thing but figured out the private message thing. Not trying to sell a watch just buy one I saw for sale. Glad I found the site though!