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  1. It was a great three years mate, I so wanted to keep the thing, it sat there for months without use, unplug the charger, no prep, no fluids to check (no fluids at all apart from oil and there's a guage on the dash for that), start it and drive 11 hrs straight to Berlin. Incredible motor.

     

    My initial plan was to keep it, use it for days out, stick a kiddie seat in the back, it was the only car I have owned since 1997 that was suitable for family use and even at 130k miles it felt like new, plenty of these are at 200k miles now and engine builds are virtually unknown...

     

    But we have a family daily car. And while my Porsche actually paid me to own it (would any ISA make £800 on £16,500 in the same period?), it still DID have the possibility to throw up a bill at some point, and it's not Lotus money guys, 'Porsche tax' consumables like Exhaust/clutch/suspension are £3k a pop. I now have nothing that can throw that kind on unexpected cost at me, I'm not going to be doing overtime to pay for a car again.

     

    Never looked like it was going to mind, I mean I did the Berlin-Prague run after deciding to sell it, in fact the fact I did that trip sold the car to the next owner. I never put up an ad, these all sell word of mouth on the forums, Mine was sold in days, the ones on PH that have not sold need a good looking at as to why IMO, as I got five people within hours of just mentioning on a thread it was going to be sold.

     

    In the past five years I have done Elise £9500 to £13,000 and the 993 £16,500 to £23,000. While most of the £10,000 increase was taken up in running costs I think both were free to own and both were my favourite and most fun cars regardless of that. The Esprits in contrast lost me £2000 a year. So despite all the fun I have had in all my cars, it has been a lesson that you CAN put a price on enjoyment and I would have to think long and hard over what I bought in the future...

    :)

     

     

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    Fantastic post - Nice pictures and a fun write up as usual. European touring is just the best fun ever....though why do you hate France so much?

     

    It's shame Esprit ownership has not left the same cosy glow, maybe a big Porsche bill would have cooled it a bit. Also did you pay £16500 for either of your 2 Esprits? That sort of money would have got you to the top of the tree Lotus wise and maybe the cars and ownership experience could have been better.

     

    Confession time - my missus has just bought a 996, yes they have problems but the 993 can't be "worth" 3 times as much, surely? (By worth I mean ownership experience not market forces). For modernity and standard kit it's hard to ignore, plus with the bargain basement price there is some leeway for repairs before being in sniffing distance of 993/964 money. But you will know better. As always :harhar:

     

    France: I was driving into Europe to speed legally, meet friendly people and drink great beer.

     

    Esprit: Re-read, I said I had fun in all my cars, my Lotus ownership and experience was ace, please don't wish it otherwise.

     

    996: Yes, you can buy one for £10k, and if you are not one of the unlucky 1 in 10 (Porsche's own failure figures) then you have a bargain. 

     

    But the failure threads are now almost daily, Hartech rebuilds with the upgrades that stop it happening again are near £10k, if you keep that as a contingency fund then it's fun motoring and you are covered. IF I had to have a 996 then I'd take that £20k, add a bit more and get a 996TT, it uses a different lump and is immune from the problem. Proper supercar too.

    :)

     

    Kimbers:

    Each year we booked Hotels, Bavaria year we stayed in 11 places, Berlin year we stayed in three. Booked in advance and secured parking in all, would not have wanted to be street parked in Berlin or Prague anyway. Also street parking is actually very expensive and often the Hotel with parking is cheaper price wise. I used booking.com to find and book all, just saved time and made one bill to pay (or claim if something went wrong!).

     

    Will do again, in a less exciting motor probably! But it's way better than flying.

    :)

  2. Great photos! Looks like a fantastic trip.

     

    But it reminded me of something I never quite understood, because when you explained it I was inebriated and distracted by Kimbers dropping his drawers--what was it you said about the "HUN" part of your license plate being a problem in Scotland? Is that a WWII holdover?

