Selling branded EMPTY boxes on "EBAY"

james13v · #23 09-10-2010

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Originally Posted by First Edition

Those sure is some purdy boxes.

Who would buy the box? No offense... but you might want to consider a different product lineup....

I bought these about 4 years ago. At the time, I had a thriving ebay store, selling watches. I was always buying watches with out boxes. Or used watches and reconditioning them. The boxes came in real handy.

About half the boxes that I own tho, were from a company closeout. Couldn't pass up the great deal.

First Edition · #24 09-10-2010

soooooo... what good are they now? I mean, who would buy them?

james13v · #25 09-10-2010

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Originally Posted by First Edition

soooooo... what good are they now? I mean, who would buy them?

Well, take Omega boxes for example. I've sold a box every day of this week.

oh and
http://www.aspkin.com/forums/buy-sel...cessories.html

tho he hasn't PMed me back :(

First Edition · #26 09-10-2010

Do you make a sun dial out of the box?

james13v · #27 09-10-2010

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Originally Posted by First Edition

Do you make a sun dial out of the box?

lol i'm tired, and don't get your joke.

First Edition · #28 09-10-2010

the watch, tells time...

the box is used to package it nicely with the brand on it?

no wait..... I get it now. You sell the watch box along with a bracelet box... so they match!

GreenBean · #29 09-10-2010

What are you on, First? You are not even remotely funny. Trust me you are the only one laughing at your own jokes today

james13v: Will has not been on line. Hopefully he will answer you soon

First Edition · #30 09-10-2010

That's usually the case.

To me, he's selling something that has no value... with the millions of other profitable products, why would you bother selling these on ebay? the fvf, insertion, paypal fees, shipping......

It's a niche market....

I think it would be cool if the watch turned into a sun dial though

GreenBean · #31 09-10-2010

No, you are incorrect. There is a market for correctly packaged boxes to match the genuine watch. It increases the value of the watch to have it in a real made by the company box.

There are a number of high value watches, pens etc sold on ebay (alone). Providing said items with a box adds to the price that can be asked.

People are vain. Their vanity gets satisified by purchasing the purdy box with the purdy watch and not a heavy sundial

james13v · #32 09-10-2010

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Originally Posted by First Edition

That's usually the case.

To me, he's selling something that has no value... with the millions of other profitable products, why would you bother selling these on ebay? the fvf, insertion, paypal fees, shipping......

It's a niche market....

I think it would be cool if the watch turned into a sun dial though

well, technically, it does have value

about $50 a piece. People want it, and people need it. If ebay was more friendly do this, I could make some serious money on it. I could easily sell them for twice that. Hell, instruction booklets sell for $20 a piece, when you can find them, and I have at least 1000 of those! The power sellers on ebay seem to be just fine selling them, but me? I know they'll be gone soon. I still can't believe I've been able to list 5 omega boxes this week with no problems. On a fresh account of all things.

Who would think that an ebay account would have value? Months ago, I was thinking to myself " I wonder if people would buy an ebay account". A friend of mine has one with 1000 feedback, and barely uses it, and I was asking her if I could buy it. Low and behold, I come on here, and a person makes and sells ebay accounts. Who the hell knew that could be profitable.

To be honest tho, I'm completely out of the watch buisness. Once I sell the 30 omega and 30 tag, and what ever random boxes I have laying around, I'm done. I have an entirely other business, and every penny I make from my garage full of these things ( which is taking up A LOT of room), goes into my business. So every $50 watch box, which is essentially pure profit at this point, will go into making a product that I will sell for $75.

james13v · #33 09-10-2010

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Originally Posted by GreenBean

No, you are incorrect. There is a market for correctly packaged boxes to match the genuine watch. It increases the value of the watch to have it in a real made by the company box.

There are a number of high value watches, pens etc sold on ebay (alone). Providing said items with a box adds to the price that can be asked.

People are vain. Their vanity gets satisified by purchasing the purdy box with the purdy watch and not a heavy sundial

A $50 investment in a watch box, can get you hundreds more on the cost of the watch. EASY.

First Edition · #34 09-10-2010

haha... touche

really? I didn't know they were worth so much

you ought to try craigslist... or watch forums

then there is no ebay

GreenBean · #35 09-10-2010

DOH! Tag Heuer is obviously out of your league then First.

Tag Heuer & craiglist in the same sentence

First Edition · #36 09-10-2010

hahaha.... good point

I don't wear a time piece anymore. Back in the day, I was a fan of diving watches..... but I lost too many to think it's a good investment.

james13v · #37 09-10-2010

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Originally Posted by First Edition

haha... touche

really? I didn't know they were worth so much

you ought to try craigslist... or watch forums

then there is no ebay

problem with watch forums, is that you need to post up a lot, to be able to sell anything. Tho, when I was looking into it at the time, I was mostly given up on selling any of this ****. It's taking up 1/5 of my garage, and I've had it for 4 years. lol imagine how you'd feel... Sick of looking at them. But now that I'm back at selling them, I probably should look into watch forums.

First Edition · #38 09-10-2010

just send out pms...

ebay isn't the only thing in which stealth works

oompaloompa · #39 09-11-2010

ok, youve passed the Ooompa plausible explanation test, similar thing happened to me, v long time ago, legit vero stuff, but rights owner wouldnt play ball...

they can see your box is real from picture, 99% of vero can be authenticated by an expert looking at simply a picture, so it must be they dont want f akes sold in real boxes - which I can understand, a real box adds credibility to a f ake watch, as opposed to a f watch and f box together. The quote about not being able to sell branded packaging on ebay is not true, you can for some manufacturers, and anyone can sell it not just powersellers.

seems that post on buy/sell section fell in to your lap though...

slapped · #40 09-11-2010

I Don't know about this thread,,,Something is Not Right here,,I Live Walking Distance from the Tourneau Time Machine in NYC,,,And I am Friendly with Several Employees there,,,I am Going to make it a Point to go in there and ask about these Boxes,,,and get to the Bottom of this,,,

james13v · #41 09-11-2010

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Originally Posted by slapped

I Don't know about this thread,,,Something is Not Right here,,I Live Walking Distance from the Tourneau Time Machine in NYC,,,And I am Friendly with Several Employees there,,,I am Going to make it a Point to go in there and ask about these Boxes,,,and get to the Bottom of this,,,

... if you get a chance, ask them if they need any

. oh and try not mentioning anything about ebay. Just in case. Just say " this guy has 30 such and such boxes for sale. How would he have got them? Do they send boxes separate from watches? Etc etc".

oompaloompa · #42 09-13-2010

either way you can buy said boxes seperately on replica sites, so bottom line is its up to you to prove otherwise to rights owner.....

fortuna · #43 09-30-2010

As long as he's not selling empty boxes and making people think they're loaded w/ a genuine watch eBay should **** right off.

I bought a high end watch on a great deal from Buy.com recently and of course the box it came in was near destroyed in shipping. I could flip the watch on eBay for a nice profit but without a decent box for it I won't get as much. If I could buy the right box cheap enough it would boost the price enough to be worth it..

james13v · #44 01-21-2011

Just wanted to give an update. I finally decided to risk it and sell the boxes. Had one up for a week, and sold. Include a second chance offer, and a local sale who decided not to go through ebay. Ebay then proceeded to erase the current listings, AND the ones ALREADY SOLD. Customer emails me, all worried that I'm gonna rip him off. Damn ebay.

They still don't care about me selling other boxes. Just not Tag Heuer.