Anybody know about Watches?

[wolf63]

I know that this is probably not the best place to post this question. I can't think of a relevant topic that it should go under.

I have a watch ( http://s151.photobuck.../Watch%20for%20Oxfam/ ) that has been donated to our charity shop. We want to sell it for as much as we can possibly get for it. If we send it away to be valued we have to pay for this to be done.

Does anyone have any reason to suspect that this watch is a replica? We have no box etc. but the guy who donated it said that he had been handed it as a promotional gift at a motorcycle event. I can't confirm 100% that it has not been worn, but it is in almost new condition.

I found one on eBay for £60 that looks similar to me - but I would rather find out from someone who knows about such things.

Thanks for any help that you can give.

[MarkRae]

Nobody gives £60 watches away! You can take it that this is a cheap knock-off.

[emmie]

i don't but there are some on here, same make

http://www.firstclass...co.uk/breil-c-22.html

[wolf63]

Did anybody say that you were a tad too cynical Mark? We have had £1,000 books donated.

Thanks em - will have a look.

[MarkRae]

Donations to charities are very different from promotional merchandise to give away at events.

[emmie]

i have given some very good but unwanted things to a friend who runs a charity shop.

[wolf63]

I see what you mean - I thought that you were questioning how much people would donate to charity. You are still cynical! :-)

It is a gents watch (women don't usually get watches with so many dials that they can't see the time) but the strap didn't fit around my colleague's wrist. You are right in that it is probably a cheaper version of the watch.

Sales have been pretty lousy this year - it's disheartening.

If anybody is interested - http://i151.photobuck...T%20STUFF/wanted2.jpg

[weecalf]

Is one 10 quid not better than no 50 quid you got it for nowt so 10 quid can help your charity I would have thought

[wolf63]

em - we are a book and music shop. When I first started I thought that old books would be valuable and newer books not at all valuable. This isn't the case. So it is possible some people are unaware of the value of their donations. People tend to be generous.

Whilst I am on a roll http://www.oxfam.org....fam-books-music-perth ----->>>> "wanna buy a book?" Or one of the batches of postcards that it took me ages and ages to scan and upload.

I think I had better go and feed the beasts, I am getting very unsubtle comments from them about feline starvation.

[emmie]

suggestion, take it to a decent jewellers and ask if they recognise it, not as stolen obviously, but if they have any like it. They don't need to do a costly valuation, you can say it was bought for a friend, or some such excuse. Not sure of course you are near to any jewellers, but they are a good place to start.

[MarkRae]

For cynical read realistic. I appreciate that times are hard at the moment - it's the same everywhere.

[emmie]

i know the value of things i donate, just that i reckon someone could get better use out of them.

[granny grump]

Could you contact briel direct - as this is for charity they may be only too happy to help

[wolf63]

weecalf - yes, but surely if you donated something to a charity you would want them to sell it for as much as possible. We have to find a balance between an items value and what people will pay for it. This watch and the postcards that I have asked others about are items that we don't usually stock or sell. My fellow ABers are usually very kind and knowledgeable.

Mark - it is a sign of the times. The problem with charities such as ours is that it seems, on reading the news, that money is only reaching the poor after funding private jets and luxurious lifestyles for the men in the middle who are syphoning off funds. I don't know the truth about all that. But I, personally, don't feel that I can stand back and do nothing.

Some of our prices for new items supplied by Oxfam are ridiculously high. They also sent us a huge amount of items of sanitary protection to sell. I don't know how they figure that fits into people's perception of a book and music shop (we still sell LPs and sell them on-line).

em - I wouldn't donate a valuable item to a shop. I would firstly see if any friend or relative wanted it (for free) and if not try and sell it myself.

[wolf63]

grumpy gran - that's a good idea. That can be Plan C.

:-)

[emmie]

i wouldn't donate to family, they have more than enough by way of the comforts of life, there are always needier folk out there. I am not talking Cartier or Faberge eggs, that would be daft.. x x

[emmie]

thing is if it is a fake doubt Briel would be accommodating. Suggest it isn't but some fakes are very convincing.

[wolf63]

em - if it is ever a chocolate egg remember me!

[emmie]

i will i promise. x

[wolf63]

I would still like any guidance on this matter. I would be grateful for any help.

[Clanad]

It looks astonishingly similar to this one currently on E-bay...

http://www.ebay.com/i...s&hash=item27cae118c3

It's already bid at $250 here in the U.S.