     

    Yes, in Scotland it's a pretty bad word, I did not know until a Friend from Northern Ireland told me. To me it's what our family called the Germans and something from my 'Warlord' and 'Commando' comic, but as a slur it starts with sectarian links, today is strong in Scottish football terrace racism and in Ireland and everywhere else for that matter it's an anti protestant slur.

     

    http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=hun

     

    There are people not even born yet that will be arguing over the word long after I'm gone, the world is littered with modern people looking for something historic to fight about.

    :hrhr:

  3. I imagine buying the porsche when the economic crap had hit the fan and selling 3 years later when things were on the up didn't hurt the residuals either.  However nice car, always fancied a 968 myself.

     

    True to some extent mate, but the last air cooled models (964 and 993) are rising like crazy. Turbo variants are mad too, when I bought mine a Turbo was £50k, have a look today, they are £80k-£100k or more...

     

    I think much of this is the watercooled cars engine failures, google 996 and the first page is full of IMS bearing failures, bore scoring and engine rebuilds. Whereas the model before it (993) has a bulletproof engine and excellent reputation. A 1998 Porsche 993/911 Carrera will set you back £35k-40k, the next years model 1998 Porsche 996/911 will be £10k for a very good example.

     

    You can buy THREE late '98 Porsche 911's for the price of one early '98 car, such is it's premium over the later model.

    :huh:

     

    Some Esprit models deffo seem to be up? S4 look to be the same but G-turbo cars were around £10k now they all seem to be £15k upwards now? Not across the board though, a 111s S1 Elise today is surprisingly (to me) the same price I sold mine four years ago, I know as I was looking recently, until I banged myself on the head...

    :huh:

  4. Great photos Paul. Looked like a nice time.

     

    It was a great three years mate, I so wanted to keep the thing, it sat there for months without use, unplug the charger, no prep, no fluids to check (no fluids at all apart from oil and there's a guage on the dash for that), start it and drive 11 hrs straight to Berlin. Incredible motor.

     

    My initial plan was to keep it, use it for days out, stick a kiddie seat in the back, it was the only car I have owned since 1997 that was suitable for family use and even at 130k miles it felt like new, plenty of these are at 200k miles now and engine builds are virtually unknown...

     

    But we have a family daily car. And while my Porsche actually paid me to own it (would any ISA make £800 on £16,500 in the same period?), it still DID have the possibility to throw up a bill at some point, and it's not Lotus money guys, 'Porsche tax' consumables like Exhaust/clutch/suspension are £3k a pop. I now have nothing that can throw that kind on unexpected cost at me, I'm not going to be doing overtime to pay for a car again.

     

    Never looked like it was going to mind, I mean I did the Berlin-Prague run after deciding to sell it, in fact the fact I did that trip sold the car to the next owner. I never put up an ad, these all sell word of mouth on the forums, Mine was sold in days, the ones on PH that have not sold need a good looking at as to why IMO, as I got five people within hours of just mentioning on a thread it was going to be sold.

     

    In the past five years I have done Elise £9500 to £13,000 and the 993 £16,500 to £23,000. While most of the £10,000 increase was taken up in running costs I think both were free to own and both were my favourite and most fun cars regardless of that. The Esprits in contrast lost me £2000 a year. So despite all the fun I have had in all my cars, it has been a lesson that you CAN put a price on enjoyment and I would have to think long and hard over what I bought in the future...

    :)

     

     

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  5. Well, was struggling for a title then...
    But hey! general chat topics today are death, fishing, depression, council tax, religion and scottish independance... 
    :huh:
     
    Just a quick hello to say what I've been at, spoke to Bibs yesterday and said I would.
     
    We have been enjoying Porsche 993 ownership more than I have enjoyed any car. I bought it for £16,500 three years ago and have not looked back. They are amazing cars. We have been taking it into Europe and generally having a great time. Here's some highlights, if I may indulge, which I intend to...
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    Last year we did a 2100 mile week, we got out of France as soon as humanly possible (obviously), and went to Gent in Belgium, lovely town and I'll stop there often en route into Europe.
     
