Just Curious

Just Curious. Does WC have a marketplace where Crunchers can buy, sell, or exchange all things watches?

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Negative.

And TBH, I actually think that is a plus, a huge plus.

r/watches and even WUS can get pretty heated, not to mention scam central. I think it would be a downside. YMMV.

Sometimes peeps will mention stuff for sale via other places, but that's it.

The feed would be CRAMMED full of b/s/t and a massive influx of bad faith actors would join post haste.

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This gets asked pretty frequently. There’s many opposed to the idea but there’s also many that are for it. Currently there is no marketplace that’s affiliated with WC.

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solidyetti

Negative.

And TBH, I actually think that is a plus, a huge plus.

r/watches and even WUS can get pretty heated, not to mention scam central. I think it would be a downside. YMMV.

Sometimes peeps will mention stuff for sale via other places, but that's it.

The feed would be CRAMMED full of b/s/t and a massive influx of bad faith actors would join post haste.

I see. I just started on WC in January, plus I don't use any other social media platform, so I am not aware of the dark side. Great to know.

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Sorry if I was too harsh, wasn't my intention. 🫥😅

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LTTang

I see. I just started on WC in January, plus I don't use any other social media platform, so I am not aware of the dark side. Great to know.

Yup. Wasn't trying to be ranty. Typing via my phone tends to make me sound critically harsh at times I think....😬👎🏻.

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Kalsota

This gets asked pretty frequently. There’s many opposed to the idea but there’s also many that are for it. Currently there is no marketplace that’s affiliated with WC.

I thought it'd be nice that enthusiasts can sell/buy/exchange with fellow enthusiasts. I may be naive of the bad side of it.

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solidyetti

Yup. Wasn't trying to be ranty. Typing via my phone tends to make me sound critically harsh at times I think....😬👎🏻.

No offense taken. Too old for that.

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I’d be open to it only if it is kept completely separate to the main feed and stories.

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LTTang

I thought it'd be nice that enthusiasts can sell/buy/exchange with fellow enthusiasts. I may be naive of the bad side of it.

I agree that it would be nice. Like you, I don’t have and don’t want other social media (societal cancer, etc.). Also, I have never sold on any of the major watch selling platforms (C24, EBay, WUS, r/WatchExchange). So I don’t exactly have a selling history or reputation established anywhere. Just buying. Which I understand would be a flag for some.

There’s been many good points brought up on other similar posts that are both in favor and against the idea of selling/trading on here. The best thing I could think of is to have some kinda WC-adjacent site, that’s only used and known about by established WC users. There’s a lot of logistics and undertaking that would go into something like that, though.

Ultimately, my solution is to just trade in the watches I want to sell at an AD. There’s many who take trade-ins. Shoutout to @lla2891. I’m going to Toppers. 😄

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LTTang

No offense taken. Too old for that.

🍻 Still was a bit harsh and that's not ever the vibe I wish to portray most of the times.

Sometimes maybe.

But I do wear this so.....🤏🏻

@SpecKTator 😂

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solidyetti

🍻 Still was a bit harsh and that's not ever the vibe I wish to portray most of the times.

Sometimes maybe.

But I do wear this so.....🤏🏻

@SpecKTator 😂

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Pluck away 🤣

Mixing money here could be disastrous

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solidyetti

🍻 Still was a bit harsh and that's not ever the vibe I wish to portray most of the times.

Sometimes maybe.

But I do wear this so.....🤏🏻

@SpecKTator 😂

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LTTang

I see. I just started on WC in January, plus I don't use any other social media platform, so I am not aware of the dark side. Great to know.

Props. I too limit my social media to this. Trolls don't roam here.

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solidyetti

🍻 Still was a bit harsh and that's not ever the vibe I wish to portray most of the times.

Sometimes maybe.

But I do wear this so.....🤏🏻

@SpecKTator 😂

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Wild!

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LamyAtelier

Wild!

Nice handle, fan of German made fountain pens? 😉

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solidyetti

Nice handle, fan of German made fountain pens? 😉

I do like the pens, but mostly I live in a town named after Archbishop Lamy about 150 years ago.