just popped up on site showing all Everest sold out?
I ordered a black dial Everest and hope that it isn't an over order thing like before. I noticed at 14.10 the site said sold out.
Eddie mentioned some issue with the credit card system that is another factor in the order number restriction.
Nice turnover for a little business though.
Changed again, as the black dial is showing in stock but white, guilt and XP are still sold out.
There is a 40mm black dial on SC at the moment;)
Steve
A triumph, congratulations.And i'm sure some happy buyers.
Whole chunks of my life come under the heading "it seemed like a good idea at the time".
Will there be more on the way Eddie? More gilt dials? I take it the commando is still available?
If I'm not mistaken the stock management was spot on this time. That is what e-commerce software is optimised for. But limiting sales? That's not a very common use case. After all, who wants to sell less instead of more?
If anything, I guess the higher availability of the new platform caused the increase of unexpected orders.
567 sold in the span of what, 20 minutes? That is beyond impressive.
Unfortunately, my name is not amongst these 567 and I hope more will be available in the future.
Congratulations to all who managed to snag one!
I'm pretty sure the shop was closed at 14:02. That was crazy
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I opened the site on my laptop at about 13:55, clicked on the Everest I wanted, and just kept pressing refresh until 'add to basket' was activated, this was about 14:01 or 14:02. My address details were automatically filled in and I paid, order mumber in the 1400's. Couldn't have done it quicker. In the past on my mobile I've always failed.
567 sales in just 2 minutes.. That's insane and very impressive!
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I still don't understand this Sunday crapshoot method of selling? Wouldn't a steady drip feed of sales across the week be preferable to 600 in one go?
I'm sure there's a logical reason that will make me slap my own face once I 'get it'.
My two cents: limiting the stock of the hot sellers rather than the number of sales as a whole should be a lot easier to handle by the platform.
I wonder how many will end up flipped for quick profit on ebay?
This just prompted me to think the same thing:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/265045427875
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I hate that some people are just buying these watches to flip them and make profit, and because of them some of the people who really love the watch can't buy it for a reasonable price
Maybe Eddie should sell them on here first? And the longer you've been a member the further up the list you go :-)
Reward loyalty and all that!
Yes this bothers me immensely, Ive been trying for a long while to pick one up. Not to flip but because since seeing these I fell in love with the look and what Eddie has done. Yet it seems like everyone is getting one but me .. and the temptation to buy on the likes of eBay is of course there but Im just feeding the resellers then.
Flippers gonna flip (who'd have though there'd be a grey market for Time Factors?)
But what to do? Offer the first 100 to members who've been on here at least 10 years; the second 100 to members who've got 5 years' standing and the rest at +50% price to the open market?
I do feel sorry for Eddie -- victim of his own success and all that.
Presumably with the serial numbers recorded it's easy for him to see who the profiteers are, but short of going full "Rolex AD" the man just wants to sell watches with as little hassle as possible.
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Suddenly a lot of new members have been fans for years. Who knew? ;-)
"Yeah, I saw them on their first tour, followed them around playing dingy pubs and clubs. Now I can't get a ticket for their sell-out stadium gigs unless I go to the touts and scalpers."
Umm, I didn't see you at any of those early shows.
Eddie knows that I have been interested in his watches for far longer than I have been a member of the forum, since I e-mailed him multiple times in the past. Anyway, this is not a competition and I am in no way "the oldest and greatest" fan of TimeFactors. I just wanted to say that in my opinion the "join date" is not a fair indicator of who is genuinely interested in these watches.
Yes Ive been a fan of Eddies watches for a long while. Could never register though due to it being closed off. The past couple months after hearing he was restocking I got pretty excited so had been checking daily to see if I could register. Glad I could as I was only able to lurk before. 👀... I was well prepared for the last batch but I missed out somehow. So waiting eagerly for the next drop. Thank for having me :D
I cant help thinking that they are under-priced as they are selling this quickly. I think another 100 on top would still see them selling.
Is there really a problem? I've bought three timeFactors watches and was able to get what I wanted each time. No matter what approach Eddie take, there will be somebody who is disappointed. Just because someone is a long term forum doesn't guarantee they are a regular TF customer. There are a number of watches flipped on eBay, but as far as I can see there isn't a huge churn. Price seems right to me and reflect the great value that comes with the watches.