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    We then Drove to Wurzburg, this town is at the top of Bavaria and not that great at all, despite being hyped as 'the start of the romantic road'. However after 600km we are happy to eat and have a beer so it works for us.
     
    Then onto Rothenburg ob der Tauber, a lovely medievel walled town, very pretty, nice bars, good sausage.
     
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    Then Augsberg, some interesting history (we blitzed the hell out of it as they built Messershmits there). 
     
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    Then Meersburg on lake Constance.
     
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    Went to chitty chitty bang bang castle.
     
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    Then Fussen, I ate the best steak of my life so far here.
     
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    Went up Germanys tallest Mountain.
     
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    Munich, city of building sites and beggars, but ace beer halls.
     
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    Change of tone, Went to Daccau Concentration camp, we have also done Auschwitz-Birkenau on a trip into Poland, Daccau is not as bad by measure, if it's even possible to say something like that...
     
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    'Work will set you free', yeah, right...
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    Saw 959 on Autobahn.
     
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    Bad Kissingen, pretty, small. Octopus for tea.
     
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    Bruges.  We now ALWAYS have a stop there on way back when using the tunnel.
     
    Chocolate willys and fannies and tits.
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      :D
     
    This year we got the 993 serviced in March and had not used it since, only 130,000 miles on the clock so not even run in, so...
     
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    The morning of the world cup final I embarked on the longest drive of my life, got the hell outta France asap and I took the 993 to Berlin, 800 miles and only about 4 miles of roadworks, oh how I missed cruising at three figures without looking at camera detectors, bridges and coppers, it was a hard drive staying alert for so long but one of the best of my life and a real adventure.
     
    The day I drove my Porsche to Berlin and got there in time to get to a pub and watch Germany win the world cup. Took very few photo's this time...
     
    Went to that big tower...
     
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    Ace view, presumably the French Embassy...
     
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    That domey building...
     
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    Found a beergarden, rare outside of Bavaria...
     
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    I had a bad night after much beer and sausage so Vicki drove to Prague...
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    A pregnant lady driving out of Berlin city center, firing a 993 down the autobahns and into a very busy central Prague, listen up you 'men' who say the they are to hard to be daily drivers! We had beeps and waves as we drove in, really nice. Our hotel had secure parking and Prague was lovely but in honesty too hot and too busy. We always holiday March or Oct/Nov time, it's the first holiday I have had in July since I was little. I'll come back to Prague but for a winter break, it is lovely. We were unaware you need to buy a toll permit for your window, make sure you don't miss the booths on the motorway on the way in!
     
    Saw a bridge...
     
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    The Brazil goalkeeper...
     
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    And the inventor of the helicopter, and his son...
     
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    Off to Bruges then, a 9700km run and some more good stints on the autobahn. Checked and 1300 miles in and the car needed a top up of about 1/4l of oil, way less than factory spec when new! (last of the air cooled/beetle proper Porsches this one) not bad when you think we were seeing near 30 degrees everywhere and were nearly always over 100mph, mostly around 120mph, sometimes 150mph... The working Aircon MADE this holiday! Saw a really nasty crash just in front of us on the Autobahn, must have been bad as I had to steer round a suspension spring, hope everyone was alright, they looked to be all out and walking around with people helping them...
     
    We had been to Bruges before so took no photo's, but I snapped this before we got in the car to leave that morning...
     
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    And that was this years blast!
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    Happy happy times...
    :)
     
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    "Those runs down to Goodwood where we picked up points..."
     
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    "That time we saw the F40..."
     
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    "Hang on...
     
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    "Dude... Where's my car?????"
     
    Sold two weeks ago.
    :huh:
     

    I have had a great time in the 993 and there are no tears, it has been one of the best things I have ever done. I had it 3 years and did just under 10,000 miles, nearly half of which were in Europe. 
     
    And here's the REAL payback...
     
