I've never really understood this practice (hiding last few serial numbers) except for gray market dealers who seek to obscure the source of where the (new) watch came from. On new watches, the manufacturer can trace the serial to see which dealer a watch was originally delivered to.

We've compiled a list by year of all the serial number of your Rolex watches to help you in finding the right year for your watch.

Authorized dealers would be in jeopardy of losing their distributorship if they were caught selling in bulk to gray market dealers or selling directly to individuals over the internet. For used watches that are legitimate and not stolen merchandise, I can think of no valid reason to obscure serial numbers. My own auctions have always prominently shown the full serial number of the watch I'm selling. I've seen sellers of used watches obscuring serials in their auctions but have never understood why. Perhaps they're just imitating a practice they've seen.

Dgalaxie, is simply upset that I corrected him for giving bad advice (advice that violated eBay rules and risked suspension) on another forum thread. Now he's apparently going to throw a tantrum on any thread I post to. Program Buat Jadual Waktu Kelas. It's this type of juvenile behavior that prompts me (and many others on eBay discussion boards) to post using a private posting IDs to avoid having to deal with people who will seek to harass and cause damage if they take offense to anything you say.

Sniper Elite 3 Crack Reloaded Nigerian. For the record, I sell a substantial volume of Rolex watches and have sold on eBay almost since its founding. Install Recovery Xperia X8 Gsmarena. By contrast, dgalaxie sells primarily used Timex and other yard sale watches that he has previously stated on the boards he never pays more than a buck for. You be the judge of which of us has experience more relevant to the question posted. VH, you claim to buy 25-50k worth of watch parts alone in a week, I would thing ebay would be a decent place to dump off some of the items, or you old stock. You talk a big game but have no resume? You have the time to post 396 posts yet no time to post a single item? If your lonely there are plenty of chat rooms.

Seven points. I know i haven't been a member on ebay too long, but as far as this topic I think i can give you some sound advice. There are 3 different types of 'knockoffs'. Immation 'Rolax', counterfeits (Mass produced using same serial#'s) and most valuable 'clones' with a serial number your watch can be cloned and be sold off into the open market, gray market dealers; it could be just a one man operation who will just beat you to the punch and sell while you have your item up for 10 days. There are the more elaborate operations where anywhere from 10's to thousands can be cloned. Sold into the open market, gray market dealers(who will turn a blind eye) or there could be a hundred watches ready to go just need to be engraved and a stamp on the paper. Spread through out and sold pawned at the exact same time.