Replacement battery for watch.

[Bbbananas]

Didn't know where to post this, just wanted a rant. Have been told that a replacement battery in my watch is going to cost £37 !!!!
Extortionate.
Am I being conned?
And that was from H Samuel - not bloomin' Tiffany's FCS.

[Androcles]

Blimey! Has it got diamonds encrusted in it? Why don't you try one of the stores like Timsons and see if they can do it any cheaper?

[DrFilth]

what is the make of the watch

[cherrychapstick]

try and find a market near you ,even with petrol to another town and the battery wont cost that x

[Bbbananas]

I don't know Dr F - it's one I got in Holland. A silver one with a fancy intricate bracelet - I wouldn't have thought it cost more than £120 (it was a pressie).

I will try Timsons - I'm going there today to get my biker boots reheeled and I fancy the young guy in there, so good excuse for a chat!!

They say it's so expensive cos they have to send it off because the back is not easily removed and can't be done there & then in a shop.

[DrFilth]

a watch i had a few years back needed a new battery,they said they have to send it back to the manufacturer for the battery as it also needs a new seal when they take the back off.

[Bbbananas]

Yes, I think it's something along similar lines - though £37 still seems a bit steep don't you think?

[DrFilth]

that is how they make more money out of you, i would ask around and or do what the doc said. the watch i had i gave to a friend after a few months , no way would i pay that fee again.

[funnygirl]

It is the same for me and my watches.

I now buy from the market stall.

I find the more expensive the watch, the dearer the batteries. Maybe they figure out if we can afford the watch, then we can afford the batteries!!!!

[redman41]

Replacing my Watch Battery at Timpsons the other week cost me £6-99 and was done in less than 10 mins.
H.Samuel are expensive salla and if I was you I would ask at your nearest Timpsons Store.

[Bbbananas]

the name of the shop Eddie?
Do you think I'd be better off going to a small independent jewellers?
They say the high price is because of having to take the sealed back off & then reseal it.
They saw me coming.....!

[sara3]

it depends how much you value the watch, sal. I've been quoted £45 to send one of mine away, but I took a risk with a local jeweller who did it for a fiver. then the jewellers closed so I've taken it to a local shoe repairer who also does watch batteries, again, about a fiver.

but I wouldn't go swimming with it on now, just in case the seal has been ruined.

[smudge]

Blimey, shame they didn't mean £3.70 salla?

[Chickadee]

Having worked in a jewellers I can assure you that no battery costs more that £2.00. Even batteries for expensive watches.
In that particular jewellers they would charge according to the type of watch - so a swatch would cost a fiver and a tag would be fifteen!!
If they have to be sent off to the manufacturer for sealing (using Tag again as an example) that would be expensive - at least forty quid.

Nowadays, if I can get the back off the watch, I buy the battery off ebay.