    In the time I owned it, they have rocketed up in value. ALL of my servicing, MOT's, Parts, Insurance and even tax were covered by the rise in the cars value. Bought for £16,500, sold for £23,000 with 132,000 miles on the clock, It cost me nothing to own, in fact it made me some profit so it would have been more expensive to bank the money and not buy it. Could I have had a more positive experience? No.
    :unworthy: 
     
    So now it's cash in the bank, Ok not great as in two years time the car will have gone up £5k and the cash won't. 
     
    But in the UK I can go months without using the car, nice days now see me on the bike and am up to 100 mile circuits now over the rolling Cotswolds, I don't 'need' a car, we both have work cars and a family car. Now for the first time in 17 years I don't have to tax/MOT/Service/Insure/repair a performance car at all. I have a baby on the way and I have removed what has been the greatest expense from my life, saved myself £2000+ a year and put a big sum in the bank.
     
    My folks, the shops, the cinema, my friends, the pubs, the schools, the doctors, the dentist, the parks, the countryside are all walking distance - I can have the simple life for a bit, it's all good guys.
     
    It's all been very very good. And very very different. You probably won't see me in a Lotus again, I loved the Elise most, but if I buy again, and they are not too much money then, it will be a 993 again, they simply do everything.

    :)

     

    Right, wander to parents to show 20 weeks scan photo, then pub lunch and see how my two horses go...

     

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  6. I should have added that I'd still go Evora for a daily :)

     

    Fair enough mate.

    :)

     

    As the Cayman and Evora are daily choices and it's all about choice, from cars to the jars in the sweetshop!

     

    But...

     

    Your drive of the Cayman means nothing compared to the 'older' less tech heavy, raw and twitchy 'driver' 911 cars that gave the 911 its name.

     

    That would be to say that driving an Evora gives you a good enough impression of what an S1 Elise would be like.

    :)

     

     

    The Evora and Cayman to me are capable and controlled daily drivers from companies that have a history of making wildly impractical Sportscars.

     

    Given the choice of the two, I'd buy a Golf for the jams and S1 Elise for the fun, and have enough money left to pay for 20 years worth of holidays, and a Submariner, and a spare Elise.

    :smoke:

  7. Also you have to keep in mind that before the mid-nineties, beginning of the producing of the Boxster and 996, Porsche had a much more handbuild related production. 

     

    Absolutely right.

     

    Go to pistonheads and look at a late '97 Porsche 911 (993) for price (£35k), then look at an early '98 Porsche 911 (996) for price (£10k).

     

    You could buy three, maybe four early 1998 cars for the price of one late 1997 car.

     

    There are very few used production cars where a jump to the new model means you pay 75% less.

     

    The early mass produced water cooled cars are now hitting a value lower than their engine, While the low volume air cooled cars rise and rise...

     

    I have no real love for any modern Porsche, Lotus or pretty much anything come to that. In fact all the cars I'd like to own have already been built!!!

    :)

     

    I can vouch for the build of the pre late 90's cars, and having a 19 year old car where everything has a part number and is available still feels weird.

    :thumbsup:

  8. Brooklands is awesome, great place to spend an afternoon wandering around. 

     

    Indeed! Don't miss the Wellington Hanger!

     

    My dad was ten during the second world war and lived near rugby, they used to play on planes crashed in local fields, I took this video of the Brooklands Wellington to show him. Him and his brothers nicked loads of machine gun shells from a badly guarded wellington crash...

     

  9. There is a Cotswold Classic Club meet at the Frogmill Andoversford, nr Cheltenham, I'm not a member but if the weather is half decent I might take a gander, not a bad run - down to Stow on the Wold then cross country on the B4068. Kick off is 11.30

     

    Tip:

     

    Update any road angel/sat nav/warning system you have.

    :thumbup:

     

    Those roads: Stow, broadway. Moreton, shipston and fosse way are my playground. In the past few months they have been installing DS2 speed traps under the road.

     

    If these are new to you, then the DS2 is a trap under the road that the van parks up and logs onto: there is nothing for you to see, by the time you have seen the van you will have already been over the trap.

     

    Three months ago the updates on my POGO started to add these, and if it's quiet and I drive slow enough I can see the fresh loop of tarmac where they have been laid, and the small transmitter box in the grass. You would never see them, and as they are still going in there will be many yet to be on the updates.

     

    There IS a speed camera sign before each set so you will have past a sign. But they are tricky, for example, at Shipston on Stour there is a camera sign and the truvelo that has always been there (that the sign has always been for), then 100 yards after you have passed the camera and see open road and freedom! - there is a new DS2 buried in the road, the van parks out of sight round the corner.

     

    Keep 'em peeled.

    :)

  10. Been watching this thread...

     

    It just wafts along at tickover up to about 70 mph (I'm not kidding!) 

     

     

    Take care with that. If you go up the gears my 6 speeder can see 120mph at under 3,000 revs, the engine is not even slightly working.

     

    14 years of Lotus and I get my first points in the 911, and Vicki is watching the letterbox as we speak after her last drive.

     

    It's almost fluid the german thing, from zero to whatever speed you want, cutting through tarmac and MPH like butter, it's a world away from that (extremely fun!) noisy, gripping the wheel bump-fest of wind noise, wiper lifting, front end lightness and occasional check lights you get used to and enjoy in the Lotus...

    :huh:

  11. Weather looks great next weekend, here, yours, and all along the route!  Kent is looking like it will not have it's early December snowfest, the saxo can stay home and a few hundred miles of pork might be on the cards.

    :thumbsup:

     

    Why are we not green, I paid yonks ago.

  12. Is that wing or a landing platform off an Aircraft Carrier? Be great to see you and Vic again mate.

    It's a crazy angle, It's big but more subtle than it looks:

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    Breakfast at Brooklands last week (I'm on the left) we had sixty cars turn up on a wet day. Porsche meets are always an absolute rainbow of bright colours!

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    As you can see, I'm out and enjoying myself still. Switching brands is like starting a new school, everything is new, great fun.

    It's still nice to catch up with old friends mind, and I'm looking forward to seeing you, yer dad, and the rest next month.

    :D

  13. Who'd have thought it? Four months between posts!

    :)

    Looking forward to this guys, and the place we are going is a real treat too, I am very much looking forward to their selection of Belgian beers which will keep fans of both the fruity and the dark very happy. Was at Bibs and Laura's lovely new pad again only the other weekend with this wing in the back of a Saxo having picked up from Tonbridge. So for those that wondered how my Porsche ownership was going, here's what it looks like now matey!

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    :huh:

  14. What little I know is the display cars are not the kind you or I own and enjoy, the Porsche allocation was a handful of very rare and expensive classics owned by tweed wearing pipe smokers and everything else was refused.

    You should have mailed them as Andrew Bibblebetts Farquar, and told them you were arriving by helicopter while your men trailered the car over from the museum.

    IMO this was an oppertunity lost by Chris Evans as he could have had fields and field of petrolheads and their cars AND hundreds of people wanting to see them and get a bit closer than the 'don't touch' signs on the exotic and rare.

    :)

  15. * Doesn't have to be British, just bring it! :D

    Greeting my small and leaky engined friends!

    :thumbsup:

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    If the weather is nice I'm up for the miles. Will bring a selection of local sausages of course, and my papers will most certainly in order.

    1 & 2: Bibs & Laura

    3: Moxie (in absentia)

    4: gt111

    5: x27eve

    6: Paul C

    Cheers for the invite mate.

  16. who's VW beetle is that then :shuriken:

    The best that you have is a complement indeed. Many thanks.

    :unworthy:

    Had a lovely drive this weekend, went from CC down to Wales and then came back today. Have not owned a car with working aircon since 1997 (Esprit S3, Esprit SE had broken aircon, Elise had none, first 911 had none) and I must say it made a HUGE difference in how much I enjoyed driving in the sun. I hate being hot.

    Rock solid, 3.6 litres of aircooled engine purring through hundreds of miles effortlessly, accelerating fast lag free and silk smooth, burbley overrun, icy cold cabin, and the most comfortable seats I've ever had.

    Walking round Castle Combe I do miss my Lotus's, Interestingly I miss the S1 Elise most of all. I was chatting to Martyn and despite owning Esprits for ten years, I think the Elise S1 will be the Lotus I remember and miss the most, it's the last car Lotus made I'd really want to own. Vicki misses it more than me. I'd still own it but I can't/don't want to/don't have room to/ own more than one car. And besides, when you have owned all the ones you wanted to, committing to only buying one brand forever is pretty mindless...

    Hand on heart, my ideal Lotus is an S1 Elise, non VVC,. And I really enjoyed seeing so many again yesterday. Just need Vicki to buy herself one!

    :)

  17. Popped in early afternoon on my way to Wales, nice to see familiar faces again, and a welcome back for some guys I've not seen for a while, nice Aston GKP! Sorry to miss Mark B, guess I got there to late as I arrived two hours after I'd normally have packed up and gone.

    A castle combe Lotus day with no rain?

    :huh:

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  18. Take care in that area guys. I got caught by a mobile camera near that A34 junction last month, northbound A34 some miles before the M4.

    It's crap now it's little tripods you can't see and not big vans on the bridges. The one that got me is not on any of the mobile camera sat nav updates, it's not on my Pogo, not on the trapster app, It's not on any of the camera maps online. So I could not see it and nothing onboard could give me warning....

    Have lived a charmed life. But I now simply won't speed under a bridge. Which TBH just makes for fun acceleration moments in between, so I still win.

    :thumbsup:

  19. Which model? Is it a diver? Chances are I've owned/bought/sold that model at some stage or other.

    As a rule, full size autos are worth more.

    Then mid full size quartz/mid size divers.

    Then mid size quartz, nobody wants them much.

    (got a fair bit of this all typed out ready to paste)

    Box and papers are not everything IF you know how to use macro AND you know what to photograph.

    Be aware how many seconds the watch gains/loses in 24hrs, you will get asked. Plus if it's impressive add that info.

    Measure bracelet length and be under rather than over. Measure watch size.

    Photograph the watch reading 10 past 10, this normally means branding and date are legible and is why most manufacturers use this time in pictures.

    I now only sell worldwide under £500, everything over that is UK only.

    Accept Paypal only. People whine about fee's but I accept paypal only on £4000 items and pay the fee's. When the sh1t hits the fan and paypal get you your money, which has happened to me, those fee's are well worth it.

    I list high items with a very high buy it now and a best offer option. This means few people click the buy it now and I get offers, thus I can choose who to accept, thus I can see their feedback and choose who I sell to (impossible in an auction).

    Don't send to an address outside of the invoice or buyers ebay account.

    Never end early for an offer. Most items, especially watches, have bids in the last ten seconds as snipes go in. I have not manually bid on Ebay for five years now, all my automated bids go in the last 6 seconds (no bidding wars for me please), I don't have to watch items finish in a panic, I can wake up and see if I won overseas items. All my items sell in the last seconds, end early and you won't get those bids.

    Learn how to find the 'cancel bid' and 'block bidder' parts of your account. I actually welcome bids and questions from morons, as i get to paste their ID onto my block bidder list and never encounter them again.

    Start item on thursday, early evening and run for ten days. It then covers two weekends viewings and ends on a sunday evening ready for you to pack and post monday. Don't post fridays as Special delivery saturday costs more AND some depots don't deliver and hold until monday (leaving you buyer moaning they paid you for next day...).

    My terms for worldwide:

    PAYPAL ONLY: It's paypal only. Payment MUST be from a paypal account linked to the winners Ebay account. Postal address MUST be linked to that paypal account AND confirmed address, Obviously! Oh, and don't bid if you are unable to make payment, i know that sounds obvious but I've just had one of those too...

    POSTAGE: My terms are fixed. I post by these methods only. If your country is not listed it's because i will NOT ship to your country, so do NOT ask me to change that as i will not. I will also not ship to an address outside of the paypal transaction. I post only when cleared payment is made.

    CONDITION: Pictures form part of the description. Words on the dial such as '300m' or 'Chronometre' are only valid if under a recent service certificate, and only valid for 12 months once serviced. The only way to have depth and accuracy 100% as stated on the dial is to always have your watch serviced and under a 12 month service warranty. If not stated in the listing then last service date is unknown. As with all used watches future servicing will be required to maintain performance.

    NO PICKUP: Callers are not welcome, besides, the watch and myself could be anywhere in the UK at the time of auction end and posting. And i only deal in Paypal to stay in the buyer seller protection program - better for me - better for you.

    NO BIDDERS UNDER 10 FEEDBACK: I am not a robot! When the item ends i don't mindlessly pack it and post it. If you have low feedback or there is anything dodgy in your feedback i will relist the item. Please also note, if you bid from a low feedback account and win, and pay, then you won't get the item but will have to wait as long as 9 days (of my time you have wasted) for your refund to clear while i relist the item and get my seller fees refunded by Ebay. PAYING FROM A NEW AND EMPTY ACCOUNT THEN ASKING TO BE REFUNDED IMMEDIATELY FROM A GOOD ACCOUNT IS THE OLDEST SCAM OUT THERE!

    NO NEGATIVE FEEDBACK BIDDERS: Obviously i don't want to find out why people rate you so badly.

    And for domestic:

    PAYPAL ONLY: It's paypal only. Payment MUST be from a paypal account linked to the winners Ebay account. Postal address MUST be linked to that paypal account AND confirmed address, Obviously! Oh, and don't bid if you are unable to make payment, i know that sounds obvious but I've just had one of those too...

    OFFERS: When you make an offer it is valid for 48hrs unless i counter offer or decline, you are the winner if I accept. The item is then automatically finished by Ebay and you are the winner. I have had too many folk 'change their mind' and then force me to raise a non paying winner dispute so Ebay give me the seller fees they have charged me back so I can then relist it.. With this in mind I am more likely to counter offer so the onus is on the buyer to click 'accept' and become the winner. I encourage offers from serious ebayers, and I make counter offers/declines as quickly as I am able (nobody likes waiting, we would all prefer to know the score).

    POSTAGE: My terms are fixed. I post by these methods only. If your country is not listed it's because i will NOT ship to your country, so do NOT ask me to change that as i will not. If it says UK only then I will not ship outside of the UK. This is based on my experience of sending many high value items overseas and it is NON negotiable. I will also not ship to an address outside of the paypal transaction. I post only when cleared payment is made.

    CONDITION: Pictures form part of the description. Words on the dial such as '300m' or 'Chronometre' are only valid if under a recent service certificate, and only valid for 12 months once serviced. The only way to have depth and accuracy 100% as stated on the dial is to always have your watch serviced and under a 12 month service warranty. If not stated in the listing then last service date is unknown. As with all used watches the watch is bought 'as seen' with no returns and the full understanding future servicing will be required to maintain performance.

    NO PICKUP: Callers are not welcome, besides, the watch and myself could be anywhere in the UK at the time of auction end and posting. And i only deal in Paypal to stay in the buyer seller protection program - better for me - better for you.

    NO BIDDERS UNDER 10 FEEDBACK: I am not a robot! When the item ends i don't mindlessly pack it and post it. If you have low feedback or there is anything dodgy in your feedback i will relist the item. Please also note, if you bid from a low feedback account and win, and pay, then you won't get the item but will have to wait as long as 9 days (of my time you have wasted) for your refund to clear while i relist the item and get my seller fees refunded by Ebay. PAYING FROM A NEW AND EMPTY ACCOUNT THEN ASKING TO BE REFUNDED IMMEDIATELY FROM A GOOD ACCOUNT IS THE OLDEST SCAM OUT THERE!

    NO NEGATIVE FEEDBACK BIDDERS: Obviously i don't want to find out why people rate you so badly.

    :)

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